Eastern Diagnostic Imaging, InfiMed ink distribution agreement

Eastern Diagnostic Imaging (EDI) and InfiMed have developed an original equipment manufacturer distribution partnership for the wireless technology in the portable x-ray environment, the i5 Mobile DR upgrade for GE Healthcare's AMX-4 and AMX-4+ portables.

The mobile DR offers Liverpool, N.Y.-based Infimed’s image processing software and a Varian Medical Systems DR wireless detector, said the company.

Taunton, Mass-based EDI said it expects shipments to begin toward the end of the first quarter of 2010, pending FDA approval.

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