improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message brainlab brainlab headquarters in feldkirchen germany type ag traded as brainlab ag industry medical technology founded 1989 1989 in munich germany founder stefan vilsmeier headquarters munich germany number of locations 19 2016 area served worldwide key people general management stefan vilsmeier rainer birkenbach joseph doyle christoph pedain products medical technology for image guided surgery radiation oncology and medical image exchange brands novalis radiosurgery exactrac patient positioning curve image guided surgery airo mobile intraoperative ct buzz digital o.r. kick and kick em navigation brainlab node planning software quentry image sharing and collaboration elements software modules number of employees 1300 slogan together we are making medical technology and knowledge more impactful and accessible to physicians and their patients . website www.brainlab.com brainlab is a privately held german medical technology company headquartered in munich bavaria that develops hardware and software for radiosurgery image guided surgery technologies for neurosurgery orthopedic surgery ent cmf spine and trauma as well as digital operating room integration and cloud based data sharing . brainlab is a key player in the field of radiation therapy 1 and neurosurgery . 2 contents 1 history 2 headquarters 3 stefan vilsmeier 4 acquisitions 5 references 6 external links history edit brainlab was founded by ceo stefan vilsmeier in munich in 1989 . vilsmeier then 17 laid the ground for the company with the proceeds from a book he published about 3d graphics . 3 the first brainlab product was a mouse controlled menu driven surgical planning and navigation software introduced in 1990 at the university of vienna . 4 in 1992 vilsmeier designed and built a tradeshow booth and booked exhibitor s space at the congress of neurological surgeons cns annual scientific meeting in washington d.c. to showcase the software for the first time . 5 in 1993 brainlab developed a linear accelerator based system for stereotactic radiosurgery using micromultileaf collimators . 6 three years later brainlab entered into a partnership with varian inc. which resulted in a long time collaboration in the field of radiosurgery . 7 brainlab expanded into the field of image guided surgery in 1997 with the vectorvision neuronavigation system and was the first to develop passive marker technology . 8 in 1998 brainlab became a public limited company german aktiengesellschaft ag and put in place both a supervisory board made up of shareholders and the management board and the managing board german vorstand . the managing board at brainlab today consists of stefan vilsmeier founder and chief executive officer ceo ; rainer birkenbach executive vice president research and development joseph doyle chief financial officer cfo and christoph pedain chief operating officer coo . 9 brainlab introduced its first shaped beam radiosurgery system novalis in 1998 . 10 lance armstrong professional cyclist who had battled testicular cancer in 1996 became the spokesperson for the novalis brand . 11 in 2007 the company released novalis tx radiosurgery a radiotherapy system jointly created by brainlab and varian medical systems inc. 12 a year later digital lightbox was brought to the market allowing digital patient images to be viewed and manipulated in the operating room . digital lightbox was transformed in 2012 into the current product buzz digital o.r. 13 other products include curve image guided surgery 14 kick navigation and kick em navigation 15 and buzz digital o.r. 16 brainlab is also the exclusive distributor of airo mobile intraoperative ct developed and manufactured by mobius imaging llc . 17 headquarters edit brainlab began in the parental home of ceo and founder stefan vilsmeier in 1989 . 18 by 1991 brainlab had moved into its first official headquarters in the munich suburb of poing . 19 after a wave of new hires in 1995 a larger space was needed and headquarters moved to the bavarian town of heimstetten germany . in 2006 brainlab constructed and moved into its current headquarters in feldkirchen germany just outside munich . 20 edmund stoiber former minister president of bavaria officially opened the new building in 2007 . 21 in december 2016 brainlab will move into newly constructed headquarters in the munich suburb of riem . 22 stefan vilsmeier edit stefan vilsmeier a self taught computer programmer is a german entrepreneur inventor 23 author and founder president and ceo of brainlab . in 2000 vilsmeier became the youngest recipient of the bavarian order of merit presented to him by former bavarian minister president edmund stoiber . 24 in 2001 vilsmeier was awarded the national title of entrepreneur of the year in the category of information technology by ernst & young . the following year ernst & young honored vilsmeier again with the title of world entrepreneur of the year at an awards event held in monte carlo . 25 also in 2002 the world economic forum wef selected vilsmeier as one of their global leaders for tomorrow 2003 . 26 in 2014 vilsmeier was awarded with the international steven hoogendijk award from the bataafsch genootschap der proefondervindelijke wijsbegeerte for his service as pioneer in the development of neuronavigation systems . 27 acquisitions edit in 2009 brainlab began a partnership with voyant health a tel aviv israel based company founded in 2003 focusing on orthopedic technology . in 2011 brainlab announced that it would acquire voyant health 28 references edit world radiation therapy equipment industry pr newswire may 11 2015 surgical navigation systems market expected to reach usd 295.5 m globally in 2020 med device online july 14 2014 3d konstruktion mit giga cad plus auf dem c64 c128 c64 wiki date accessed september 8 2016 movers and shakers interview with stefan vilsmeier ceo brainlab frost and sullivan market insight may 5 2003 sunday sitdown with stefan vilsmeier ceo of med tech firm brainlab sandra guy chicago sun times june 20 2016 ed . meyer john l. imrt igrt sbrt advances in the treatment planning and delivery of radiotherapy s. karger ag 2007 p. 14 varian and brainlab combine truebeam stx with the novalis radiosurgery program medical technology business europe august 2 2010 tamaki norihiko ; ehara kazumasa . 1998 introduction of the passive marker neuronavigation system vectorvision computer assisted neurosurgery tokyo springer verlag pp 23 37 isbn 978 4 431 65891 7 1 brainlab management board accessed september 8 2016 ucla surgeons to wield powerful new weapon that offers hope to patients with brain tumors kim irwin ucla newsroom september 25 1998 new device beams hope in continuous cancer fight cyclist lance armstrong unveils new technology at arundel medical center annapolis gabriel baird the baltimore sun december 20 2002 varian brainlab showcase novalis tx health imaging december 20 2007 brainlab introduces new multi touch surgical information hub pr newswire october 3 2012 breakthrough in guided surgery technology launched by brainlab medical news today october 5 2011 http www.surgical tribune.com articles business europe index.html brainlab introduces buzz digital or video medgadget october 9 2012 mobius imaging receives fda approval for airo mobile intraoperative ct medgadget october 10 2013 map maker for the human body peter marsh financial times january 8 2008 map maker for the human body peter marsh financial times january 8 2008 jeden tag ein neuer mitarbeiter german michaela geiger welt n24 november 15 2011 bei brainlab gibt sich stoiber betont entspannt german andreas raith m nchner merkur updated june 4 2009 anschluss f r den tower german alfred d rr s ddeutsche zeitung january 14 2014 patents by inventor stefan vilsmeier justia patents retrieved on september 9 2016 helmut sch nenberger kommunikation von unternehmertum eine explorative untersuchung im universit ren umfeld deutscher universit ts verlag 2005 p. 161 world entrepreneur of the year award past winners ernst & young retrieved on september 9 2016 movers and shakers interview with stefan vilsmeier ceo brainlab frost & sullivan may 5 2003 uitreiking van de international steven hoogendijk award dutch bataafsch genootschap der proefondervindelijke wijsbegeerte retrieved september 9 2016 brainlab acquires voyant health ltd. imaging technology news june 8 2011 external links edit brainlab website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title brainlab & oldid 738647362 categories medical technologycompanies based in munich1989 establishments in west germanytechnology companies established in 1989hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from october 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles needing additional references from january 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 07 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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