MEDIA RELEASE PR40907
China Grants Samplify Second Series of Patents for Medical Imaging Technologies
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Chinese OEMs To Gain Access to Innovative image-compression
technology
Samplify Systems, Inc., a leading provider of signal-compression technology, semiconductors, and
solutions, today announced that the Chinese Government has granted the company its second series of
technology patents for medical imaging applications. These new patents come on the heels of the first series
of patents that were granted earlier this month for wireless base station
compression. More specific, China utility model patents were granted by the China State Intellectual Property
Office covering the use of compressing and
storing x-ray projection data in Computed Tomography (CT) systems. CT
projection data is generated when x-rays are digitized and are transferred,
stored, and processed by CT image reconstruction computers. Samplify's
patented compression technology reduces CT projection data bandwidth and
storage requirements by a factor of four. These patents include:
Patent Numbers Patent Title
-------------- ------------
200920173896.8 Apparatus for compressing projection data in a computed
tomography system
200920173897.2 Edge detection for computed tomography projection data
200920179135.3 Apparatus for compressing and storing projection data
in a rotatable part of a computed tomography system
With the granting of this second series of patents in China, Samplify's
Prism CT compression technology is now protected in a market and region that
is strategically important for the company. Indeed, Samplify continues to
make inroads with the leading medical system companies in China. As
important, these OEMs continue to leverage China's significant stimulus
funding of $125B, part of which will be used for the deployment of
next-generation CT equipment. Samplify's innovative compression technology
for medical applications saves medical imaging OEMs significant design,
development, and manufacturing costs for the transport and storage of CT
projection signals from the x-ray detectors on the rotating gantry to the
image reconstruction workstation.
According to Al Wegener, Samplify CTO and founder, "Medical equipment
OEMs who are developing new, lower-cost CT systems, are challenged to
transport and store huge amounts of digital data in real time. Samplify's
Prism CT compression technology offers these OEMs an innovative way to reduce
these transfer and storage bottlenecks in a cost-effective manner. No other
solution can match Samplify's low complexity and low-cost solutions while
operating at compression rates greater than 200 Msps."
"Today's announcement is another example of the Chinese government's
willingness to open up its markets to foreign corporations in an effort to
gain access to the best technologies and intellectual property for its own
corporate base," says Tom Sparkman, Samplify CEO. "We are very pleased," he
added, "that we are able to make inroads with Chinese OEMs using our
technology in such a protected fashion."
About Prism CT:
Samplify System's Prism CT(TM) delivers higher signal quality, and lower
latency for optimum data transmission in next-generation wireless and medical
imaging applications. Prism CT(TM) has been proven in the medical literature
to provide up to 3:1 compression on x-ray detector data without diagnostic
impact to reconstructed image quality. Prism CT(TM) is through Samplify's
exclusive hardware partner, Moog Components Group, and is also available as
intellectual property for popular FPGA platforms.
About Samplify Systems:
Samplify is a venture-funded solution provider of signal compression
technology, semiconductor and system products. Headquartered in Santa Clara,
CA, Samplify's customers include wireless infrastructure, medical imaging,
and industrial control companies worldwide. Samplify's technology and
semiconductor products, including the SAM1600 family of compressing ADCs,
have won multiple industry awards for innovation, including the first data
converter with integrated data compression. Additional information about
Samplify can be found at
SOURCE: Samplify Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: Media,
Allan Evans,
VP Marketing of Samplify Systems,
+1-408-260-4011,
aevans@samplify.com;
or Press,
John Tsantes of Tsantes Consulting Group,
+1-408-309-9926,
jtsantes@tsantes.com,
for Samplify Systems, Inc.
Translations:
NEWS 
