To meet US requirements, Provotec GmbH & Co KG, of Espelkamp - which is entering US and international markets with their Prognost XPE tables - has increased the patient load and will have UL and CCC approval.
Less bleeding complications due to safe citrate anticoagulation.
The Prismaflex monitor, produced by Gambro Healthcare provides extra therapy options and features for continuous renal replacement therapy.
Continous, non-invasive tissue oxygenation and monitoring during resusciation.
Respironics develops and manufactures innovative sleep and respiratory products and programmes, which it distributes internationally:
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.
Intersurgical expanded its range of respiratory products.
Spacelabs Healthcare is a growing group of companies now operating under one new name. Earlier companies incorporated under this name include Spacelabs Medical, Del Mar Reynolds, Blease, Hertford Cardiology and Spacelabs Medical Data.
Another introduction at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Congress, in Spain, was the Vela Diamond mechanical ventilator platform made by Viasys Healthcare.
The Raphael XTC offers non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV), full-featured invasive ventilation and easy switching between those two ventilatory modes. Its Swiss manufacturer, Hamilton Medical AG, also points out that the system is fully adapted for use in sub-acute care units, long-term care centres, intensive care departments, recovery rooms and during patient transit.
Two new ventilators - Carina and Carina home - were introduced at the 26th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Brussels.
A report by Keith Halson, our correspondent in France.
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…
Working in tandem, two new technologies — SpiroDynamics and FRC INview — measure pressure and volume directly from a patient's lung.
From 'pyjama' concept to full-dress teleradiology Ten years ago, Professor Maximilian Reiser, of Munich University Hospital, Germany, caused a stir when he presented his (then) futuristic concepts for teleradiology. Today, this valuable service is not only a reality, but also a fairly widespread practice. By providing external radiological support to other hospitals and private practices, Munich…
The five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, accused of intentional mass HIV infection, face their final court sitting on 31 October. A verdict is expected soon afterwards.
The ethics committee of the UK' s National Health Service (NHS) has cleared the way for the world's first full face transplant.
At RSNA, Agfa HealthCare introduced a range of functional extensions for digital mammography reading and reporting applications on its industry leading IMPAX™ PACS platform. The company launched IMPAX 6.2 integrated with CAD and MRS® Reporting as well as showing a work-in-progress of a new software application that addresses the growing need for digital mammography screening.
A new integrated medical video makes archiving quicker and easier.
Brandon Medical has launched a new range of video camera systems for the operating theatre using Sony Professional technology.
The French firm Sopro, a subsidiary of the Acteon Group, has acquired the German company Comeg.
Although the way adults react to drugs is often not the same for children, there are no special trials to check the suitability for smaller size patients.
Berchtold camerea systems delivers shadow-free images in all lightning situations
System enables ventilator to be controlled by the patient's brain.
Dräger Medical launched new space-saving OR light.
