HOUSTON, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Millar Instruments, Inc. developer and manufacturer of Mikro-Tip(R) pressure transducer catheters and pressure-volume (P-V) systems and Telemetry Research Ltd, developer and manufacturer of telemetry systems for monitoring physiological signals in freely moving laboratory animals, today announced they entered into a worldwide distribution agreement.
Telemetry Research provides wireless measurement of blood pressure, neural and other biopotential signals from rats and larger animals. The inductively powered implanted sensors and digital communication techniques provide significant benefits to the researcher such as lowering total cost of telemetry and enabling new research methodologies.
"As the gold standard in high fidelity pressure measurements, Millar Instruments is pleased to recommend and support the sale of Telemetry Research's products to its established customer base in universities, research hospitals and pharma/biotech companies worldwide. We are impressed with the advantages that this technology provides to the researcher and what Telemetry Research has accomplished," said Tim Daugherty, Director, Cardiology Products at Millar Instruments.
Simon Malpas, CEO of Telemetry Research added "We are delighted to work with such a respected company as Millar. The partnership between the companies offers researchers enhanced access, support, and training for the next generation of telemetry systems".
About Millar Instruments
Millar Instruments, Inc., designs, manufactures and markets
Mikro-Tip(R) catheter pressure transducers for use by medical researchers
and clinicians. This high-precision sensor technology allows pressure
measurements to be taken at the source, without time delay or motion
artifacts. Millar also markets a pressure-volume (P-V) system, capable of
simultaneously measuring high fidelity left ventricular pressure and volume
within the intact beating hearts of animals ranging i
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