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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
MED-EL Corporation has announced new data regarding FineHearingTM technology, available only with the MAESTRO? Cochlear Implant System. In addition to hearing in “high definition” with FineHearing, MED-EL’s MAESTRO system offers the smallest internal implant and the thinnest, lightest externally-worn speech processor available.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
Two researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have developed a design for an automated, wearable artificial kidney, or AWAK, that avoids the complications patients often suffer with traditional dialysis.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
GE Healthcare announced that its LOGIQ e compact ultrasound users are embracing a new service that allows them to connect their ultrasound systems, via secure broadband connection, to the technical support and clinical applications experts at GE’s LiveAssist Center. This innovative digital connectivity, called InSite ExC, provides customers with “real time” remote resolution of service and applications events.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
The 50,000th Siemens Clinitek Status® Urine Chemistry Analyser recently rolled off the production line in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. Mr Donal Quinn, Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics handed over the instrument, that was specially marked with a commemorative plaque, to one of the company’s customers, Lynda Petley, Point of Care Manager, Partnership Pathology Services, Surrey at a ceremony held to mark the occasion.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
ORIMtec, a California based neuromonitoring company, has released the first Neurotechnologist Reference Guide. The reference guide includes the same procedural information that has made ORIMtec the top surgical monitoring service company in Northern California.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
Chip manufacturer Intel Corporation has gained FDA approval for its Health Guide PHS6000 electronic device that allows patients with chronic conditions to be monitored remotely and relevant information to pass between patients and their health professionals without the patient having to visit the hospital or talk to them on the phone. Intel’s Health Guide has an online interface that allows clinicians to monitor and manage patients remotely.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) will collaborate with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop a national repository of data that will aid academic and industry researchers studying the electrical activity of the heart. In addition to helping researchers understand many cardiac problems, the data may aid the development of new tools to detect drugs that can have dangerous effects on the heart.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
Many vitamin pills and tablets such as pain killers are packaged today in cylindrical tubes with a cork-like cap. This will often incorporate some form of desiccant to protect the contents against moisture, while a simple mechanical spring in the tube stops the contents from rattling around. However, such caps often fall off, are easy to lose and require two hands to manipulate.
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
Biotech and pharmaceutical firms are developing a host of new technologies designed to streamline the complicated drug discovery process, reports Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN). Most successful approaches rely on a combination of high-throughput screening methods, miniaturization techniques, and advanced data-analysis tools, according to an article in the July issue (
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Jul 16th 2008Drug InformationMedical Devices
A Siemens ACUSON P10 ultrasound scanner has been used at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania to perform obstetric scanning during a healthcare link project. Taken by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the system was trialled by the medical team to contribute to the care of expectant mothers and unborn babies at the centre and in rural health clinics. The ACUSON P10 is an innovative pocket ultrasound device that weighs just 700 grammes.
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