Inventing and developing
About Naslund Medical
Faster and more precise radiation therapy treatments
Naslund Medical AB is a privately owned company specializing in innovative medical products aimed at improved management and care of cancer patients. As the pioneer and leader in developing new technology for implantable soft tissue markers Naslund Medical AB markets Gold Anchor worldwide. Gold Anchor facilitates faster and more precise radiation therapy treatments, improves patient safety, and ensures accurate guidance during surgical procedures. Naslund Medical AB is based in Sweden with subsidiaries in the U.S., United Kingdom and France and with contracted distributors on a global level.
The Gold Anchor has been invented and developed by Ingemar Naslund, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, working as head of the Division of Radiation Therapy, Radiumhemmet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden for 20 years.
Dr. Naslund was also part of the first publication on the SBRT-technique that he invented together with physicist Associate Professor Ingmar Lax and colleague Associate Professor Henric Blomgren. This technique has now spread all over the world and is becoming standard of care for some tumours.
Drawing knowledge from the fine needle aspiration cytology (also invented at Karolinska by Dr. Sixten Franzén) and the new technical development with on-board kV-imaging, Dr. Naslund had the idea that he could fit a very thin marker inside a very thin needle and thereby enabling safe fiducial based SBRT to organs all over the body. To our knowledge there is no other fiducial marker than Gold Anchor offering fiducial markers in ultrathin 25G needles.
Image from Varian Medical Systems Centerline Magazine, October 2004.
Pioneering innovation in medical technology
The inventor of Gold Anchor Dr. Ingemar Naslund (to the left) with physicists Bruno Sorcini and Aris Tilikidis from The Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. They are standing in front of a Varian linear accelerator with onboard kV-imaging. Karolinska was one of the first in the world to install such a linear accelerator back in 2004.
The Karolinska University Hospital was ranked #6 best hospital in the world 2023 by Newsweek.
Quality Management System
Naslund Medical AB is certified to SS-EN ISO 13485:2016.
One of the fastest-growing companies in Sweden
We are happy to announce that we have been recognized for the fourth time as one of the fastest-growing companies in Sweden, receiving the prestigious Gasell award!
We couldn’t have achieved this without the incredible support of all Gold Anchor users and distributors. Together, we are making remarkable progress in advancing radiotherapy treatments. Thank you for being part of this journey!
One of the fastest-growing companies in Sweden
Naslund Medical has been awarded 2019 year’s Swecare Export Award for its innovation power, strategy and strong exports. We are grateful, proud and happy to be part of improving cancer care throughout the world.
