March 29, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems presented the FDA 510(k) cleared Artida ultrasound system, designed to meet the demands of the growing cardiac 4D market, today at the American College of Cardiology's 57th Annual Scientific Session in Chicago, IL.

With Artida's real-time multi-planar reformatting capabilities, physicians should be able to quantify global and regional LV function, including LV ejection fraction, volume and severity of regurgitation. Arbitrary views of the heart not available in 2D imaging are also obtained that can help with surgical planning.

March 28, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. received FDA clearance for two new CT clinical applications, SURECardio Prospective and Variable Helical Pitch (vHP), designed to improve throughput and enhance workflow, while further reducing contrast and radiation dosage.

The applications are available for new Toshiba Aquilion 32- and 64-slice CT systems.

March 28, 2008 – Siemens is now shipping the new ACUSON X300 ultrasound system geared for cardiovascular and general imaging applications, reportedly encompassing high-quality color and power Doppler, 2D-mode imaging, steerable continuous wave and pulse-wave Doppler capabilities.

At HIMSS 2008, Drager unveiled for the U.S. the Infinity Omega two-screen integrated patient monitoring solution, now with a widescreen.

Seal Shield LLC recently introduced the new SILVER SEALTM Washable, Antimicrobial Mouse, which the company said is the first computer mouse to be fully submersible, dishwasher safe, and manufactured with silver-ion antimicrobial plastic.

The new SILVER SEALTM mouse has been created to help reduce the risk of cross contaminations, including Influenza and the �superbug,� MRSA. The new mouse is a companion product to the
company�s SILVER SEALTM Washable, Antimicrobial Keyboard, which began shipping in February 2008.

Futuremed will release its newest models of fluid and blood warmers, the Astotherm-Plus and Astoflo-Plus, at the 2008 AORN Congress in Anaheim, CA.

The Astotherm-Plus and Astoflo-Plus use dry heat to efficiently warm fluids without cumbersome and expensive disposables, the company said. A patented heating profile continues warming fluids directly up to the patient cannula. Set up is fast and easy, and the warmers are ready to use in less than a minute

April 1, 2008 - Mortara Instrument will integrate its DICOM ECG modalities with ScImage’s enterprise-wide PACS, PicomEnterprise, hoping to better protect the customer from device obsolescence and decoupling the choice of information management solution from device solution.

March 27, 2008 – Emageon’s HeartSuite VERICIS was awarded the “Best in KLAS” award for Cardiology PACS, gaining recognition for its comprehensive suite of adult and pediatric cardiovascular tools, offering cardiovascular information management, hemodynamic monitoring, advanced visualization and content management.

To be showcased at ACC, Emageon’s architecture combines HeartSuite with radiology and other medical specialties designed to offer a comprehensive patient–centric view of the visual medical record. One suite of integrated, enterprise cardiology tools includes:

March 26, 2008 – Philips will acquire TOMCAT Systems Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, with the deal expected to close in Q208 and TOMCAT becoming part of the Healthcare Informatics business group within the Philips Healthcare sector.

TOMCAT is a privately held company developing, selling and supporting Cardio-Vascular Information Systems (CVIS). The company offers a software solution to collect and aggregate data relative to the cardiac care of patients, and reportedly allows for a comprehensive, patient-centric presentation of the data to caregivers such as doctors and nurses.

A new, low-cost hospital blood glucose meter from Nova Biomedical provides the same analytical performance of Nova's patented Multi-Well test strip for those testing situations where glucose meter interface capability is not needed.

The introduction of StatStrip Xpress provides hospitals a choice of glucose monitors with or without a connectivity solution using the same Multi-Well test strip.

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