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Product Briefs
(AHC Newsletters Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Product Briefs
? Connect Imaging (Honolulu, Hawaii) has released a new version of its Mammo ViewBox software to support a super-high-resolution mammography display from Totoku Electric (Japan). CEO Philip Manly said the company's mammography workstation software is the first to support the ISD technology of the Totoku MS51i2 digital mammography display. "Totoku developed a novel way to triple the resolution of its 5 MP (megapixel) monitor, but taking advantage of the higher resolution required some software changes," Manly said. "Connect Imaging made these necessary modifications a priority. We now can offer this workstation software to all users of digital mammography. Though it works most efficiently when combined with other mammography modules in the Connect Imaging PACS, our Mammo ViewBox workstation software is compatible with any DICOM archive." Connect Imaging makes customizable picture archiving and communication systems.
? Cordis (Miami Lakes, Florida) reported the U.S. launch of the SLEEK and SAVVY long PTA balloon dilatation catheters, its percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon catheters. The SLEEK balloon is one of the first .014" guidewire compatible rapid-exchange balloons fully dedicated to infrapopliteal vessels, while the SAVVY long balloon provides an .018" guidewire compatible over-the-wire alternative for both superficial femoral and infrapopliteal arteries. With balloon lengths up to 220 mm, the SLEEK and SAVVY balloons may enable physicians to treat long, diffuse lesions with fewer inflations and faster procedures compared to traditional PTA balloons, Cordis said. Cordis makes interventional vascular and gastroenterology technology.
? Respironics (Murrysville, Pennsylvania) and Children's Medical Ventures, a subsidiary of Respironics, reported the addition of the BiliTx phototherapy system to its line of jaundice management products for use by clinicians in the NICU, PICU, pediatrics and well-baby nursery or by parents through home care providers. In the clinical setting, the BiliTx can be configured as an overhead spotlight or connected to a fiber-optic panel in any hospital environment such as a crib or incubator. When used as an overhead spotlight, the unit's blue LED light source does not transfer heat to the baby unlike conventional halogen phototherapy devices that may require cooling fans and constant temperature regulation. The BiliTx was developed to eliminate the need for bulb replacement and reduce operating and maintenance costs. BiliTx's blue LED photon engine light source can last up to 50,000 hours. Children's Medical Ventures makes clinical and educational products supporting developmentally appropriate care for infants.
? WellPoint (Indianapolis) reported the launch of a mobile provider finder tool, a new mobile directory that will allow members of its affiliated health plans to search for local, in-network doctors and hospitals through any web-enabled cell phone or hand-held device. The mobile provider finder is available now to its affiliated health plan members in Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire, and will expand to other WellPoint markets throughout 2008. Members will be able to access the tool from any web-enabled device to identify and browse in-network providers by address, city, state, zip code or name. Members can further target physician specialties, languages spoken and gender.
SOURCE-Medical Device Daily
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