Seal Shield LLC recently introduced the new SILVER SEALTM 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 SEALTM 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 SEALTM Washable, Antimicrobial Keyboard, which began shipping in February 2008.

March 27, 2008 - Siemens will launch its first molecular imaging biomarker production facility in Chennai, India.

The new facility will enable the healthcare providers in and around Chennai to access the positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) technology to diagnose patients with life-threatening diseases, such as cancer and cardiac and neurological ailments.

March 27, 2008 – Mortara Instrument and ScImage will collaborate on the DICOM ECG standard to integrate Mortara DICOM ECG modalities with ScImage’s enterprise wide PACS, PicomEnterprise.

March 26, 2008 - A new Frost and Sullivan analysis shows greater awareness of the availability of improved therapies is prompting patients to demand treatments that enable them to lead productive lives post surgery, coupled with surgeons’ willingness to adopt innovative technologies, has considerably benefited the U.S. medical devices market.

The recently-released report “U.S. Medical Devices Market Outlook” finds the market earned revenues of $75.6 billion in 2006 and estimates it will reach $139 billion in 2013.

March 27, 2008 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC) recently licensed the TheraDoc clinical solutions, including modules designed to provide advanced tools for active infection surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, adverse drug event monitoring and documentation, and critical care at the 250-bed treatment and research hospital.

March 27, 2008 - Blue Bell Bio-Medical recently launched its new Web site and introduced its “Design-A-Cart” online custom configurator for medical carts.

The Design-A-Cart feature allows customers to custom design their cart. Users can design their workstation 24/7, including size, color, options and accessories. A 3D image is built in real time as selections are made. Users can save their designs to a personal online folder for later referral or to request a quote.

April 1, 2008 - Mortara Instrument will integrate its DICOM ECG modalities with ScImage’s enterprise-wide PACS, PicomEnterprise, hoping to better protect the customer from device obsolescence and decoupling the choice of information management solution from device solution.

HeartSuite offers cardiovascular information management, hemodynamic monitoring, advanced visualization and content management. Emageon’s architecture combines HeartSuite with radiology and other medical specialties designed to offer a comprehensive patient–centric view of the visual medical record. One suite of integrated, enterprise cardiology tools includes:

* VERICIS Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS)

* Multimodality Advanced Visualization

* Enterprise Content Management and Workflow

* Comprehensive Tools for Pediatric Cases

March 27, 2008 – Emageon’s HeartSuite VERICIS was awarded the “Best in KLAS” award for Cardiology PACS, gaining recognition for its comprehensive suite of adult and pediatric cardiovascular tools, offering cardiovascular information management, hemodynamic monitoring, advanced visualization and content management.

To be showcased at ACC, Emageon’s architecture combines HeartSuite with radiology and other medical specialties designed to offer a comprehensive patient–centric view of the visual medical record. One suite of integrated, enterprise cardiology tools includes:

March 27, 2008 – Viztek installed two of its Web-based Opal-RAD PACS in health clinics in Southern Nigeria, in hopes of improving the detection of tuberculosis and the delivery of quality medical care in extremely remote geographic areas.

Sold and installed in cooperation with Texas-based medical equipment dealer CIMS, the new fully digital installations also include Kodak’s Point of Care (POC) 140 CRs, film digitizers and Quantum X-rays.

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