SonoSite Deals With Physio-Control

SonoSite (NASDAQ: [[ticker:SONO]]), the Bothell, WA-based maker of portable ultrasound machines, said today it has formed a partnership with Redmond, WA-based Physio-Control, the big maker of heart defibrillators. The deal calls for Physio-Control’s sales reps to help pitch SonoSite’s ultrasound diagnostic tools to emergency medicine workers. Terms of the arrangement weren’t disclosed.

Author: Luke Timmerman

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