SuperSonic Imagine (Euronext: SSI)(FR0010526814), the highly innovative
ultrasound company which invented ShearWave™ Elastography, announced
that it has signed a three year agreement with ROi (Resource
Optimization & innovation) to make the Aixplorer Ultrasound System
available to ROi’s more than 1,500 members and affiliates in the USA.
ROi manages more than 500 contracts as the nation’s 7th
largest non-government Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), approaching
$1billion in their health care contract portfolio.
ROi members will now be able to acquire Aixplorer, the new generation
Ultrasound System with ShearWave™ Elastography, on the pre-negotiated
terms with the option of customized leasing plans. Aixplorer is a new
generation ultrasound imaging system for breast, liver, thyroid,
prostate and other organs which enables electronic palpation that
displays real-time, quantitative (kPa) tissue elasticity on a
color-coded bi-dimensional map. This aids physicians in their diagnostic
process as tissue stiffness varies with pathologies.
The unique capabilities are a result of Aixplorer’s UltraFast™ platform
which images up to 200 times faster than conventional ultrasound, making
it the only system in the world that can, in real-time, generate shear
waves in tissue and simultaneously image and compute the velocity of
these waves in order to visualise and calculate tissue stiffness.
SuperSonic Imagine CEO and President Jacques Souquet stated that, “The
agreement with ROi is further validation of Aixplorer which has a global
installed base and is having a positive impact on patient care
worldwide. This will help to raise awareness of Aixplorer and to bring
this highly effective diagnostic tool to clinicians and patients in the
ROi network”.
About Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi)
Founded in 1990 by Mercy,
the nation’s 6th largest Catholic health care system, ROi is widely
considered the most advanced and integrated provider-owned supply chain
organization in health care. ROi's helps to align the interests of all
health care stakeholders by transforming the traditional ways of health
care supply chain management.
About SuperSonic Imagine
Founded in 2005 and based in Aix-en-Provence (France), SuperSonic
Imagine is a company specializing in medical imaging. The company
designs, develops and markets a new generation ultrasound system,
Aixplorer®, with an UltraFastTM platform that can
acquire images 200 times faster than conventional ultrasound systems.
Aixplorer® is the only system that can image two types of
waves: ultrasound waves ensure excellent image quality and shear waves,
which allow physicians to visualize and analyze the stiffness of tissue
in a real-time, reliable, reproducible and non-invasive manner. This
innovation, ShearWaveTM Elastography, significantly improves
the detection and characterization of numerous pathologies in several
applications including breast, thyroid, liver and prostate. SuperSonic
Imagine has been granted regulatory clearances for the commercialization
of Aixplorer® on the main markets. Over the past years,
SuperSonic Imagine enjoyed the backing of several prestigious investors,
among which Auriga Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners,
Bpifrance, Omnes Capital and NBGI.
For more information about SuperSonic Imagine, please go to www.supersonicimagine.com
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