Axsun is a leading developer and manufacturer of lasers and optical engines used in medical Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging systems and advanced photonic components and subsystems used in other industrial applications.
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Volcano Corporation
Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC) offers a broad suite of devices
designed to facilitate endovascular procedures, enhance the diagnosis of
vascular and structural heart disease and guide optimal therapies. The
company's intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) product line includes ultrasound
consoles that can be integrated directly into virtually any modern cath lab.
Volcano IVUS offers unique features, including both single-use phased array
and rotational IVUS imaging catheters, and advanced functionality options,
such as VH(R) IVUS tissue characterization and ChromaFlo(R). Volcano also
provides functional measurement (FM) consoles and single-use pressure and flow
guide wires and is developing a line of ultra-high resolution Optical
Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems and catheters. Currently, more than 3,700
Volcano IVUS and FM systems are installed worldwide, with approximately half
of its revenues coming from outside
Axsun Technologies, Inc.
Axsun Technologies, Inc., established in 1998, develops and manufactures MEMS-based lasers and optical engines used in OCT imaging systems, micro-optical spectrometers and optical channel monitors for pharmaceutical, chemical and petrochemical and telecom network applications. Through its expertise in micro-optics, packaging and precision engineering, Axsun has pioneered an entirely new class of high-performance, miniaturized spectroscopic instruments and devices enabling a dramatic shift from lab-based measurements to on-line and at-line measurements, without compromising performance. Further information can be found at http://www.axsun.com
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