June 25, 2007 – Life Spine announced FDA approval of its new static anterior cervical plating system, the Neo-SL, with an integrated lock that allows bone screws to be securely fixated without additional locking components. According to the company, the self-retaining screw capture mechanism prevents screw rotation and backout, while still allowing screw angulation.

June 25, 2007 – United Medical Systems (UMS), nationwide provider of breast biopsy systems and Kubtec, manufacturer of compact digital X-ray inspection systems introduce the XPERT Mobile specimen radiography system for imaging breast biopsy cores and surgically excised tissue specimens.

June 25, 2007 – Carestream Health announced it is expanding the scope of its portfolio of eHealth Services that manages and protects patient information.
The company’s eHealth Managed Services, which includes worldwide functions such as Service Delivery, Engineering and R&D, Service Line Management and Business Development will expand its range of services to include secure, cost-effective, dependable solutions for its healthcare customers to aid in managing growing patient data volumes.

June 25, 2007 – Dr. Lee Swanstrom, a surgeon at The Oregon Clinic, recently performed the first transgastric endoscopic cholecystectomy in the U.S. at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, OR, and since May has completed two additional procedures. The “no scar” surgery, or Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES), as it has become known, involves passing flexible surgical tools and a camera through the patient's mouth to reach the abdominal cavity by an incision made in the stomach.

June 25, 2007 - Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH, a leading provider of microscopy solutions for a variety of research, clinical and industrial applications, recently introduced the Colibri, a patented high-performance, Light Emitting Diode (LED) light source for fluorescence microscopy.

The narrow band LEDs replace conventional white light sources to produce extremely high contrast images with an excellent signal-to-noise ratio, enabling the detection of weak signals and fine details in applications ranging from routine biomedical research to complex live cell imaging.

June 25, 2007 - The Mammography and Ultrasound Specialists (MUS) of Houston, TX, recently announced the installation of Medipattern’s B-CAD, finding that the system procedure saves time and generates a more thorough record of the diagnostic breast ultrasound procedure, improving consistency from reader to reader and reportedly providing an additional revenue stream.

June 25, 2007 - The Instrument Systems Division of Konica Minolta Sensing, which markets the Pulsox series of pulse oximeters, has published an informative guide called How to Read SpO2, explaining how to correctly read pulse oximeters.

June 25, 2007 - Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) breast cancer specialists in Toronto, Canada, are now using a new way to treat patients by delivering a one-time dose of radiation during surgery called intraoperative radiation therapy that takes less than one hour and reportedly eliminates the need for further radiation treatments.

June 25, 2007 - Carestream Health Inc. and Hitachi Data Systems have entered into an agreement to co-market Carestream Health’s Versatile Intelligent Patient Archive (VIParchive) and the newly enhanced Hitachi Content Archive Platform, a data management solution that will reportedly enable healthcare organizations to efficiently archive clinically relevant information from multiple systems in their facilities.

The 1928L touchmonitor from Elo TouchSystems is specifically designed for patient monitoring, critical care and digital radiography modalities. Available in two colors, the 1928L can also act as a cost-effective solution for nurse stations, computer-aided therapy, electronic medical records, paperless charting and patient self check-in and registration applications. Features of the nontouch-enabled unit include IntelliTouch surface wave technology, which according to the company results in superior image quality, and AccuTouch five-wire resistive touchscreen technology.

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