In Brief: Medtronic/Vista Medical
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medtronic/Vista Medical: Ink collaborative agreement to co-promote Vista's Series 8000 visualization systems for minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery in the U.S. and make Medtronic the exclusive distributor for the Vista Systems in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Vista's systems are an "enabling technology for both the `beating heart' and `port-access' approaches increasingly used in coronary artery bypass surgery as well as other cardiac procedures," Medtronic says. The company will take an undisclosed equity investment in privately held Vista Medical...