The Health Care Products (HCP) division of Marconi Medical Systems has signed a one-year agreement for North American distribution of bone measurement systems made by Norland Medical Systems.With the agreement, Marconi becomes the second major
The Health Care Products (HCP) division of Marconi Medical Systems has signed a one-year agreement for North American distribution of bone measurement systems made by Norland Medical Systems.
With the agreement, Marconi becomes the second major multimodality vendor to offer a line of bone mineral densitometers. The first, GE Medical Systems, in 2000 acquired Lunar and its line of x-ray and ultrasound BMD products.
In November, Norland signed an agreement with Cooper Surgical to distribute Norland bone density measurement systems to physician and group practices providing ob/gyn services in the U.S. and Canada. The Marconi HCP agreement is exclusive to hospitals and imaging and mammography centers in North America.
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