Infraredx entered a partnership with Nipro in August 2013, when it received an initial $25 million equity investment. Goodman, now a partially owned subsidiary of Nipro, has a history in the cardiovascular market as a distributor, establishing IVUS system market leadership for Boston Scientific and later for Volcano Corporation in Japan. -- Follow us on Twitter, 'like' us on Facebook, connect with us on Google+, and join our group on LinkedIn Subscribe now to BioOptics World magazine; it's free!