Neonatal in Biological Technology

SD Canada Announces CE Mark for ThyroChek(R) Adult and NeoNatal Tests

... standards for medical devices, both adult and neonatal ThyroChek tests are available for sale worldwide. ... may reflect in thyroid health." ThyroChek neonatal has never been available in the U.S. as testing ... have a testing program. The CE mark will enhance neonatal testing opportunities for this disease in ...

New Multi-Center Study Finds Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Screening Significantly Improves Detection of Congenital Heart Disease in Newborns

... SET May Also Reduce the Need for Pre-Operative neonatal Intensive Care and Prevent Long-term Neurological ... higher than the best-case scenario for standard neonatal physical examination alone (20.7% vs. 3.1%). ... nurseries and reductions in pre-discharge neonatal clinical exams. The researchers concluded ...

Masimo Reports Second Quarter 2007 Financial Results

... its claims for SpMet monitoring to cover neonatal patients with its neonatal and infant Rainbow adhesive sensors. The ability ... and noninvasively measure methemoglobin levels in neonatal patients is especially important due to the use ...

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

... following birth and is a leading cause of infant mortality and serious neonatal infections such as sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis. Transmission of GBS ... current U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for preventing neonatal GBS disease, which call for culture-based screening of expectant mothers ...

Brazil's biotech firms: From imitators to innovators in health-related products

... both isolated from snake venom (COINFAR, of So Paulo); and fetal, neonatal and adult stem cell therapies for cardiac disease, type I diabetes and neonatal hypoxia (Cryopraxis, Rio de Janeiro). Barriers to development ...

Atom Medical Adopts Masimo Rainbow SET Technology

... or blood loss without having to draw blood or wait for lab results. In neonatal settings, the ability to continuously and noninvasively measure a ... partner dedicated to developing innovative solutions for the challenging neonatal clinical setting. The addition of Masimo Rainbow SET affirms their ...

Spectros T-Stat Tissue Oximeter Clinical Studies Presented at PAS (Pediatric Academic Societies') Conference

... annual conference held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-5, 2009. The studies focused on clinical applications of the Spectros T-Stat monitor in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The first abstract was titled, "Visible Light Spectroscopy (VLS) for Detecting Alterations in Tissue Oxygenation ...

Polymer Science Releases New Silicone Gel Adhesive Products for MD&M West

... of Marian, Inc., the parent company of Polymer Science. "They offer a superior alternative to acrylic adhesives and will make a real difference in neonatal and geriatric care." In addition to PS-1154, PS-1155, and PS-1156, Polymer Science also offers customized silicone gels that can be coated as ...

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to Utilize Clinical InfoNET System for Physicians

... is the only Level 1 trauma center in the state that is verified by the American College of Surgeons. In addition, the hospital offers obstetrical, neonatal intensive, and a wide range of other specialty care programs. About Clinical Information Network, Inc.: Clinical Information Network, ...

Cardinal Health Launches Pyxis(R) MedStation(R) 4000; Introduces Industry-First Service to Interpret Dispensing and Infusion Data

... adult-sized doses of medication can be programmed from the pharmacy console to never be accepted at a Pyxis(R) MedStation(R) 4000 located in a neonatal unit. -- User-specific tracking of undocumented waste - When specific users remove more of a medication than prescribed, the Pyxis(R) ...

New Clinical Studies Presented at the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Annual Meeting Show Masimo Technologies Provide Advanced Clinical Intelligence

... Gas CO-Oximetry in Neonates. Mitchell R. Goldstein, M.D., Daniel Saesim, M.D., Mark Macknet, M.D., Martin Allard, M.D., Ricardo Peverini, M.D. neonatal Medicine, Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, California. (3) Ability of Pleth Variability Index to Non Invasively Predict ...

Concentric Named Professional Agency of Record for Discovery Labs' SURFAXIN(R)

... a wide range of activities, including corporate and product branding, positioning, and the creation of support materials geared to neonatologists, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses, respiratory therapists, hospital pharmacists, and, potentially, parents of newborns. The agency's account team ...

NIH Funds $1M Research at Quest Product Development and University of Colorado for New Digitally-Controlled Endoscopes

... technology may provide a useful tool for diagnostic and surgical care for a variety of medical uses including ear-nose-throat, lung, neurosurgery, neonatal and cardiac applications. MicroFlex is innovative technology with the potential to revolutionize minimally invasive surgeries. Alan Kopelove, Quest ...

