Medical Equipment

Sri Lanka to Enter Modern Radiotherapy Age with Country's First Medical Linear Accelerator

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec. 11 // -- Cancer patients in Sri Lanka will benefit from modern radiotherapy treatments with the installation of the country's first medical linear accelerator at the National Cancer Centre. The high energy Clinac(R) accelerator from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) will enable highly conformal radiotherapy treatments to be offered to patients when it is installed late...

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AADCO's MRI-Safe-® Suspension Installation at Toranomon Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Installed Recently, The AADCO MRI-Safe-® Suspension System Is Shown Suspending a Nemoto MRI Injector Over a Toshiba MRI Unit.

AADCO's MRI-Safe-® Suspension Installation at Toranomon Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Installed Recently, The AADCO MRI-Safe-® Suspension System Is Shown Suspending a Nemoto MRI Injector Over a Toshiba MRI Unit.

As MRI is utilized for a broader range of diagnostic and interventional procedures, the need increases in these Labs for a greater diversity of procedure specific equipment. As with Angiography, Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology the need for better organizing equipment, creating an ergonomically facilitative procedure area and in some instances just getting the clutter of rolling...

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PET Scanner uses Positron Emission Mammography.

Intended for use as adjunct imaging modality, PEM Flex(TM) Solo II provides radiologists, breast surgeons, oncologists, and nuclear medicine with tool to image and characterize scope of disease at metabolic rate. FDA-cleared, organ-specific scanner can image cancers as small as 1.5-2.0 mm, and provides positive predictive value of 92%. Articulating arm, motorized C-arm, and compression capability...

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Blood Glucose Monitor simplifies glycemic control.

Capable of storing up to 450 test results, GlucoCom(TM) blood glucose meter requires only 0.7 microliter blood sample size and can provide test results in 7 sec. Meter connects to AutoLink(TM), a home telemonitoring device, and transmits data automatically to GlucoCom(TM) Diabetes Management Website where it can be viewed only with secure user ID and password.

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GE Plastics' Lexan* HPX Resin Delivers Outstanding Performance to the Intlock ITL-S Disposable Blade in PENTAX's New Airway Scope

PITTSFIELD, MASS. - November 28, 2006 - GE Plastics today announced that its Lexan* HPX resin - a tough, high-tech transparent polycarbonate (PC) widely used in critical healthcare applications - has been selected by PENTAX to mold a specialized Intlock ITL-S disposable blade for the company's new Airway Scope AWS-S100 video laryngoscope. Lexan HPX resin was selected by PENTAX for the material's...

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Wand simplifies breast cancer diagnosis operations.

Available in 12, 15, and 20 mm dia. sizes, IntactÂ-® Advance features precision cutting blade for positioning wand for optimal access to lesion. Inserted through 6-8 mm incision, device simplifies operations by reducing steps for specimen capture, and eliminates use of skin spreaders for wand insertion. Wand prevents RF energy emission during access to lesion, eliminating possibility of...

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Cardiac Science Deploys Powerheart(TM) AEDs in Anchorage, AK School District Entire School District Now Equipped with AEDs

BOTHELL, Wash., Nov. 8 -- Cardiac Science Corporation (NASDAQ:CSCX), a global leader in advanced cardiac monitoring and external defibrillation products, announced today that the Anchorage School District of Anchorage, Alaska has completed its deployment of Cardiac Science's Powerheart(TM) Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in all district facilities. The Anchorage School District recently...

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Application and Medical Display Panels are RoHS compliant.

Available in sizes ranging from 7-56 in., IAAV line of application and medical display panels offer resolutions from 1-8 mega-pixels. Suited for cockpit navigation display and in-flight passenger entertainment system, 10.4 in. panels provide brightness of 400 nits, viewing angle of 88Â-

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Mobile Telemetry Solution benefits cardiac rehab professionals.

SMART Cart - ScottCare Mobile Active Remote Telemetry enables cardiac rehab clinicians to stay by patient's side while reviewing ECG waveforms and entering patient data. Consisting of large screen laptop computer on ergonomically designed mobile cart, HIPAA compliant system allows patient data entry, program management, and reporting functions simultaneously and independently from main telemetry...

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Accuray Introduces First and Only Radiosurgery Products Designed for the Non-Invasive Treatment of Lung Tumors

Tools Designed to Eliminate Invasive Procedure and Automatically Adjust for Tumor and Patient Movement With Radiosurgery Accuracy SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 6 / - Accuray Incorporated, the global leader in the field of robotic radiosurgery, today introduced three new products designed to improve the way lung cancer is treated. These products -- Xsight(TM) Lung Tracking System, Xchange(TM) Robotic...

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