COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech Group, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today that it has signed a contract with GE Healthcare to provide the embedded computing platform, based on the TurboXb computer on module product, for a future data capture device accessory. The multi-year contract is worth over one million dollars for Eurotech.
“With the Eurotech embedded board operating as the computing platform for our device accessory, we will be able to support medical staff in various healthcare environments,” commented Pamela Jackson Hall, General Manager for GE Healthcare Systems. “We look forward to applying Eurotech’s expertise in the design and build process for medical devices as we develop our device to go to the market with a minimum of delay and uncertainty.”
The contract covers both hardware production units and engineering services centered on the TurboXb embedded computer from Eurotech that powers the GE Healthcare device accessory.
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GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems. Our “healthymagination” vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company . Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.
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