Mindray Medical Ultrasound Sales vice president Michael Thompson said they are pleased to enter into this agreement with Novation and look forward to collaborate with the members its VHA, UHC, and Provista members in supplying ultrasound technology.

"Now these members can take advantage of Mindray’s upgradeable architecture, which provides a significant price-to-value ratio," Thompson said.

"Both the M7 and M5 systems can be used in a wide array of clinical applications."

Thompson added that in addition, each system comes with numerous choices of transducers and options.