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Baby Pod 20 featured on BBC Business
The new Baby Pod 20’s design and build at Williams Advanced Engineering is briefly profiled in a short video for BBC Business, explaining the cross-over of technologies in between Formula 1 and medicine in using design principles and strong and lightweight materials to ensure patient safety during transport Baby Pod 20 – BBC Business ...
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ASTM F2428 - 04(2011) standard guide for selection and use for pelvic ring circumferential compression stabilization devices (PRCCSD)
The intent of this guide is to identify the general performance and good practice standards that a pelvic ring circumferential compression stabilization device (PRCCSD) should possess. Currently, a number of base platforms such as full-body spinal immobilization devices (long boards) are used to immobilize patients during transport and before definitive treatment. These platforms limit gross ...
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AHE Announces Speaker Lineup for EXCHANGE 2013 Conference
Chicago, June 26, 2013 - The Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) of the American Hospital Association today announced its lineup of keynote speakers and general sessions at EXCHANGE 2013 being held September 15-18 in Indianapolis, Ind. The lineup of speakers includes: Simon T. Bailey, founder, Brilliance Institute, a world-renowned speaker, thought leader, and best-selling author ...
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Queen’s University Radiology Receives Hyperfine Portable MRI to Improve Access to Care for Canadian Patients in Remote Northern Communities
Hyperfine, Inc. (Nasdaq:HYPR), creator of Swoop®, the first FDA-cleared portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system™, is proud to announce that Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre are deploying a Swoop system as part of their health services benefitting six communities located in the James Bay and Hudson Bay Area. Until now, patients needing routine or ...
By Hyperfine
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TX Series added to CoTCCC list of recommended limb tourniquets
RevMedx, Inc., a leader in groundbreaking solutions for the control of severe bleeding, today announced that the CoTCCC has added the TX Series ratcheting tourniquets to its list of recommended Limb Tourniquets. The TX series joins the XSTAT® injectable hemostatic on the TCCC list of recommended hemorrhage control devices for casualty care. Andrew Barofsky, President and CEO of RevMedx, ...
By RevMedx
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Encouraging Patients to Follow Up
You wish the best for your patients, and following surgery or treatment, it is imperative to understand how their bodies are reacting. Obviously this concerns following up at intervals. However, patients are often under the impression that following up is unnecessary and expensive if they feel fine. The cardiac monitor experts at Medicomp take a look at the realities of patient follow-ups. ...
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Cytotoxic Drugs: Safe Handling in the Workplace
Cytotoxic drugs (sometimes known as antineoplastics) Describe a group of medicines that contain chemicals which are toxic to cells, preventing their replication or growth, and so are primarily used to treat cancer. Once inside the body, their action is not generally tightly targeted, and they can produce side effects both to the patients and others who become exposed. What are the Risks? ...
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Open hospital event in Koege with PTR Robot demonstrations
Sunday 5th September our PTR Robot was featured on Danish TV, about the robot being deployed at the new hospital, Region Sealand University Hospital Koege. To see video, please click here The public was invited to an open hospital event in Koege at the Region Zealand University Hospital. The 600 million euro development project includes a brand new 140.000 m2 hospital building with 789 single ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific`s Support of COVID-19 Response Continues to Expand with U.S. Government Contract for Products Used in Sample Collection
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, today announced it has received a contract from the U.S. government to provide highly specialized viral transport media (VTM) for COVID-19 sample collection. The VTM is used during collection of patient samples for proper transport to laboratories that can test for the presence of the virus. To ensure accuracy of ...
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Artificial intelligence and usability testing of the PTR Robot
We are delighted to highlight two studies produced by the Blue Ocean Robotics team together with our product specialist, Britta Geleijns. These studies are based on the development and testing of the PTR Robot. Both presentations will be presented at the IROS 2021 conference, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Developing Ethical AI-Supported Healthcare Robots The former ...
