Comprehensive Marketing Agreement Signed for Virtual Colonoscopy System
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By MedImaging International staff writers Posted on 17 Dec 2008 |
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Visage Imaging, Inc. (Carlsbad, CA, USA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., has signed a comprehensive marketing agreement with Viatronix, Inc. (Stony Brook, NY, USA), a developer of two-dimensional (2D)/3D medical imaging and diagnostic software.
Under the agreement, Visage Imaging will act as a representative for Viatronix's V3D-Colon virtual colonoscopy product in the United States. The agreement expands Viatronix's domestic marketing arm, while extending Visage Imaging's applications portfolio for advanced visualization products.
"We are extremely excited to be working with Viatronix,” said Jim Schumacher, vice president and chief operating officer of Visage Imaging. ”Virtual colonoscopy is becoming a requirement within our customer base and the planned seamless integration of V3D-Colon with our Visage CS platform is the solution. We are proud to team up with a true market leader in providing this critical technology.”
"We are delighted to enter into this agreement, and believe the integrated solution harnesses the power of both products to deliver maximum benefit to the end user,” said Zaffar Hayat, CEO and president of Viatronix. "The timing could not be better because the demand for virtual colonoscopy is growing rapidly in the U.S.”
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Under the agreement, Visage Imaging will act as a representative for Viatronix's V3D-Colon virtual colonoscopy product in the United States. The agreement expands Viatronix's domestic marketing arm, while extending Visage Imaging's applications portfolio for advanced visualization products.
"We are extremely excited to be working with Viatronix,” said Jim Schumacher, vice president and chief operating officer of Visage Imaging. ”Virtual colonoscopy is becoming a requirement within our customer base and the planned seamless integration of V3D-Colon with our Visage CS platform is the solution. We are proud to team up with a true market leader in providing this critical technology.”
"We are delighted to enter into this agreement, and believe the integrated solution harnesses the power of both products to deliver maximum benefit to the end user,” said Zaffar Hayat, CEO and president of Viatronix. "The timing could not be better because the demand for virtual colonoscopy is growing rapidly in the U.S.”
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