page_title: Varian Medical Systems
section_title: Spin-off companies
hierarchical_section_title: Varian Medical Systems / History / Spin-off companies
caption_attribution_description: English: The Varex Imaging office in Santa Clara, California. Originally posted to my Flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/ixfd64/40816946493
context_page_description: Varian Medical Systems is an American radiation oncology treatments and software maker based in Palo Alto, California. Their medical devices include linear accelerators and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies software for managing cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers, and medical oncology practices. Varian is a supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical diagnostics, dentistry, veterinary care, scientific, security, industrial inspection including high-energy X-ray technology for cargo screening. Varian Medical Systems employs more than 7,100 people at manufacturing sites in North America, Europe, and China and approximately 70 sites globally.
  In August 2020, Siemens Healthineers announced plans to acquire Varian for $16.4 billion.
context_section_description: On January 30, 2017, spin-off of Varex Imaging Corporation (manufacturing of X-ray imaging products) from Varian Medical Systems had been successfully completed.
caption: Varex Imaging office in Santa Clara
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