issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2014 this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message vision sciences inc. type public company traded as nasdaq vsci industry medical equipment founded 1987 headquarters orangeburg new york united states revenue us 16.33 million as of 2013 update 1 website http www.visionsciences.com vision sciences inc. nasdaq vsci is an international endoscopy product manufacturer and supplier . it was founded in 1987 by lewis c. pell and katsumi oneda and is based in orangeburg new york . 2 3 in december 2013 the company has been selected by 21st century oncology inc. as 21st century s preferred vendor of choice and its products will be applied in medical treatment in a variety of therapeutic areas including cancer care . 4 background edit endosheath technology is a patented technology of the company . it was invented by dr. fred e. silverstein who is a notable gastroenterologist . he believed that the reprocess of endoscope was complex at that time and wanted to improve the technology with lower cost and less contamination risk . 5 during the outbreak of the nightmare bacteria super bug which raises cross contamination problems at advocate lutheran general hospital the endosheath solutions successfully reduced patients infection . 6 the company has two segments including medical and industrial . the medical segment develops and manufactures endoscopy products incorporating its endosheath technology for professionals through its subsidiary machida inc. 3 the product of industrial segment are borescopes provided to aircraft engine industry . 7 the endoscope products and endosheath technology of the company have markets in urology pulmonology surgery gastroenterology ent and spine . 8 references edit notes vision sciences . key statistics for nic ltd. yahoo finance . finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2014 02 24 . vsci summary for vision sciences inc. yahoo finance . yahoo.finance.com . retrieved 2014 02 24 . a b vsci stock quote vision sciences inc. stock price today vsci ... . marketwatch.com . retrieved 2014 02 24 . vision sciences selected as preferred vendor for endoscopy equipment by 21st century oncology . globenewswire.com . 2013 12 19 . retrieved 2014 02 24 . vision sciences inc. history . visionsciences.com . retrieved 2014 02 24 . vision sciences endosheath r technology offers patented solution to nightmare bacteria . online.wsj.com . retrieved 2014 02 24 . vision sciences inc. nasdaq vsci quotes & news google finance . yahoo.finance.com . retrieved 2014 02 24 . vision sciences inc. nasdaq vsci reuters.com . reuters.com . retrieved 2014 02 24 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vision sciences inc. & oldid 647298553 categories companies based in rockland county new yorkcompanies established in 1987companies listed on nasdaqhidden categories orphaned articles from february 2014all orphaned articlesarticles with a promotional tone from february 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles containing potentially dated statements from 2013all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 21 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view