April 18, 2007 - The FreeStyle Lite blood glucose monitoring system for people with diabetes has an innovative automatic calibration feature that eliminates the manual coding step usually required by most blood glucose meters before starting a new vial of test strips. The FreeStyle Lite meter allows people with diabetes to test quickly and more easily.

April 18, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions recently installed its 350th 3T MAGNETOM Trio magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at South Jersey Radiology Associates P.A. of Voorhees, NJ.

April 18, 2007 - Masimo Corp. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of up to $150 million in common stock. The Irvine, CA-based medical technology company makes noninvasive patient monitoring products.

The company didn't disclose how many shares will be offered, nor did it provide an estimated price range for the offering.

April 18, 2007 - RxHub LLC announced that its network solutions, which can help make electronic prescribing possible for 160 million Americans, the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has selected RxHub as one of the networks that will assist CCHIT in the validation of electronic prescribing related criteria.


Healthcare professionals are under tremendous pressure to provide effective patient care services while striving to increase positive outcomes for all. Recently, much attention has been focused on providing continuous blood glucose monitoring for those critically ill patients with diabetes and other diseases that necessitate frequent objective data.

April 17, 2007 - Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Integra Radionics, released an upgrade for the NeuroSight Arc module of the OmniSight EXcel image-guided system, which maps the trajectories and targets used for treatment of functional neurological disorders, including Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders.

April 18, 2007 - Imaging Diagnostic Systems Inc. recently exhibited its computed tomography laser mammography (CTLM) system, at the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) 8th Postgraduate Course, jointly sponsored by the American College of Radiology, in Hollywood, Florida, April 14-17, 2007.

The CTLM reportedly images though implants and dense breast tissue easily and lets the breast hang in the machine opening in its natural position, unlike typical systems. The average scan time lasts about 10-15 minutes.

Atrium Medical Corp. has obtained FDA approval for a new Omega 3 surgical mesh product called C-QURLite Mesh. The product is indicated for use in the surgical repair and reinforcement of soft tissue, including hernia repair.

It is no secret that diabetes is linked with cardiovascular disease: the American Diabetes Association reports more than 65 percent of people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. Now, according to Columbia University Medical Center researchers, diabetes may be linked with an increased risk of cognitive impairment that may be a transitional step to Alzheimer's disease.

"Among cardiovascular risk factors, type 2 diabetes mellitus has been consistently related to a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease," the authors reported in the April issue of Archives of Neurology.

April 17, 2007 - Stellate recently introduced its Vita ICU, a neurological monitoring system that incorporates a simplified display with a graphic user interface and touchscreen controls.

Vita ICU features several customizable trending options including cerebral function monitor display, automatic quantification of burst suppression activity and color density spectral array, that each facilitate identification and review of critical events.

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