ADAC Laboratories
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| name = ADAC Laboratories
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| industry = Medical Devices
| fate = Acquired by Philips
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1970}}
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| defunct = {{End date|2000}}
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| hq_location_country = United States
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| num_employees = 720
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ADAC Laboratories{{Cite web |title=ADAC Laboratories Home Page |url=http://www.adaclabs.com/ |access-date=2021-12-20 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961018203851/http://www.adaclabs.com/ |archive-date=18 October 1996 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=ADAC LABORATORIES {{!}} JOC.com|url=https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/adac-laboratories_19961222.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.joc.com}} was a Silicon Valley medical device company specialising in nuclear medicine gamma camera manufacturing and associated nuclear medicine processing computers and software. It was originally located at 10300 Bubb Road, Cupertino, California, 95014, then as the company expanded moved in turn to the following locations. 4747 Hellyer Avenue, San Jose, CA 951,{{Cite journal|last=ADAC|date=1 May 1984|title=ADAC advertisement for ARC-3000 gamma camera and 2800 and 3300 computers |url=https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/jnumed/25/5/local/advertising.pdf|journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine|volume=25|issue=5 |pages=51 52}} then 255 San Geronimo Way, Sunnyvale, CA,{{cite web|url=https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/jnumed/21/12/local/advertising.pdf|title=Medi+Physics advertisement|access-date=5 April 2023|website=jnm.snmjournals.org}} then from ~1993,{{Cite web|title=540 Alder Dr, Milpitas|url=https://clustrmaps.com/a/382j6i/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=ClustrMaps.com}} 540 Alder Drive Milpitas, CA 95035. Although most people called the company ADAC or adaclabs, the name ADAC was an acronym of Analytical Development Associates Corporation. It was incorporated in California on October 14, 1970.
In the early years ADAC developed both small nuclear medicine related hardware and software products but between 1975 and the 1980s, become better known for their computer systems such as the CDS and DPS acquisition and processing systems. In 1987–88 ADAC maintained Philips ARC gamma camera installed base under licence and In ~1991 Philips exited the nuclear medicine market. At that time, the Dutch vendor licensed its nuclear technology to both ADAC and Digital Design of France". The 1990s were the dominant decade for ADAC in terms of gamma camera production, manufacturing the Argus, Genesys, Polaris, Thyrus, Transcam, Vertex, Forte and Skylight gamma cameras as well as the EPIC detector and molecular coincidence detection (MCD) option, along with the Pegasys nuclear medicine processing workstation and radiation treatment planning systems (RTP). In 1993 it was sued by Elscint for patent infringement and in 1994 purchased Philips' nuclear medicine patent portfolio, consisting of 13 U.S. patents and 56 foreign patents and patent applications. "ADAC announced it had filed a patent infringement claim against Elscint in U.S. District Court in San Jose, California, charging Elscint with violating the Philips patents. ADAC filed the lawsuit in direct response to the Elscint litigation". In 1996, ADAC was the recipient of a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award[http://www.baldrige.nist.gov/ADAC_96.htm Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 1996 Recipient.]{{Cite web|date=2009-01-01|title=First Device Firm to Win Baldrige Award Finds Profit in Quality|url=https://www.mddionline.com/news/first-device-firm-win-baldrige-award-finds-profit-quality|access-date=2021-12-20|website=mddionline.com|language=en}} and during that year employed 720 people worldwide.{{Cite web|title=Adac Laboratories 10K 1996 Annual report {{!}} ADAC Filing|url=https://docoh.com/filing/313798/0001012870-96-000872/ADAC-10K-1996FY|access-date=2021-12-20|website=docoh.com}}
ADAC Laboratories was acquired by Philips in 2000 for $426 million, and incorporated into Philips Medical Systems (later Philips Healthcare).[http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2000/11/13/daily6.html Philips to acquire ADAC Labs] ADAC continued to operate from the Milpitas location until around 2006 and was submitting FDA pre-market filings under the company name ADAC Laboratories, Milpitas, until 2006, where upon the 540 Alder Drive, Milpitas operation was closed and ADAC become fully integrated into the Philips organisation.
