Image Wisely participants must now make yearly commitments, as opposed to a one-time pledge, confirming their ongoing dedication to safety in medical imaging.

Global Embolization Symposium and Technologies (GEST)

CATCH-UP Cardiac Assist Device Therapy Course

CATCH-UP 2016:  7th Annual Cardiac Assist Device Therapy Course on Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19, 2016.  This premier two-day CME course will educate on the diagnosis and management of patients with heart failure.  Lectures will be given by internationally recognized experts who will address the current clinical practice, use of standard and emerging treatments and evolution of the field.  Didactic sessions, case presentations and interactive discussions will engender learning and improvement in the management of patients with the full spectrum of heart failure.
 

Medic Vision Imaging Solutions Ltd. announced the installation of SafeCT (computed tomography) at St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia. The healthcare system’s two hospitals and three outpatient facilities are all served by a centralized SafeCT Enterprise system.

Conavi Medical Inc. (formerly Colibri Technologies Inc.) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Foresight ICE System. The system is cleared for intracardiac and intraluminal ultrasound visualization of cardiac and great vessel anatomy, as well as visualization of other devices in the heart and great vessels of patients.

Heartbeats can now be measured without placing sensors on the body, thanks to a new technology developed in Japan. Researchers at the Kyoto University Center of Innovation, together with Panasonic Corp., have come up with a way to measure heartbeats remotely, in real time, and under controlled conditions with as much accuracy as electrocardiographs.

January 26, 2016 — In a breakthrough that could change the future of pacemakers, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have used mechanical stimulation to “train” cardiac cells to beat at a given rate.

January 26, 2016 — Fujifilm SonoSite Inc. announced CE mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its new portable ultrasound system, the SonoSite Edge II. Designed with emergency medicine and critical care applications in mind, the Edge II features new transducer technology that delivers a better imaging experience for the most rugged environments.

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