Interventional equipment vendor C.R. Bard has invested $2 million for a minority equity interestin Diagnostic Ultrasound of Redmond, WA. Bard's patient care andurology divisions will also market Diagnostic Ultrasound's BladderScanBVI 2500 scanner in the
Elastography papers presented at AIUMUltrasound vendors wounded by sluggish scanner sales are lookingfor a means to kickstart the market. One way is to acceleratedevelopment of new applications for the modality that might sparka rally in
Two and a half years after purchasing Teknar, Santa Barbara, CA-basedMentor is bringing that firm's ultrasound product line fully intothe fold. Mentor is reorganizing operations, placing the Teknarscanners in the hands of its existing urology sales and
Researchers want to improve on the transdermal drug delivery technologyused in nicotine patches by employing ultrasound to push drugsdeeper into the skin. But an ultrasound patch will remain a pipedream until super-high-frequency transducers are
Three-dimensional ultrasound sits on the fringe of clinical practiceand will likely remain there until real-time 3-D processing becomesa reality, according to Eugene A. Larson, executive vice presidentof ultrasound vendor ATL. "The question is how
Ultrasound vendors faced intense competition during the secondquarter of this year. Diasonics reported that pricing pressureskept its ultrasound business in the red for the second quarter(end-June). Ultrasound revenue remained at about the same levelas
An ultrasound joint venture between Shanghai Medical ElectronicsInstrument Factory (SMEIF) and Ausonics of Sidney was revitalizedlate last year when the Chinese government granted approval forlocal assembly and sales. The venture was almost aborted two
Ultrasound manufacturers are adept at image acquisition and displaytechnology, but these skills may not be pertinent to the developmentof three-dimensional and other image processing techniques. Vendorsmight be well-advised to outsource this technology
A change at the top of Instrumentarium Medical Imaging in Milwaukeehas apparently led to a reevaluation of the company's interestin an ultrasound OEM supply arrangement. The vendor has veeredaway from the potential relationship with Labsonics promoted