Products
= Network based Nuclear Medicine Analysis and early products =
= Nuclear Medicine Acquisition/Processing and Processing Only Workstations =
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!Year !Product !Description !Notes |
1975
|Clinical Data System I (CDS I){{Cite journal|last=ADAC|date=1 December 1975|title=ADAC's first computer (<$30,000) (32K memory)|url=https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/jnumed/16/12/local/advertising.pdf|journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine|volume=16|issue=12|page=60}}{{Cite journal|last=ADAC|date=1 June 1975|title=ADAC's Clinical Data System|url=https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/jnumed/16/6/local/advertising.pdf|journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine|volume=16|issue=6|page=63}} |ADAC first advertised computer for less than $30,000 with 32K memory (Dec 1975) |Hardware unknown but probably DEC based. |
1976{{Cite journal|last=ADAC|date=1 January 1976|title=ADAC Clinical Data System II (1976)|url=https://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/jnumed/17/1/local/advertising.pdf|journal=Journal of Nuclear Medicine|volume=17|issue=1|page=41, 42}}
|Clinical Data System II (CDS II) |Similar to ADAC's clinical Data System I but with an increase in memory to 40K x 16, dual 7" and 9" displays instead of a single display, 64 shades of gray, 512x512 image matrix, light pen with eight regions of interest (ROI's), dual 8" floppy disc drives. High speed 110 characters/sec printer, clinical software packages, in vivo & in vitro data analysis, optional extras: third disk drive which allows simultaneous processing while acquiring data, 64k x 16 memory, 8" x 10" film camera, Polaroid camera, FORTRAN IV compiler, paper tape reader for input of RIA, high speed disk drive for list mode and mass storage, remote dual displays, color display, image transmission via telephone, Microdot (Serale TM) interface. | |
1980
|Nuclear Medicine Acquisition and Processing Workstation |Based on DEC hardware. |
1985
|Nuclear Medicine Acquisition and Processing Workstation, Ethernet (10BASE5) can be used to connect multiple DPS 3300 micros together. Includes one 5.25" floppy disc drive. |Based on DEC 11/23 hardware with RT11 O.S. |
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|Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation |Based on DEC hardware with RT11 O.S. |
1988
|Remote viewing station |MicroVAX system? |
1988
| - |MicroVax system |
1989
|Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation |Based on Sun Solaris |
1995
|Pegasys Ultra 1 |Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation |Based on Sun Solaris |
1997
|Pegasys Ultra 60 |Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation |Based on Sun Solaris |
1998
|Pegasys Ultra 10 |Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation |Based on Sun Solaris |
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|Pegasys HD |Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation |Based on Sun Solaris |
2001
|Pegasys Blade 150 |Nuclear Medicine Processing Workstation |Based on Sun Solaris |
2004
|PC, Windows O.S. |Post Philips acquisition but FDA pre-market filings as ADAC Laboratories, Alder Dr., Milpitas. |
= Digital Radiography Systems =
= [[Gamma camera|Gamma Cameras]] =
== Products post Philips acquisition but issuing FDA pre-market filings as ADAC Laboratories, 540 Alder Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035. ==
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2001
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2001
|Skylight (modification) |Option added: "to acquire a single head acquisition studies on two separate but simultaneous planar patients" | |
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|Skylight (modification) |EPIC detectors replaced with AZ detectors. |Although the name ADAC Laboratories had been replaced with Philips in regards to the main brand labels on the Skylight, there were still references to ADAC on the serial number labels as late as 2008. See photo.thumb |
2005
|SPECT/CT imaging system | |
2006
|Larger bore Forte with 3/4" rather the 5/8" crystals, not sold under the name Apollo. |From FDA information this product was sold under the name Philips Brightview |
= [[Positron emission tomography|Positron Emission Tomography]] (PET) =
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!Year !Product !Description !Notes |
