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April 3, 2013 2:42 pm | by Mike Schmidt, Editor, Surgical Products | Articles | CommentsAdvances in consumer technology are changing how we look at visualization in the OR.
Battery-Powered Mobile Video Cart
April 3, 2013 10:24 am | by Quest International | Quest International, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsQuest International, Inc. announced the availability of the AlphaView Battery-Powered Mobile Video Cart. The newly announced wireless HD video, surgical display system features a 32 inch, 2.3 megapixel medical-grade LCD on a heavy-duty battery-powered mobile cart.
SynTrack OR-Max
April 3, 2013 10:10 am | by IBSS | Product Releases | CommentsSynTrack OR-Max from IBSS is designed to dramatically increase efficiency in the OR. Use the new-found efficiency to increase case throughput, adding another case per O.R. daily using current resource levels; or substantially reduce costs of current caseloads.
Medtronic Gets U.S. Clearance For Breathing System
April 2, 2013 11:29 am | News | CommentsMedical device maker Medtronic Inc. said Tuesday it received U.S. clearance for a new artificial lung system that breathes for patients who are undergoing open heart surgery.
Portable Heart Pump Gives Teen Time
April 1, 2013 10:57 am | by Cynthia McCormick | News | CommentsAfter a frightening brush with heart failure, the eighth-grader Kyah DeSimone became the first patient at Boston Children's Hospital to be implanted with a heart pump small and portable enough to restore her to normal life while she waits for a transplant.
Texas Physician Breaks Ground In Robotic Cervical Surgery
March 29, 2013 12:34 pm | News | CommentsDr. Sami Kilic, chief of minimally invasive gynecology and research at UTMB, is the first surgeon in the world reported to have used robotically assisted, ultrasound-guided laparoscopic surgery to successfully tighten a pregnant patient’s incompetent cervix.
Smartphone App A Useful Surgical Training Tool
March 27, 2013 1:47 pm | by YouTube | Videos | CommentsFour surgeons recently came up with the idea for a surgery app. Launched six months ago, the app allows trainees to train for a procedure prior to going into the operating room for the first time.
DST400 Industrial Thermocouple Thermometer
March 27, 2013 10:20 am | by Wahl Instruments | Product Releases | CommentsWahl Instruments, Inc. announces the addition of the new DST400 Industrial Thermocouple thermometer to its line of Digi-Stem digital thermometers. Featuring the rugged and reliable construction the Digi-Stem is known for, the vibration resistant DST400 is compatible with five different thermocouple types.
Only One Company Can Deliver The Perfect EMR: Google
March 26, 2013 9:36 am | by Rob Lamberts, M.D. | Blogs | CommentsWhat constitutes a "good" EMR? Here are the things I think are most important.
Robotic Surgery Controversies Simmer
March 22, 2013 9:35 am | by Skeptical Scalpel | Blogs | CommentsA number of unusual and often devastating complications of robotic surgery are surfacing, which has prompted one state, Massachusetts, to issue an advisory to hospitals. Defenders of the robot say it's not the technology itself but rather the surgeons who are at fault.
Intermountain Medical Center Uses SynCardia Total Artificial Heart To Bridge 31-Year-Old Father To A Heart Transplant
March 21, 2013 11:47 am | News | CommentsSynCardia Systems, Inc. announced today that Andrew Weaver, a 31-year-old husband and father of one who arrived at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City in grave condition, has been successfully bridged to a heart transplant with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart and discharged home.
New Transplant Procedure Keeps Lungs 'Breathing' Outside Body
March 21, 2013 11:10 am | by NBC News | Videos | CommentsA revolutionary surgery at UCLA may change the way the medical community performs transplants. The procedure involves keeping transplant lungs "breathing" outside the body.
Medical Device Saves Teen from Lifetime On Ventilator
March 20, 2013 11:59 am | News | CommentsIn January, 18-year-old Reggie Lamour 's neck was broken while he played in a rugby game in Naples, Florida. In one moment, the active, athletic young adult with a bright future faced a life-time of ventilator dependency. But there was hope. Lamour's injury qualified him to receive a cutting edge implant through Broward Children's Center.
