Diasonics and Unetixs ink vascular deal

Diasonics Ultrasound of Santa Clara, CA, and vascular testingdevice firm Unetixs of North Kingstown, RI, have formed an allianceto help support noninvasive vascular testing. The companies willintegrate Diasonics' Gateway V, a dedicated vascular ultrasoundscanner, with Unetixs' Freedom Plus/RT vascular testing system,which provides assessment of segmental pressures, pulse volumewaveforms, and other vascular studies.

The companies announced the alliance at the joint meeting ofthe International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery and the Societyfor Vascular Surgery in Chicago last month.