equipment fate acquired successor deerfield imaging founded 2005 defunct august 19 2015 2015 08 19 1 2 headquarters minnetonka minnesota u.s. key people jay miller chairman & ceo products medical imaging equipment revenue 51.8 million 2011 number of employees 200 2011 website www.imris.com imris inc. innovative magnetic resonance imaging systems was a medical equipment company based in minnetonka minnesota united states . the company which was originally founded in winnipeg canada developed and marketed intraoperative image guided therapy environments for use during surgical or interventional procedures . the system sold as visius surgical theatre integrated magnetic resonance imaging mri computed tomography ct x ray angiography and fluoroscopy into the operating room . 3 4 the company evolved from research conducted through canada s national research council . 5 the imris intraoperative mri and ct products were mounted on ceiling rails that brought the image modality scanner to the patient rather than having to transport or reposition the patient . the visius imri and ict products were available in multiple room configurations so imaging could be utilized in other rooms for intraoperative or diagnostic scanning . in 2011 the company announced it was developing an mri compatible image guided surgical robot specifically designed for minimally invasive neurosurgery . 6 7 8 in november 2012 the company announced that it was moving its headquarters to the minneapolis area . they completed their move in july 2013 . in late may 2015 news broke that imris had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a buyout offer of 9.5 million from secured lender deerfield management co. lp . due to problems competing with larger health care businesses . 9 chapter 11 proceedings were finalized on august 19 2015 with deerfield imaging agreeing to acquire most of imris assets . 1 2 10 references edit a b chapter 11 case no. 15 11133 css pdf . united states bankruptcy court for the district of delaware . 19 august 2015 . retrieved 29 february 2016 . a b deerfield completes purchase of imris . deerfield imaging . 19 august 2015 . retrieved 29 february 2016 . canadian start up takes mri into the operating room . diagnostic imaging april 25 2001 http www.diagnosticimaging.com mri content article 113619 1217302 pagenumber 1 . j shmuel . 2011 . imris methodically building momentum . financial post april 10 2011 http business.financialpost.com 2011 04 10 imris methodically building momentum . http archive.nrc cnrc.gc.ca eng ibp ibd about spin off companies imris.html . accessed august 27 2012 . http www.mdacorporation.com corporate news pr pr2011091901.cfm accessed august 27 2012 . imris buying company behind surgical robot . winnipeg free press february 5 2010 http www.winnipegfreepress.com business imris buying company behind surgical robot 83622652.html . university of calgary faculty of medicine http medicine.ucalgary.ca about neuroarm sold . brickley p. 26 may 2015 . imris files for bankruptcy with buyout offer from deerfield . the wall street journal . dow jones & company inc. retrieved 29 february 2016 . imris inc. assets acquired by deerfield management company . daic . scranton gillette communications . 14 august 2015 . retrieved 29 february 2016 . see also edit image guided surgery intraoperative mri retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title imris & oldid 707896789 categories medical equipment manufacturerscompanies based in winnipegbiomedical engineeringneurosurgerymedical technologyimaging 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 2 march 2016 at 12 33 . 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