Federal Judge Sentences Defendants Who Perpetrated $10.9 Million Medicare Fraud HIV Infusion Scheme

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Miami physician Keith Russell, 65, and physician's assistant Jorge Luis Pacheco, 50, were each sentenced to 97 months in prison, and physician's assistant Eda Marietta Milanes, 43, was sentenced to 63 months in prison, for their roles in frau...

Fastrack Release First Integrated HME Billing, Infusion Pharmacy & Home Care Agency Software in a Microsoft Environment

FASTRACK HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS announced today the availability of the first integrated DME Billing, Infusion Pharmacy Billing & Home HealthCare Agency Billing Software System. The FASTRACK Integrated IV, HME and Home Care Agency Solution is a Windows and ASP.NET developed product with a single...

CareFusion to Resume Shipping Alaris(R) Infusion Products

SAN DIEGO, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- CareFusion Corporation, the company that will become public from the planned spinoff of Cardinal Health's clinical and medical products businesses, today announced it will immediately resume customer implementations of its Alaris(R) PC units and PCA (Patient Cont...

Miami Doctor and Chemist Plead Guilty in HIV Infusion Fraud Scheme

WASHINGTON, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two Miami-area residents pleaded guilty today in connection with a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme involving HIV infusion clinics, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of th...

Cardinal Health, FDA Amend Infusion Pump Consent Decree

DUBLIN, Ohio, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health today announced it has reached agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an amended consent decree regarding the company's infusion pump products. Cardinal Health has operated under a consent decree since Feb...

B. Braun Medical Inc. Launches Home Infusion Therapy Web Site

Dedicated Online Resource Emphasizes Safety Products and Support Services BETHLEHEM, Pa., Jan 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) has launched a new Web site exclusively devoted to products, support services and educational information for home infusion therapy (HIT). (LOGO:...

Infusion in Medical Technology

B. Braun Medical Inc. to Demonstrate Infusion Systems Technologies at HIMSS 2009 Interoperability Showcase

Integrated Solution's Electronic Health Record Capability Highlighted BETHLEHEM, Pa., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) said its Outlook(R) Safety Infusion System , DoseTrac(TM) Infusion Management Software and DoseLink(TM) Interfaces successfully completed ...

Trellis(R) Peripheral Infusion System Removes Blood Clots in Largest Reported Prospective Endovascular DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Patient Series

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical data from a prospective registry presented this week at the 35th Annual Veith Symposium shows DVT treatment with the Trellis(R) Peripheral Infusion System from Bacchus Vascular, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) successfully breaks up the blood clot in most patients...

World's First Cardiac Adult Stem Cell Patient Receives Infusion

Trial taking place in Louisville, KY LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Michael (Mike) Jones has become the world's first recipient of adult cardiac stem cells to treat congestive heart failure. Jones' infusion on July 17 marks the world's first phase-one...

Genasense(R) Can be Administered by Brief High-Dose IV Infusion

New Trial Reaffirms Primacy and Safety of 'First Generation' Antisense BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genta Incorporated (Nasdaq: GNTA ) announced the presentation of new data showing that Genasense(R) (oblimersen sodium) Injection, its lead anticancer compound, ca...

Vectibix(R) in Combination With Chemotherapy Significantly Improved Progression-Free Survival in First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

...ing incisions and drainage were reported. infusion Reactions: Severe infusion reactions occurred in approximately 1 percent of patients. Severe infusion reactions included anaphylactic reactions, broncho...

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation Announce Innovative Diabetes Drug Discovery and Development Partnership

...of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children and adults suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may incl...

Infusion in Medical Products

Gemini PC-2TX Dual-Channel Infusion System

Description: The Gemini Family of infusion pumps are designed for use with a collective series of administration sets. The Gemini series product line offers a wide variety of needleless and standard IV sets, each featuring the patented Flo-Stop Device which provides disposable-based protection against accidenta...
Company:ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc.

MedSystem III Infusion System

Description: The MedSystem III DLE (Drug List Editor) Multi-Channel Infusion System brings a new dimension to drug infusion technology. The instrument combines three independent infusion channels with exceptional features and clinical versatility in an unparalleled small size. Now with Advanced Dose Rate Calcul...
Company:ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc.

