Aesculap, a B Braun company, has launched an adjustable, gravitational shunt valve, Miethke proSA, to provide surgeons with a new treatment option for patients with hydrocephalus. The valve provides resistance to cerebral spinal fluid ...
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• Green Product1 sales increased to 45% of total sales (EUR 11.3 billion) in 2012 • Total investments in Green Innovation at EUR 569 million in 2012, mainly driven by investments in sustainable LED lighting • ...
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Plastic sheet, compounds and packaging products producer Spartech announced that its flame retardant specialty sheet products have passed ball pressure test for heat resistance. The products which have passed the test include Royalite ...
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Medtronic has launched new MR-Conditional pacing system for use with MRI scanners in the US, following the approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacing system, which includes an Advisa MRI ...
A System Assessment can assist users of property management software, such as Yardi software and MRI software, to develop a long term plan for IT success. TORONTO, ON, February 10, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Proper corporate governance ...
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics, commonly known as Philips) (Euronext: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) is a Dutch multinational electronics company headquartered in Amsterdam. It was founded in Eindhoven in 1891 by Gerard ...
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Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA has made available the EPC9004 development board, featuring the firm’s enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) for power ...
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US-based radiology company MDH Radiology has announced that it has signed an agreement with IT systems and services for radiology company Sectra to provide Telemammography Solution in the country. Under the agreement, MDH will utilize ...
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VentriPoint Diagnostics has submitted a 510(k) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval for its 2D-ultrasound system, designed for measuring right ventricle heart function in patients with pulmonary arterial ...
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UK-based MR Solutions has announced two major breakthroughs that could bring bench-top 3 Tesla MRI scanners into more pre-clinical research laboratories. The scanners have been developed using super-conducting magnets which eliminate the ...
Researchers at the University of Southampton are undertaking a new stage of a study aimed at improving the health and mobility of those suffering from the common complaint of ‘walking on marbles’ associated with Rheumatoid ...
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Sweden-based medical imaging IT company Sectra has inked a partnership agreement with Malaysian firm CT Frank Technology to distribute its Sectra visualization table in the Southeast Asian market. As part of the agreement, CT Frank ...
Last time you had a CT scan did your doctor tell you that it would expose you to radiation? Probably not, according to a study out this week. And even if you were told, you might underestimate the radiation dose, too. Researchers from the ...
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Velomedix has obtained regulatory approval from Health Canada for its pilot study of Velomedix rapid therapeutic hypothermia system, designed for use in patients with acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs or heart attacks). The Velomedix ...
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Radiation exposure from a CT scan is about 350 times higher than from an ordinary chest X-ray. Yet some hospitals, including several large, well-known ones, continue to order too many of them, exposing patients to needless risk and expense, ...
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