SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMEX:AMS), a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, today shared a recent announcement from Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., formerly Still River Systems, Inc., regarding progress in the development of Mevion’s compact proton therapy system. AMS owns preferred stock in Mevion and is developing proton therapy centers in Boston (Tufts Medical Center), Orlando (Orlando Regional Healthcare) and Long Beach, California (Long Beach Memorial Medical Center) which are expected to employ the MEVION S250 proton therapy device: Mevion Medical Systems Delivers the World’s First Superconducting Synchrocyclotron for Proton Therapy to Barnes Jewish Hospital