1993
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2001
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= [[Radiation treatment planning#:~:text=In radiotherapy, radiation treatment planning,for a patient with cancer.|Radiation Treatment Planning Systems]] =
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1982
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1985
|XL-Plan 23 & XL-Plan 73{{Cite web|last=ADAC|title=ADAC XL-PLAN 23 & XL-PLAN 510(k) premarket notification |url=https://fda.report/PMN/K851041|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230145403/https://fda.report/PMN/K851041 |archive-date=2021-12-30}} | |
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= [[Health informatics|Healthcare Information Systems]] (ADAC Laboratories, Milpitas and HCIS a subsidiary of ADAC Laboratories ) =
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!Year !Product !Description !Notes |
~1985-87
|Radiology Management System |For clerical and administrative functions in a diagnostic imaging department |
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ADAC Laboratories were once the US domestic market leaders and as of 2021 are still in clinical use around the world{{Cite web|title=VERTEX|url=https://www.bctechnical.com/systems/vertex/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=BC Technical|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Philips Forte Parts – ANC Medical|url=https://ancmedical.com/oem-parts-philips-forte-gamma-camera/|access-date=2021-12-20|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=MIC Ltd - News Archive - IS2 / Positron, Philips / ADAC, DDD, Skylight, FORTE, Pulse.|url=http://www.mic-nucmed.co.uk/products.shtml|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.mic-nucmed.co.uk}} and are also used for commercial & educational use{{Cite web|title=ADAC Forte positron camera|url=https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/physics/particle-nuclear/positron-imaging-centre/positron-cameras/adac-forte-positron-camera.aspx|access-date=2021-12-20|website=University of Birmingham|language=en-GB}}
Corporate Affairs
= Company Acquisitions =
- 1993 SD&G Healthcare Systems, Inc., specializing in radiology information systems.{{Cite web |date=2000-03-03 |title=ADAC HCIS - Company Overview |url=http://www.adachcis.com/overview.htm |access-date=2021-12-21 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303125232/http://www.adachcis.com/overview.htm |archive-date=3 March 2000 |url-status=dead}}
- 1995 Community Health Computing (CHC), Inc., specializing in laboratory and radiology information systems
- 1997 Cortet, Inc., a developer of integrated computer systems for use in cardiac catheterization laboratories
= Patent Acquisitions =
- ADAC purchases Philips' nuclear medicine patent portfolio, consisting of 13 U.S. patents and 56 foreign patents and patent applications. (1994){{Cite web|title=ADAC patent suit turns tables on nuclear competitor Elscint|url=https://www.diagnosticimaging.com/view/adac-patent-suit-turns-tables-nuclear-competitor-elscint|access-date=2021-12-23|website=Diagnostic Imaging|date=2 March 1994 }}
= Litigation =
- Elscint sues ADAC for patent infringement, ADAC counter sues. (1993)
= Corporate Officers =
- Lowe, David L (CEO/Director)
- Eckert, R Andrew (CEO/Director)
- Starr, Robert A (Director)
- Simone Phillip A (Treasurer)
- Czerwinski, Stanley D (CEO/Director)
- King, Graham O. (Director)
- Masterson, Karen L (Corporate Secretary)
= Related Entities with reference to 540 Alder Drive, Milpitas =
- Adac Medical Technologies, Inc{{Cite web|title=540 Alder Dr, Milpitas|url=https://clustrmaps.com/a/382j6i/|access-date=2021-12-23|website=ClustrMaps.com|language=en}}
- Adac Laboratories
- Adac Research & Manufacturing, Inc
- Adac/SD&G Healthcare Systems, Inc
- Adac Radiology Services, Inc
- Adac Healthcare Partners, Inc
= ADAC International Subsidiaries =
- ADAC Laboratories (Australia)
- ADAC Laboartories (Brazil)
- ADAC Laboratories (Canada)
- ADAC Laboratories (Denmark) (Jellingvej 5 9230 Svenstrup, Denmark, DK)
- ADAC Laboratories (France)
- ADAC Laboratories (Germany)
- ADAC Laboratories (Italy)
- ADAC Laboratoires (Japan)
- ADAC Laboratories (Latin America)
- ADAC Laboratories (Netherlands) (European H.Q.)
- ADAC Laboratories (Pacific)
- ADAC Laboratories (United Kingdom) Thame, Oxfordshire.
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