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Vuzix announces French medical company's follow-on orders for M400 Smart Glasses

Published: 08:37 03 Dec 2020 EST

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The orders come as part of the commercialization and rollout of the Pixee Medical AR navigation system across Europe

Vuzix Corporation (NASDAQ:VUZI) (FRA:V7XN) has announced that Pixee Medical, a France-based medical company, has placed follow-on M400 Smart Glasses orders to support the commercialization and rollout of the Pixee Medical augmented reality navigation system across Europe. 

In a statement Wednesday, Vuzix said the first AR Knee+ total knee replacement surgery guided by its proprietary solution running on Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses was completed in Paris in June 2020 and subsequently over the last five months, more than 40 surgeries have been completed in different hospitals and clinics across Europe.  

Pixee Medical also recently signed up several distributors in Europe and is in the process of finalizing and onboarding several new additional distribution partners, Rochester, New York-based Vuzix added.

READ: Vuzix sees 3Q revenue jump by 140%, driven by higher sales of smart glasses

"Pixee Medical is making great commercial progress across Europe, especially in France and Belgium, and will be expanding our presence in the Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, UK and the Australia as well,” said Sébastien Henry, founding president of Pixee Medical.

“Our forthcoming FDA 510(k) clearance will also allow Pixee Medical to scale our business quickly into the United States. We're excited to work in partnership with Vuzix to market this solution to the European Union and other CE mark geographies through implant manufacturers and distributors.”

Vuzix CEO Paul Travers added: “The team at Pixee Medical created an innovative path to bring the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses into the operating room to perform knee replacement surgeries and continues to make significant progress in the operating theater across Europe. We look forward to supporting the worldwide distribution of their innovative AR solution, particularly in the large U.S. market following FDA approval."

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