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GE Healthcare teams up with augmented reality company MediView XR

By Jessica Hagen 01:07 pm November 29, 2022

GE Heathcare and MediView XR, a med-tech company that leverages augmented reality, announced their collaboration to co-develop the OmnifyXR Interventional Suite System. It will combine medical imaging and mixed-reality solutions to assist physicians and their care teams. The collaboration will pair GE's imaging technologies with MediView's augmented reality and surgical navigation expertise to...

GE Healthcare snaps up surgical visualization company BK Medical for $1.45B

By Emily Olsen 12:56 pm September 23, 2021

GE Healthcare announced Thursday it has entered into an agreement to acquire surgical visualization company BK Medical for $1.45 billion in cash. BK Medical provides ultrasound technology that can be used during surgery to guide clinicians. The companies expect the deal to close in 2022, pending regulatory review. “We are immensely proud of the organization and of the life-changing technology...