Tag: Critical Care

FlowAid FA100 Contracts Calf Muscles to Stimulate Increased Blood Flow, Now FDA Cleared

by Medgadged • 2017/02/23 • 0 Comments

FlowAid Medical Technologies, a company based in New York City, won FDA clearance for its FA100 Sequential Continuous Contraction Device (SCCD). It’s designed to help promote blood circulation, reduce swelling, prevent atrophy, and lower the chances of venous thrombosis in post-surgical patients by electrically stimulating the calf muscles. Unlike many other muscle stimulators, the FA100 creates […]

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Clarius Wireless, Handheld Ultrasounds Cleared in Europe

by Medgadged • 2017/02/21 • 0 Comments

Clarius, a company based in British Columbia, Canada, received European CE Mark approval for its wireless C3 and L7 ultrasound scanners. These devices are highly portable, battery powered, and use an Android or iOS smartphone or tablet for displaying the scans. They’re even water resistant, so can be used in a wide variety of in-clinic and […]

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Masimo MightySat Rx Oximeter Cleared in Europe to Measure Breathing Rate

by Medgadged • 2017/02/17 • 0 Comments

Masimo has announced that European regulatory authorities have given clearance for its MightySat Rx fingertip pulse oximeter to be used to measure the respiration rate of patients, in addition to all the other measurements it performs. The respiration rate from the pleth (RRp), as Masimo calls it, notices how the respiratory cycle changes the nature […]

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LifeFlow Rapid Infuser for Sepsis and Shock Rolling Out in U.S.

by Medgadged • 2017/02/14 • 0 Comments

410 Medical, a company out of Durham, North Carolina, is releasing in the U.S. its LifeFlow Rapid Infuser for treating patients afflicted by sepsis or shock. The device can help infuse 500 milliliters of crystalloid fluid into a patient within two and a half minutes, including in both adults and children, and an entire liter […]

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CE Mark Approval for Shift Labs’ DripAssist Infusion Rate Monitor

by Medgadged • 2017/02/06 • 0 Comments

Three months ago we sat down with Dr. Beth Kolko, CEO of Shift Labs, to learn more about DripAssist Infusion Rate Monitor, a device that automates the calculation of IV infusion drip rates and total infusion volumes while also being able to alert a nurse when a drip rate changes or stops. At that time, […]

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Philips MR400 Patient Monitor Now Cleared for Use Near MRI Machines in U.S.

by Medgadged • 2016/02/10 • 0 Comments

Monitoring of patients in the MRI suite, particularly those under anesthesia, is often impossible since traditional patient monitors don’t do well around strong magnetic fields. Philips just received FDA clearance to introduce the Expression MR400 patient monitor that works much like the monitors found in ICUs, but avoids image degradation and other interference arising from […]

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