Eurotech Wins 1.2M USD Contract to Supply Embedded Computers for Medical Application

Eurotech TurboXb Computer on Module Powers Perfusion Management Devices for Medical OEM Supplier

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Jul 15, 2010, 07:00 ET

COLUMBIA, Md., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today announces a 1.2 Million USD contract to supply embedded computers to a leading medical original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that specializes in blood management and cardiopulmonary devices. The two-year contract will allow the customer to meet market demand for blood diagnostic equipment with the Eurotech TurboXb computer on module.

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The customer chose Eurotech to extend the lifecycle of some of their perfusion management devices using the ARM technology on the TurboXb. The devices perform blood diagnostics and clot detection within operating rooms, and include data storage and retrieval capabilities, so results are available for analysis at a later date.

"Leading customers renew their reliance on Eurotech's embedded technologies for their mission-critical solutions," commented Greg Nicoloso, Chief Executive Officer of Eurotech Inc. "We are committed to supporting our customers in tough application fields like the medical space, throughout the lifecycle of their products, so that they can extend the revenue-generating lifetime of their devices by staying with Eurotech."

The TurboXb computer on module is the processor module for a full-featured embedded computing system. Based on the Marvell PXA270M RISC-based processor, TurboXb CoM provides the processing capabilities for a high performance system with very low power consumption in a small form factor. It features rich graphics to SVGA with interfaces to 10/100baseT Ethernet, USB host, serial ports and analog inputs.

About Eurotech

Eurotech is a publicly listed global company (ETH.MI) that integrates hardware, software, services, and expertise to deliver embedded computing platforms and sub-systems to leading OEMs, system integrators and enterprise customers for successful and efficient deployment of their products and services. Drawing on concepts of minimalist computing, Eurotech lowers power draw, minimizes physical size and reduces coding complexity to bring sensors, embedded platforms, sub-systems, ready-to-use devices and high performance computers to market, specializing in healthcare, security, defense, transportation, industrial and energy segments. By combining domain expertise in wireless connectivity as well as communications protocols, Eurotech architects integrated solutions that simplify data capture, processing and transfer over unified communications networks. Our customers rely on us to simplify their access to state-of-art embedded technologies so they can focus on their core competencies. Learn more about Eurotech at www.eurotech.com.

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