May-Jun 2006
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Richard Wolf develops new
rotation resectoscope
This recently developed rotation resectoscope is a new product system by
Richard Wolf. More than 50 years of experience in developing medical
high-tech products and product systems are demonstrated in this new
rotation resectoscope.
The ability of different components to rotate 360° during continuous and
intermittent irrigation through shafts is a special feature that
facilitates easy and economical use. The fine shaft contour introduces a
special novelty. It reduces friction inside the urethra, thus minimizing
trauma to a great extent. The gel used is embedded in the fine shaft
contour.
Email: middle.east@richard-wolf.com
Integra launches new anaesthesia
machine
The new Integra AVS from DRE
features all of the
most advanced
features of a
modern lowflow
anaesthesia
machine: contemporary
ergonomic design, a
Mechanical Anti-Hypoxic
Device and Air/N2O interlock.
What differentiates
the AVS from its contemporaries,
however, is its open
architecture. This progressive
design element allows
for maximum workstation
integration with the unit's
standard AVS ventilator and
A200SP absorber.
The AVS ventilator is
equipped with volume, PCV
and PSV modes; comprehensive
printer/data outputs; integrated
oxygen monitor and
spirometry; electronic PEEP
and a 30-minute battery
backup. The modular interconnectivity
of the unit was constructed to
exploit the
synergy of
combining a superior
machine
with a sophisticated
ventilator
and an integrated
absorber, but
beyond capability
and
economy, the most
appealing facet of the new
Integra AVS may be its exceptional
ease of use.
The unit features large,
back-lit flowmeters for its
twin oxygen, single nitrous
oxide and single air yokes
and a large colour touchscreen
with easily accessible
Com-wheel. The AVS ventilator's
selectable dual waveform
display offers a clear,
precise depiction of Pressure
vs. Time, Volume vs. Time or
Pressure vs. Volume (for
ventilation analysis).
Visit: www.dremed.com
Ergotron markets new highly flexible
wall mount lift
Ergotron announced the
expansion of its
Neo-Flex product
family with the
introduction of the
newly developed
Neo-Flex Wall
Mount Lift. After
the Neo-Flex LCD
Desk Arm and the
Neo-Flex LCD Desk
Stand, the already
proven and
successful Neo-Flex
lift engine, is now
to be experienced
in a wall mounted
configuration at a
break through
price level.
The Neo-Flex
Wall Mount Lift allows a
wide range of movement
when mounting LCD monitors
and LCD TVs to vertical
surfaces such as walls, wall
tracks and / or poles. This
wall mount provides 13 cm
of height adjustment, sidetoside rotation, forward
backward tilt and portrait
landscape viewing. There
are no knobs or levers
necessary to hold the
screen in the desired
position.
The Neo-Flex
Wall Mount Lift
is compatible
with multiple
size, VESA
compliant
monitors from
15” to 20”,
weighing up to
7.2kg. It also
comprises the
proprietary Constant
Force lift-and-pivot motion
technology which assures
quiet and fluid motion when
adjusting the screen’s position
while using minimum
effort and obtaining optimal
ergonomic viewing conditions.
Visit: www.ergotroneurope.com
Microgen Staph ID identifies all
species of Staphylococcus
MeIn
response to the need for an accurate, easy-to-use and cost effective
identification system for clinically important Staphylococci, Microgen
Bioproducts has developed the Microgen Staph ID.
The Microgen Staph ID can identify all species of Staphylococcus related
to humans, both as commensals, opportunistic pathogens, and established
pathogens. The kit may also be used to identify species of environmental
and animal health significance. The Microgen Staph ID test panel
consists of 13 biochemical tests specifically formulated to identify the
target group of organisms.
When used in conjunction with a coagulase or Staphylococcal latex
agglutination test, these test panels provide identification of
Staphylococci within 24 hours of inoculation. The interpretation of
results is provided with an easy-to-use computer database employing
up-to-date taxonomy. Regular updates to the software are available at no
charge for customers registered as software users. Each kit is contains
sufficient test panels for 20 identifications.
The Microgen Staph ID is quick to set up and simple to read, providing a
very effective means of identify these organisms which are often simply
classified as Coagulase Negative Staphylococci because existing methods
are both laborious and expensive. This is the latest addition to the
family of innovative Microgen ID systems including Gram Negative
Bacilli, Listeria spp and Bacillus spp
For further information contact:
AlanDeeryadeery@microgenbioproducts.com
GE’s Senographe Essential approved
by FDA
GE’s new Senographe
Essential for mammography
has received US FDA
approval.
