US-based Megadyne Medical has entered into a multi-year contract with Intermountain Healthcare to supply electrosurgical equipment and accessories. Although the two companies have worked with each other for more than eight years, the ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Healthcare
With nightmarish superbugs threatening the lives of patients and healthcare workers, hospitals are taking considerable precautions to track who is and who isn't washing their hands. For example, Summerville Medical Center, a 94-bed ...
Tags: Sensor Tag, Camera, Hand Washing
Clean Clothes Campaign activists are set to stage protests across Europe on 24th May calling on major brands to pay compensation for fire and building collapse victims in Bangladesh. The protests take place exactly one month after the Rana ...
Direct Flow Medical, a developer of novel transcatheter heart valve technologies, has met its primary endpoint in the Discover CE Mark Trial by achieving 99% freedom from all-cause mortality at 30 days. The trial had enrolled 100 patients ...
Tags: Aortic Valve, Medicine
Bert Rubinsky, CEO of Medical Grade Innovations (MGI), is announcing he has been issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on fabric with antimicrobial properties. The patent number is 13/207,392. The fabric, ...
Tags: MGI Bags Patent, Fabric
May 8, 2013 - Hydro Ottawa reports that today, May 8, an electrical incident occurred before noon at 265 Poulin Avenue in the western portion of its service territory. Two Hydro Ottawa employees were re-energizing an electrical vault after ...
It's not a Star Trek tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you can almost get a complete physical - without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor's office. Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the ...
Tags: Phone, Apps, Computer Products
Omron Healthcare has entered into an agreement to distribute NeuroMetrix's NC-stat DPNCheck in Japan. Designed to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy at an early stage, the quantitative point-of-care test NC-stat DPNCheckmn allows ...
Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/19/2013 11:08:37 AM To honor those who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, the Pepperidge Farm Goldfish brand has announced its $25,000 donation to the Fisher House ...
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Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Republic of (Free-Press-Release.com) April 3, 2013 -- One of the best accident insurance plans in India is IPA, Individual Personal Accident Insurance Policy. The plan is available in two variants to cater t the ...
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Some common Chinese herbal remedies contain aristolochic acid, which has been linked to kidney disease and cancer. And despite efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to keep the ingredient out of herbal products sold in this country, ...
Panasonic India launched its 100 thousand solar lantern project, a project to contribute 100,000 solar LED lights to people without electricity by 2018, the year which would mark the 100 th anniversary of the company. By the end of this ...
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Brazil-based Cepalgo Films has purchased a new Davis-Standard cast film line to support increased production of its disposable films. The new machine can produce dry and wet embossed films as well as PE-coating nonwovens used in diapers, ...
Tags: disposable films, disposable films market, cast film systems
Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
Fresenius Medical Care, a provider of dialysis products and services, has unveiled WetAlert wireless wetness detector to detect venous needle displacement (VNS) and prevent blood loss during home dialysis. The FDA-approved WetAlert ...
Tags: Fresenius Medical Care, WetAlert wireless wetness detector, VNS