Fukuda Denshi, manufacturer of advanced patient monitoring and user-configurable clinical information management systems, recently introduced its popular DS-7100 range of portable, multi-parameter monitors to the European market.
In July, Siemens Medical Solutions launched syngo WebSpace, a new client-server computed tomography (CT) system that is the first to provide real-time access to patient's CT scans on personal computers (PCs) and laptops, via a simple network connection.
Medtron AG is a leading European designer, manufacturer and distributor of contrast agent injectors used for CT, MRI and Angiography.
Professor Erich Reinhardt (below), President and CEO of Siemens Medical Solutions and member of the Board of Management of Siemens AG, discusses the company's current and future strategies.
With Toshiba's 256-row CT scanner, Multi-Slice Computed Tomography (MSCT) will make a quantum leap. Consequently, expectations were high when the new CT premiered during “New Horizons” on 18-21 October. And the expectations were more than met. In his presentation, Dr Patrik Rogalla, radiologist at the Charité Berlin, impressively demonstrated the diagnostic potential of the new 256-row CT…
Among ventilation advances demonstrated at this year's European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Congress, held in Barcelona, the combination of the SERVO-i ventilator with Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) provoked considerable interest because the system allows ventilation to be controlled by the patient's own respiratory centre in the brain. During a discussion with Daniela…
Beckman Coulter developed a new integrated lab systems: The UniCel DxC880i prototype should deliver efficient disease management services.
Rescue workers are often confronted with chaotically situations which are hard to sum up and coordinate.
Evacuation chairs and systems: The revision of evacuation and first-aid procedures are among the many side effects in the aftermath of the 9/11 events in New York.
Sony holds an increasingly important position within healthcare.
It's a new colour — but not a quality change for new products BOWA-electronic GmbH reports.
Unlike conventional radiation therapy, selective, internal radiotherapy (SIRT), uses tiny radio-active microspheres to attack malignant liver tumours.
Cerament Spine Support, designed by the medical technology company BoneSupport to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, has achieved full patient enrolment in an open, multi-centre study which will investigate the product's efficacy, safety, and the beneficial quality of life outcome for the patients. The study, being carried out at six centres in Germany, involves 40 patients aged…
Dräger Medical launched new space-saving OR light.
Brandon Medical has launched a new range of video camera systems for the operating theatre using Sony Professional technology.
Berchtold camerea systems delivers shadow-free images in all lightning situations
The new Nextim system, eXimia NBS is a novel brain stimulation technology which provides individual measures of the health and functional capacity of the central nervous system, as well as of brain reactions to targeted magnetic pulses. Thanks to its advanced technology and proven clinical performance, the NBS system helps medical professionals to focus on the issues that matter the most - and to…
Innovative materials and technologies for medical devices are on show by GE Plastics.
Having incorporated customer's feedback, the Sopro Insufflators product line has been enlarged.
The DICOM Attribute Converter is a software module that solves even complex communication problems.
The positive effects of proton rays have been known for years. However, Germany still lacks institutions that utilise those effects.
To learn more about the presence of Philips in healthcare - and particularly cardiology - our Netherlands correspondent visited the company in Amsterdam.
A Dutch company organises international postgraduate education programmes for cardiologists, run by the firm's Director, cardiologist Ton Hooghoudt MD PhD.
How developments in audio-visual technology hold the key to excellence in the operating theatre.
Smiths Medical launched a newly range of advanced embryo replacement catheters for in vitro fertilisation.
