The Artida is reportedly the first ultrasound system with the ability to track and display myocardial motion and 3D volumes in 3D images. Two and 3D wall motion tracking features allow the user to obtain angle-independent, quantitative and regional information about myocardial contraction.

February 8, 2008 – Lincor Solutions Ltd. will showcase its MEDIVista digital patient entertainment and clinical access solution for patient bedsides at HIMSS 2008, Feb. 24-28 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

MEDIVista provides triple-play entertainment and information services to patients, as well as providing access to clinical applications such as electronic patient records and X-ray images for medical personnel to use at the point-of-care .

February 8, 2008 - The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) will present key issues facing the industry in 2008, as well as the organization’s challenges, opportunities and priorities on Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 10 to 11 a.m. at AdvaMed offices in Washington, D.C.

The association will also release new research reports on trends in prices for medical technology.

For more information: www.advamed.org

February 8, 2008 – Medi-Products recently made available the SILENT SENTRY Back-Up Power System, a wall-mounted, battery-operated system designed to be compact with a body of 14 inches wide and mounting flanges designed to be relocated to reduce protrusion from the wall to as little as four and a half inches.

February 8, 2008 - Medical Records Institute (MRI) announces the launch of its newly designed HIT ConsultantCompare program designed to guide ambulatory and inpatient providers in selecting consultants to assist building and managing health IT and EMRs.

February 8, 2008 - ProHEALTH Care Associates LLP recently selected GE Healthcare’s Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution to streamline its practice and patient-care management functions.

Additionally, ProHEALTH selected GE Healthcare’s RIS and Billing IT solutions, Centricity Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Services and GE Discovery PET/CT. These investments, along with prior equipment acquisitions, have streamlined operations, improved care and consolidated technology under one holistic portfolio of GE Healthcare solutions, the healthcare system said.

February 8, 2008 – Using a Philips CT scanner, the company diagnosed Petra, a 13-year old koala from Sydney Wildlife World, allowing veterinarians to determine the extent of a fungal disease associated with eucalyptus, left untreated, this infectious disease is fatal.

Philips' newest scanner, the 256-slice Brilliance iCT is now commercially available, providing eight centimeters of coverage, covering the entire heart in two scans and including a rotation speed of 0.27 seconds with 120 kw of power.

February 8, 2008 - Emageon received first place in the “Best in KLAS” Top 20 Report for the Cardiology PACS nomination for its HeartSuite solution, marking important end-user and market recognition for the product.

The Best in KLAS Top 20 Report is an annual year-end report card of vendor performance. The report provides a summary of performance data collected over the past 13 months and ranks the top overall vendors, as well as leaders in each market segment.

February 5, 2008 – STERIS Corp. announced that Timothy L. Chapman has been promoted to senior vice president and group president, Healthcare. Chapman joined the company in Jan. 2006 as senior vice president, Business Strategy.

For more information; www.steris.com

February 7, 2008 - Volcano Corp. said the FDA cleared the s5-Revo and s5-FFR (fractional flow reserve) options, enabling rotational intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and FFR to operate on the same integrated Volcano s5 Imaging System as Volcano’s previous line of phased array IVUS catheters and functionality.

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