RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Granton, producer of a wide range of products for medical, dental and other healthcare markets, has recently invested heavily in a new state-of-the-art medical packaging plant.

Ansell Healthcare Europe has announced the launch of HydraSoft, an innovative hydrating coating technology for surgical gloves. Designed to retain moisture and rehydrate users’ skin during use, HydraSoft has been specifically developed for surgeons’ hands, to help maintain the skin’s natural barrier function.

A durable and intuitive motion control system designed by Cambridge Consultants to withstand harsh use – and even accidental abuse – is helping the Diagnostics Division of Bayer HealthCare to introduce greater simplicity of operation in point-of-care urine analysis.

Medtronic has received CE Mark approval for the commercial sale of the Endeavor drug-eluting coronary stent with the rapid exchange delivery system in European Union member countries, including the UK and Ireland, where the new medical device is manufactured. The Endeavor system – the first cobalt alloy platform on the drug-eluting stent (DES) market – offers best in class deliverability, excellent clinical results and a strong patient safety profile.

Gambro Hospal claims to have the answer to the continued high incidence of needlestick injuries in the healthcare arena. The company’s new “special protected” Plume SP fistula needles have an in-built system to protect users from needlestick injuries. They are increasingly popular among informed renal units.

Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust is the first hospital in the UK to offer the new silver alloy coated Foley catheter which can help to dramatically reduce healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) as a first line treatment option in all departments.

In order to support the growing number of vertebroplasty procedures taking place, Summit Medical has added to its range of bone cement mixing products in the form of the Minimix LV and a precision delivery syringe.

DRÄGER MEDICAL has introduced the Infinity CentralStation, which gathers and displays information from Infinity bedside monitors and Infinity telemetry monitors for up to 32 patients. Clinicians can easily access alarms, real-time waveforms and parameters, respiratory and ventilator information, and laboratory values.

TRISTEL, the specialist company that uses its proprietary chlorine dioxide chemistry to create instrument and surface sterilants for use in the healthcare industry, has acquired the design and intellectual property rights to a novel endoscope sterilising tray.

Safe and economical emptying and disposal of vials, ampoules and small bottles is made easier with a range of equipment designed by BALCAN ENGINEERING.

A new disposable curtain system has been designed to help control infection by making it economical and easy to change patient bed curtains as often as bed linen.

SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS has introduced two new 'X-class' ultrasound platforms, the ACUSON X500 and ACUSON X300. Both systems have a new ergonomic design and combine this with fully-featured performance and innovative features normally found only on premium systems.

QUOTIENT DIAGNOSTICS has launched the Quo-Test Point-of-Care System which marks a new phase in diabetes testing.