SourceOne Health and Shimadzu Medical ink agreement

SourceOne Health Technologies Inc. and Shimadzu Medical Systems have announced a contact that grants SourceOne national US rights to market and distribute a mobile x-ray system that has been manufactured specifically by Shimadza for SourceOne, according to a joint press release.
   
SourceOne will distribute the system nationally as the Mobile Star II. The system is a cordless mobile x-ray system created to perform radiography exams in remote locations. The Mobile Star II features a high frequency inverter x-ray generator that produces high-quality images anywhere with the minimum radiation exposure to a patient, according to the release.

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