Comfort Zone is a portable, lightweight blanket warming system specifically designed to provide warmth and comfort to anyone needing a pre-warmed blanket. The ergonomically designed case is portable and lightweight and warms the blanket to 115 degrees in approximately eight minutes.

The system is well suited for first responders and medical personnel in emergency situations, and aids in treating patients with circulatory problems, diabetes, coronary heart disease and infants.

NEC Display Solutions of America announced its largest LCD to date, the 65-inch NEC MultiSync LCD6520.

The LCD6520 is embedded with NEC�s Digital Signage Technology Suite (DSTS), which includes more than 20 features and functions developed specifically for digital signage, reportedly making the display ideal for a variety of markets including medical.

November 29, 2007 - SPO Medical Inc. will demonstrate its new PulseOx 6000 and PulseOx 6100 in the U.S. market Dec. 1-3, at the 53rd Annual International Respiratory Congress of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) in Orlando, FL.

November 29, 2007 - The nonprofit eHealth Initiative Foundation (eHI) announced today the formation of an innovative research program designed to improve drug safety for patients.

November 29, 2007 - New Jersey’s hospitals suffered a 1 percent decrease in year-end operating margins for 2006 and hospital profit margins have been at less than 2 percent for the last two years, according to the latest edition of the New Jersey Hospital Association’s 2007 Financial Status of New Jersey Hospitals Report.

November 29, 2007 - Matrox demonstrated its latest medical graphics solutions at the 2007 RSNA — the Equinox graphics extension unit, which allows deployment of dual displays in the digital OR, and the Onyx companion board, which allows a fiber optic connection to monitors in the control room.

November 29, 2007 – Zonare Medical Systems showcased its new z.one ultra system, the company’s next generation convertible ultrasound platform, at the 2007 Radiology Society of North America conference (RSNA) this week in Chicago.

Based on Zone Sonography technology, the z.one ultra system features advanced software, hardware and transducer technology, including a new multi-transducer port (MTP) and multi transducer connector for the z.one scan engine.

November 29, 2007 – Confirma announced that a study by the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and the University of Washington presented at RSNA suggests that the CADstream system’s patented “worst curve” algorithm for analyzing kinetics may assist in determining malignancy.

November 29, 2007 – Vapotherm will introduce its new Precision Flow respiratory care device at the AARC annual conference Dec. 1, in Orlando, which is one of the first high-flow therapy devices to integrate humidification, gas blending, flow control, and full alarm functionality into a single device for the delivery of nasal cannula inspired gases.

The company has submitted and is awaiting 510(k) clearance for the new product from the FDA.

November 29, 2007 - Clinicians at BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver, BC, have treated a new form of radiotherapy believed to be the first of its type in the world, using a technique called volumetric arc therapy (VMAT), clinicians were able to deliver a single treatment to their 72-year-old patient in less than two minutes.

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