Jul 28 2010
Viking Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:VKNG) announced today an extension of its supply contract with Boston Scientific. Based on the continued success of Boston Scientific's SpyGlass® Direct Visualization System, the companies agreed to extend the term of the supply agreement through May 2012.
"We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with Boston Scientific," said Jed Kennedy, President & CEO of Viking Systems, who went on to say, "Our OEM products provide a solid manufacturing base that benefits both our OEM and Viking brand products including our planned Next Generation 3DHD Visualization System. Our relationship with Boston Scientific and our other OEM customers brings further credibility to Viking as a high quality designer and manufacturer of visualization products for the medical markets."
Boston Scientific's SpyGlass Direct Visualization System is the latest advancement in intraductal visualization during a cholangioscopy. The SpyGlass System is the first single operator, intraductal system that allows for not only optical viewing, but also optically-guided biopsies and has been shown to be compatible with electrohydraulic lithotripsy (EHL) and holmium laser to fragment stones. Viking Systems provides the camera, lightsource and related accessories designed specifically for the SpyGlass® Direct Visualization System.