The History of .decimal^®

.decimal was established in 1986 by founder Richard Sweat. Originally called Southeastern Radiation Products (SRP), the company has evolved from a small family distributorship employing 3 to the leading outsource manufacturer of patient-specific custom medical devices in the world.

By 1998, SRP had gone from selling styrofoam and blocking trays to manufacturing precision custom compensators for missing tissue and shortly thereafter modulators for IMRT delivery. It was decided that a new name was needed to reflect the new direction of the company, and so .decimal was born. The “dot” signified that we were an internet-based company (all orders were received electronically). And decimal was an acronym for “Digitally Enhanced Compensation and Intensity Modulation with ALloys”. Pretty catchy huh?

Today, .decimal is way more than a photon compensator manufacturer. We developed our flagship device design software called “p.d” (planning.decimal) which is currently installed in over 800 cancer centers in the US and Japan, and our products and services cover proton, electron, and photon therapies.

Now part of the CQ Medical family, .decimal continues to innovate and expand its impact. With over 40 years of expertise, we have delivered more than 500,000 patient-specific devices and proudly serve over 900 cancer centers nationwide. Together with CQ Medical, we are committed to advancing radiotherapy and improving patient outcomes worldwide.

The radiation oncology community remains at the heart of everything we do, and we look forward to many more years of collaboration and innovation in the fight against cancer.