Gemini PC-1 Single-Channel Infusion System

Description: The Gemini Family of infusion pumps are designed for use with a collective series of administration sets. The Gemini series product line offers a wide variety of needleless and standard IV sets, each featuring the patented Flo-Stop® Device which provides disposable-based protection against acci...
Company:ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc.

Signature Edition GOLD Infusion System

Description: The Signature Edition GOLD Infusion System many of its innovations resulted from customer input, as well as the principles of human factors design. Human factors design refers to the creation of a medical device with controls and displays engineered to reduce errors in operation while simplifying ...
Company:ALARIS Medical Systems, Inc.

Tornambe Infusion Cannula

Description: The first transconjunctival self-retaining infusion cannulas for use in any gauge surgery. Sutureless infusion may provide some benefit to patients that present with preoperative dry eye syndrome as well as lessening the occurrence of suture induced astigmatism. The disposable Tornambe cannula is s...
Company:Dutch Ophthalmic, USA

OUTLOOK® SAFETY INFUSION SYSTEM

Description: The Outlook® Safety Infusion System is designed to ensure the right patient, receives the right drug, and the right dose. Available in four levels of Extendable Platform Technology, the Outlook® Safety Infusion System allows hospitals to choose the level of medication safety to meet their...
Company:B. Braun Medical Inc.

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Infusion in Medical Definition

Newborn transport

...and other specialist services. Neonatal transport services such as NETS utilise mobile intensive care incubators fitted with mechanical ventilators, infusion pumps and physiological monitors capable of being used in a mobile environment. These transport systems seek to emulate the environment of a neonatal ...

Tincture

...n of wine ) "Spirit of wood" means methanol , often derived from the destructive distillation of wood See also Nalewka - An infusion is a water or oil based extract with similar historical uses to a tincture. Elixir - A pharmaceutical preparation containing an active ingredient...

Infusion in Medical Dictionary

Subcutaneous

...ard Records| Subcutaneous |The Shimshaws Subcutaneous Music Patients received a total of 312 subcutaneous doses. ... Continuous Subcutaneous infusion of Opiates at End-of-Life. Ann. Pharmacother. ... Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE: WYE), and Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ... ...

Lipoprotein

...ioInfoBank Library :: Effects of long-term overfeeding on plasma lipoprotein levels in identical twins. Plasma leptin response to an epinephrine infusion in lean ... ... from Baseline in the ratio of Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol/High Density ... the participant has a mean low density lipop...

Injection

... An injection is an infusion method of putting liquid into the body, usually with a hollow needle and a syringe which is pierced through the skin to a sufficient depth for the m...

Immunoglobulin

...EP) Test " ... Intravenous immunoglobulin for the prevention of infection in CLL. ... Help Us. Help You. Immunoglobulin . IVIg (Intravenous infusion of Immunoglobulins ) ... The cost for immunoglobulin has increased dramatically in the last few years. ... Intravenous immunoglobulin in pri...

Granulocyte

...es , basophils can be recruited out of the ... ... 9L inoculation, peripheral challenge with irradiated 9L cells and granulocyte ... localized infusion of granulocyte -macrophage colony-stimulating factor ... An analysis of neutrophil granulocyte patterns in patients with chronic... Eosinophi...

Cardiac care

...services ... Cardiac Care Solutions (CCS) disease management program is a new kind of health ... Emergency Cardiac Care . Heart Failure - infusion Center. History. Heart Specialty Features ... Cardiac Care . The Chi Heart & Surgery Center. at Ingham Regional ... Welcome to the Cardiac...

Infusion in Biological News

Stem cell infusion and hyperbaric oxygen treatment improve islet function in diabetes

Tampa, Fla. (Mar. 12, 2009) A study to determine if patients with type 2 diabetes can benefit from a combination of autologous (patient self-donated) stem cell infusions (ASC) and hyperbaric (above the normal air pressure of ) oxygen treatment (HBO) before and after ASC has found "significant ben...

Chasing tiny vehicles

...mechanism to guide them to where their cargo is needed. Magnetic particles have already been tried in cancer therapies: They have been administered by infusion and then directed via magnetic fields to a tumor whose cells they should invade directly. But until now, is has been impossible to observe nanopart...

Obama Budget Level Funds Career Technical Education

.... The pace of technological change is increasing. Equipment needs are growing. To be able to support our country properly, CTE needs a significant new infusion of funding." ACTE Executive Director Janet Bray commented, "Career and Technical Education plays a critical role in improving and growing the U.S...

