World premiere of the new generation of products for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Dear readers

The first quarter of the year is behind us, it is now spring and we are enjoying the first rays of sunshine after a long winter. SOMATEX has just completed a very successful first quarter of 2008. The OEM division, established in 2005, has contributed to a sales growth of 14 percent compared to the previous year. Vertebroplasty and mammography products have made significant contributions to our success.

The SOMATEX GmbH development department is working in top gear to continue our successful first quarter. We will be presenting our latest innovations at the 89th German Roentgen Congress in Berlin. The focus of the Congress will be on the world premiere of the new range of MR products. The real new product here is the MR material, the perfect compromise of optimum visibility, very good artefact formation and maximum material strength.

Find out about this and other innovations in our latest newsletter.

Enjoy your reading and we look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

The SOMATEX Team

Optimal visibility, low level of artefact formation, and high stability in MRI
World premiere of Somatex new magnetic resonance imaging product range at the 89th German Roentgen Congress in Berlin

Teltow, 28th April, 2008. Somatex Medical Technologies is to premiere at the 89th German Roentgen Congress in Berlin a new product range of instruments for minimally invasive surgical procedures using a magnetic resonance image scanner. Through the use of a new alloy, these instruments can achieve excellent visibility with minimal artefact formation and high levels of material strength.
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Support for the SOMATEX Sales Team

With an export share of 40 percent, SOMATEX concentrated on expanding our international business last year. We are planning to continue our international sales drive this year and to assist us we have appointed the following persons to support positions for the sales teams: 

Franziska Stieler has been working in the back office for some weeks now to support SOMATEX marketing. She processes all orders and ensures that our customers receive their orders quickly and on time.

Contact: Ms. Franziska Stieler | Tel: 03328 307617 | email: f.stieler@somatex.com

Stephanie Rutzka is now District Manager for international markets: Asia, Central and South America, the Baltic region and Poland.

Contact: Ms. Stephanie Rutzka | Tel: 03328 307635 | email: s.rutzka@somatex.com

Nils Drewes is supporting sales division as District Manager for the German market. He is now solely responsible for supporting a number of customers in western Germany. He will also work on expanding our business activities in the Middle East.

Contact: Mr. Nils Drewes | Tel: 03328 307634 | email: n.drewes@somatex.com

MRI Devices - Optimal visibility and maximum strength

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a future oriented imaging procedure in modern diagnostics
and minimal invasive therapy. SOMATEX has been active for years in the development of instruments made from nonmagnetic material for different applications. In accordance with the high demands and new developments in MRI, our products are continually improved or newly designed.

The new SOMATEX MRI Instruments series seeks to find the optimal balance of MRI visibility, artefact management, and material strength. Thanks to special design and the use of new high quality materials, SOMATEX is setting standards in the MRI sector: Minimum artefacts, optimal visibility, andhigh strength make SOMATEX MRI Instruments safe and reliable instruments.

All MRI-Devices at a Glance:

MRI Chiba Needle with a particularly sharp ULTRA cut for the injection of drugs or for fine needle aspiration biopsies.

MRI Coaxial Puncture Needle with a sharp trocar tip for the absolute minimum of puncture trauma. The needles can, for example, be used for the initial puncture or as sheaths for guidewires, but also as puncture sheaths for the SOMATEX Biopsy Handy.

MRI Biopsy-Handy for obtaining histologically usable tissue material from a variety of soft tissues and organs.

MRI Tumark Professional for precise tissue marking under the guidance of MR. The new 3D marker design guarantees firm anchorage in the tissue with optimal visibility in all positions.

Tumark Professional and MRI Tumark Professional are avaliable in two different lengths: 18G/ 1,20 mm x 120 mm and 18G/ 1,20 mm x 150 mm

MRI Tuloc Localization System for the pre-operative marking of suspicious tissue. Its high pressure stability and extreme sharpness of cannulae and wire tips render possible the simple penetration even of solid tumour tissue.

MRI DUO-System is a correctable localization set for the pre-operative marking of non-palpable, suspected mammary lesions.

High rigidity and stability of the cannula becaus of the new MRI material. Therefore  the MRI DUO-System is available only in one size of the diameter 20G / 0,95 mm and in three different lengths (50 mm, 90 mm, 120 mm).

Do you have any further questions concerning these products? Please visit us at our homepage www.somatex.com or just give us a call +49 (0)3328 3076-17.

You are welcome to write us an email: info@somatex.com.