Canon Medical is unveiling its recently FDA cleared Aplio i600 ultrasound system. It’s intended for both diagnostic and interventional procedures, featuring a bunch of tools that make setup quick and intuitive. An image-guide interface helps to move the clinician through the imaging exam. Canon touts the ergonomic design of the Aplio i600 that allows the […]
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New Technologies for Remote Cardiac Monitoring by Biotricity: Interview with CEO Waqaas Al-Siddiq
New on the scene of remote monitoring, Biotricity is tackling cardiovascular disease with a “real-time, high-precision remote monitoring technology.” Earlier this year, the company secured FDA 510k approval for Bioflux, a 3-channel electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring system designed for use by physicians. Triggered notifications about a patient’s potential bradycardia, tachycardia, or atrial fibrillation events, based on […]
DeltaVen Closed System Peripheral IV Catheter Cleared in U.S.
Smiths Medical won FDA clearance and is releasing the DeltaVen Closed System Catheter, a product actually made by the Italian company Delta Med SpA. The peripheral IV catheter combines the needle, extension tubing, and an optional needlesless connector into one system. Clinicians can feel the insertion of the catheter into the vein during threading that’s […]
Philips Unveils First Live Tele-Ultrasound System
Philips, in a partnership with Innovative Imaging Technologies, a company out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is releasing the first telemedicine system that transmits live ultrasound images during scans performed by a paramedic or nurse to a physician’s smartphone, tablet, or computer. Audio and video are shared as well, allowing physicians to have a clear sense of […]
Samsung Unveils RS85A, a New Premium General Ultrasound
Samsung received FDA clearance and is unveiling its new RS85A general purpose premium ultrasound system. It features the company’s technologies such as MV-Flow, which lets clinicians see flow through micro vascularized structures and help diagnose cancer in many cases, and S-Shearwave Imaging (shown above), a shearwave elastography technique which quantifies tissue elasticity, particularly useful when […]
An Exclusive with Christine Storm of Philips on FocusPoint and Tele-ICU Innovations
In February 2018, Philips announced the debut of FocusPoint, a network application management system to help improve biomedical and IT department productivity. Depending on the size of a health system, there can be hundreds to thousands of medical devices and network equipment, making it difficult for IT and biomedical staff to have visibility into the […]
ACUSON Bonsai, a Powerful Cardio Ultrasound in a Small, Portable Package
At the just concluded American College of Cardiology’s 67th Annual Scientific Session and Expo, Siemens Healthineers introduced its new ACUSON Bonsai portable cardiovascular ultrasound. The company touts the system’s powerful cardio imaging and measurement capabilities, quick setup and operation, and a compact and easy to move around package that’s tuned to go from patient to patient performing echo […]
New Canon Aplio i900 Cardiovascular Ultrasound Unveiled
At the American College of Cardiology 2018 annual meeting, Canon has unveiled the latest version of its Aplio i900 cardiovascular ultrasound system that can be used for advanced cases such as transcatheter implantation procedures. The system features a number of 4D capabilities such as 4D TEE transcatheter procedure guidance, as well as MVA (Mitral Valve Analysis), which helps to […]
Hemafuse for Autotransfusion of Blood from Internal Hemorrhage
Treatment of serious internal bleeding requires replacing lost blood with fresh donor blood, but this is not always an option. In poor areas and those with a lack of healthcare infrastructure donor blood may simply be unavailable. A new device is being launched by Sisu, a young company based in Baltimore, Maryland, that lets clinicians […]
Philips Ingenia Elition 3T MRI Scanner Unveiled
Philips has unveiled a new 3 Tesla MRI scanner, the Ingenia Elition. The device was designed to help speed up all sorts of exams without sacrificing image quality, in certain cases doing so in half the time of competing devices. The system features the firm’s dStream digital broadband tech, as well as Compressed SENSE and 3D […]
HydroPICC Anti-thrombogenic Central Line Catheter Cleared by FDA
Access Vascular, a company based in Bedford, MA that makes a novel material for preventing the clogging up of catheters, won FDA clearance for its HydroPICC catheter. The company’s “bulk-hydrophilic” material is rich in water and carries a neutral surface charge, which helps to prevent proteins and other biomaterials from sticking. According to the company, […]
Masimo SedLine for Improved Brain Monitoring Under Anesthesia FDA Cleared
Masimo won FDA clearance for its Next Generation SedLine brain function monitoring, a system for assessing the brain while under anesthesia. Next Generation SedLine relies on four EEG (electroencephalography) leads that acquire brain signals from both sides of the brain. The new version of the offering includes an improved signal processing engine that can help anesthesiologists […]
GE’s New Versana Essential Budget Friendly Ultrasound
GE Healthcare is unveiling a new budget conscious ultrasound system, the Versana Essential. GE touts it as having excellent image quality for the price and sees it being used by OB-GYNs, family and general practice physicians, and by clinicians in a number of other specialties. Using it you can view the thyroid vasculature, kidney vessels, […]
Philips Releases Its Latest Patient Monitoring Solution in U.S.
Philips is releasing its latest Patient Monitoring solution in the U.S., a product designed to help hospitals keep track of patient monitor data as they move from one clinical area to another. The offering revolves around the company’s IntelliVue X3 transport monitor and it allows clinicians to easily combine all the data gathered in the OR, ICU, […]
GE’s Augmented Reality Technology for Ultrasound Training
Training clinicians to properly scan patients with ultrasound probe, particularly in countries with a poor medical education infrastructure, can be a slow process. While the cost and accessibility of ultrasound is dropping rapidly, the number of people qualified to use this equipment is not keeping up. A team at General Electric is now working on […]
QuickCool System Spares Brain from Lack of Oxygen During Emergencies
Decrease in perfusion, which happens during heart attacks and other critical conditions, can cause irreversible damage to the brain. Cooling the brain as soon as possible has been shown to reduce such damage, but doing so is often hindered by the cooling equipment itself. A new product is slated to soon come out that was […]
Zoll’s External Defibrillators All Approved by FDA
ZOLL, now a part of Asahi Kasei Group Company, won the FDA’s premarket approval to market all of its external defibrillators in the U.S. These include the company’s R Series and X Series of monitors/defibrillators, as well as the AED Pro and AED Plus automated external defibrillators. The R Series is intended for use inside […]
Proximity Tags Emit Radio Waves to Monitor Heart, Lungs, Blood Pressure
Contact-free measurement of vital signs is already a reality, but with a few important limitations some of which researchers at Cornell University may be able to overcome. Currently used devices typically require the patient to be in close proximity to the sensor, and they’re only able to measure the breathing and heart rates, along with […]
Masimo’s New rainbow Lite Sensors with Oxygen Reserve Index
Masimo is unveiling and releasing in Europe its new RD rainbow Lite SET sensors that measure the company’s proprietary Oxygen Reserve Index (ORi) and RPVi, a new and improved Pleth Variability Index (PVi) that relies on multiple wavelengths of light. This is on top of pulse oximetry capabilities. The technology allows for live fluid responsiveness assessment […]
Philips IQon Elite Spectral CT Scanner with Unique Dual Energy Detector
Philips has launched a brand new true spectral CT scanner, the IQon Elite Spectral CT. Spectral CT provides a more nuanced look at body tissues, which reveals some information about the composition of anatomy and not only its structure. The different frequencies of X-rays in a spectral CT can be compared to different colors of […]