Studies suggest the use of quantitative cultures increase specificity of the diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia (VAP), so Kimberly-Clark has developed the BAL CATH System, a nonbronchioscopic bronchoalveolar lavage catheter that facilitates the diagnosis of VAP.

The Kimberly-Clark Ballard Trach Care Closed Suction System is designed to provide safe suction to patients on mechanical ventilation.

The closed suction system removes secretions from the airway while maintaining ventilation and oxygen therapy throughout the suctioning procedure. The Trach Care Closed Suction System provides protection to the caregiver from exposure to the patient’s body fluids and helps reduce potential risk of infection and cross contamination.

In November 2007 Kimberly-Clark launched its MICROCUFF Endotracheal Tube, an airway management device designed to reduce the leakage of potentially infectious secretions into the lungs.

April 17, 2008 – TeraRecon formed TeraRecon GmbH, registered in Frankfurt, Germany, a wholly owned subsidiary of TeraRecon Inc., and the new European headquarters for TeraRecon, looking to establish a European headquarters to provide a center of business operations for growing European marketplace.

This new formation was created to support already-existing operations in over 15 European countries.

April 17, 2008 - St. Marien Amberg Hospital implemented DataCore Software’s implemented SANmelody as a storage foundation that supports its information systems and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) project running on a VMware environment, to increase flexibility and optimize the utilization of its resources.

April 17, 2008 - Virtual Radiologic acquired Diagna Radiology for $6 million in up-front cash and an additional $2.2 million in potential earn-out payments to be made over two years, expecting the acquisition to contribute between $3.0 million and $3.5 million in annual revenue during 2008, and to contribute between $4.0 million and $4.5 million in annual revenue during 2009.

On a GAAP basis, the acquisition is expected to be neutral to earnings per share in 2008 and between $0.03 and $0.05 accretive per share in 2009.

Intuitive Imaging Informatics LLC (I3) is featuring new developments in its PACS technology at SIIM 2008. New developments for the ImageQube Web-based PACS include the availability of custom hanging protocols with one-click layouts, improved performance, new diagnostic functionality, including 3D Surface Rendering through a partnership with Calgary Scientific and the ability to support up to five monitors.

April 16, 2008 - The worldwide bone densitometers market is projected to reach $698 million by 2010, said a recent report published by Global Industry Analysts Inc.

April 16, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT said today it signed an agreement with the University of Tennessee (UT) Medical Center to implement its Centricity Perioperative Software Solution throughout the center that regionally serves east Tennessee, southeast Kentucky and western North Carolina.

April 16, 2008 - Compressus will showcase several MEDxConnect product line expansions at SIIM 2008 — which will be held from May 15-18 in Seattle, WA — including its Study Routing Management, which permits radiologists to review and diagnose any study from any workstation on the enterprise network.

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