Hypoxia and Medicine

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  • CJPS Launches Breakthrough Portable Vital Signs Monitor Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:21PMAuburn Hills-based CJPS Medical Systems announced Tuesday that it is releasing the smallest, most featured, lowest cost, portable multi-parameter vital signs monitor on the market.
  • VisualSonics' New Imaging System Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:50PMVisualSonics unveils the Vevo LAZR Photoacoustics Imaging system at the annual conference of the American Association of Cancer Research.
  • Monitors allow for better quality of life Tuesday, February 1, 2011 @ 5:52AMWith the help of an Otto Bremer grant, Richland County Health Department is helping people stay in their homes. Residents like Ray Birchem, Hankinson, have been given telehealth monitors. He is on oxygen 24 hours a day and said the monitoring device gives him peace of mind.
  • Lantheus Medical Imaging Announces New National Contract with Novation for ABLAVAR® and DEFINITY® Friday, January 21, 2011 @ 8:00AMLantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic medical imaging, today announced a national contract with Novation for ABLAVAR® and DEFINITY® Vial For Injectable Suspension, providing increased access to these important diagnostic imaging agents for health care providers served by Novation.
  • City ambulances fitted with life-saving technology Saturday, November 6, 2010 @ 7:15AMTwo Cumberland Fire Department ambulances are now equipped with the latest technology that replaces some 10-year-old medical devices and improves patient care.
  • Onyx II 9560 wireless fingertip pulse oximeter helps rescue of Chilean miners Thursday, October 14, 2010 @ 3:50AMNonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of the world's first fingertip and wireless-fingertip pulse oximeter, announced today that its Onyx II 9560 wireless fingertip pulse oximeter was used in the effort to rescue 33 Chilean miners who were trapped in a Copiapo, Chile mine since August 5.
  • Water study looks at mountain water sources, potential tree thinning Thursday, October 14, 2010 @ 1:09AMFollowing a 14-year drought including the devastating Scott Able fire of 2002, a Draft Sacramento Mountains Hydrogeology Study has been developed by a team of geologists and hydrologists from the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of New Mexico Tech.
  • Study examines correlation between point-of-care monitors, lactate flux during CEA procedure Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 8:49AMCAS Medical Systems, Inc. today announced a new study to be published in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. The study from researchers in the Departments of Anesthesia and Surgery, at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada examined the correlation between a variety of point-of-care monitors and lactate flux, an indicator of metabolic stress during carotid endarterectomy.
  • Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. Launches DEFINITY(R) Ultrasound Contrast Imaging Agent In India Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 5:26AMLantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic medical imaging, today announced the launch of its ultrasound contrast imaging agent, DEFINITY® Vial For (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension, in India. The company has signed a multi-year agreement with Mumbai-based J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. ("JBCPL") for the distribution and marketing of DEFINITY® in ...
  • Petaluma doctor reports from Haiti Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:55AMDr. Julie Clark, an obstetrician/gynecologist based at the Petaluma Health Center, is on a two-week volunteer medical mission in Port-a-Prince, Haiti. The impoverished nation is still trying to recover from a devastating earthquake on Jan. 12. Clark will be sending reports during her two weeks in Haiti that will be posted on Petaluma360.com. Her updates will appear starting with the most recent ...
  • Hope For Patients With Mild Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 5:45AMA new therapy shows promise for patients with mild idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. According to researchers in Japan, inhaled N-acetylcysteine (NAC) monotherapy preserves more lung function in some idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients than no therapy. The findings will be presented at the 2010 American Thoracic Society International Conference in New Orleans. "This novel study provides ...
  • Hope For Patients With Mild Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 3:18PMA new therapy shows promise for patients with mild idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  • OrSense Receives U.S. FDA Approval for NMB-200MP Non-Invasive Oximetry Monitoring System Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 7:00AMNES ZIONA, Israel----OrSense Ltd., developer of monitors for non-invasive measurements of various blood parameters, announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for NBM-200MP, a non-invasive oximetry and low signal oximetry sensor.
  • CareFusion Launches 10-Pound High-Performance Critical Care Ventilator in the U.S. Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 12:51PMCareFusion Corporation , a new clinical and medical products corporation, today announced the launch of the EnVe ventilator - a high-performance critical care ventilator for pediatric and adult patients.
  • CIA in human experimentation row Wednesday, September 2, 2009 @ 12:51PMMedical ethics group says physicians monitored 'enhanced interrogation techniques' and studied their effectiveness Doctors and psychologists the CIA employed to monitor its "enhanced interrogation" of terror suspects came close to, and may even have committed, unlawful human experimentation, a medical ethics watchdog has alleged. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) , a not-for-profit group that ...
  • Bike run to support Wahpeton infant Monday, August 24, 2009 @ 6:56AMYou can’t help but fall in love with her bright eyes and huge smile. Four month old Amelia Rossow looks and acts like a healthy baby, but her congenital heart defect brings to light a different reality.
  • REAL LIFE Thursday, August 13, 2009 @ 4:41PMREAL LIFE
  • Fitch Initiates 'BBB' IDR on Discovery; Proposed Issuance Rated 'BBB'; Outlook Stable Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 8:18AMNEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has initiated coverage of Discovery Communications Holding LLC and its subsidiary, Discovery Communications LLC with a 'BBB' Issuer Default Rating . The Rating Outlook is Stable.
  • Opto Circuits get CE certificate for portable pulse oximeter Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 3:07AMOpto Circuits (India) Limited (OCI), the Bangalore-based maker of medical devices has announced it has received CE mark certification for its latest product, a pocket sized finger pulse oximeter (SpO2 monitor), named M50 NanoSAT.
  • OCI develops mini Oximetry to check swine flu Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 2:02AMMumbai, Aug 11 : Opto Circuits (India) Limited (OCI), one of the leading companies in developing, manufacturing and marketing of medical devices for global markets, has developed a new pocket size finger pulse oximeter (SPO2 monitor) 'M50 NanoSAT' in treatment of diseases like Swine flu.
  • Opto Circuits develops M50 NanoSAT pulse oximetry monitor, gets CE certification Tuesday, August 11, 2009 @ 1:57AMOpto Circuits (India) Ltd, one of the leading Indian companies that develop, manufacture and market medical devices for global markets, has developed a new pocket sized finger pulse oximeter (SPO2 monitor), named M50 NanoSAT, that is one of the smallest and lightest of such monitors available in the market today.
  • Jackson Probe Focuses On Five Doctors Who Prescribed Drugs To Singer Sunday, July 5, 2009 @ 5:38AMLos Angeles - Investigators are focusing on at least five doctors who prescribed drugs to Michael Jackson as they try to unravel the circumstances surrounding pop star's death, according to law enforcement sources. Authorities removed drugs and other medical evidence from the Los Angeles mansion where Jackson was stricken and are trying to determine whether the medications were prescribed ...
  • Masimo Debuts New Rad-8(R) Pulse Oximeter to Largest Gathering of Sleep Specialists From Around the World at SLEEP 2009 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 @ 5:54PMNew Features and Design Optimize Care and Process Efficiencies for Clinicians in both the Sleep Center and Homecare Environments IRVINE, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry(TM) and Measure-Through Motion and Low-Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today the debut of its new compact, lightweight Rad-8 pulse oximeter at SLEEP 2009, the ...
  • Nonin Medical Introduces Next-Generation Regional Oximeter at Euroanaesthesia 2009 Monday, June 8, 2009 @ 3:07PMMINNEAPOLIS, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonin Medical, Inc., a leading innovator of noninvasive physiological monitoring solutions, introduced its Model 7600 Regional Oximetry System at the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) conference in Milan, Italy.