New Additions and CIVCO’s New Year Plans

Happy New Year!
This tends to be a quieter time of year – with the bustle of RSNA over, it’s time to prepare for spring product launches and the swing of spring trade shows. It’s the perfect time to introduce additions to PROGRAM Online!
2011 brings changes to CIVCO’s PROGRAM Online. This year, we’re increasing the frequency [...]

Report: Samsung takes control of Medison

Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics has purchased a controlling stake in Korean ultrasound vendor Medison, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.Samsung, which made the move as part of a plan to diversify from consumer electronics, bought the 43.5% position from investment firm Consus Investment of Seoul, according to the article. Terms of [...]

Long Distance Ultrasound Exams Controlled by Joystick

Ultrasound is an extremely useful medical technique, provided the operator has the expertise. In small clinics, however – and still more on spacecraft – trained radiologists are rare. So ESA, the European Space Agency, is testing a new robotic ultrasound system for remote operation by distant specialists.
An assistant simply holds the device against the patient and the [...]

Philips Healthcare Posts Strong Q4

Royal Philips Electronics reported a net income of EUR465 million ($635.3 million USD) in the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of EUR205 million ($280.1 million USD) compared with fourth quarter of 2009, and sales within Philips Healthcare assisted its parent company to a successful quarter.
“[W]e continued to see good mid-single-digit comparable sales growth at [...]

CIVCO Promotes Individual Business Units through Upcoming Website Restructuring

In conjunction with a website restructuring, CIVCO Medical Solutions is officially introducing its two business units. Over the past decade, CIVCO has made multiple acquisitions which have developed into two distinct business units within the company. CIVCO’s corporate headquarters remains in Kalona, Iowa, USA, where the Multi-Modality Imaging unit also is based. CIVCO’s Radiation Oncology [...]

CIVCO Announces New Partnership with UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions

CIVCO Medical Solutions is announcing a co-marketing partnership with UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions of New York, New York. UltraLinq provides healthcare professionals with a secure, web-based solution for the reliable viewing, reporting, managing, sharing, distribution and archiving of multiple ultrasound and medical imaging modalities. As a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of multiple solutions [...]

CIVCO Offers Ultra-Pro II™ Needle Guidance for Philips X6-1 xMATRIX Ultrasound Transducer

CIVCO is announcing the release of its Ultra-Pro II needle guidance system for Philip’s X6-1 PureWave xMatrix array transducer on the iU22 xMatrix ultrasound system. The X6-1 transducer produces live bi-plane imaging. The Ultra Pro II utilizes a two-part system consisting of a custom reusable biopsy bracket and a disposable snap-on needle guide. The X6-1 [...]

CIVCO Medical Solutions Introduces Super Extended Length CIV-Flex™ Transducer Covers

CIVCO Medical Solutions is introducing Super-Extended Length CIV-Flex Transducer Covers. Offered in a wide assortment of widths, these transducer covers offer the same latex-free properties of other quality CIV-Flex covers, but are now available in 96 inch (244cm) length. This new length provides an extended sterile field from the array of the transducer all the [...]

Ultrasound Device May Help Treat PE

A tiny ultrasound device can break up pulmonary embolisms (PEs), according to research presented at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) in Miami Beach, Florida.
Researchers from East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana, treated 27 patients with significant PEs; all patients survived and each benefited from a significant reduction in right heart chamber size, [...]

iPad May Be Best Suited for Nondiagnostic Role

Apple’s iPad shows significant potential for a number of radiology applications, but primary interpretation of medical images probably isn’t one of them, at least for the current generation of the tablet computer, according to researchers fro the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
While its display technology is probably sufficient to handle the job, the iPad’s utility [...]

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