Leeds-based medical device company Surgical Innovations (SI) has signed a deal with a major US group purchasing organisation.

The three-year deal was made through the company's US master distributor, Surgical Innovations US Inc.

The agreement will enable SI to access the unnamed GPO's 2,200 member hospitals with its resposable (partly reusable) LogiRange brand for laparoscopic surgery.

LogiRange combines reusable handles with disposable scissor blades and graspers, combining quality and cost-effectiveness.

GPOs (such as Novation) help to reduce healthcare costs by negotiating high-volume purchases of medical equipment with suppliers.

Graham Bowland, SI's Managing Director, said: "This agreement with one of the US's leading GPOs strengthens SI's strategy of developing the LogiRange brand through our collaboration with SI USA.

"The 2,200 member hospitals represent a considerable proportion of all US hospitals; therefore the agreement provides us with significant access to the US laparoscopic instrumentation market, which is estimated to be worth $150m per annum."