Archive for the ‘Medical Instruments’ Category

THE NEW SPECIAL-PURPOSE OPERATING TABLE FOR PRECISION SURGERY IN ORTHOPEDICS, TRAUMATOLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY: THE YUNO OTN For orthopedic, traumatology and neurosurgery procedures, a state-of-the-art operating table is critical to surgeons’ success – and the YUNO OTN from MAQUET offers exceptional functionality for all three disciplines. Developed in line with real-world OR requirements, this mobile table ensures optimum results for all orthopedic, traumatology ... Full story

Cook Medical Updates Resonance® Metallic Ureteral Stent System July 14, 2011 Bloomington, Ind., July 14, 2011 – Continually striving to enhance patient care, Cook Medical recently announced significant updates to its Resonance Metallic Ureteral Stent System. First launched in 2007, the device now has an updated introducer system that includes a clear sheath for enhanced visualization, as well as ink markings on the ... Full story

The Medical industry's most rugged handheld tablet PC The new rugged Panasonic Toughbook® H2 handheld tablet PC runs a full OS (Windows(R) 7 Professional) and is the ultimate productivity tool for mobile workers. With superior ergonomics, a brilliant 10.1" sunlight-viewable LED screen capable of up to 6000 nit in direct sun and sealed all-weather design, the H2 lets you work virtually anywhere. ... Full story

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a memory device that is soft and functions well in wet environments -- opening the door to a new generation of biocompatible electronic devices. Researchers have created a memory device with the physical properties of Jell-O, and that functions well in wet environments. ... Full story

St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Clearance for Industry-First Neurostimulation Lead Delivery System for the Management of Chronic Pain Innovative Epiducer system allows introduction of multiple neurostimulation leads through a single entry point ST. PAUL, Minn., Jul 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, ... Full story

A recent article in BioTechniques tells the story of how the diffraction barrier, that’s been long thought to fundamentally limit the possible resolution of far-field fluorescence microscopy, was overcome with fresh scientific thinking and solid engineering. It starts with initial theoretical work of physicist Stefan Hell and how it led to the technology that Leica later licensed and proceeded to commercialize ... Full story

Researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will be exhibiting a surgical instrument with an integrated electronic chip at this year’s MEDTEC Europe trade show in Stuttgart. The Bremen-based scientists will be presenting the technique that is laser melting, which enables the manufacture of surgical instruments of any shape, even those with complex interiors like ... Full story

Blood Pressure Monitoring Watch Singapore, June 2011 -- Link mobile health monitoring devices with cloud computing in the right way and you can change how we practice medicine. That's the vision behind HP's Mobile Health (mHealth) Monitoring Solution, a new, always-on, cloud-based healthcare offering that builds on research conducted at HP's Data Center Design for Cloud Computing Lab in Singapore. In a joint ... Full story

Recently we heard the news that some people with diabetes a trained and hold dog  in the house  that smell hypoglycemia (blood glucose or blood sugar below under mg/dl80 mg / dl 90 with Symptoms ) And immediately warn the owner. Researchers now speak about a kind of tattoo that is normally invisible, but ... Full story

SlidePath Gateway from Leica Microsystems puts Digital Pathology at your fingertips. The application provides access to high quality educational content from External Quality Assessment (EQA) programs including high resolution whole slide images captured on the Leica SCN400 slide scanner with expert pathologist diagnosis. ... Full story