March 28, 2008 - The 21st century will be a time of personalized care for patients with breast cancer where tools such as biomarkers, multi-gene assays and single-gene assays will help clinicians individualize treatment, according to Peter Ravdin, M.D., Ph.D., presenting at the The National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) 13th Annual Conference.

However, Dr. Ravdin cautioned, further validation is still necessary to confirm some of the predictive capacities of these tests.

March 28, 2008 - Bryam Healthcare Inc. launched its national Byram Latino Diabetes Program, designed to provide high quality cost-effective care to the U.S. Latino population with diabetes.

The program removes language barriers for Spanish-speaking patients by providing all communications in Spanish, on-going diabetes educational support and reimbursement capabilities that are delivered by a dedicated team of Spanish-speaking experts. The program and its components reportedly facilitate access to quality diabetes care and improved patient outcomes.

March 27, 2008 - GE Healthcare said yesterday it completed the acquisition of VersaMed Corp., a provider of portable critical care ventilators for respiratory care products.

GE said VersaMed’s products will expand GE Healthcare’s capabilities in respiratory care management, offering a variety of advanced life support ventilators.

The merger deal has been developed over the past year, said VersaMed CEO Jerry Korten. He said his company is delighted to be joining GE Healthcare.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

March 28, 2008 – Futuremed will release its newest models of fluid and blood warmers, the Astotherm-Plus and Astoflo-Plus, at the 2008 AORN Congress in Anaheim, CA.

The Astotherm-Plus and Astoflo-Plus use dry heat to efficiently warm fluids without cumbersome and expensive disposables, the company said. A patented heating profile continues warming fluids directly up to the patient cannula. Set up is fast and easy, and the warmers are ready to use in less than a minute

March 27, 2008 - Seal Shield LLC recently introduced the new SILVER SEAL Washable, Antimicrobial Mouse, which the company said is the first computer mouse to be fully submersible, dishwasher safe, and manufactured with silver-ion antimicrobial plastic.

The new SILVER SEAL mouse has been created to help reduce the risk of cross contaminations, including Influenza and the “superbug,” MRSA. The new mouse is a companion product to the company’s SILVER SEAL Washable, Antimicrobial Keyboard, which began shipping in February 2008.

March 28, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. received FDA clearance for two new CT clinical applications, SURECardio Prospective and Variable Helical Pitch (vHP), designed to improve throughput and enhance workflow, while further reducing contrast and radiation dosage.

The applications are available for new Toshiba Aquilion 32- and 64-slice CT systems.

March 28, 2008 – Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo, Norway is implementing what is said to be the world’s largest deployment of front-end speech recognition at one single hospital site, aiming to improve the quality of medical reports, accelerate documentation workflows and reduce administrative costs, which can result in improved patient care.

March 28, 2008 – Siemens is now shipping the new ACUSON X300 ultrasound system geared for cardiovascular and general imaging applications, reportedly encompassing high-quality color and power Doppler, 2D-mode imaging, steerable continuous wave and pulse-wave Doppler capabilities.

DBI's 46-inch high-brightness, high-contrast color LCD is designed for operating room and ER environments where accurately viewing images at a distance is key. The LCD has full 1920-by-1080 resolution, 450 cd/m2 brightness and a contrast ratio of 1700:1.

The unit is fan-less and reportedly has a rugged metal enclosure, while supporting a variety of inputs including Digital DVI-D, component video, composite, S-Video, VGA and RS-232. This LCD is resistant to image retention or burn-in effects and comes with a three-year warranty with on-site service.

March 2008

Double Black Imaging will announce the new WIDE P-Series line of LCDs, sporting a 2MP monochrome and color, a 3MP monochrome and color and a 5MP monochrome LCD for mammography, all reportedly featuring higher brightness levels on each LCD. New perks include digital uniformity control, 12-Bit processing, a retractable front sensor for true DICOM calibration, a backlight sensor for luminance control and bonded protective panels.

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