PENTAX US Subsidiary to Acquire Gyrx and Endox for Reinforcing Medical Apparatus Business.Tokyo, Japan, May 26, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - PENTAX has announced that its US subsidiary Microline PENTAX (MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface ) has purchased the assets of Gyrx, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and Gyrx' subsidiary Endox, LLC for $11.5 million. MPI has acquired the business rights, intellectual properties, manufacturing technologies, development expertise and trade rights for the endoscopic ligation endoscopic ligation Treatment of esophageal varices–EVs by endoscopically ligating the veins with small O-shaped elastic rings. See Endoscopic sclerotherapy. clip appliers and surgical clips currently distributed by Gyrx and Endox. The clip appliers, which measure 5mm in diameter, receive high acclaim with its less invasiveness. Going forward, MPI will proactively promote the clip appliers while developing high value-added laparoscopic Laparoscopic A minimally-invasive surgical or diagnostic procedure that uses a flexible endoscope (laparoscope) to view and operate on structures in the abdomen. Mentioned in: Obstetrical Emergencies instruments so that it can reinforce its medical apparatus business. With this move, PENTAX expects to generate 7.5 billion yen ($67.5 mil) in medical apparatus sales in fiscal 2009, including 2 billion yen ($18.0 mil) in sales of clip appliers and related products. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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