June 9, 2008 - The FDA cleared Mindray’s DC-3 color ultrasound imaging system, equipped with extensive applications in abdominal, OB/GYN, endovaginal, cardiac, small parts and pediatric markets.

This new system combines 2D imaging and color Doppler performance and is suited for hospitals, doctors' offices in hopes of replacing black and white ultrasound imaging systems.

For more information: www.mindray.com

The ACIST CVi Contrast Delivery System provides one injection system for all cardiac and vascular angiography procedures. The variable-rate ACIST CVi system aims to provide ease of operation for clinicians, while obtaining quality images with less contrast used and delivered to the patient.

ProHance is a macrocyclic, nonionic, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent designed for use in MRI in adults and children over two years of age to visualize lesions with abnormal vascularity in the brain (intracranial lesions), spine and associated tissues. ProHance is also indicated for use in MRI in adults to visualize lesions in the head and neck.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals collaborated with Mobile Aspects to create VistaTrak, a touchscreen contrast media management system that gives users a new management tool designed to help enhance patient care and safety, optimize inventory management and improve billing accuracy.
VistaTrak provides solutions for the use of contrast media and works by combining RFID technology of “tagged” bottles of contrast agent with a “smart” cabinet and an interface specifically created to capture, store and manage product utilization data while helping to reduce the risk of human error.

The EmpowerMR injector system has multiple features created to cope with the problem of electrical interference in the magnetic field of the MR scanner.

Acusphere has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for approval to market Imagify (Perflubutane Polymer Microspheres for Injectable Suspension), an ultrasound imaging agent for the detection of coronary artery disease, which could prove as accurate as nuclear stress testing.

The Codonics Virtua Medical Disc Publisher is designed to set a new standard for speed, efficiency and ease of use in automatic disc recorders. This medical device is a DICOM-compliant network appliance that can concurrently record and label multiple medical studies onto CD and DVD media.

The company will also showcase Integrity, a compact, stand-alone, network-based disc import station that reads, reconciles and stores medical studies.

The FDA granted tentative approval for Covidien’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi Injection. Covidien’s tentatively approved product is a generic of Cardiolite, which is a myocardial perfusion imaging agent used for detecting coronary artery disease.

Viztek introduced fully equipped mobile imaging vehicles, which includes a Honda Element equipped with Viztek Opal-RAD PACS and Kodak Point-of-Care CR, providing radiology groups with a turnkey solution to broaden their patient base, also making diagnostic imaging accessible in impoverished areas.

GE received FDA clearance for its new Signa MR750 3.0T scanner that delivers up to 60 percent additional anatomical coverage and resolution unit per time, also allowing for up to five times the imaging performance over previous generations.

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