November 13, 2012
Canon Announces Collaborative Research Agreements with Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital
TOKYO, Japan and BOSTON, Mass., November 13, 2012Canon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced today that the latter has entered into respective collaborative research agreements with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) to develop biomedical optical imaging and medical robotics technologies, among other initiatives. The overall goal of the agreements is to develop and commercialize unique medical devices for a variety of applications including detection of cardiovascular disease, brain functional imaging, robotics-assisted neurosurgery and miniature endoscopy. Canon U.S.A. is working in conjunction with its parent, Canon Inc., on this endeavor.