D-H.E.L.P.
March 19, 2013 9:47 am | by New Wave Surgical | New Wave Surgical | Product Releases | CommentsNew Wave Surgical’s Defogging Heated Endoscopic Lens Protector system (D-H.E.L.P) provides optimum visualization during laparoscopic or robotic surgery. The compact unit affixes to patient drapes allowing quick access to the defogging/cleaning system using only one hand.
SynTrack OR-Max
March 18, 2013 9:59 am | by IBSS | Product Releases | CommentsSynTrack OR-Max from IBSS is designed to dramatically increase efficiency in the OR. Use the new-found efficiency to increase case throughput, adding another case per O.R. daily using current resource levels; or substantially reduce costs of current caseloads.
Robotic Surgery Not Best Option For Women Who Need Hysterctomy
March 15, 2013 10:23 am | News | CommentsPricey robotic surgery should not be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who help those women decide.
High Resolution Endoscopes As Thin As Human Hair?
March 15, 2013 9:11 am | by John Hewitt | Articles | CommentsA new kind of endoscope technology with a factor of four image improvement over any previous design has recently been demonstrated by researchers from Stanford University. It may lead to flexible endoscopes producing about 80,000 pixels at a resolution of three-tenths of a micron, as compared to 10,000 pixels at three micron resolution for current state of the art.
The Value Of Robotic Surgery
March 14, 2013 10:00 am | by YouTube | Videos | CommentsRecent published research is questioning the use of robotic surgery for a gynecologic hysterectomy. Now surgeons from the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center specializing in minimally invasive surgery are speaking out regarding the news coverage of this research.
Doctor Surpasses 550 Robotic Assisted Partial Knee Resurfacing Procedures
March 13, 2013 10:43 am | News | CommentsDr. John Velyvis says that from his first contact with Robotic Knee Preservation and Restoration, he knew the days of radical total knee replacement being used as the go-to surgery for arthritic knee pain were numbered.
Updated 'Stereo EEG' Workflow Simplifies Planning Of Epilepsy Surgery
March 13, 2013 10:39 am | News | CommentsFor patients with "drug-resistant" epilepsy requiring surgery, an updated stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) technique provides a more efficient process for obtaining critical data for surgical planning.
Flexible Drop-In Doppler Probe
March 13, 2013 10:23 am | by VTI | Product Releases | CommentsVTI offers the new Flexible Drop-In Doppler probe for use in laparoscopic and robotic procedures for positive identification of vasculature.
Medicine's Mobile Future
March 11, 2013 9:16 am | by Mike Schmidt, Editor, Surgical Products | Blogs | CommentsIs wireless medicine just a passing fad, or will healthcare professionals be able to find ways to leverage powerful hardware and software tools to better prevent or treat injury and illness? Time will tell. In the meantime, we should monitor its growth and hope it realizes its immense potential.
First Telescopic Implant In Connecticut For Macular Degeneration
March 8, 2013 12:38 pm | News | CommentsAbout the size of an eraser tip, the Implantable Miniature Telescope shows promise for some patients who are legal blind due to macular degeneration. The telescope implant focuses and enlarged image onto healthier parts of the macula and retina at the back of the eye. The other eye provides the necessary peripheral or side vision for walking and performing other tasks.
Elderly Pennsylvania Man Gets New Lease On Life With Artificial Heart
March 8, 2013 10:36 am | News | CommentsDuring a five-hour procedure earlier thus year, a medical team removed Bob Phillips’ irreparably damaged heart and replaced it with an artificial heart. The following month, Phillips celebrated his 74th birthday with the medical staff that saved his life.
Breakthrough In Artificial Intelligence-Based Robotics Neurosurgery
March 8, 2013 10:23 am | News | CommentsImaging and robotic technologies have the potential to help neurosurgeons perform precise, fast, and more comprehensive testing of brain tissue during surgery, identification of cancer type, grade and tumor margins and help them navigate through the brain, according to Akash Singh , PhD.
