{"id":8501,"date":"2011-09-24T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T02:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hoya.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=8501"},"modified":"2022-11-29T22:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:06:34","slug":"20110924","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hoya.com\/en\/news\/20110924\/","title":{"rendered":"PENTAX launches the world\u2019s first HD (High Definition) Video Bronchoscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PENTAX launches the world\u2019s first HD (High Definition) Video Bronchoscope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>September 24th, 2011 &#8211; PENTAX Lifecare, a division of HOYA Corporation has launched the world\u2019s first HD video bronchoscope at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) annual congress in Amsterdam. The new HD bronchoscope, the EB-1990i, sets a new standard for state-of-the-art bronchoscopy.<\/p>\n<p>PENTAX has been an industry leader in high definition endoscopy and the latest EB-1990i HD bronchoscope is the first HD bronchoscope with a megapixel CCD that delivers clear high resolution images with accurate colour reproduction.<\/p>\n<p>The EB-1990i HD bronchoscope is the latest in the family of HD endoscopes from PENTAX. The EB-1990i HD bronchoscope provides users with excellent image quality and leading ergonomics. Built on PENTAX\u2019s industry leading HD processors the EB-1990i helps physicians clearly visualize the bronchial airways for increased clinical confidence in their diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Foccoli, Director of Respiratory Endoscopy in \u201c\u2019Spedali Civili di Brescia\u201d, Italy said<br \/>\n\u201cThe PENTAX EB-1990i HD bronchoscope provides a significant improvement in image resolution over standard systems, with clear enhancement of anatomical details of the bronchial mucosa like longitudinal elastic bands, mucosal glands and vascularity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instilling greater clinical confidence by delivering high performance, reliability and value to our customers is at the core of everything we do,&#8221; said Chris Japp, Global President of PENTAX Lifecare. &#8220;Bronchoscopy has proved to be an important and indispensable diagnostic tool in pneumology and PENTAX took giant strides to offer the technological advances in the field of bronchoscopy to our customers and the patients they care for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The EB-1990i is currently only available for sale in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>About PENTAX<br \/>\nPENTAX Lifecare is a division of Hoya Corporation and it\u2019s mission is to improve the standard of patient care and quality of healthcare delivery by providing the best endoscopic products and services with a focus on QUALITY, CLINICALLY RELEVANT INNOVATION, and SIMPLICITY.<\/p>\n<p>Through leading edge R&amp;D and manufacturing, PENTAX provides endoscopic imaging devices and solutions to the global medical community.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Japan, PENTAX has a worldwide focus and presence with R&amp;D, regional sales, service, and in-country facilities around the globe. PENTAX employees represent the diverse countries where we do business, allowing us to provide innovative solutions tailored to meet local needs.<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact<br \/>\nAnne Bunk<br \/>\nIna Schreuder<br \/>\nPENTAX Europe GmbH<br \/>\nJulius-Vosseler-Strase 104, 22527 Hamburg<br \/>\nTel.: +49 40 \/ 5 61 92 &#8211; 0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8501","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PENTAX launches the world\u2019s first HD (High Definition) Video Bronchoscope - HOYA Corporation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoya.com\/en\/news\/20110924\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PENTAX launches the world\u2019s first HD (High Definition) Video Bronchoscope - HOYA Corporation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PENTAX launches the world\u2019s first HD (High Definition) Video Bronchoscope September 24th, 2011 &#8211; PENTAX Lifecare, a division of HOYA Corporation has launched the world\u2019s first HD video bronchoscope at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) annual congress in Amsterdam. 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