4 October 2005 COMRAD Medical Systems Partners With Spintech Oceania Entry into the Australian Medical Imaging market strikes immediate success Following the recent announcement of a significant capital injection from the Savage Group to help the company expand off-shore, Christchurch based software developer COMRAD Medical Systems has appointed Australian distributor Spintech Oceania to represent its products to the Australian radiology imaging market. The partnership is already proving extremely productive and is generating strong interest from private radiology practices across Australia. Spintech Oceania Pty Ltd specialises in providing software solutions and diagnostic equipment to the Australian Medical Imaging market, and was established six years ago by radiology experts and directors Phil Spinks and Mark Duffy. Andrew Scott, director of COMRAD Medical Systems, met with Spintech at the world’s largest radiology conference in Chicago called RSNA, and after initial discussions agreed to formalise a partnership with the distributor for the Australian market. Mr Scott says, “Spintech has a number of established contacts in the Medical Imaging market and is already generating tremendous sales interest for COMRAD. Through Spintech we have implemented a 200+ user licence at a multi-site radiology practice (that we plan to make an announcement about soon), and are in the advanced stage of negotiations with a number of other multi-user sites across Australia. We’re very impressed with their commitment to COMRAD and focus on our Australian market entry.” Spintech and COMRAD also agreed to distribute Cedara PACS alongside COMRAD2 after extensive product evaluation and customer input. Mr Duffy explains, “Cedara is a leading picture archiving and communications system (PACS) that, when interfaced with the COMRAD2 Radiology Information System, provides a world leading solution for the international radiology market. COMRAD chose to interface with Cedara after asking its customers which PACS system they preferred. We are particularly impressed with the relationship between COMRAD and Canadian software developer Cedara, and the seamless interface developed between the two software solutions is very attractive to customers as well.” COMRAD and Spintech are presenting to audiences at the RANZCR Conference at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre at Sydney’s Darling Harbour from 6-9 October. About COMRAD Medical Systems COMRAD Medical Systems is New Zealand’s leading provider of radiology information systems. The company was established in 1987, with offices in Christchurch, Auckland and a distribution office in Australia. COMRAD’s flagship product is COMRAD2, a fully featured Radiology Information System (RIS), which meets all the information technology needs of modern radiology departments or practices. About Spintech Oceania Pty Ltd Spintech Oceania Pty Ltd is a wholly owned Australian company providing Integrated Solutions for the medical imaging community nationally. Included in our product range are Philips Medical Systems imaging modalities, Terason portable laptop based Ultrasound systems, COMRAD Medical Systems Radiology Information Systems, Cedara PACS solutions, High Resolution Diagnostic Reporting Monitors and Sencor DICOM Archive and CD/DVD Publishing solutions. For more information visit www.spintech-oceania.com.au. Cedara Cedara software is deployed in hospitals and clinics worldwide and is licensed by many of the world's leading medical device and healthcare information technology companies. Cedara technologies and expertise span all the major digital imaging modalities including computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), digital X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, echo-cardiology, angiography, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) and fluoroscopy. Cedara medical imaging offerings are used in all aspects of clinical imaging workflow including the capture of a patient's digital image; the archiving, communication and manipulation of digital images; sophisticated clinical applications to analyse digital images; and the use of imaging in minimally-invasive surgery. For more information visit www.cedara.com. - Ends - © Copyright 2005, Comrad Medical Systems Limited. All rights reserved