Signostics Grabs FDA Clearance for SignosRT Automatic Bladder Scanner (VIDEO)
Signostics, a company out of Clovelly Park, Australia, won FDA clearance to introduce its SignosRT Bladder Scanner to the American market. The device is nearly automatic, measuring the bladder size using ultrasound in a matter of seconds. The device has already been available down under and is being used in by midwives, urologists, and in nursing homes and palliative care settings to help identify patients who should be equipped with a Foley catheter. The device doesn’t require calibration and provides a view of the bladder volume being measured. All that’s needed is to scan the bladder using the phone-size...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - January 16, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Medicine Urology Source Type: news

Steerable Endotracheal Tube Bougie Helps to Rapidly Reestablish Airway
Endotracheal tubes can be tricky to introduce both in emergencies and even by anesthesiologists during routine surgeries. Bougies are typically used to guide the tubes, physicians bending them into a shape that follows the natural curvature of patients’ unique upper airway anatomies. This is an imprecise task that can eat up a lot of time while the patient is apneic. Now a team from Nottingham Trent University in England is working on a steerable introducer that will help to make sure the endotracheal tube is placed swiftly. The device is built around a Flexinol (nitinol) tip, a memory alloy that can quickly snap ...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - December 29, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine ENT Source Type: news

Steerable Endotracheal Tube Bougie Helps Rapidly Reestablish Airway
Endotracheal tubes can be tricky to introduce both in emergencies and even by anesthesiologists during routine surgeries. Bougies are typically used to guide the tubes, physicians bending them into a shape that follows the natural curvature of patients’ unique upper airway anatomies. This is an imprecise task that can eat up a lot of time while the patient is apneic. Now a team from Nottingham Trent University in England is working on a steerable introducer that will help to make sure the endotracheal tube is placed swiftly. The device is built around a Flexinol (nitinol) tip, a memory alloy that can quickly snap ...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - December 29, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Emergency Medicine ENT Source Type: news

Toshiba’s New Aplio Platinum Series Ultrasounds Unveiled (VIDEO)
Toshiba has unveiled two new ultrasound devices that are upgrades to the company’s existing Aplio series machines. The Aplio 300 and 500 Platinum Series comes with Biopsy Enhancement Auto Mode (BEAM), a feature that allows for live visualization of a biopsy needle along with automatic selection of the scan angle. The Aplio 500 Platinum offers shear wave elastography capability that can identify the softness of tissues under the ultrasound probe. It also comes with a technology called Superb Micro-Vascular Imaging that is able to detect low velocity blood flow using ultrasound without resorting to contrast agents. ...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - December 8, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: news

Functional Assessment Technology from Imbio Helps Guide COPD Treatment; Gets FDA Nod
Treatment of patients with COPD often leads to guess work and inappropriate decisions brought on due to a lack of information about the patient’s lung parenchyma and the ongoing functional state of the disease. A new technology, originally developed at the University of Michigan, has now received clearance from the FDA to allow physicians to map out functional information about the lung’s performance using CT scan data. Commercialized by Imbio, a U of Michigan spinout, the Lung Density Analysis (LDA) software takes as input CT scans of the lungs during inhalation and exhalation. The software superimposes the two sc...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - December 4, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine Thoracic Surgery Source Type: news

Carestream Touch Ultrasound System Features All-Touch Control Panel
At RSNA, Carestream has unveiled its new Touch Ultrasound System, a device that completely does away with buttons and features a big touchscreen functioning as the control panel. This is a sealed panel that allows easy cleaning to help limit the spread of pathogens. Some of the most used controls are etched into the glass to give the operator tactile feedback and allowing for eyes-free operation to a certain degree. The Touch Ultrasound has a small, lightweight footprint and a high level of maneuverability It has (as far as ultrasound systems go) a very fast cold boot time of 18 seconds and therefore, according to the co...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - December 2, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Wouter Stomp Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: news

Nellcor PM100N Bedside SpO2 Monitor with Home Care and Sleep Study Features
Covidien received the CE Mark from the European authorities to begin distributing the PM100N Nellcor Bedside SpO2 Patient Monitoring System. The system provides continuous oximetry and pulse rate monitoring, offering both live readings for immediate attention and charted historical data that can reveal important trends and patterns. Alarms can be programmed to go off when oxygen saturation falls below certain levels, while the SatSeconds feature is meant to prevent safe but seemingly dangerous events from raising unnecessary alarms. Additionally, this is the only commercially available SpO2 bedside monitor that can be use...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - November 24, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Critical Care Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: news

