May 17, 2007 - Given Imaging Ltd. today announced that it has received marketing clearance from the FDA for its PillCam SB 2 video capsule, its our next generation small bowel video capsule, and RAPID 5 Software, an upgraded version, which it will debuted at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2007, in Washington, D.C., May 19-24.

May 17, 2007 - Merge Healthcare recently announced an order for an RIS/PACS solution with speech recognition from the Algemeen Ziekenhuis Heilige Familie in Rumst, Belgium, representing its first comprehensive RIS/PACS/speech recognition agreement in the Belgium market.

May 17, 2007 - UltraRAD Corp. recently announced an agreement with StructuRad LLC to integrate StructuRad’s workflow management and advanced reporting capabilities into its UltraPACS application, available in June through UltraRAD and its distributors.

As part of the agreement, UltraRAD will bundle StructuRad’s StudyManager and ReportNow applications with UltraPACS as a complete viewing and reporting solution. The integration of StructuRad’s Rich Internet Application (RIA) reportedly delivers the robust user experience of a client-side application with UltraRAD’s web-based PACS.

May 16, 2007 - Sunrise Medical recently announced plans to evolve into two separate organizations: a mobility-focused business and a respiratory-focused business, aiming to supply Quickie, Jay, Guardian, Hoyer and Bio Clinic products.

In addition, Sunrise will offer the A.R.T. Group portfolio of products that includes Whitmyer, AES, Rehabilitech, Kid Kart and Kid's Up brands. DeVilbiss Healthcare Inc. will supply the DeVilbiss respiratory and sleep therapy product lines.

May 16, 2007 – The 23rd Annual TEPR Conference (Towards the Electronic Patient Record), focusing on providing the best educational program on electronic medical record (EMR) systems and health information technology (HIT) and offering an exhibit hall with more than 150 vendors, will take place May 19-23 at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX.

May 16, 2007 - Scientific Vision Systems, a distributor of medical and professional video equipment, announced availability of the MediCap USB200 Digital Image Capture device, produced by MediCapture. The device, a desktop peripheral, allows users to simply plug in and capture video and still images from endoscopes, ultrasound machines, C-Arms, surgical microscopes and other medical imaging devices at the touch of a button or a footswitch. The images are captured on a USB flash memory drive and can be transferred to any Windows PC via any USB port.

May 16, 2007 — Synthetic Blood International Inc. announced positive data from a statistical analysis of its Phase IIa study with Oxycyte in patients with traumatic brain injury. In line with preliminary study results announced in December 2006, statistical results confirmed that the primary endpoint of increasing patients' oxygen tension levels compared with baseline was met.

May 16, 2007 — More than 450 people nationwide now claim they received illegally obtained and possibly diseased body parts from a New Jersey-based scheme, according to court documents.
The FDA has said it's concerned that the bone and tissue could be infected with the AIDS virus, syphilis and hepatitis, but the risk of infection is small.

The FDA, which did not return requests for comment, has not said whether any patients have ailments linked to the tissue, nor has it revealed how many people received it.

May 16, 2007 - IBM announced at the American Telemedicine Association today the availability of its new Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS), a cross-IBM offering comprised of storage, software, servers and services with a multi-tier, multi-application and multi-site enterprise storage archive for delivering medical images, patient records and other critical healthcare reference information on demand.

May 16, 2007 - Radiotherapy centers in Herlev, Copenhagen and Naestved will receive 14 new linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems, each complete with accessories and software enabling Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), over the next 18 months.

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