MOLDCARE: The Solution for Immobilization and Positioning during Radiation Therapy

The importance and need for effective patient immobilization during radiation therapy is widely accepted by radiation therapy professionals worldwide.

This is essential in order to reduce patient movement, ensure reproducible set-up, ensure accurate delivery of treatment, and achieve the desired patient result. It is essential that immobilization devices are comfortable, consistent, and easy to use, while also being compatible with all treatment methods and devices. Increasingly, there is a preference for immobilization products that are tailored to the specific needs of the patient.

MOLDCARE patient support cushions offer a unique solution since they possess all of the necessary performance characteristics to help ensure accurate treatment delivery, including being customizable, comfortable, consistent, convenient, MR-safe, Proton and Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy friendly.

Customizable:
MOLDCARE is a customizable head support or cushion that is activated by a gentle spray of water, allowing it to be easily contoured to the patient's anatomy. When used as a replacement for standard head supports, MOLDCARE intimately conforms to the patient's head/neck, providing support to the skull and cervical spine, reducing the risk of air gaps. When used in conjunction with other immobilization devices, MOLDCARE can help to reduce both intrafraction and interfraction motion.

Comfortable:
When it comes to restricting patient movement during radiation therapy, comfort is of paramount importance. MOLDCARE's soft blue outer cover is designed to provide comfort for the patient, with no protruding sharp edges or uncomfortable pressure points. This ensures that the patient is able to remain relaxed (even for extended periods of time) and tolerate the treatment while restricting movement.

Consistent:
Manufactured using a proprietary technology, MOLDCARE is formulated with expandable polystyrene beads and urethane resins in a hydraulic setting. This allows MOLDCARE to be easily molded and to become rigid once molded to the patient's anatomy. MOLDCARE will retain its shape and rigidity throughout the entire course of treatment*, ensuring reproducible set up and precise treatment delivery.

Convenient:
MOLDCARE is a highly user-friendly product that can be activated with a gentle spray of water, eliminating the need for a hot water bath or oven for activation. It is also MR Safe, so that it can be activated and molded on patients while they are in an MRI suite, saving time and effort. Since MOLDCARE is Proton friendly, it is commonly used during Proton Therapy systems for head/neck immobilization. It is also uniform, smooth, and low density, with no sharp edges that could cause artifacts. As a result of its versatile performance characteristics MOLDACRE is quickly becoming the go-to-choice whenever patient specific immobilization is needed for all treatment methods including Proton Therapy systems, MR-Linacs, Gamma Knife and Carbon Ion Therapy.


MOLDCARE is available for a wide range of patient specific immobilization applications including head, neck, shoulders, breasts, pelvis, athorax, extremities etc.

For more information about MOLDCARE and its benefits for your department and patients, please visit our website below.
https://www.alcare.co.jp/en/medical/product/about_moldcare/

*Based on in-house testing, MOLDCARE will retain its shape for 12 months.