DYCEM CONTAMINATION CONTROL SOLUTIONS REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINTS Dycem: 30 July 2010 A paper presented by Gerry Prout of Kennet Bioservices compares the use over a two year period of Dycem flooring and peel-off mats. |
NDSSI UNVEILS NEXT-GENERATION VISUALIZATION AND INFORMATICS PLATFORM NDS Surgical Imaging: 30 July 2010 NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) is launching its next-generation visualization and informatics platform, the ConnectOR G2, with production units now shipping to customers. |
RIGEL MEDICAL UPGRADES HAND HELD COMBINATION VITAL SIGN SIMULATOR Rigel Medical: 30 July 2010 Rigel Medical upgrades the company’s hand held combination vital sign simulator UNI-SIM to add further functions to improve the scope of tests the instrument is able to perform. |
YEAST TRAFFIC LIGHT PNA FISH TEST RECEIVES FDA 510(K) CLEARANCE AdvanDx : 30 July 2010 AdvanDx receives FDA 510(k) clearance for a fast, 90 minutes protocol for its Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH test. |
MEDIPURPOSE LAUNCHES HEEL INCISION DEVICE FOR INFANTS MediPurpose: 30 July 2010 MediPurpose launches of the babyLance heel incision device for infants which complements the company's line of SurgiLance safety lancets. |
LONDON CLINIC INSTALLS THREE ACUSON S2000 ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS Siemens Healthcare UK: 30 July 2010 The London Clinic installs three Acuson S2000 ultrasound systems from Siemens Healthcare to support a wide range of diagnostic applications. |
RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL BOOSTS RENAL PATIENT MANAGEMENT WITH MES PARTNERSHIP Siemens Healthcare UK: 29 July 2010 Russells Hall Hospital, part of The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is benefitting from greater efficiency in renal patient management with the installation of new specialist software. The eMEDRenal application from Mediqal H.I. was installed as part of Dudley’s 15-year IT services Managed Equipment Service (MES) agreement with Siemens Healthcare. |
TECAN COLLABORATES WITH PHYNEXUS TO AUTOMATE PROTEIN PURIFICATION Tecan Group: 29 July 2010 Tecan is collaborating with PhyNexus to develop standard processes for automating protein purification using PhyTip columns integrated onto a Freedom EVO liquid handling platform. |
ASTERAL SUPPORTS NEW BREAST SCANNER FOR LONDON NHS PARTNERSHIP Asteral: 29 July 2010 NHS organisations across London are coming together to boost the mammography facilities at The Whittington Hospital NHS trust provided by Asteral. |
AB SCIEX COLLABORATES WITH CDC TO ADVANCE CLINICAL RESEARCH AB SCIEX: 29 July 2010 AB SCIEX is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC Foundation to facilitate the use of mass spectrometry technologies in clinical laboratories for hormone testing. |
REAL-TIME PCR INSTRUMENT EXTENDS PRICE PERFORMANCE BENEFITS Illumina: 29 July 2010 Illumina’s Eco Real-Time PCR System is a novel platform that promises to extend the access of real-time PCR applications to the individual bench scientist. |
QUIDEL BRINGS BACK INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS TEST Quidel: 29 July 2010 Quidel is starting to take orders for the company’s QuickVue+ lateral flow diagnostic test for infectious mononucleosis. |
IO PRACTICEWARE SELECTS PDS AS HARDWARE AND SUPPORT PARTNER Professional Data Systems: 29 July 2010 Professional Data Systems (PDS) is forming a new business alliance with IO Practiceware, a pioneer in the field of ophthalmology EMR and practice management software, to offer improved system support and hardware implementation for all current and future clients of IO Practiceware’s core software products. |
MIDLANDS PCTS GO LIVE WITH CHILD HEALTH MANAGEMENT SOLUTION McKesson UK: 28 July 2010 Primary Care Trusts NHS Coventry and NHS Warwickshire go live with McKesson UK’s best-of-breed solution for child health management ‘CarePlus Child Health'. |
MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LAUNCHES ENDOSCOPIC VESSEL HARVESTING SYSTEM Maquet USA: 28 July 2010 Maquet Cardiovascular is launching its Vasoview Hemopro 2 Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting (EVH) System, which utilises next-generation Hemopro cut-and-seal technology to reduce thermal spread and to achieve optimal conduit quality for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery patients. |
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC EXPANDS FAMILY OF NEUROVASCULAR STENT Boston Scientific: 28 July 2010 Boston Scientific’s Neuroform EZ Stent System, a fourth-generation intracranial aneurysm stent system designed for use in conjunction with endovascular coiling to treat wide-necked aneurysms is being launched in the USA and Europe. |
BRAINLAB OFFERS REAL-TIME MONITORING FOR IGRT BrainLAB: 28 July 2010 The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting sees Brainlab introduce ExacTrac Infrared Monitoring, an add-on device to existing treatment machines for monitoring patient positioning during radiation therapy treatments. |
FLUID CONCENTRATOR DEVICE AIMS TO ADVANCE REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Circle Biologics: 28 July 2010 Circle Biologics is claiming a break-through in regenerative medicine with its Autologous Platelet Concentrator Platform (APC) which is an innovative single device platform that is the first of its kind to incorporate both autologous (patient derived) cell concentration and protein concentration in one point-of-care device. |
MEIJI TECHNO UNVEILS A NEW RANGE OF MICROSCOPES AND ACCESSORIES Meiji Techno UK: 28 July 2010 Meiji Techno UK unveils the MT9900 Series Polarizing Microscopes which are ideal for the study of thin sections and other mounted samples. |
MORE THAN 1,000 GPS TEST-DRIVE NEXT GENERATION IT SYSTEM FROM EMIS EMIS: 27 July 2010 More than 1,200 GPs and practice managers from 704 practices attend a series of test-drive EMIS roadshows at 10 venues from Brighton to Bolton for a ‘hands-on’ demonstration of EMIS Web, the next generation system from leading healthcare software provider EMIS. |
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