FUJIFILM VisualSonics
FUJIFILM VisualSonics Inc. (originally VisualSonics Inc.) is a biomedical company focused on the commercialization of high-frequency ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging equipment for research purposes. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada (with European headquarters in Amsterdam).{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3778098|title=Bloomberg - Company Overview of VisualSonics, Inc.|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-02-27}}
History
VisualSonics was founded in 1999 by Stuart Foster,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=26579522&privcapId=3778098|title=Bloomberg - F. Stuart Foster|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2019-02-27}} Medical Physicist out of Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto. Dr. Foster's laboratory had been focused on developing a higher frequency ultrasound system since 1983 in order to better study mouse models of human disease.{{Cite web|url=https://hospitalnews.com/worlds-first-ultra-high-frequency-ultrasound/|title=World's first ultra-high frequency ultrasound|last=Jones|first=Kristie|date=2016-06-10|website=Hospital News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-27}} In 2010 the company was acquired by the American clinical ultrasound company, SonoSite Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthimaging.com/topics/imaging-informatics/sonosite-completes-695m-acquisition-visualsonics|title=SonoSite completes $69.5M acquisition of VisualSonics|website=Health Imaging|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}} (based in Bothell, WA). In 2012, FUJIFILM Holdings acquired SonoSite Inc.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fujifilm-sonosite-idUSTRE7BE0NF20111215|title=Fujifilm powers medical unit with $753 million Sonosite buy|date=2011-12-15|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-02-27|language=en}}
References
External links
- [https://www.visualsonics.com/ Official Website]