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Veterinary Surgical Associates and Veterinary Medical Specialists Install Milestone System; Braden River Equine Begins Next 1,000 Eklin DR Systems
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital radiography (DR) has been growing rapidly in veterinary medicine, accounting for a significant percentage of DR systems installed throughout the world. Eklin Medical Systems, a global leader in DR, ultrasound, PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications Systems) and practice management software (VIA) solutions for veterinary care, announced it recently installed its overall 1,000th RapidStudy(R) DR system at Veterinary Surgical Associates (VSA) and its associate practice, Veterinary Medical Specialists (VMS), in Dublin, California. Incorporating sensor panel technology from Canon U.S.A., Inc., Eklin's milestone installation is one of more than 7,300 Canon DR sensor panels installed worldwide by the Canon family of companies, including more than 2,600 units installed by Canon U.S.A. in North and South America.
"Eklin has been an extremely important contributor to the global growth of our DR system installations, especially in the U.S., one of our largest markets," said Tsuneo Imai, senior director and general manager, Medical Systems Division, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "Eklin's integration of veterinary specific algorithms with our state-of-the-art DR sensor panel has resulted in some of the veterinary care market's leading DR technology. Consequently, Eklin has become our largest distributor of this highly sophisticated DR system."
VSA and VMS installed the 999th and 1,000th Eklin RapidStart DR
systems, respectively in August and will be installing two more RapidStart
systems this month, representing a total of six Eklin systems throughout
VSA's and VMS' four shared facilities in San Mateo, Campbell, Concord and
Dublin, California. VSA and VMS are leading veterinary care providers
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