Omron Healthcare recently announced the launch of a new portable patient monitor, the model BP-S510.

This product is the first to be released by Omron since the company’s acquisition of Colin in April 2006.

The Oxinet III remote monitoring system from Covidien enables effective respiratory monitoring on general care floors, step-down units and specialty care areas.

The Oxinet III central station and paging system offers a reportedly cost-effective method for implementing continuous pulse oximetry monitoring in areas with lower nurse-to-patient ratios. The system provides continuous central station monitoring of up to 24 Nellcor pulse oximeters, providing earlier notification of developing respiratory events.

Derma Sciences Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of advanced wound care products, announced it received clearance from the FDA to market and sell its API-MED Active Manuka Honey Absorbent Dressing.

This represents the first FDA clearance of a honey-based product for the management of wounds and burns. Honey-based products have been available throughout Europe where they compete against silver-based dressings, and have in only two years captured approximately 10 percent of that market, according to the manufacturer.

OPTI Medical Systems offers the OPTI R analyzer with a reusable sensor cassette for the measurement of pH/blood gas, total hemoglobin, oxygen saturation, sodium, potassium and ionized calcium.

The OPTI R includes automated quality monitoring to ensure accurate results from each measurement and a fluid pack with three levels of integrated controls, which can be programmed to run automatically on a custom schedule.

Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products Inc. will feature its Gelli-Roll at ASA 2007.

The Gelli-Roll reportedly offers the benefits of two different products, combining patient temperature management and tissue pressure reduction in a simple-to-use, reusable product.

The product includes a Plasti-Pad warming blanket encapsulated within Akton gel. This combination product, when used with a Norm-O-Temp, Blanketrol or Hemotherm before, during or after surgery, effectively provides patient warming and pressure reduction, according to its manufacturer.

GE Healthcare has released the latest version of Centricity Enterprise, an intelligent and integrated software suite of clinical and financial applications designed to improve patient care and increase collaboration between clinicians.

The software provides caregivers with real-time access to a patient’s electronic records, allowing them to more closely monitor changing health conditions, document assessments more quickly and communicate seamlessly with all care providers.

The Immersion Corp. LaparoscopyVRSurgical Simulation System provides a tool to assist in training of minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures.

RemedyMD recently announced the launch of OutcomeTrack, designed to allow hospitals and clinics to easily expand the specificity of information collected in their existing electronic medical record system (EMR) through capture of data in real time at the point of care.

OutcomeTrack is integrated with myHealthManager, RemedyMD’s portal for electronic capture of patient reported data that reportedly facilitates patient reported data, delivers physician-created reminders and secure messages directly to patients.

The Mediware Information Systems Inc. MediREC is an automated medication reconciliation product for hospitals that enables healthcare facilities to document and reconcile medications taken by patients at home, prior to prescribing additional drug therapies within the hospital environment.

The process is mandated by the Joint Commission, which oversees the accreditation of hospitals, to avert potential drug interactions and adverse drug events when patients are admitted.

Picis Inc., a provider of high-acuity care information systems, will feature the CareSuite Extelligence OR version 3.0, an out-of-the-box business intelligence (BI) solution designed for analyzing and managing the business performance of the surgical care environment at ASA 2007.

This software integrates with CareSuite OR Manager, Picis’ operating room management system, allowing end-users to directly access and interpret the automatically-recorded data during the surgical continuum.

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