GE expands extremity MRI capabilities with ONI purchase
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| Image source: ONI Medical Systems |
Financial terms were not disclosed.
ONI's portfolio includes the extremity imaging systems, MSK Extreme 1.0T and MSK Extreme 1.5T. Both devices feature a small footprint, an open configuration, and allow the patient's arm or leg only to be inside the bore during the exam.
Both the MSK Extreme 1.0T and MSK Extreme 1.5T systems have been marketed to healthcare providers in hospitals, imaging centers and orthopedic or sports medicine practices where there is a need for an anatomy-specific MRI unit.
The acquisition will allow GE to expand its reach in the musculoskeletal imaging market through a lower price point, and without compromising image quality, Omar Ishrak, president and CEO of GE Healthcare's clinical systems, told Health Imaging News. GE plans to invest its R&D division to further develop cost-effective MR patient imaging, with the goal of lowering the cost of MR. The company intends to release a new system with integrated GE technologies in the next year.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions; GE said it expects the acquisition to close during the fourth quarter of this year.
The acquisition will allow GE to expand its reach in the musculoskeletal imaging market through a lower price point, and without compromising image quality, Omar Ishrak, president and CEO of GE Healthcare's clinical systems, told Health Imaging News. GE plans to invest its R&D division to further develop cost-effective MR patient imaging, with the goal of lowering the cost of MR. The company intends to release a new system with integrated GE technologies in the next year.
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