March 14, 2008 – Specialized Health Products International Inc. has signed an agreement to be acquired for $68.4 million in cash, or $1.00 per share, by C. R. Bard Inc.

The transaction price represents a premium of 20 percent to Specialized Health Products stockholders based upon an average closing price of $0.83 for the last 30 trading days.
The transaction value of $68.4 million represents a multiple of 3.6 times Specialized Health Products’ 2007 revenue and 16.2 times 2007 EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization).

March 14, 2008 - Maximus, a business unit of the infusion therapy firm Medegen Inc., this week introduced its MaxPlus Clear positive displacement connector, which provides complete visualization of the fluid path as a reminder to perform priming, disinfection and flushing to help reduce bloodstream infections and occlusions in patients receiving infusion therapy.

Maximus claims it is the only medical device manufacturer to currently offer a clear positive displacement connector.

March 14, 2008 - Clinical informatics company TheraDoc Inc. said this week its real-time electronic surveillance and clinical decision support systems designed to enhance medical decision making saw significant growth in 2007.

March 14, 2008 - Data from Millennium Research Group’s (MRG) U.S. Interventional Radiology (IR) Marketrack indicates that in 2007, over 85 percent of liver cancer treatments performed in IR suites used transcatheter chemoembolization, a procedure that delivers chemotherapy agents directly to a tumor through minimally invasive means.

March 14, 2008 - GE Healthcare showcased at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Meeting this week, improvements made to its Voluson E8 Breakthrough 2008, now featuring Sonography-based Automated Volume Count (SonoAVC) software, designed to deliver an efficient method of calculating the number and volume of ovarian follicles.

March 14, 2008 - SonoSite Inc. received a design award from the International Forum (iF) in the Health Care category for its S-Nerve ultrasound tool, part of SonoSite’s newly introduced S Series product line, designed to support the visualization needs of anesthesiologists performing regional anesthesia and is designed to function for the guidance of regional nerve blocks and central line placement.

March 13, 2008 - Anesthesia information management system (AIMS) and medication management system provider DocuSys Inc. said Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA went live this week on DocuSys’ anesthesia solutions, automating the documentation of anesthesia care and enhancing the medication management processes in its surgical environment.

March 13, 2008 – The University of Michigan Health System selected McKesson’s Horizon Medical Imaging PACS in an effort to improve efficiency of its radiologists, according to the university.

Horizon Medical Imaging system is designed to manage large data sets with adaptive image loading and intelligent 3D workstation integration.

March 13, 2008 - AeroScout Inc. recently said it was selected by Hill-Rom to integrate its Healthcare Visibility Suite, a set of wireless RFID solutions designed to increase visibility of assets and patients within healthcare facilities, into its existing healthcare offerings.

March 13, 2008 - Kingfisher Healthcare received the CE mark for its KFH Novo medical device, which utilizes Bio-Electric Stimulation Therapy (BEST) to assist in and improve upon the healing of chronic wounds including venous leg ulcers, diabetic ulcers and pressure sores.

KFH Novo is the latest addition to Kingfisher's line of noninvasive energy therapies, said the company.

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