Quest International showcases its true 12-bit, grayscale mammographic images, utilizing an Apple Mac system, OsiriX and the Totoku ME551i2 medical LCD display. The ME551i2 is a 21.3-inch, 5MP, DICOM-compliant diagnostic quality display and is able to interface with the new 64-bit version of OsiriX, an advanced open-source PACS workstation DICOM viewer.

AMICAS' new version of Vision Series RIS introduces advanced work queues to optimize the order entry and scheduling workflows.
The new release also introduces advances in native HL7 integration capabilities and advances in scalability for complex practices.

Mindray's PM-7000 multiparameter patient monitor is designed with a 10.4-inch color TFT display, optional 12-lead ECG including Mortara arrhythmiaas ST segment analysis and capability of up to eight waveforms. The PM-7000 also is made with an optional external Artema anesthetic agent bench with auto ID or internal Oridion Microstream EtC02.

Mindray's PM-60 pulse oximeter is designed with a 2.4-inch color LCD display. Both the pulse ox and pulse rate readings along with plethmogram waveform can be seen on the screen at simultaneously.

The device features adjustable audio and visual alarms, as well as data storage and management functions that include up to 96 hours trending or spot check up to 99 patients can even be transferred to a clinician's PC through Windows-based software.

May 20, 2008 - Amkai launched the AmkaiOffice 2.0 at ASCs 2008, a component of the company’s management software system designed for the outpatient surgery market.

AmkaiOffice 2.0 is made to enhance the best features of older systems while adding many new capabilities and features not available in those products, said the company.

May 20, 2008 — At ASC 2008, GHN-Online and Amkai said they would team up to integrate and promote GHN-Online’s clean-claims technologies with Amkai’s enterprise management and electronic medical record solutions.

May 20, 2008 - The air-Q is designed to maintain the established airway should an unexpected airway event occur as the device is made to facilitate intubation through the established airway.

The air-Q features a connector that can be easily removed to accommodate any standard ET tube up to size 8.5. The hypercurved airway is anatomically correct directing the ET tube toward the laryngeal inlet. The keyhole shaped airway outlet automatically elevates the patient’s epiglottis and directs the ET tube to the laryngeal inlet.

May 20, 2008 - Medline Industries Inc. and the International Expert Wound Care Advisory Panel last week issued the panel’s first consensus paper, “New Opportunities to Improve Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment: Implications of the CMS Inpatient Hospital Care Present on Admission (POA) Indicators/Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Policy.”

May 20, 2008 - Shipcom Wireless Inc. said today it was selected by the Air Force Surgeon General's Office to review the current uses of RFID technology across the Air Force Medical Service and then pilot RFID systems to improve clinical operations at the Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi.

May 20, 2008 - The new TM5X Surgi-Chair II by TransMotion was featured as ASCs 2008.

The chair combines the best available in a mobile surgical platform with the flexibility of working as a chair, said the company. The advanced high capacity battery powered motorized positioning allows for pre-op to procedure to post-op without patient transfer thus reducing occupational injuries.

The TM5X Surgi-Chair II is designed for a range of surgical procedures in ophthalmology, ENT, plastics and outpatient surgery.

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