Veterinary Surgical Associates and Veterinary Medical Specialists Install Milestone System; Braden River Equine Begins Next 1,000 Eklin DR Systems Installations

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital radiography (DR) has been growing rapidly in veterinary medicine, accounting for a significant percentage of DR systems installed throughout the world. Eklin Medical Systems, a global leader in DR, ultrasound, PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications Systems) and practice management software (VIA) solutions for veterinary care, announced it recently installed its overall 1,000th RapidStudy(R) DR system at Veterinary Surgical Associates (VSA) and its associate practice, Veterinary Medical Specialists (VMS), in Dublin, California. Incorporating sensor panel technology from Canon U.S.A., Inc., Eklin's milestone installation is one of more than 7,300 Canon DR sensor panels installed worldwide by the Canon family of companies, including more than 2,600 units installed by Canon U.S.A. in North and South America.

'Eklin has been an extremely important contributor to the global growth of our DR system installations, especially in the U.S., one of our largest markets,' said Tsuneo Imai, senior director and general manager, Medical Systems Division, Canon U.S.A., Inc. 'Eklin's integration of veterinary specific algorithms with our state-of-the-art DR sensor panel has resulted in some of the veterinary care market's leading DR technology. Consequently, Eklin has become our largest distributor of this highly sophisticated DR system.'

VSA and VMS installed the 999th and 1,000th Eklin RapidStart DR systems, respectively in August and will be installing two more RapidStart systems this month, representing a total of six Eklin systems throughout VSA's and VMS' four shared facilities in San Mateo, Campbell, Concord and Dublin, California. VSA and VMS are leading veterinary care providers in Northern California, specializing in surgery, internal medicine, oncology and emergency healthcare.

'Our mission is to provide the San Francisco Bay Area with quality surgery performed with the highest consideration for our patients, their human companions and the referring veterinarian who entrusts us with the care of them both,' said Chuck Walls, DVM, Diplomate ACVS, VSA.