Yale-New Haven Hospital Installs Black Diamond Video`s Integrated Digital Surgical Suites (IDSS)

Black Diamond Video`s IDSS Was Selected as the Superior Hospital Integration
Solution for Yale-New Haven Hospital
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Black Diamond Video, Inc. (BDV) announces that Yale-New Haven Hospital has
selected BDV to install their state-of-the-art Integrated Digital Surgical
Suites (IDSS) into their neurosurgical suite and gastrointestinal suites in the
new Smilow Cancer Center. The integration of eachIDSS DVI video and audio
solution will enhance the quality and efficiency of care delivered by Yale`s
gastroenterological, neurosurgical, nursing, radiology, and clinical engineering
teams by providing high-resolution digital video routing, audio routing,
multi-windowing, conferencing and collaboration capabilities. Yale's high-end
operating rooms will house advanced gastroenterological procedures, including
endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
(ERCP).Priya Jamidar, M.D., Professor of Medicine,Director of Endoscopy at Yale,
and expert practitioner of ERCP, commented, "We are impressed with Black Diamond
Video`s Integrated Digital Surgical Suite and look forward to utilizing our
state-of-the-art procedure rooms to offer the highest level of care to our
patients and to enhance our teaching program."

All of the IDSS` sophisticated features may be easily controlled via a
user-friendly touch panel interface. High-resolution digital media content that
the IDSS produces in the operating room may be effectively managed through a
central repository. BDV`s cutting-edge technology provides an all-DVI
video-processing infrastructure, which is scalable, future-proof and unmatched
in video quality and resolution. Ed Priest, Founder and CEO of BDV, commented:
"When accuracy is of the greatest importance, you need to be able to trust your
technology completely. Black Diamond Video`s IDSS provides the digital video
quality and control that are paramount for the complex surgeries that will be
conducted within the Smilow Cancer Center."

BDV will begin installation of its IDSS in November 2009, and promptly complete
installation in January 2010. Yale-New Haven Hospital, ranked one of the best
hospitals in the country according to the 2009-2010 US News and World Report,
will be opening its new Smilow Cancer Center in January 2010, as the latest
investment in its world-class oncology, surgical and imaging services. The
center will provide surgeons the highest level of visualization to support the
renowned neurosurgical and gastrointestinal teams inside Yale`s operating rooms.

About Black Diamond Video

Black Diamond Video is the leading manufacturer and integrator of
high-resolution, digital video processing solutions for mission-critical medical
and commercial applications. The company manufactures a complete product line of
single-link and dual-link DVI matrix switches, processors, scalers, signal
conditioners, converters, displays, system controllers, digital recorders, and
H.264 streaming and conferencing technology.

For more information about Black Diamond Video and/or its products, visit
www.blackdiamondvideo.com.You may also call (510) 769-2959; fax (510) 769-2949.
1000 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 114, Alameda, CA 94501.

Black Diamond Video
Laura Jumper, 877-549-6600 (media relations)
lauraj@blackdiamondvideo.com

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