May 13, 2008 - Philips today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Brazilian-based Dixtal Biomédica e Tecnologia (Dixtal), a Brazilian manufacturer of in-hospital patient monitoring systems, in a move to bolster Philips’ healthcare presence in high-growth emerging markets .
GE Healthcare launched its new mobile Vivid S5 cardiovascular ultrasound system, created for multiple care areas ...
Siemens received FDA 510(k) clearance for Artis zeego, a robotic-assisted positioning capability for interventions in ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
May 9, 2008 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final National Coverage Decision (NCD) to ...
May 9, 2008 - The FDA cleared Boston Scientific's ALTRUA family of pacemakers, a day after the European approval of ...
May 9, 2008 – Philips started shipping the upgrade Xcelera R2.2, a new version of the Xcelera multimodality cardiology ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Medical gas and vacuum products maker Ohio Medical Corp. released its new Push-To-Set Digital vacuum regulators product ...
May 9, 2008 – The FDA cleared the Strada Carotid Guiding Sheath, a flexible tube for physicians to deliver balloon ...
The Strada Carotid Guiding Sheath is designed specifically to provide easier and faster access to challenging carotid anatomy.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Philips offered new disposable adult ECG leadwire electrodes to help with infection control May 3-8 at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute in Chicago.
At the 2008 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses National Teaching Institute, Holtech Medical displayed its new FoleyManometer LV to help monitor intra-abdominal pressure (IAP).
May 9, 2008 – The FDA approved Covidien’s contrast delivery system with radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, integrating the technology to create a system that is designed to enhance patient safety by reducing the risk of medical errors in radiology departments.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
May 9, 2008 – Philips launched the new Xcelera R2.2, the latest version of its Xcelera multimodality cardiology image management, analysis and reporting solution, offering improved support for imaging studies and data from key cardiac subspecialties including cardiac catheterization and cardiovascular ultrasound, and additionally supports nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI and electroph
May 7, 2008 - The FDA has cleared for marketing a new safety engineered short-term peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter ...
A safety engineered short-term peripheral intravenous (IV) catheter, the VantageCath, is designed to reduce exposure to ...