Preterm birth: Magnesium sulphate cuts cerebral palsy risk

...earchers who carried out a systematic review of the available evidence say this role is now established. Magnesium sulphate is usually given as a slow infusion through a vein, but can also be given as an injection into the muscle. "There is now enough evidence to support giving magnesium sulphate to women ...

Columbia University scientist devises new way to more rapidly generate bone tissue

...and colleagues demonstrated that when human mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells were seeded in micropores of 3D calcium phosphate scaffolds, followed by infusion of gel-suspended CD34+ hematopoietic cells, greater vascularization was seen in mice than when mesenchymal cells were used alone. Furthermore, Dr. ...

First trial in patients with a potential treatment of the incurable ALS muscle disease

...Leuven) and Markus Jerling (NeuroNova) will co-ordinate this first trial which is intended to evaluate the safety and tolerability of the drug and the infusion system. It is planned to start at the end of this year, and the investigator Dr Robberecht is currently looking for patients who are eligible for part...

Infusion in Biological Technology

Hospira Announces New Contract With MedAssets for Intravenous Solutions, Renewal of Infusion Devices Agreement

LAKE FOREST, Ill., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP ), a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, today announced agreements with MedAssets on intravenous (I.V.) solutions and gravity I.V. equipment, and a renewal of its agreement for infusion de...

Frost & Sullivan: Female Cancer Patients More Willing to Use Implantable Infusion Pumps Than Males

Feedback Can Influence New Product Development and Innovation MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest end-user study from Frost & Sullivan's Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology group assesses a variety of critical dynamics of drug delivery approaches and technologies in...

Novavax Announces New Capital Infusion Through a Strategic Alliance with Cadila Pharmaceuticals of India

Joint Venture to be funded by Cadila Pharmaceuticals and Revenues from Sales of Biogenerics; Deal Includes $11 Million Capital Investment in Novavax ROCKVILLE, Md., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novavax Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX ) announced today it has formed a joint venture with Cadila P...

Hospira Advances Patient Safety With New GemStar(R) SP Infusion System

- Safety Protocol Integration Enhances Market-Leading GemStar Medication Management Pump - LAKE FOREST, Ill., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP ), a leading global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, today announced the introduction of the GemSt...

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

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building on its flagship suite of medication and infusion management platforms, Cardinal Health today launched the Pyxis(R) MedStation(R) 4000 and an industry-first Performance Analytics Service that provides hospitals with customized, actionable rec...

B. Braun Technology Wins Novation Specialty Infusion Pumps Contract Award

B. Braun Expands Contract Agreements to Include Specialty Pumps BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) announced today it has signed a three-year agreement with Novation, the healthcare industry's leading contracting services company, to provide specialty inf...

Infusion in Biological Products

Dacron mesh button tether single channel infusion of rats, sterile from Instech Solomon

Description: These disposable button tethers are designed for rat infusion studies lasting more than 2 weeks. After one to two weeks the subcutaneous tissue will grow into the Dacron mesh, making the sutures irrelevant....
Company:Instech Solomon

Sterile infusion kit, standard configuration from Instech Solomon

Description: Instech Solomon's laboratory animal infusion kits reduce the time and expense of preparing for an infusion study while providing sterile equipment to reduce the risk of infection. Each kit includes everything you need for one animal, including swivel, tubing, tether and connectors. Tubing and tethe...
Company:Instech Solomon

Accumix from Protea Biosciences, Inc.

Description:...road mass range coverage for both tuning and calibration of ion trap (i.e. Finnigan LCQ- and LTQ-MS) and Fourier transform mass spectrometers. Direct infusion of the Accumix peptide standard produces 9 major parent ions that span the mass range of m/z 285 to 1580. Broad range mass coverage permits tuning of...
Company:Protea Biosciences, Inc.

8-iso-13,14-dihydro-15-keto Prostaglandin F2alpha from Cayman Chemical

Description:...emoved from the top side chain by β-oxidation. A similar pattern is observed when tritiated 8-isoprostane is infused into rabbits. Early in the infusion (within 10 minutes) 8-iso-13,14-dihydro-15-keto PGF2α was a significant component of the metabolite profile, which was comprised mostly of dino...
Company:Cayman Chemical