GE Healthcare Closes USD 1.45bn Acquisition of Surgical Visualisation Provider BK Medical.

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Connecticut, US-based medical technologies and services provider GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) has closed the acquisition of Boston-based advanced surgical visualisation provider BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners for a cash purchase price of USD 1.45bn, the company said.

BK Medical is an innovator in global intraoperative imaging and surgical navigation, used to guide clinicians during minimally invasive and robotic surgeries and to visualise deep tissue during procedures in neuro and abdominal surgery, and in ultrasound urology.

This transaction is expected to create value by further strengthening BK Medical, including through significant synergies with the benefit of GE's technology and commercial scale.

This transaction enables BK Medical's Active Imaging platform to reach new customers and new...

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