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B. Braun and Philips to Develop Ultrasound-Guided Anesthesia
04 Apr 2017
B. Braun Melsungen AG and Royal Philips (Amsterdam, Netherlands; www.philips.com) have entered into a multi-year strategic alliance to innovate ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and vascular access. B. Braun and Philips will leverage on their combined clinical expertise and R&D capabilities, as well as sales and service channels in regional anesthesia and pain management and ultrasound and image guided therapy, to jointly develop and commercialize solutions to support anesthesiologists and hospitals in critical areas of regional anesthesia. These solutions aim to enhance needle visualization and guidance, as well as optimize procedure workflow and resource planning. The alliance will also focus on vascular access procedures, such as those used to insert catheters into deeply seated veins as part of a catheter-based treatment.
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