The Vattikuti Institute at Henry Ford Hospital Deploys Focus Enhancements ProxSys Media Asset Management Solution17 March 2006
Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE), aworldwide leader in video production and conversion technology, todayannounced the ProxSys™ Media Server is organizing and sharing surgicalvideo at the Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.ProxSys ingests video captured from Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci®minimally invasive surgical systems. "Since the U.S. launch of ProxSys in July 2005, we have seen broad interestfrom a variety of markets and applications, all with the same need toefficiently organize hundreds of hours of digital media," said MichaelConway, senior vice president of business development and strategy forFocus Enhancements. "Our ProxSys Media Asset Management Solution offersnew media collaboration capabilities in the burgeoning market of high-endtelemedicine. We are pleased with this endorsement from the leading roboticsurgery institute." "The ProxSys Media Server and ingest workstations have proven to be theperfect media asset management system. We typically need to ingest twelvehours of media from six robotic procedures daily," says Dr. AlokShrivastava, physician at the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry FordHospital. "With the ProxSys multi-user web interface, physician/patientcounseling and post-operative procedural analysis have been much moreefficient. The automated workflow and scalability has also helped us inarchiving the operative video into various formats conducive for onlinereviewing and preparing presentation files. We plan to install this systemin all of our robotic operating rooms." ProxSys Media Server provides comprehensive media asset managementsolutions for customers that have the need to organize rich multi-formatmedia. ProxSys is designed for medium- and large-scale deployments invideo-driven applications, including broadcast archive and play-out, TVmonitoring, medical, sports analysis, education and training, and videoarchiving. ProxSys replaces the need to manually manage volumes ofdispersed videotapes, CD-ROMs, audio CDs, and digital images within theorganization, creating a seamless workflow environment. ProxSys managesterabytes of low- and high-resolution video, audio, images, documents, anddata from a simple Web browser interface allowing quick preview and accessto clips from any location over the Internet. ProxSys is available now through the worldwide Focus Enhancements dealerand distributor networks starting at an MSRP of $24,950. The VattikutiInstitute installation includes ingest stations and external storage from aFocus Enhancements technology partner, RAID Incorporated, at total solutionMSRP of $40,000. For more information, please visit www.focusinfo.com. About Focus Enhancements, Inc. Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE), headquartered in Campbell, CA, is aleading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary videoand wireless video technologies. The company's Semiconductor Group developsintegrated circuits (ICs) for high-performance applications in the videoconvergence market, including IPTV set-top boxes and portable mediaplayers. Focus Enhancements is currently developing a wireless IC chip setbased on the WiMedia UWB standard and designed to be compatible withWireless USB and used in personal computer (PC), consumer electronics (CE),and mobile electronics applications. The company's System Group developsvideo products for the digital media markets, with customers in thebroadcast, video production, digital signage and digital asset managementmarkets. More information on Focus Enhancements may be obtained from thecompany's SEC filings, or by visiting the Focus Enhancements home page athttp://www.Focusinfo.com Safe Harbor Statement Statements in this press release which are not historical includingstatements regarding management's intentions, hopes, expectations,representations, plans or predictions about the future are forward-lookingstatements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation ReformAct of 1995. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materiallyinclude the risk factors specified in the company's Form 10-K/Afor the yearended December 31, 2004, Forms 10-Q, 10-Q/A and 10-Q for the periods endingMarch 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005, as well as otherfilings with the SEC. These statements are based on information as of March15, 2006 and the company assumes no obligation to update anyforward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, futureevents, or otherwise. © 2006 FOCUS Enhancements Inc. All Rights Reserved. ProxSys™ is atrademark of FOCUS Enhancements Inc. da Vinci® is a registered trademarkof Intuitive Surgical. CONTACT: FOCUS Enhancements: Shaun McTernanFocus Enhancements, Inc.843.836.3627Email Contact FOCUS Investors: David BarnardLippert/Heilshorn & Assoc.415.433.3777Email Contact FOCUS Press: Joe KilmerFutureWorks, Inc.408.428.0895 x113Email Contact SOURCE: FOCUS Enhancements
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