Matakina Technology Announces Company Name Change to Volpara Health Technologies
20 October 2015 – Wellington medtech company Matakina Technology have announced they are changing their name to Volpara
Health Technologies to better align its identity with the international healthcare market it serves.
Matakina have marketed their breast imaging tools under their sales and marketing arm, Volpara Solutions for over 5
years, with installations in 31 countries, and report their software has analysed the mammograms of over seven million
women.
“The Volpara name was created by one of our founders, combining the words ‘volumetric’ and ‘parameters’, and it has
become a powerful global brand. ‘Health Technologies’ encompasses our future plans in the healthcare industry,” said
Ralph Highnam, Ph.D., CEO, Volpara Health Technologies.
Highnam is a finalist in the business category of the 2015 Wellingtonian of the Year Awards, having seen Volpara win the
Cisco Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the Year award in June 2015.
Earlier this month the company signed a 3-year group purchasing agreement with Premier, Inc., an alliance of more than
3,600 U.S. hospitals and 120,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to achieve high quality, cost-effective
care.
About Volpara Health Technologies
Volpara Health Technologies Limited of New Zealand was founded with the goal of helping radiologists give women the most
accurate information possible regarding their breast health. Cleared by the FDA, HealthCanada, the TGA, and CE-marked,
VolparaDensity provides an objective volumetric measure of breast density from digital mammography. VolparaDensity is
part of a suite of quantitative breast imaging tools built on the Volpara Solutions algorithm that allows for
personalised measurements of density, patient-specific x-ray dose, breast compression and other factors designed to
provide critical insight for breast imaging workflow. For more information, visit www.volparasolutions.com
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