B-K Medical Introduces Type 8811 State-Of-The-Art Transducer for Very High Frequency Ultrasound Scanning.

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BW HealthWire)--May 8, 2002

B-K Medical A/S, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ: ALOG), announces the release of the Type 8811 transducer, which adds even higher-level imaging performance to the company's affordably priced ultrasound systems. Its two main application areas will be breast scanning and scanning superficial muscular and skeletal structures.

Health authorities all over the world are focusing on breast cancer. Because early detection and diagnosis can have a significant influence on the course of treatment and consequently also on the outcome, there is more and more interest in the use of new diagnostic tools, including ultrasound.

B-K Medical's Type 8811 transducer combines three critical parameters for scanning the breast and other superficial organs - a wide image field, very high resolution, and excellent penetration. It offers an image clarity and flexibility of use normally associated with ultrasound systems in a much higher price category.

Carl F. Simony, Director of Marketing at B-K Medical, sees the Type 8811 as a major addition to B-K Medical's already large selection of high quality ultrasound transducers. "The 8811 enables us to address the important market for breast and testes examinations with a transducer that delivers high-end image clarity at a large range of tissue depths. With its multiple scanning frequencies of up to 12 MHz, it is also very well tailored to the growing application of musculoskeletal scanning, where high resolution in the near field is a necessity. This form of ultrasound scanning is increasingly being used as a fast, cost-effective and non-invasive diagnostic tool in rheumatology and sports medicine, where it can reveal soft tissue pathology and also provide highly detailed information about superficial skeletal structures."

Not only is the Type 8811 excellent in basic scanning mode, it is also the highest frequency transducer available that offers True Echo Harmonics, a technique that gives enhanced results on patients whose body composition makes them harder to scan ultrasonically. Further, its excellent Doppler sensitivity, due to a dynamically variable Doppler frequency, makes it very well suited for scanning blood vessels near the surface of the body (peripheral vascular scanning).

In addition to its cutting-edge technical characteristics, the Type 8811 transducer offers several practical advantages for which B-K Medical has long been well known. Its comfortable ergonomic design makes it easy to work with even for personnel doing repetitive routine examinations. And like most B-K Medical transducers, it offers easy-to-mount puncture and biopsy guides. The transducer is compatible with a variety of modern sterilization methods, making it even more efficient and reliable to use.

The Type 8811 transducer is available now from B-K Medical's worldwide net of subsidiaries and distributors. For more information about B-K Medical and its products, call [phone] or visit www.bkmed.com

B-K Medical A/S, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ: ALOG), is a leading developer and manufacturer of specialized diagnostic ultrasound equipment. For a quarter of a century, B-K Medical has been delivering high quality and customer-oriented solutions for the ultrasound community. With headquarters in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark, B-K Medical has major offices in the United States, throughout Europe, and in Asia. The company offers sales and value-added services worldwide through its dedicated international distribution network.

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