Novation expands DR contacts with Kodak and Fuji

Novation, the 2,500 hospital and healthcare facility-strong supply company of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), awarded Eastman Kodak Co. and FujiFilm Medical Systems USA multi-source contracts for digital radiography (DR) products. Both are three-year agreements.

The Kodak contract covers DR products including the Kodak DIRECTVIEW DR 5100 System, the Kodak DIRECTVIEW DR 7100 system and the Kodak DIRECTVIEW DR 9000 system.

The Fuji contract includes the Velocity line of DR products, ClearView-D and ClearView-ES for advanced energy subtraction applications which can all be installed with existing radiographic systems or can be purchased as SpeedSuites, fully integrated digital room replacements that include state-of-the-art x-ray generators/overhead tube cranes.

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