CompuMed files patent application

AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oct 14, 2002

Bone densitometry developer CompuMed has filed a provisional U.S. patent application for a software tool that monitors the progression of both inflammatory and degenerative joint disease. The application will be sold as an add-on module to the Los Angeles-based vendor’s osteoporosis screening and diagnostic product, OsteoGram. The new module will be available in mid-2003, according to the company

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
October 15, 2002

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CompuMed eyes international markets, February 6, 2002

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