Vital Sign Documentation System
November 29, 2010 4:52 am | Welch Allyn | Product Releases | CommentsThe Welch Allyn Connex® Electronic Vitals Documentation (EVD) System provides clinicians in non-critical care settings with immediate access to accurate vital signs. The system includes the Connex® Vital Sign Monitor 6000 Series, which features: A full-color, touch screen device that acts as 3 devices in 1 — providing comprehensive patient documentation on a single display.
LISTED UNDER: Vital Signs MonitorsBrain Monitoring Technology
October 25, 2010 6:11 am | Covidien | Product Releases | CommentsCovidien exhibited new medical technologies and showcased some of its most-innovatiave products at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2010. one of the products included Nellcor™ BIS™ Brain Monitoring technology. According to the company, the Nellcor Bispectral Index (BIS) brain monitoring technology helps provide an insight into the patient-specific effects of anesthesia on the brain.
LISTED UNDER: Vital Signs MonitorsDevice Assesses Oxygen Delivery To Tissue
October 22, 2010 6:28 am | Product Releases | CommentsSpectros offers advanced molecular sensing devices that shed light on life-threatening diseases, including ischemia and cancer. The medical devices build upon optical molecular technologies to speed diagnosis, reduce complications and lower costs. The company’s T-Stat is a device to be labeled by the FDA as “sensitive to Ischemia” and has been proven in multiple trials as an easy-to-use and reliable tool for assessing the adequacy of oxygen delivery to tissue.
LISTED UNDER: Oxygen MonitorNon-Invasive Patient Monitoring
October 19, 2010 7:16 am | Masimo Corp | Product Releases | CommentsThe 2011 Masimo Radical-7® is a non-invasive monitor with new capabilities. According to the company, features include: Measurements—rainbow® Acoustic Monitoring™ for accurate, easy-to-use, patient-tolerant respiration rate (RRa™); rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry® for hemoglobin (SpHb®), oxygen content (SpOCTM), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO®), methemoglobin (SpMet®), and Pleth Variability Index (PVI®); and ‘gold-standard’ Masimo SET® pulse oximetry for oxyhemoglobin (SpO2), perfusion index (PI), and pulse rate.
LISTED UNDER: Oxygen MonitorEarlier Bleeding Indifier
September 23, 2010 12:34 pm | Masimo Corp | Product Releases | CommentsMassimo's Radical-7 is a 3-in-1 (bedside, handheld, transport) Pulse CO-Oximeter™ that features Masimo noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb®). It helps clinicians to quickly detect chronic or acute anemia, to identify occult bleeding earlier and to manage blood transfusions more effectively.
LISTED UNDER: Blood Gas MonitorsHydrogen Peroxide Monitors
September 20, 2010 2:09 pm | Kem Medical Products Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsDocument "proof of compliance" with OSHA's 1.0 ppm 8 hour PEL for personal exposure to hydrogen peroxide. The Kem Medical Product's #8560 Hydrogen Peroxide Monitor is a lightweight badge that is validated for accuracy. Includes pre-paid mailer, prompt laboratory analysis and report, phone notification of high results and technical support to help you provide a safe work environment for your employees.
LISTED UNDER: MonitorsRainbow SET® Radical-7®
September 16, 2010 11:20 am | Masimo Corp | Product Releases | CommentsThe Radical-7 is a 3-in-1 (bedside, handheld, transport) Pulse CO-OximeterTM that features Masimo noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb®). It helps clinicians to quickly detect chronic or acute anemia, to identify occult bleeding earlier, and to manage blood transfusions more effectively.
LISTED UNDER: Blood Gas MonitorsPatient Monitors Integrated With Brain Activity Software
August 6, 2010 7:24 am | Covidien | Product Releases | CommentsCovidien (NYSE: COV) announces the integration of its Nellcor™ BIS™ X4 brain monitoring software into the Mindray BeneView Series of multi-parameter patient monitors. BIS X4 technology monitors both hemispheres of a patient’s brain simultaneously and in real time, providing highly sophisticated data to help physicians make optimal decisions for safe patient care.
