RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Anaesthetists at Liverpool Women’s Hospital are taking advantage of ultrasound guidance to administer epidurals, as consultant anaesthetist Dr Abraham Ssenoga explained: “Liverpool Women’s is a specialist obstetrics and gynaecology hospital that deals with around 8,000 deliveries a year.

HALYARD has developed a new sterilisation wrap.

BAILEY INSTRUMENTS has launched a new Elastic Stay Retraction Kit for ENT and Micro Suction Range.

In response to requests from several large NHS Trusts, SCOT YOUNG RESEARCH (SYR) has developed antimicrobial hair and body wash in cost-effective 25 ml sachets.

NIHON KOHDEN UKhas launched a new blood pressure measurement monitor.

BRANDON MEDICAL has worked with the Peninsula NHS Treatment Centre in Plymouth, Devon, to supply a host of state-of-the-art medical products.

A Cardiff University life sciences spin-out company has set its sights on the lucrative US medical device market after successfully securing FDA (Food and Drug Administration)approval for its Ultravision device.

Sphere Medical, announces the introduction of new functionality to its Proxima™ bedside blood gas, electrolyte and metabolite analyser.

Smiths Medical is ensuring its customers are prepared for the transition from Luer to non-Luer connectors following the publication of a new standard from the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

The new Vernacare Compact disposal unit enables infection prevention at the point of care.

The presentation of the Elastic Stay Kit is designed to support new techniques being adopted to use such systems for the more challenging locations for operative sites in ENT.

A number of hospitals are seeing the benefits of using Hygiena SystemSURE Plus ATP hygiene monitoring equipment for the verification of cleaning.

Sphere Medical has recently presented at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Meeting and published a scientific poster discussing, “A comparative survey of glycaemic control practice in the UK, Germany and BeNeLux”.

HARTMANN has won another award for its groundbreaking HydroClean® plus dressing.

Hill-Rom has designed and developed the new TruSystem 3000 Mobile Operating Table. The introduction of this surgical table enhances the Hill-Rom Surgical Solutions product portfolio by providing a cost-effective, reliable and flexible operating table.

Pentax Medical now offers its HD Stroboscopy system for ENT applications across Europe, Middle East and Africa. The HD Strobe system provides a premium solution to optimise voice assessment, affording six times the image detail of standard-definition video to assist in the detection of subtle pathology.

Asteral, in partnership with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has installed the first of four new digital x-ray rooms at Glenfield Hospital’s radiology department. The Samsung manufactured GC85, distributed by MIS, is one of four rooms that will be installed at the hospital in the next year as part of their Asteral Select contract.

Elite is a brand new disposable drape range from Guardian Surgical. Designed to prevent infection and control costs, it breaks down the barrier between high quality and price to offer the best possible protection against bacterial migration in high performance surgical procedures, with bursting and tensile strength that exceeds the current market standard.

Intersurgical has announced the new VariFit™ non-invasive ventilation (NIV) mask. VariFit™ is a single patient use hospital NIV mask for adult patients.

The PathAguard LUCA system, from PENTLAND MEDICAL, is an effective method of cleaning and treating leg ulcers/patient wounds without the risk of spreading infection.