Sectra and Pronosco sign clinical solutions agreement
11/19/2001 7:13 AM EST
Sectra widens its product offer through new partnership
The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra has signed a
clinical solutions agreement with the Danish company Pronosco regarding
the integration of Pronosco's technology for diagnosis of osteoporosis,
with Sectra's system for digital radiology.
In order to further increase customer's benefit Sectra is working with
open systems that give other suppliers the opportunity to integrate
special clinical applications with Sectra's PACS workstations. Through
co-operations like this, Sectra strives to make a broader range of
clinical applications available for its worldwide PACS customers.
Pronosco's DXR technology makes it possible to perform analyses in order
to diagnose and monitor the development of osteoporosis. The basis for
the analysis is an x-ray of the hand of the patient. Through digital
image-analysis the physician can estimate the Bone Mineral Density (BMD)
and the structure of the bone, which can assist physicians to make an
early diagnosis, something that is crucial when it comes to control the
disease. This product will be available as an optional integrated tool
in Sectra´s IDS5 workstation.
Sectra is one of today's major PACS providers with more than 200 PACS
installations worldwide. The Swedish based company operates through
partners in most of the world, but delivers directly to end customers in
Northern Europe. The core business is to deliver top-of-the-line high-
availability, robust enterprise PACS for 24/7 operation. In Sweden,
which is currently the country with the largest penetration of PACS in
the world, Sectra holds a dominant market leadership with more than 60%
of all film free installations. The company has its largest number of
installed systems in Sweden and in the US (through partners), but has
also an installed base in Germany, Norway, Finland, UK, Italy, Spain,
The Netherlands and the Far East.
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Kronander, President,
+46 705 23 52 27,
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Sectra AB, Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer,
President and CEO,
+46 13 23 52 09,
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Sectra's operations
Sectra has its roots in Linköping Technical University and is one of
Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the
mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of
high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the
business includes products in medical systems, secure communication
systems and wireless information systems.
Sectra's medical business is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is
marketed and sold through different partners.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 195 employees.
Sales for the fiscal year May 2000-April 2001 reached SEK 292 million.
Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the
OM Stockholm Exchange.