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This product was posted in Diagnostic and Invasive Cardiology, July/August issue 2008
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Abiomed Receives 510(k) Clearance
Abiomed Inc. received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the Impella 2.5 cardiac assist device, allowing Abiomed to sell the device in the U.S.
The Impella 2.5 is cleared for use under the 510(k) for partial circulatory support for periods up to six hours. The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) also has 510(k) clearance and approximately 110,000 are used each year in the U.S.
The Impella 2.5 is inserted percutaneously in the catheterization laboratory via the femoral artery into the left ventricle. Up to 2.5 liters of blood per minute are delivered by the pump from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta, providing the heart with active support in critical situations.
Company web site: www.abiomed.com
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This product was posted in Acuity Care Technology, June/July issue 2008
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New Point-of-Care CR Made for Tabletop, Z-Cart
Carestream Health debuted its Kodak Point-of-Care CR 360 System that provides radiology imaging capabilities in a centralized or distributed environment, and can be used on a tabletop or on a Z-cart that enables users to take the equipment to the patient.
The system allows for high-resolution images reportedly with a wide exposure range and low noise, contains new operating software and allows for integration with multiple RIS/PACS systems. Designed for low to mid-volume imaging at hospitals, clinics and physician practices, the system has a throughput of up to 60 35-by-43-cm plates per hour.
The CR 360 can rotate, annotate and window level an image and supports standard cassette sizes and is available in 13 languages including: English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Simple Chinese, Spanish (International), Swedish and Turkish. A long-length 14-by-33-inch cassette is planned as part of a future upgrade.
June 2008
Company web site: www.carestreamhealth.com
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This product was posted in Acuity Care Technology, June/July issue 2008
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FDA Clears Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube to Prevent VAP
The FDA recently gave 510(k) clearance for C.R. Bard’s Agento I.C. silver-coated intermediate high volume low pressure endotracheal tube for airway management in cases where duration of intubation is expected to be 24 hours or longer to help prevent infections or confirmed ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).
The FDA’s summery said the Agento I.C. showed a 36 percent reduce the incidence of VAP in patients intubated for 24 hours or longer.
The Bard silver-coated endotracheal tube is a sterile bifurcated (two-characteristics lumen) polyvinyl chloride tube with a polyvinyl chloride cuff. The tube design incorporates a Magill curve and features a radiopaque line to assist radiographic visualization. The tube is available with a hooded Murphy tip, an intermediate high volume, low-pressure cuff and self-sealing valve with attached pilot balloon. The tube is for adults only, and comes in sizes 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, and 10mm.
The silver coating is on the outer tube surface, including the cuff surface and on the interior surface of the airway lumen.
June 2008
Company web site: www.crbard.com
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New General Telemedicine Module Aids Web Consultations Between Rural ERs, Specialists
Web-based telehealth solutions provider REACH Call Inc. said this week it added a general telemedicine module to its service offering, allowing faster treatment for patients in rural areas by connecting rural ER physicians with specialists who can remotely diagnose, evaluate and recommend treatment.
REACH Call developed the general telemedicine module in response to demands from current customers, primarily hospitals that already use the company’s remote stroke diagnosis and evaluation service. This 100 percent Web-based service originally was designed to facilitate faster treatment for stroke patients in rural areas by enabling neurologists to remotely diagnose, evaluate and recommend treatment from anywhere in the world. These same hospitals realized the value of Web-based telemedicine and asked REACH Call to design similar modules for other medical conditions.
More than 50 hospitals have deployed REACH Call in a “hub and spoke” design, where a larger “hub hospital” provides physician-consulting services to smaller “spoke hospitals.” The company said several spokes are connected to the hub and leverage the expertise of specialists at the hub to provide care for patients in their own ERs. These spokes use a mobile workstation to initiate a consultation request with a physician affiliated with the hub. The workstation is an assembly of non-proprietary, off-the-shelf components including a laptop, LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse, and a camera. It is battery powered and is equipped with a wireless bridge for maximum mobility within an ER.
REACH Call said its system is a 100 percent Web-based turnkey service and there is no hardware or software installed in the hub hospital. The consulting physician can use any laptop or PC, a standard off-the-shelf Web cam, and a broadband Internet connection to communicate with the spoke and evaluate the patient. The physician, who can conduct the consultation from anywhere in the world with a broadband Internet connection, has complete control over the two-way audio and video communication and can view all patient data and DICOM images, such as CT scans or X-rays, to efficiently and effectively evaluate the patient and recommend treatment.
April 2008
Company web site: www.reachcall.com
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