Samsung RS80A Ultrasound System Now Available in U.S.
Samsung is releasing in the U.S. its high-end RS80A ultrasound system. The device can be used in a variety of applications and features hybrid beamforming technology that provides high-resolution visualization. It’s compatible with 14 different probes, which can be purchased separately as needed, and comes with a 23″ high definition monitor for displaying scan data and a tilting 13.3″ touchscreen that’s used to interface with the device. The large display can be folded down when moving it between rooms to get out of the way of seeing the hallway ahead. It has a powered lift mechanism that raises an...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - November 18, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Ob/Gyn Radiology Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: news

West's NovaGuard SA Safety System FDA Cleared
West Pharmaceutical Services out of Exton, Pennsylvania won FDA clearance for its innovative NovaGuard SA safety system that prevents needle-sticks by providing a mechanism that can be activated to cover the needle immediately after injection. It has an indicator if the shield has been damaged and will become non-functional if that happens to make sure it’s disposed of properly. The device is compatible with prefilled ISO standard glass syringes. Press release: West Receives 510(k) Clearance for NovaGuard™ SA Safety System… The post West's NovaGuard SA Safety System FDA Cleared appeared first on Me...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - November 13, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: news

West’s NovaGuard SA Safety System FDA Cleared
West Pharmaceutical Services out of Exton, Pennsylvania won FDA clearance for its innovative NovaGuard SA safety system that prevents needle-sticks by providing a mechanism that can be activated to cover the needle immediately after injection. It has an indicator if the shield has been damaged and will become non-functional if that happens to make sure it’s disposed of properly. The device is compatible with prefilled ISO standard glass syringes. Press release: West Receives 510(k) Clearance for NovaGuard™ SA Safety System… (Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology)
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - November 13, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: news

SPUD Sound Pick-Up Device Hopes to Replace Paramedics' Conventional Stethoscopes
Stethoscopes that most clinicians use have remained essentially the same for decades. They’re not exactly rigid, but their flexibility is limited in emergency situations when accessing a person’s chest is a challenge. A company called Stethoscope Technologies has developed a sound pick-up device (SPUD) that’s basically just a chestpiece that can be connected to any pair of headphones. The device is intended for use by paramedics who will be able to slide the SPUD down the person’s neck and onto the chest without removing layers of clothing. The attached headphones, having a cord much more flexible t...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - October 31, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: news

SPUD Sound Pick-Up Device Hopes to Replace Paramedics’ Conventional Stethoscopes
Stethoscopes that most clinicians use have remained essentially the same for decades. They’re not exactly rigid, but their flexibility is limited in emergency situations when accessing a person’s chest is a challenge. A company called Stethoscope Technologies has developed a sound pick-up device (SPUD) that’s basically just a chestpiece that can be connected to any pair of headphones. The device is intended for use by paramedics who will be able to slide the SPUD down the person’s neck and onto the chest without removing layers of clothing. The attached headphones, having a cord much more flexible t...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - October 31, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Emergency Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: news

Zyno Medical Single-Use Ambulatory Infusion Pump FDA Cleared
Zyno Medical (Natick, MA) won FDA clearance to bring to market its Nimbus ambulatory infusion pump. The device offers both continuous rate and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) infusions and was designed for intuitive programming by clinicians and easy use by patients. It’s being marketed as a low-cost solution because it’s designed for single patient use and doesn’t require purchasing new cassettes, changing batteries, or cleaning. Features according to the product page: Fluid delivery accuracy of +/- 5% Easy to load cassette Single function buttons to avoid errors Upstream occlusion alarm Downstream...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - October 27, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Critical Care Source Type: news

SEDASYS Computer-Assisted Propofol Sedation System Rolling Out in U.S.
SEDASYS, a division of Ethicon, itself part of J&J, is releasing the SEDASYS Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation (CAPS) System in the U.S. market. The device is intended for delivery of propofol (1% (10 mg/mL) injectable emulsion) by non-anesthesiologist clinicians when performing colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedures. The technology allows administration of minimal to moderate amounts of propofol during upper and lower GI endoscopies and for monitoring of patient sedation. According to the company, only adult ASA class I and II patients are eligible to receive propofol via SEDASYS. The SEDASYS Sys...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - October 14, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology GI Source Type: news

Esaote’s MyLab Gamma Portable Ultrasound FDA Cleared (VIDEO)
Esaote received FDA clearance for the MyLab Gamma portable ultrasound system, opening the door to bringing the system to the U.S. market. About the size of a beefy laptop, the device can be used in just about any clinical environment for a wide variety of applications. The device can run on battery power if necessary and features fast restart when coming out of standby mode, allowing clinicians to quickly get on with scanning patients. The screen tilts and rotates to allow sonographers easy viewing of images during scans and the nearly silent operation helps to keep the clinical environment calm and peaceful. The device c...
Source: Medgadget Anesthesiology - October 6, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Emergency Medicine Neurology Ob/Gyn Radiology Source Type: news