Ratcliff Designs Hospital of the Future for John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus

... addition of 24 private, spacious rooms with the availability of round-the-clock, real-time audio and video patient monitoring. The Intensive Care neonatal Nursery will increase the number of state-of-the-art infant beds from 19 to 35. Each room will incorporate noise control, adjustable diurnal ...

CaviWipes(R): Taking Surface Disinfection to a New Level

... ) CaviWipes are recommended to clean and disinfect hard, nonporous surfaces in healthcare settings, such as hospitals, emergency medical settings, neonatal units, surgical centers, isolation areas, laboratories, patient care areas, dialysis centers, dental offices, emergency vehicles, police and fire ...

Johns Hopkins Bayview at Forefront of Expanding Access to MRI With First Install of Siemens New MAGNETOM Verio

... East Coast. Part of the Johns Hopkins Health System, Johns Hopkins Bayview has more than 700 beds and is home to one of Maryland's most comprehensive neonatal intensive care units, a sleep disorders center, an area-wide trauma center, the state's only regional burn center and a wide variety of nationally ...

Abington Memorial Hospital Completes System-Wide Conversion to Masimo SET Pulse Oximetry Technology

... falsely alarm in the presence of motion or low perfusion, which would prolong the patients' length of stay. Hospital protocols dictate that if a neonatal patient has a significant SpO2 alarm during the last 24 hours of their stay, they are required to be monitored longer before they can be ...

Inverness Medical Innovations Acquires ParadigmHealth

... decision support technologies and expert coaching to facilitate better health choices for acutely ill and clinically complex patients, including neonatal intensive care and oncology patients. The transaction was structured as an all cash deal, with a purchase price of approximately $230 million. The ...

Inverness Medical Innovations Agrees to Acquire ParadigmHealth

... New Jersey, is a leading provider and integrator of care and disease management services for acutely ill and clinically complex patients, including neonatal intensive care and oncology patients. Commenting on the agreement, Ron Zwanziger, CEO of Inverness stated: "The acquisition of ParadigmHealth is a ...

Memorial Medical First in Stanislaus County to Provide Convertible Ultrasound From ZONARE

... Ultrasound platform which allows clinicians to perform ultrasound anywhere in the hospital. Memorial Medical is using the z.one ultra systems in the neonatal unit, emergency room and the vascular, radiology and obstetrical departments. "We have just completed a major facility expansion which requires us ...

RNArticles: Keeping RNA Intact Prior to RNA Isolation - RNAlater

... Previously, use of postmortem fetal and neonatal human lung tissue for RNA analysis has generally been ... and quality of RNA obtained from postmortem fetal and neonatal human lung tissue stored in RNA later upon ...

Heart patients benefit from digital image network

... the nations Most Improved and Most Wired Hospitals in its 2003 report. Located in Orlando, Arnold Palmer Hospital includes a regional center for neonatal care, maternal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, pediatric cardiology and hematology/oncology ....

EraGen cystic fibrosis test to be distributed worldwide through Bayer

... assay, MultiCode PLx, to the Diagnostics Division of Bayer HealthCare LLC . The new assay can be automated for mutation carrier screening and neonatal and newborn testing. The agreement also allows Bayer HealthCare to offer several assays for other diseases to the genetics-based diagnostics testing ...

Biotech firm uses live heart tissue in drug screens

... heart diseases, skin disorders, and other maladies, Invivo's manufactured live tissue system could provide that bridge. Using tissues derived from neonatal rats, the company - featured at a recent meeting of the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association - has created a screening system ...

YOUR DATA: Direct Real-time RT-PCR on Sympathetic Neuron Lysates Silencing of Focal Adhesion Kinases with Silencer Validated siRNAs

... of noradrenergic function. Sympathetic neurons were dissociated from the superior cervical ganglia of neonatal rats using dispase and collagenase. The neurons were plated onto regular tissue culture plastic for 2 hrs to remove non-neuronal ...

YOUR DATA: Direct Real-time RT-PCR on Sympathetic Neuron Lysates Silencing of Focal Adhesion Kinases with Silencer Validated siRNAs

... of noradrenergic function. Sympathetic neurons were dissociated from the superior cervical ganglia of neonatal rats using dispase and collagenase. The neurons were plated onto regular tissue culture plastic for 2 hrs to remove non-neuronal ...

Efficient Delivery of siRNAs to Human Primary Cells: Electroporation vs. Chemical Transfection

... Cy3-labeled siRNA (Figure 2). The Nucleofector was then used to electroporate HUVEC, NHEK, and normal human dermal fibroblasts neonatal (NHDF-Neo) with five different concentrations of GAPDH siRNA. Real time RT-PCR revealed a dose dependent reduction in GAPDH ...