April 11, 2008 - Nonin Medical Inc. this week unveiled one of the first fingertip oximeters to use Bluetooth wireless ...
April 11, 2008 - Philips will acquire all outstanding shares in Shenzhen Goldway Industrial Inc. (Goldway), making ...
April 11, 2008 - The incidence and hospital admissions for a heart attack in the Medicare population have dramatically ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
April 10, 2008 - According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this week, three-year data from ...
April 10, 2008 - SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t), is ...
April 10, 2008 - Three-dimensional (3D) visualization of the right ventricle provides important shape and volumetric ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...

Antibiotics were a miracle drug when introduced more than 60 years ago, but they have also spurred the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant strains of super bug bacteria that hospitals are having a tough time controlling.
InfoLogix Inc. will launch the SurgiChip, a real-time wireless solution designed to address leading causes of surgical ...

Between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors, according to the Institute of ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
RES-Q Healthcare Systems demonstrated its Patient Waiting Room View at AONE 2008. Similar to airline flight displays at ...

There has been a flood of new products and a rush by companies to get new infection control products on the market since last summer, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) passed a rule it will no longer reimburse healthcare facilities for preventable hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) starting in October 2008.
Michigan Instruments Inc. recently launched its new life support device, Life-Stat that provides effective, consistent hands-free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This mechanical CPR device provides rescuer hands-free AHA Guideline-compliant CPR in either the 30:2 compression to ventilation ratio or continuous chest compressions with asynchronous ventilation modes of operation.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
At AACN 2008, Vital Signs Inc. will display its new 500 and 1,000 mL InfusaScan fluid pressure infusor bags, which are designed to help reduce medication errors.

Medrad hopes to thrust new life into molecular imaging with its 510(k) pending FDG-PET power injector system called Intego, designed to promote greater accuracy in dose injection and which reportedly reduces radiation exposure related to FDG-handling by 40 percent.
Cheetah Medical Inc. said this week the FDA cleared for marketing the Reliant, a portable cardiac output monitor that ...