Medical device developer Philips Medical Systems has signed a multimillion dollar, six-year partnership agreement with the Wisconsin Heart Hospital to provide imaging technologies to the Milwaukee-based facility.
The Andover, MA-based vendor will be supply ing CT, MR, and x-ray angiography equipment to the institution, which is scheduled to open in January 2004. In addition, Philips said the hospital would serve as a reference site for its products and services in a clinical setting.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersSeptember 25, 2003
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