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Home Dialysis Patients Face Postcode Lottery of Care, New Report Finds
QUANTA Dialysis Technologies Ltd (“QUANTA” or the “Company”), a medical technology company committed to making kidney care more accessible with its SC+ haemodialysis system, has released a new report that suggests people with kidney failure who wish to do home dialysis face unequal access across the UK. The Bridging the Gap report finds that failure to offer such treatment ...
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Injection of capital to accelerate global expansion
In a world with increasing labor shortages and a growing ageing population, demand for service robots that can assist companies and institutions is growing. This is why Blue Ocean Robotics, Europe’s largest manufacturer of service robots, has now strengthened its financial muscle, enabling the company to roll out its sustainable mobile robot solutions all over the world. Service robots are ...
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CUREosity at MEDICA 2021
Experience our innovative virtual reality (VR) therapy system CUREO live at the MEDICA, November 15-18, 2021. We will be at the NRW booth in hall 3, booth number C80. We will also give presentations and talk about the advantages that come with virtual reality-based therapy Come by and check out live demonstrations of our smart therapy system that supports cognitive and sensorimotor ...
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World Humanitarian Day, 19th August 2015
World Humanitarian Day, 19th August 2015 19th August marks World Humanitarian Day. This year people are donating their social media newsfeeds to give a voice to the voiceless. Read and share these 6 compelling stories of incredible resilience, courage and survival. Baby in the Rubble: Syria’s White Helmets Khaled Farah is a first responder for the White Helmets in Syria’s ...
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Synaptive Medical Establishes Partnership with O-Two Medical Technologies, Inc., to Manufacture Ventilators for COVID-19 Patients
Synaptive Medical, a leader in robotic surgical and imaging technologies, announced today the company has established a partnership with O-Two Medical Technologies, Inc., a world leader in controlled ventilation, for the production of O-Two’s e700 portable transport ventilator for patients impacted worldwide by COVID-19. As part of the agreement, Synaptive will leverage its expertise in ...
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CoapTech Raises $7M in Series B Funding Led by Hunniwell
CoapTech, a leading medical device start-up pioneering the world’s first and only ultrasound-based feeding tube placement system, announced the closing of a Series B investment of $7 million led by medical device venture capital firm Hunniwell Lake Ventures. They will use funds to commercialize the First FDA-cleared, Ultrasound-based system for Feeding Tube Placement. CoapTech Inc ...
By CoapTech
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IV Dislodgement Is a Common Problem in Vascular Access, Clinicians Say
Portsmouth, N.H. – IV dislodgement is a near-daily problem for clinicians and their patients, according to a recent focus group of vascular access experts. The clinicians also reported there is a need for better technology to mitigate the potentially serious consequences of frequent IV dislodgements. “This research discussion addressed a frustrating problem that those of us in ...
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BioTrace Medical Announces Key Events Featuring Tempo Temporary Pacing Lead at TVT 2019
BioTrace Medical, Inc., the leader in innovative temporary pacing technology, today announced the company’s key activities at the Annual Transcatheter Valve Therapy Structural Heart Summit (TVT 2019), which will take place June 12-15 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. The company’s Tempo Temporary Pacing Lead will be featured in a symposium titled “Improving Safety & Reducing ...
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The new Walloon company Cellaïon makes its first closing
Cellaïon, a Walloon biotechnology company created by a consortium of Belgian-Luxembourg investors, announces its first closing following the acquisition of the assets of Promethera and its HepaStem® technology platform. The consortium led by Fund Plus (Leuven, Belgium) is also composed of SMS Investments SA (Luxembourg), Sopartec (UCLouvain Technology Transfer Office, Louvain-la-Neuve, ...
By Cellaïon
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C. diff Infections are a Real Concern in Chicago & across Illinois
The environmental and infection control experts at EC2 provide prevention services, inspections and solutions for healthcare facilities battling C. diff threats. Just last week it was reported that an outbreak of C. difficile (C. diff) at a Canadian hospital has already infected 63 patients. The outbreak has caused at least one confirmed death and possibly six others. This latest ...
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