May 1, 2008 - 3M Health Care today launched a new Web site (www.3M.com/everyloadmonitoring), designed to provide objective data and key educational information to sterilization professionals.

Focused on the issue of every load monitoring with biological indicators, the new web site provides compelling reasons why sterile processing and infection control leaders should consider this best practice to provide their patients with the highest standard of care.

May 1, 2008 - IntelliDOT Corp. this week said it secured an additional patent covering its proprietary bar codes that can be scanned to enter shorthand medical notes as part of its bedside, hand-held CAREt medication administration system.

May 1, 2008 - Today Hayes Inc. launched Hayes TECHNOLOGY PROGNOSIS, an online, horizon-scanning service that provides hospitals, insurers and policy makers with a forward-looking view of the changing health technology landscape.

May 1, 2008 - OrthoView has had expanded its U.S. presence with additional sales managers, training personal and regular, ongoing telephone support to address all U.S. implementation and product needs.

OrthoView digital orthopedic planning solutions are used in hospitals and clinics worldwide. With a comprehensive library of digital templates from major orthopedic implant manufacturers, the OrthoView application provides pre-operative templating applications for joint replacement surgeries.

May 1, 2008 – Covidien today introduced the VascuSeal Vascular Sealant System throughout Europe and in select Middle East markets, a hydrogel that provides an immediate, blood-tight seal that is effective intraoperatively and throughout the critical healing period.

VascuSeal, which is CE-Marked, is intended for use as a surgical sealant during arterial and venous reconstructions to seal suture lines.

Doctors at The National Brain Aneurysm Center in St. Paul, MN, use intraoperative angiography (IA) now in all of its surgical procedures as re-examination of the vascular anatomy may disclose a fundamental misinterpretation of the local anatomy on the part of the surgeon that could lead to an error without the use of IA.

May 1, 2008 - The use of PET scans for cancer diagnosis, staging, restaging and recurrence monitoring was associated with a strong reduction in unnecessary additional procedures in a study by Bruce Hillner, M.D., published today in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

May 1, 2008 – Hologic hit a record revenue of $431 million in 2Q08, a jump of 138 percent compared to 2Q07 rates of $181.1 million, attributing is second quarter success to record sales of the Selenia full field digital mammography system and a term loan balance reduction to $89.6 million.

The company marked 418 Selenia full field digital mammography systems installed with a backlog of 535 systems.

May 1, 2008 - GE Healthcare will create a new X-Ray manufacturing facility in Brazil, its first in South America, dedicated to the production of its new line of products created exclusively for the region.

The local production will allow the company to offer new solutions at an affordable price, working to meet the needs of different segments of the healthcare market, ranging from large and well-established hospitals and diagnostic institutions to small clinics looking for their first equipment.

May 1, 2008 – Royal Philips Electronics and BrainLAB said they would be collaborating on the integration of intra-operative angiography and image-guided surgery (IGS).

The integration of angiography and IGS would provide surgeons with real-time information during interventions that may lead to more precise surgical procedures.

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