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February 27, 2008 - CircuLite Inc. released preliminary results of a pilot first-in-man study of four patients who have been implanted with the Synergy Pocket Circulatory Assist Device, a micro implantable blood pump, the size of a AA battery, that can be implanted superficially in a “pacemaker-like” pocket.

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February 27, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. said the FDA approved three products in its Cardiac Rhythm Management business, including the CONFIENT implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), the LIVIAN cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and an upgraded LATITUDE Patient Management System.

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February 27, 2008 - Corgenix Medical Corp. received notification of European Patent Office (EPO) approval for technology ...

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The Precedence SPECT/CT reportedly unites multislice CT with a flexible gamma camera. The CardioMD is a compact, fixed ...

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February 26, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. released at HIMSS 2008 its Patient Safety Screening Tool (PSST), a software-based solution designed to help identify potential adverse events that occur during hospitalization, featuring a set of indicators that provide information on potential in-hospital complications following surgeries and medical procedures.

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Philips offers the Panorama HFO, Achieva 1.5T A-series, Achieva 3.0T X-series and one of the only 1.5T to 3.0T rampable magnet, the Achieva XR. All Philips MRI systems can take advantage of the complete clinical solutions for cardiac MR with the Elite Clinical Cardiac Solution, said Philips.

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Philips' Essence technology is a combination of X-ray tube, detector system and reconstruction design elements designed to improve image quality of CT exams.

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The enhanced Xcelera solution. The integrated multimodality solution reportedly provides one access point for all relevant cardiology information, such as cardiovascular ultrasound, CT, MR, nuclear medicine, ECGs and electrophysiology recording signals, as well as long-term storage and enterprise distribution of multimedia studies.

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

One of the biggest pain points for medical facilities today is managing increasing volumes of image data. To help ease ...

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February 25, 2008 - FroozHIE from NoMoreClipboard.com reportedly reconciles clinical patient data from disparate sources ...

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February 22, 2008 - According to Millennium Research Group’s Global Markets for C-Arms 2008 report, the U.S. market for fixed C-arm systems, comprising units used for cardiology, angiography and neuroradiology procedures, was valued at over $1.4 billion in 2007 and will rise to over $1.8 billion by 2012.

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Feature | Maureen Leahy-Patano

Medication errors can occur at any point during the medication delivery process from prescribing to dispensing; however ...

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A new, hand-held creatinine monitoring system, Nova StatSensor Creatinine, was released in January by Nova Biomedical ...

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Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.'s dynamic volume computed tomography (CT) system, the Aquilion ONE, is an advanced diagnostic imaging system that can image an entire organ in a single rotation or over multiple rotations, showing real-time dynamic movement.

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In January the FDA granted Ethicon Inc. an expanded indication for EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human), which is one of the ...

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