respiratory function News
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Lungpacer Medical, Inc. Presents Preclinical Results at Society of Critical Care Medicine, February 2020, Orlando, Florida
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is the largest non-profit medical organization dedicated to promoting excellence and consistency in the practice of critical care. With members in more than 100 countries, SCCM is the only organization that represents all professional components of the critical care team. Lungpacer Medical is pleased to announce the presentation of preclinical work on ...
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Lungpacer Medical, Inc. Presents Preclinical Results at the European Respiratory Society’s Respiratory Failure & Mechanical Ventilation Conference, February 2020, Berlin, Germany
The inaugural ERS Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation conference gathered more than 400 delegates from 60 countries, representing a diverse mix of world-leading respiratory scientists, clinicians and allied healthcare professionals. Delegates witnessed more than 40 scientific sessions and there were over 70 abstracts presented, featuring cutting-edge clinical and scientific ...
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Vitalograph introduces tremoflo C-100 oscillometer to its extensive range of respiratory diagnostic solutions
Vitalograph, a global leader in the development and production of respiratory diagnostic solutions and clinical trial services, has launched the Vitalograph tremoflo® C-100 at this year’s ATS International Conference, in Washington. Developed in partnership with Thorasys, the Vitalograph tremoflo® C-100 oscillometer helps to detect the presence of small airway impairment, providing ...
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FRI Improves Patient Selection for Mandibular Advancement Device Treatment
In a recent published study Functional Respiratory Imaging (FRI) was used to assess Mandibular advancement devices (MAD) mechanisms. MAD are a non-invasive treatment option for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and act by increasing the upper airway volume. However, the exact therapeutic mechanism of action remains unclear. In this study 100 OSA patients were prospectively included ...
By Fluidda
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Bronchial Thermoplasty Increases Airway Volume
In a recent study, 10 patients with unstable, severe asthma were treated with Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT) of the left lung, while the right lung was used as an internal control. Changes in lung structure and function were assessed with Functional Respiratory Imaging (FRI). Significant differences between the treatment and control lungs were observed for airway volume (27% and 17% at TLC and FRC, ...
By Fluidda
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FRI - Understanding The Link Between Pulmonary Vasculature Abnormalities and DCLO in Covid-19
In a recent article, Prof Daniel Salerno, Prof Victor Kim and colleagues used Functional Respiratory Imaging to better understand the crucial link between DLCO and Pulmonary Vascular Abnormalities in COVID19. COVID-19 is a respiratory viral illness causing pneumonia and systemic disease. Abnormalities in pulmonary function tests infection have been described. The determinants of these ...
By Fluidda
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C. Raymond Larkin to be Strategic Advisor at Respiratory Motion, Inc.
Respiratory Motion Inc. (RMI) today announced that C. Raymond Larkin Jr. will act as a Strategic Advisor to the Company. Mr. Larkin was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc., one of the world's preeminent respiratory products companies. Under Mr. Larkin's leadership over 15 years, Nellcor grew to nearly $1 billion in revenues through the development ...
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Synairgen presents at ATS 2022
Post hoc analyses conducted in patient populations at greater risk of progression to severe disease or death suggests that SNG001 may have an important clinical effect on top of standard of care Synairgen plc (LSE: SNG), the respiratory company developing SNG001, an investigational formulation for inhalation containing the broad-spectrum antiviral protein interferon beta, today announces the ...
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FRI: In The transition from Research to Clinical Practice
“Quantitative imaging of the airways, for example with functional respiratory imaging (FRI), is evolving from a research tool towards clinical applications” ,Dr. Maarten van den Berge, thoracic physician at the University of Groningen, states in a recently published interview. “For the past 15 years, FEV1 measurements have been the gold standard and are included in the GOLD ...
By Fluidda
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Redox and Spire Health partner to connect respiratory RPM to US health systems
MADISON, Wis., March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Redox, the company driving interoperability in healthcare, has announced a partnership with Spire Health, the leading digital healthcare company for respiratory remote patient monitoring (RPM). Together, Spire Health and Redox will integrate RPM data into health system electronic medical records (EMRs) to improve both billing and clinical ...
By Spire Health
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Fluidda and Aptar Pharma Exclusive Collaboration
Fluidda, leader in the field of Functional Respiratory Imaging and developer of the medical device Broncholab®, today announced an exclusive collaboration with Nanopharm, an Aptar Pharma company and a leader in contract research and development services for orally inhaled and nasal drug products (OINDPs). The companies will leverage their respective proprietary technology platforms to help ...
By Fluidda
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Fighting COVID-19 ! We are together
Fighting the epidemic together – Yaguo and the Shanghai Tianyi Group donated 8-million-yuan worth of innovative respiratory equipment to help Hubei’s new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. On February 18th 2020, Beijing Yaguo Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yaguo”) and the Shanghai Tianyi Industry Holding Group Co., Ltd. (“Tianyi”) jointly donated medical equipment with a ...
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Prof. Krestin Joins Fluidda’S Board of Directors
INTRODUCTION Gabriel Krestin received his MD from the University of Cologne, Germany where he also specialized in radiology, in 1981 and his PhD (Habilitation) in 1989. From 1990–1997, he worked at the University Hospital in Zürich/CH, including a period as acting chairman of the Department of Radiology. In 1997 he moved to Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, Netherlands where he was the ...
By Fluidda
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Better air quality means better lung function.
Ambient air pollution has many detrimental health effects, causing about seven million premature deaths annually worldwide. Children are particularly susceptible to the effects of ambient air pollution because their respiratory systems are immature. The air quality in Zabrze, a city located in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region of Poland, is among the worst in Europe. In cooperation with Polish ...
By AioCare
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Vitalograph introduces tremoflo C-100 oscillometer to its extensive range of respiratory diagnostic solutions
Vitalograph, a global leader in the development and production of respiratory diagnostic solutions and clinical trial services, has launched the Vitalograph tremoflo® C-100 at this year’s ATS International Conference, taking place in Washington. ...
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EPA and LDEQ Raise Awareness of Importance of Air Quality
Today, representatives from the US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) came together to raise awareness of the importance of air quality for people’s health. EPA Regional Administrator Ron Curry and LDEQ Secretary Peggy Hatch spoke about ozone and its effects on air quality and people’s health as part of Air ...
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VIDA Introduces New AI-Enabled Biomarker Services
VIDA Diagnostics, Inc. (VIDA), the leader in lung and respiratory intelligence data, is introducing a new suite of retrospective data analysis services for clinical trial sponsors in response to growing demand for precision data to optimize lung treatment trials. Announced at the 2022 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference, this suite of services empowers sponsors to leverage ...
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Biostage Further Strengthens IP Portfolio with Additional Patent for Regeneration and Repair of the Bronchus
Biostage, Inc. (OTCQB: BSTG) ("Biostage" or the "Company"), a cell-therapy biotechnology company with successful first-in-human experience in treating esophageal cancer (conducted at the Mayo Clinic and published last August) and FDA approval to commence a clinical trial of the Biostage Esophageal Implant for severe esophageal disease including cancer, today announced that the U.S. Patent and ...
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