Fall — CIVCO’s Busiest Season

Welcome to the Fall edition of Program Online!
Fall is always a busy time at CIVCO – our preparations for RSNA are in full swing at the same time as we attend other major industry meetings, including SDMS. At each meeting, we strive to communicate our commitment to facilitating safe, efficient ultrasound and interventional procedures. For [...]

Houston Zoo Uses Ultrasound to Monitor Rare Asian Elephant Pregnancies

The Houston Zoo has experienced an elephant baby boom this year. In May, 19 year old Asian elephant Shanti delivered a male calf named Baylor, and early this October, 29 year old Tess delivered another healthy calf. Tess’ calf, a girl, was named Tupelo by the Zoo’s elephant care team. For a variety of reasons, [...]

Philips Healthcare Sales Climb in Q3

Higher sales in most of its businesses contributed to a 4% increase in comparable sales for Philips Healthcare in its third quarter.For the period (end-September 30), the Andover, MA-based vendor had comparable sales of 2.1 billion euros ($2.9 billion U.S.), compared with the 1.8 billion euros ($2.5 billion U.S.) reported in the third quarter of 2009.
Philips [...]

Infection Control Across the Ultrasound Department

Hospital acquired infections (HAI) have become a hot topic in the media and in hospitals over the past few years. The CDC estimates there are 1.7 million hospital acquired infections each year in American hospitals alone, with 99,000 deaths as a result of these infections.[i] Every item in a medical setting – from computer keyboards [...]

Toshiba Deploys Portable Ultrasound

Florida Fish Memorial Hospital, based in Orange City, FL, has selected Toshiba America Medical Systems portable ultrasound technology the Xario XG ultrasound system.
The four ultrasound systems will be used for imaging the bariatric patient population and imaging patients at bedside, as well as assisting with ultrasound-guided biopsies and fluid draining, breast imaging, 4D imaging for [...]

Analogic Taps Shaw as VP for BK Unit

Medical imaging firm Analogic of Peabody, MA, has appointed ultrasound industry veteran Lars Shaw as vice president of global marketing for its BK Medical ultrasound business.
Shaw will be responsible for developing and executing Analogic’s BK Medical global marketing strategy to grow its existing ultrasound business and identify new market segments, according to Analogic.
Shaw has served [...]

BK Medical Releases Powerful New Mobile Ultrasound Battery Pack

Analogic Corporation subsidiary BK Medical announced the introduction of a full back-up power solution for the Flex Focus family of mobile ultrasound systems, including the newly introduced Flex Focus 700 Surgical Ultrasound System.
“The new BK Power Pack significantly enhances the value of the Flex Focus ultrasound systems in both the surgical suite and the emergency [...]

Philips Introduces Newly Enhanced Cardiac Ultrasound System

Philips announced enhancements to the iE33 xMATRIX cardiac ultrasound system designed to provide a more complete imaging solution for adult echocardiograms. In additional to the ergonomic design of the new X5-1 transducer, which aims to improve comfort and efficiency for the clinician, the system has been developed to help advance patient care by enabling expanded [...]

SonoSite Receives FDA Clearance for LumenVu Catheter Guidance System

SonoSite has received FDA clearance for its innovative LumenVu® Catheter Guidance System. Designed to aid in the placement of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC), the proprietary LumenVu System combined near-infrared technology with a revolutionary fiber optic stylet, which replaces a traditional guide wire, to allow visualization and real-time tracking of a catheter tip as it [...]

ZONARE Ranks in KLAS Top 3

ZONARE Medical Systems, global developer of ultrasound systems, announced it was ranked in the top three in the KLAS 2010 “Ultrasound: Waves of Change” report. According to KLAS, a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of information technology and medical imaging vendors in the healthcare field, ZONARE has emerged as a real [...]

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