Microcap Plus for end-tidal CO2 monitoring on PCA pumps connects to the patient via a filter line. Able to monitor the entire respiratory cycle and displaying numeric reading and waveforms, the device is for both intubated and nonintubated cases, long- or short-term use and does not require regular calibration — only every 4,000 minutes of use. Clinicians can deliver oxygen through the same line.

The combination of the DS-7300 and Criticare System’s Poet IQ 8500A delivers high performance monitoring of CO2 and O2 with five halogenated gas agents and an OR-specific software package.
The DS-7300 includes a 15-inch high-resolution color LCD and multirole amplifiers for BP/TEMO/CO. The system is capable of monitoring 12-lead ECG, IBP, NIBP, CO, temperature, respiration, SpO2, pulse and EtCO2.

Q-CPR, available on the HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator, provides real-time cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) monitoring and feedback for advanced life support (ALS)-trained responders. It also offers medical professionals corrective feedback on the rate and depth of chest compressions, frequency and quality of ventilations, allowing for modification in their technique when administering CPR.

The Stöckert S5 is a fifth-generation heart-lung machine (HLM) that’s expected to help hospitals achieve new industry standards for safety, functionality, flexibility and quality. U.S. cardiac surgery teams now have access to the S5 along with the Stöckert Heater-Cooler System 3T, also recently cleared for sale in the U.S.

The FMS Fluid Management System infuses blood or crystalloid warmed to physiological temperature at rates from 2.5-750 ml/minute. It is a self-contained fluid management system with a patented induction heater, volumetric infusion pump and safety sensors.

The ME-Series Moisture Exchangers for breath sample dryers, filters and sample lines use Nafion technology to dry or humidify medical gas and breath sample streams, without altering gas composition and with no utility requirements.

Medical Records Institute will host a two-day seminar, "Analyzing the Latest EMR Developments," in Wakefield, Mass., on Jan. 29-30. The seminar schedule includes sessions on private practice physicians, hospital technology upgrages, community-based organizations and personal health information systems.

For more information or to register, visit www.medrecinst.com. Early registration, by Dec. 10, is $595. Regular registration is $995.

Medical Records Institute is hosting an EMR seminar Jan. 29-30 in Wakefield, MA, that will focus on analyzing the latest developments in EMR, with programs for private practice physicians, hospitals, community based organizations and personal health information systems.

Private practice physicians can learn about where their peers are on the the road to EMR adoption; what led them to purchase one system over another and how their decision process affected their eventual outcomes; and the importance of product certification.

Medicare, the U.S. insurance program for elderly and disabled Americans, should lump the price of anemia drugs with overall payments for kidney dialysis services to improve efficiency and contain costs, according to a government report released on Tuesday.

Medicare's method of paying separately for anemia drugs, primarily Amgen Inc.'s Epogen, and for dialysis services is a concern as use grows, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said. Medicare covers about 43 million Americans and spent $2 billion on Epogen in 2005.

University of Pennsylvania alumni Ralph J. Roberts and his son Brian L. Roberts have pledged $15 million to help create the first-of-its-kind proton therapy center for the treatment of cancer.

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