May 2, 2008 - Pioneer Surgical Technology Inc. said today the successful human implantation of its next-generation cervical total disc replacement (TDR), NuNec Cervical Arthroplasty Device, was successfully completed.

The surgeries were performed in Beijing, China on patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD) otherwise indicated for standard fusion surgery.

May 2, 2008 - PerkinElmer Optoelectronics acquired VaConics, a producer of high intensity xenon arc lamps, adding technology, design expertise and product depth to PerkinElmer’s medical lighting business, said the company.

The move is designed to further build upon PerkinElmer’s position in the endoscopy and surgical headlamp markets with its Cermax Xenon lighting products.

For more information: www.perkinelmer.com

May 2, 2008 – Nucletron said it has begun the development of a new electronic brachytherapy solution using miniature X-ray technology.

According to the company, Nucletron has made progress towards the development of an electronic brachytherapy solution. Nucletron sees this innovation not as a replacement for an isotope-based brachytherapy delivery system, but as an addition to an integrated and comprehensive radiation therapy offering that includes imaging, treatment planning (external beam and brachytherapy) and isotope-based brachytherapy delivery systems.

May 2, 2008 - Draeger Medical released Innovian Anesthesia Version 2.2, integrating near real-time, life-critical information from patient monitoring, medical therapy devices and other ancillary information systems.

May 2, 2008 - Viztek introduced its fully equipped mobile imaging vehicles capable of imaging patients virtually anywhere.

The Honda Element comes outfitted with Viztek Opal-RAD PACS and Kodak Point-of-Care CR.

Viztek’s image compression technology reportedly gives mobile imaging units the freedom to communicate data quickly and securely, using wireless hotspots, cellular wireless cards and satellite connections of almost any strength.

May 2, 2008 – AMICAS introduced the general availability of its latest revenue cycle management system release, Vision Series Financials 4.0, a modern, Windows-based solution for automating radiology billing processes, at RBMA 2008 Radiology Summit in Las Vegas, NV, May 4-7.

May 2, 2008 – FUJIFILM Medical Systems, in collaboration with The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF), donated its Fuji Computed Radiography for Mammography (FCRm) system to the Nancy Reagan Breast Center in Simi Valley, CA and Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., marking the first installation of full field digital mammography technology at each facility.

May 2, 2008 — MEDRAD Inc. will introduce a new education program to help clinicians perform prostate MR with MEDRAD’s eCoil MR Endorectal Coil at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2008 annual meeting.

The Prostate MR Education Program, available for healthcare professionals who image with GE scanners, provides access to experienced researchers with reportedly thousands of prostate MR imaging procedures to their credit.

Emageon's Enterprise Content Manager (ECM) is a single, enterprise-centric application that is said to easily integrate in an open-systems framework with departmental diagnostic applications such as radiology, cardiology and pathology PACS, and consolidates imaging information over its life cycle.

The FCR Go portable digital X-ray system integrates a customized version of Fujifilm’s FCR Carbon XL CR reader and a notebook version of the Flash IIP console with the Hitachi portable. The system makes images available in as little as 23 seconds and aims to provide remote users with the same functionality and sophisticated image processing features available at the fixed technologist workstation in the imaging department.

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