CRYSTAL-PHOTONICS GMBH

Crystal Photonics GmbH is a highly-specialised manufacturer of detector systems and miniaturised nuclear radiation detectors for the medical technology, industrial measurement technology, research, environmental protection and defence sectors. We successfully combine decades of experience in the production and processing of crystals with our expertise in the use of detectors in a wide range of operating conditions. A particular focus of our medical technology activities lies in the field of nuclear medicine: since 1997, we have developed and manufactured gamma probe systems for intra-operative applications, which are renowned worldwide for their reliability and outstanding performance. Our latest "Crystal Probe -automatic-" system, used for operations using the sentinel lymph node biopsy method (SLNB), continues this tradition. It contains a variety of different probes with variable parameters, such as our Bluetooth Crystal Wireless Probe, which represents the current high point of our gamma probe developments. Furthermore, we are currently working with the nuclear medicine institutes of Dresden and Leipzig universities to develop one of the first, small-scale imaging systems for the sentinel lymph node method – the CrystalCam hand-held gamma camera – as part of a project supported by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs.