Archive for the ‘Electromedical equipment’ Category
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Paris-based Mauna Kea Technologies presented 41 abstracts on optical biopsies performed with its probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) system at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2013. Seven of those presentations focused on needle-based optical biopsies, the newest application of Mauna Kea's Cellvizio technology. The procedure allows physicians to see cellular structures ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Heraeus Medical Components has announced the opening of its Medical Materials Development and Production Center in Singapore to support expansion of its regional R&D activities and production of materials and components. The company is following its customers in the cardiac rhythm management space, many of whom are relocating production to Southeast Asia, ...
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Friday, August 3rd, 2012
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FBGS, a developer of Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors, has announced EN60601 (medical electronic equipment) approval for its fibre optic interrogator FBG-Scan 804D, a high-precision measurement ...
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Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Guest blogger Andrew Parton, Joint Managing Director, Hugo Technology (Bromsgrove, UK), writes:
I used to be an electro-biomedical engineer, so I know what it’s like trying to keep track of biomedical equipment in the field. Let me share some horror stories about poorly maintained ...
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Japanese researchers have developed a material that can generate power after implantation by absorbing light from outside the body. The technology is being applied to the development of a battery-free cardiac pacemaker.
Currently, the lithium-ion batteries that power pacemakers need to be replaced every five to 10 years, requiring users to ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
By adding tiny gold wires to engineered heart tissue, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are making cardiac patches more conductive, reports Nanowerk News.
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
The design, manufacture and shipping of electrical medical devices in the European Union could soon become more challenging because of new and proposed changes to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE). Instead of seeing these directives as inconveniences, the medical device industry ...
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
Medtech industry associations have reacted favourably to draft legislation for the recast of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive, which was passed by the European Parliament on 24 November. The law will now go to the European Council for formal approval prior to publication in the ...
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
If you've got questions about IEC 60601 3rd edition, then Underwriters Laboratories (UL) may have the answers. The global product safety testing and certification body has announced the publication of more than 70 FAQs related to the standard, which includes the latest revisions to the internationally harmonised safety standard for electromedical ...
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
A circular connector developed by Molex Inc. to improve efficiency during surgical procedures and other data-intensive applications was singled out at this week's 2010 Chicago Innovation Awards. Molex is one of 10 companies from the Chicago area recognised by the awards programme for its innovative spirit and financial success.
The Circular MT ...
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
An ultrasound beam-forming development kit has been introduced by Samplify Systems Inc. Based on the company's AutoFocus beam-forming technology, the SMK9130 is described as a complete hardware solution for the ultrasound front end, from probe connector to PCIe connector. The development kit allows medical equipment manufacturers to focus more closely ...
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
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Graduate students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, USA, have developed a sensor-based cervical ring that could pick up very early signs that a woman ...
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