It is integrated with a high-resolution monitor displaying 30 frames per second. Keio University Hospital in Tokyo and a hospital in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture already are testing the system, leading to what PictureTel hopes will be the first two of 200 MedLink orders a year. Japan's number-two equipment leasing company will be responsible for approving contracts and collecting payments. It expects to install the two systems on order during the first quarter of 2000. Imatron also markets the Davis, California company's NeuroMate System, a surgical robotic tool for use in minimally invasive brain surgeries.
Surgeons have some new options for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
According to the Minneapolis company, this product, designed to cross very tight lesions, represents the state of the art in interventional cardiology. Other Medtronic products available in Japan for the treatment of cardiovascular disease include guiding catheters, steerable guidewires, balloon dilation catheters and accessories for angioplasty procedures. Boston Scientific executives say that clinical experience indicates that physicians prefer to use a stent that includes a securement system, such as its SOX technology. CO., LTD. as its distributor. DPC and DIC formed the joint venture in 1986 to market and manufacture DPC's immunodiagnostic test kits.