LISTED UNDER: MonitorsBrainstorm: Temperature Monitoring
July 19, 2010 7:55 am | Deroyal | Articles | CommentsMaintaining adequate surgical patient temperature is imperative to a positive outcome. Here, Craig Fernandes, Director of Acute Care Marketing for DeRoyal discusses the importance of temperature monitoring in both pre- and post- surgical procedure areas. July 19, 2010 Temperature monitoring has become a required standard both pre- and post-procedure from a patient safety and a reimbursement perspective.
LISTED UNDER: Temperature MonitorsPreventing Perioperative Hypothermia
July 9, 2010 8:03 am | by Tom Parafinik, Director of Sales, Enthermics Medical Systems, Inc., www.enthermics.com | Enthermics Medical Systems | Articles | CommentsPatients have several strikes against them from the start in the surgical environment. In surgery they are naked, anesthetized, in a cold room and perhaps receiving cold IV and/or irrigation fluids. All of these factors can lead to inadvertent perioperative hypothermia. (Hypothermia defined as a core temperature below 36 degrees C or 96.
LISTED UNDER: Temperature MonitorsWarming And Cooling Critical For Temperature Management
July 7, 2010 7:30 am | by Andy Fleishacker, Director of Business and Market Development and Xia Luo, M.D., Director of Clinical for Zoll Medical Corporation | Zoll Medical Corp. | Articles | CommentsManaging patient temperature in the operating room has always been a critical part of any surgical procedure. When patients undergo large open surgical procedures, such as liver, cardiovascular, burn or any large abdominal incision, heat loss is common due to the patient being exposed to the cold OR temperature and the cooling effect of the anesthesia and mechanical ventilation.
LISTED UNDER: Temperature MonitorsIntravascular Temperature Technology
July 2, 2010 6:41 am | Zoll Medical Corp. | Product Releases | CommentsZOLL’s Intravascular Temperature Management (IVTM™) technology is used to regulate the core body temperature by precisely cooling and warming critically ill and surgical patients suffering from a variety of medical conditions. According to the company, the technology provides cooling and warming from a catheter inserted into the patient’s vein.
LISTED UNDER: Temperature MonitorsTemperature Management Brainstorm
June 28, 2010 6:54 am | by Allyson Bower-Willner, Sr. Product Manager for Temperature Management, Kimberly-Clark Healthcare | Kimberly-Clark Health Care | Articles | CommentsWhat should surgical professionals consider when purchasing temperature management equipment in order to achieve adequate temperature in the OR for both patients and surgeons? Patients and surgeons are both interested in the same goal – the best possible outcome. According to several studies, patients who successfully maintain normothermia (36C – 38C) during surgery require fewer transfusions, experience less post-operative bleeding, spend less time on mechanical ventilators, require less time in intensive care and go home sooner.
LISTED UNDER: Temperature MonitorsTemperature Management In The OR
June 21, 2010 7:02 am | by Troy Bergstrom, Marketing Communications Manager, www.arizant.com | Arizant Healthcare Inc. | Articles | CommentsWhat should surgical professionals consider when purchasing temperature management equipment in order to achieve adequate temperature in the OR for both patients and surgeons? June 21, 2010 With the CMS normothermia measure (SCIP-Inf-10) now a reality, hospitals will likely be warming patients that, in previous years, may have gone unwarmed.
LISTED UNDER: Temperature MonitorsSurgical Radiation Detection
May 19, 2010 8:07 am | Care Wise Medical Products | Product Releases | CommentsCare Wise Medical Products offers a new product in surgical radiation detection, the C-Trak® Galaxy System. According to the company, the system is designed to increase effectiveness and efficiency in identifying sentinel nodes and other radiation sources. Features include: Touch screen interface to enhance visibility and allow the surgeon to view radiation counts from a distance.
LISTED UNDER: Radiation Monitors
