Sony buys US diagnostic device firm Micronics Inc

TOKYO: Sony Corp said on Wednesday it had bought US-based Micronics Inc, a developer of diagnostics equipment, in a bid to accelerate its own research and development and speed the commercialisation of point-of-care diagnostics devices.

Sony did not specify how much it paid for the venture firm, which is based in Redmond, Washington State.

Point-of-care diagnostics is aimed at enabling physicians to test for illnesses at their offices rather than sending samples to a testing centre.