Boston Scientific/Aspect Medical
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Boston Scientific makes $10 mil. equity investment in Aspect and is providing an additional $5 mil. credit facility to support development of Aspect's Bispectral Index (BIS) anesthetic effect/brain monitoring technology for use in gastrointestinal endoscopy, interventional cardiology and radiology suites. The BIS is currently available in intensive care units and operating rooms (11"The Gray Sheet" Feb. 4, 2002, p. 18). In return, Aspect has granted Boston Scientific an option for worldwide distribution rights for the specialty procedures market, as well as an option to purchase up to an aggregate of 25% of Aspect's voting securities in the open market...