Archive for the 'Medical Devices / Diagnostics' Category


Wireless Crib Monitor Keeps Tabs On Baby’s Breathing

Radar - the technology that tracks enemy bombers and hurricanes - is now being employed to detect another danger: when babies stop breathing. In a high-tech twist on the remote devices that allow parents to listen to or watch their baby from afar, University of Florida engineering researchers have built a prototype baby monitor that focuses on a baby's breathing.
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12/03/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

New Study Shows Subglottic Secretions Drainage Reduces Ventilator Associated Pneumonia And Antibiotic Use

A two-year randomized study just published in the peer-reviewed journal CHEST (November 2008) demonstrates that continuous aspiration of subglottic secretions (CASS) 1 significantly reduced antibiotic usage in post-cardiac surgery patients. CASS was also found to reduce the incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP), ICU length of stay, and duration of mechanical ventilation in patients intubated for more than 48 hours.
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11/13/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

19 Years On And DDL Continues To Showcase The Best In Respiratory Drug Delivery

Bringing together the world's leading authorities in repiratory drug delivery, the organisers of the nineteenth Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) conference are pleased to announce that this years' event will run from the 10th - 12th December at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
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11/06/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

Non-Invasive Alternative To Bronchoscopy In Patients With Airway Stent Complications: Multidetector CT

Multidetector CT (MDCT) scans are highly accurate in detecting airway stent complications according to a recent study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.
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11/04/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

Inverness Medical’s Binaxnow(R) Legionella Rapid Test Detects Legionnaire’s Disease In 15 Minutes

The BinaxNOW® Legionella test, available from Inverness Medical provides significant time saving advantages over traditional sputum culture. Providing results in fifteen minutes from urine samples, BinaxNOW Legionella enables initiation of effective treatment at the first sign of infection. The bacteria Legionella pneumophila is the leading cause of Legionnaires' disease in humans, a severe form of pneumonia.
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10/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

Latest Study Results Comparing VRI™ To Conventional Procedures Of Assessing Regional Lung Function Measurement

Deep Breeze Ltd, the innovator of the revolutionary pulmonary imaging technology, vibration response imaging (VRI™), announced the latest study results comparing VRI™ to conventional procedures of assessing regional lung function measurement. Prof.
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10/03/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

Sentara Begins International Trial Open At Only 24 US Locations

Researchers at Sentara Cardiovascular Research Institute begin a new international study to explore the safety and effectiveness of stents to open airways of patients with advanced emphysema or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
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09/26/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Medical Devices / Diagnostics | Trackback | Comments Off

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