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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
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ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., a Bracco Group company, is a pioneer and market leader of Advanced Contrast Imaging System Technology in the fields of cardiology and radiology with a global clinical presence in over 40 countries. Our advanced, comprehensive contrast injection technologies for imaging and related patient care solutions include: contrast injection systems for cardiology and radiology for use in catheterization, MR, and CT/CTA suites; extravasation detection technology; patient data information management systems; and point-of-care testing for creatinine levels. ACIST Medical Systems directly employs over 220 people worldwide, with the majority located at its corporate headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Device manufacturing, research and development, technical and customer service, and all other corporate functions are performed from these offices in support of the global marketplace. Two other regional offices in Europe and Asia further coordinate local sales and system activities. ACIST Medical Systems is dedicated to helping clinicians provide the best patient care possible, by delivering innovative solutions that aid in obtaining quality images with greater ease and control during every procedure, in every case. ACIST Medical Systems is relentlessly "in pursuit of the perfect image" through continuous research and development of new products and technologies supporting today's needs and anticipating those of tomorrow.
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Charlene FontesNumber of Employees 174
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NAICS Code Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing: 339112
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ACIST Medical expands headquarters, manufacturing plant
ACIST Medical Systems Inc. has expanded its new headquarters. The manufacturer of contrast media injection systems recently opened its new expanded corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Eden Prairie, MN. Company executives said the new facility was designed to create an improved environment for employees. "Our new corporate...
ACIST Medical Systems Announces Distribution Agreement for StatSensor Creatinine Meter
MINNEAPOLIS -- ACIST Medical Systems, Inc. a Bracco Group company, a world leader in advanced contrast injection systems for cardiovascular angiography and diagnostic imaging, announced today the signing of a distribution agreement for the StatSensor Creatinine Meter with Nova Biomedical. The agreement calls for the ACIST and Nova teams to...
ACIST Medical Systems Enhances Portfolio with Acquisition of E-Z-EM Products and Systems
MINNEAPOLIS -- ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., an affiliate of the Bracco Group, has today acquired E-Z-EM's contrast delivery, contrast data management, and point-of-care testing business. This includes the Empower([R]) line of contrast injector delivery systems, IRiS contrast management system and the EZ Chem[TM] point-of-care device, a unique chemistry device for...
ACIST Medical Systems Announces the Market Release of the ACIST CVi Contrast Delivery System: The ACIST CVi - Trust Experience. Rely on Innovation
MINNEAPOLIS -- ACIST Medical Systems, a leading clinical and technological innovator in automated contrast delivery systems and part of the Bracco Group, announced today the market release of the ACIST CVi Contrast Delivery System for cardiovascular angiographic procedures. This fourth-generation system delivers the same procedural and cost-efficiencies enjoyed by ACIST...
ACIST Medical Systems Announces The ACIST CVi product introduction at the TCT: The ACIST CVi - Trust Experience. Rely on Innovation
MINNEAPOLIS -- ACIST Medical Systems, a leading clinical and technological company in automated contrast delivery systems and part of the Bracco Group, announced today the introduction of the ACIST CVi Contrast Delivery System for cardiovascular angiographic procedures. This product combines all of the features of the ACIST CMS and Voyager...
ACIST Medical Systems Receives FDA Clearance for Voyager Model E2000 Contrast Delivery System
Health/Medical Writers EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--BW HealthWire--March 13, 2001 AcistR Medical Systems announced today that it has received Food and Drug Administration FDA clearance for the VoyagerTM Model E2000 Contrast Delivery System. The Voyager System is designed to be used in conjunction with x-ray equipment to diagnose and treat...
ACIST GETS FDA CLEARANCE FOR CONTRAST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.(Acist Medical Systems)(Brief Article)
Acist Medical Systems, Eden Prairie, Minn., has received the Food and Drug Administration clearance of the newest addition to their product line, the CMS-2000 Contrast Management System for angiography. The CMS-2000 is the only injector of its kind that allows the physician instantaneous and variable control...
Acist Medical Systems, Inc. Announces Completion of $14.0 Million Financing
Health & Medical Writers EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--BW HealthWire--April 27, 2000 Acist Medical Systems, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, announced today that it has completed a $14.0 million private placement of preferred equity with a group of investors led by First Union Capital Partners of Charlotte, NC. Also...
Acist Medical Systems Announces Japanese Ministry of Health Approval at the Kurashiki Live Demonstration Course
Business Editors & Healtcare Writers EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 7, 2000 Acist Medical Systems' CL100 Automated Contrast Injection system received Japanese Ministry of Health approval on February 25, 2000. Approval was announced at the 9th Live Interventional Cardiology Demonstration Course held annually in Kurashiki, Japan where 1,050 participants...
Servo fluid injection streamlines cardiac catheterization.(includes related article on the rod-type actuator used in Acist Medical Systems' angiographic-fluid-delivery system)(Cover Story)
To effectively treat coronary disease, physicians need to see how blood flows through the arteries and heart. To accomplish this, an intervential cardiologist injects radiographic material contrast into the patient, then views images of the coronary anatomy on over-head monitors. Acist Medical Systems (Eden Prairie, MN)...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Charlene Fontes | Purchasing Agent |
| Terry Mc Cormick | Marketing Executive |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Fulvio Renoldi Bracco | Chairman |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | Purchasing Agent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | Marketing Executive | Current |
Fulvio Renoldi Bracco has been Chairman of ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., a U.S. affiliate of the Bracco Group, since 2002. Prior to joining ACIST, he was Vice President of Finance at Bracco's Corporate Office in Milan. He also worked with Citibank in London, New York, and Milan specializing in structured finance products, prior to joining the Bracco Group. As part of Bracco's corporate social responsibility, he is actively engaged in working, through the Clinton Group Initiative and the Children's Heartlink, to establish a cardiac center for neonatal cardiac treatment in North East China so as to improve medical care for infants in that Region. Mr. Renoldi Bracco received a degree in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Acist Medical Systems, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Ikonisys, Inc. | Director | Current |
| The Corporate Office | Vice President of Finance | Former |
| Citibank | Former | |
| Bocconi University | Degree In Economics | Former |
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