Braemar Inc. rolled out the DL900, a 1.75 ounce, compact digital Holter monitor with a large liquid crystal display (LCD) and extended recording time of up to seven days.

The new model includes a newly designed, custom analog IC for signal acquisition is the technology platform for the advanced capabilities of the DL900.

Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. introduced a new kit for testing surgical instruments for proper sharpness.

The Sharpness Test Standards Kit includes easy-to-understand instructions, all sharpness testing materials and color photographs illustrating everything a person needs to know about testing scissors, curettes, Kerrison rongeurs, osteotomes, chisels, pin cutters, bone cutters, biopsy punches and more.

June 2008

May 30, 2008 - Three patients with established cardiac ischemia recently became the first recipients of the vProtect Luminal Shield, a self-expanding intracoronary prosthesis designed to limit arterial injury that typically occurs when stents are deployed.

May 30, 2008 - Adroit Medical Systems Inc. this week was award a 36-month supplier agreement by Premier Purchasing Partners LP, which centers on Adroit’s Soft-Temp hypo-hyperthermia blankets, localized heat therapy and cold therapy systems, including the popular HTP-1500.

The vProtect Luminal Shield is a self-expanding intracoronary prosthesis designed to limit arterial injury that typically occurs when stents are deployed.

The Shield reportedly also provides robust biocompatible support for the vessel to ensure that the target coronary artery will remain patent after placement.


What makes cardiologists more capable of reading cardiac imaging exams than other physicians such as radiologists, who are specifically trained to read coronary CT, cardiac MRI, PET and so on?

May 29, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT and Kryptiq, a provider of healthcare information technology solutions, today entered a joint agreement for GE to exclusively distribute Kryptiq’s eScriptMessenger (eSM) in conjunction with GE’s Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Centricity Practice Solution.

May 29, 2008 - A study of all U.S. Medicare hospital patients who had abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair between 2001 and 2003 shows that high volume hospitals that used endovascular, rather than open surgical approaches, had improved mortality rates.

May 29, 2008 - Medical device industry leaders, lawmakers and government officials will gather for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) on June 12-13 2008 at the Marriott at Metro Center in Washington D.C.

The Annual Meeting brings leading medical technology executives together with some of healthcare’s most influential decision-makers. Understanding the impact of industry and government trends has never been more important, said MDMA.

May 29, 2008 – Providing objective metrics and educational feedback to medical personnel who performed CPR on a cardiac arrest patient significantly improved ventilation rate, compression rate and depth of compression, and was associated with higher initial survival rates for cardiac arrest patients, according to results published in the Archives of Internal Medicine from the Resuscitation with

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