After GE Healthcare implemented enhancements to the OEC 9900 Elite C-arm, a fluoroscopy device that uses x-rays to reveal real-time imagery of a patient's internal structure, it filed a new 510(k) for the unit.

The 9900 Elite C-arm, the company's flagship C-arm offers a fully-motorized option designed to give the user complete control of the C-arm's lateral and orbital movements at 9 degrees per second – right from the tableside control panel with an easy-to-use joystick. A collision protection system provides both audible and visual warnings when it detects contact.

GE's 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.

May 2, 2008 - The Connecting for Health Agency within the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) has purchased 7,500 Medigenic infection-resistant keyboards by Advanced Input Systems for use in hospitals across England, a move designed to help improve patient safety by preventing the spread of hospital infections.

May 2, 2008 - Results of an independent clinical study conducted by U.S. Army combat support surgeons in Baghdad show that a new medical device used to close a type of surgical wound more quickly is saving lives and limbs of soldiers and civilians.

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.

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