The Senographe Essential
will enhance the way clinicians
can evaluate women
for breast cancer, by
enhancing image quality.
With a 24 x 31 cm detector
size, the Senographe
Essential offers the largest
active field of view in the
industry.
The foundation of
the Senographe Essential
imaging excellence is GE’s
advanced digital detector,
which at low doses delivers
the industry's highest
Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE) – the new
standard for quantifying
digital X-ray image quality.
In the largest cancer
screening trial in history,
published in September last
year by the US National Cancer Institute and the
American College of
Radiology Imaging Network,
GE’s Senographe digital
mammography system was
used for more exams than
any other digital system
(44%).
The study reported
that while film and digital
images are equally accurate
for many women, digital
mammograms had higher
sensitivities for three subgroups
of women: women
under 50, women with
heterogeneous or very dense
breast tissue, and pre- or perimenopausal women.
Visit: www.gehealthcare.com
Medtronic shows off new Adapta pacemaker portfolio
At the recent annual
meeting on State of the Art
Solutions for Arrhythmia
and Heart Failure
Management in Istanbul,
Medtronic presented the
latest developments in
cardiac resynchronization
disease management to
cardiologists from Turkey
and the Middle East.
The
Medtronic Adapta Versa and
Sensia pacing systems are
designed to provide physiologic
pacing adapted to the
needs of individual patients.
The Adapta pacemaker
offers the Medtronic-exclusive
pacing mode called
MVP or Managed
Ventricular Pacing, which
enables the device to be
programmed to deliver
pacing pulses to the heart’s
lower right chamber
ventricle) only when necessary,
often less than 2% of
the time.
Other dualchamber
pacemakers often
pace the right ventricle 90%
or more of the time. Recent clinical studies have
suggested that reducing this
pacing stimulation may
reduce the patient’s risk of
developing heart failure and
atrial fibrillation, a potentially
life-threatening irregular
heartbeat.
The new pacemaker
systems also incorporate an
array of automatic features
designed to help physicians
improve pacing therapy and
streamline the patient
follow-up process, potentially minimising the
amount of time spent in a
physician’s office.
Visit: www.medtronic.com
Ansell's new surgical gloves
Ansell Healthcare Europe,
the global leader in hand
protection solutions, is
producing new surgical
gloves that integrate
HydraSoft, an innovative
hydrating coating technology
for surgical gloves.
The company's best-selling
powder-free latex glove, the
Gammex PF, has been
improved with moisturising
agents specifically developed
to help maintain the
skin's natural barrier function
and to help prevent the
onset of contact dermatitis.
The result is the Gammex PF
HydraSoft surgical glove.
Visit: http://www.anselleurope.com/medical/
New desktop Pulse oximeter from Mediaid
Mediaid
is offering the new Desktop Pulse Oximeter M960P with Waveform, Non-Invasive
Blood Pressure and Temperature ideal for monitoring any patient category from
neonates to adults.
The new M960P features:
Bright, high resolution
LCD screen to display the Pleth Waveform as well as the SpO2 and Pulse Rate
readings.
Separate bright Led
displays for systolic, diastolic and mean Blood Pressure readings.
Built-in printer
facility for printing reports immediately.
Accurate BP readings in
less than 40 seconds.
Nurse call facility that
alerts the nurse station in case of emergency.
Connectivity to other
life saving equipment.
24 hours Patient Data
storage and trend data.
Patient data transfer to
a computer
5 different languages
option for easy access to clinicians across the world.
Software for patient
data analysis
Visit: info@mediaidinc.com
Armband measures energy expenditure for diabetes
It is already proven that
lifestyle modifications involving diet and exercise are effective in reducing
the incidence of type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance.
Measuring the level of energy expenditure required, with a high level of
accuracy, has now been revolutionised with the development of the SenseWear Pro2
Armband. A multi-sensor monitor, worn on the tricep of the right arm which
evaluates daily energy expenditure based on proprietary algorithms. In simple
terms it uses a number of high precision sensors to gather information such as
skin temperature, near body temperature, heat flux, movement, and galvanic skin
response in conjunction with body measurements such as sex, age, height, and
weight to calculate energy expenditure.
Weighing only 80g the SenseWear Pro2 Armband is a lightweight device and can
store up to two weeks worth of data
Visit:
www.apc-cardiovascular.co.uk
