| CANON
U.S.A. ACHIEVES MILESTONE WITH THE INSTALLATION OF ITS 2,000TH
DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND CELEBRATES OVER 5,000 INSTALLATIONS
GLOBALLY BY THE CANON FAMILY OF COMPANIES
Large Northern California Healthcare
Provider Installs Canon CXDI-40EG General and CXDI-50G Portable
Digital Radiography Systems Onto Existing X-Ray Equipment
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., October 3, 2007 –Achieving
a significant milestone in its illustrious history, Canon
U.S.A., Inc., today announced the installation of its 2,000th
digital radiography (DR) system, also marking more than
5,000 DR system installations worldwide by the Canon family
of companies. This celebrated installation took place at
a large healthcare provider in Northern California.
Canon was approached with an immediate need to increase
workflow productivity and enhance workplace ergonomics,
while only having limited downtime. As a result of installing
the Canon CXDI-40EG and CXDI-50G DR Systems, the facility
was able to decrease patient wait and exam times because
of the virtually instantaneous ability to view images, as
well as improve workplace ergonomics for its staff by limiting
lifting and reaching motions. Additionally, the office needed
to shut down for only a relatively short time to install
the equipment and train technologists.
"The new Canon DR system will help to increase productivity
and improve image processing efficiencies at the facility,"
said Tsuneo Imai, director and general manager, Medical
Systems Division, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "The installation
of the Canon CXDI-40EG and CXDI-50G DR systems is expected
to provide the health care provider with the ability to
increase the number and types of exams given at its facility."
The flexibility of the Canon DR solutions allows for either
upgrading existing equipment with Canon DR technology or
including Canon DR systems as part of a completely new system.
The Canon CXDI-40EG General DR system provides a large imaging
area of 17 x 17 inches, and lets users capture desired anatomical
views for both large and small format X-rays in portrait
or landscape orientation without having to rotate the detector
unit. This system can retrofit onto almost any new or existing
bucky table, upright tilting wall stand, universal or ceiling
suspended multi-positioning unit.
Canon was the first in the industry to deliver a portable
DR system in 2001. One of its newest portable DR systems
- the Canon CXDI-50G DR system - is a lightweight, large
imaging area (17 x 14 inches) DR system designed for diverse
applications, including trauma and bedside exams.
Optical and Imaging Heritage of Canon
Since 1997, Canon Medical Systems has introduced eight generations
of flat panel sensors (the Canon CXDI-11/22, Canon CXDI-31,
Canon CXDI-40G, Canon CXDI-50G, Canon CXDI-40C, Canon CXDI-40EG,
the Canon CXDI-50C and the Canon CXDI-40EC flat panel sensors),
offering a full range of DR system solutions for various
applications.
Canon DR Systems are used at a number of prestigious medical
institutes and facilities across the country, including
Lenox Hill Hospital; the Cleveland Clinic; the San Diego
Zoo; the U.S. Navy, Dolphin Program; Rood & Riddle Equine
Hospital; and Hagyard Equine Medical Institute.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business,
and industrial imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon
Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranking
third overall in the U.S. in 2006†, with global revenues
of $34.9 billion, is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired
Companies in America and is on the 2006 BusinessWeek list
of "Top 100 Brands." To keep apprised of the latest
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† IFI Patent Intelligence, January 11, 2007.
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