SuperSonic Imagine Signs With Canon Marketing Japan As A Key Distributor In Asia

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperSonic Imagine today announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Canon Marketing Japan Inc. (Canon MJ) to develop the Japanese market.

After receiving CE approval and 510K clearance from the FDA for its Aixplorer® MultiWave™ Ultrasound System, SuperSonic Imagine, has developed commercial networks on 4 continents and in more than thirty countries.  SuperSonic Imagine is honoured to announce that Canon MJ has signed on as the exclusive distributor for the Aixplorer® in Japan.

Jacques Souquet, CEO of SuperSonic Imagine commented,

"The agreement with Canon MJ is quite important to us as it opens the door to one of the largest ultrasound markets in the world. In order to assess our product in this very competitive market, having Canon MJ as a partner is essential. I see our relationship with Canon MJ as a long term collaboration extending potentially to other domains in the future. Aixplorer, with its unique disruptive technology, is well suited for markets looking for new innovative approaches."

Kunio Kurihara, Director of Canon MJ commented,

"This distribution agreement with SuperSonic Imagine is perfectly aligned with our corporate strategy, and builds on the value that Canon MJ offers to the Japanese medical market. Adding Aixplorer to our portfolio of products will allow us to further meet the needs of the Japanese medical community. We have high expectations for our new co-operation and believe that SuperSonic Imagine's expertise in ultrasound will bring new and innovative solutions to the Japanese market."

The Aixplorer is the only commercially available system of its kind with MultiWave Technology, which is based upon the interaction between conventional longitudinal waves and shear waves in tissue. The system consists of an all software-based architecture which provides both impeccable B-mode images and, for the first time, uses shear waves (ShearWave™ Elastography) to quantify true tissue stiffness or elasticity information in kilopascals. With MultiWave Technology, the Aixplorer brings clinicians significantly enhanced real-time diagnostic information that is quantitative and reproducible.*