Vista and Medtronic agree to part company:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Vista Medical Technologies and Medtronic have terminated the three agreements between them that related to selling Vista's Series 8000 visualisation and information system for cardiac procedures. Vista says the exclusive agreements were cancelled because the endoscopic bypass surgery market has failed to develop as the Carlsbad, California-based company had predicted. However, it says that it is negotiating with another "international cardiac products company" for worldwide exclusive distribution of the visualisation system.