Guided Therapeutics Inc. has announced a significant new contract, receiving a $700,000 purchase order and initial payment from its new Chinese distributor, Hangzhou Dongye Medical Technology Company Ltd (HDMT). The order consists of 35 LuViva Advanced Cervical Scan systems, which will be assembled and tested by Guided Therapeutics' partner, Shandong Yaohua Medical Instrument Corporation. HDMT, based in Hangzhou City, is the exclusive provider of gynecology products for 42 hospitals in Zhejiang Province, where approximately two million cervical cancer screenings are conducted annually. Yang Dongye, CEO of HDMT, expressed the company's goal to eventually replace current screening tests with LuViva. Guided Therapeutics plans to begin shipments next month, marking a significant step in expanding LuViva's presence in the region.