RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

Astramax is BRANDON MEDICAL’s new HD-LED operating theatre light specially designed for minor surgery. Peter North, design engineer and creator of Astramax, said: “We wanted to develop a surgical light that could be used successfully in primary and secondary care environments.

Further to the acquisition of Arizant Healthcare by 3M last year, the company’s range of forced-air patient warming solutions has now transitioned to 3M branding.

Prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant CJD (vCJD) are becoming of increasing concern within the healthcare environment, as their causative agents can be resistant to the cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation methods currently used in many hospitals.

A new method of diagnosing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in men is offered with the MEDIPLUS CT3000, which is able to diagnose a bladder outlet obstruction noninvasively, using a penile cuff.

MÖLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE has announced that it is to change the Biogel PI UltraTouch synthetic gloves from curved finger to straight finger.

NICE has extended its recommendation on the CardioQ, produced by DELTEX MEDICAL. The blood flow monitor reduces the rates of postoperative complications as well as reducing the length of critical care and overall hospital stay.

The first implant in the UK of the OMEGA Platinum Chromium Bare-Metal Coronary Stent System has been performed by Dr Neal Uren, consultant cardiologist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Research published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology identified multiple antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The study found that built-up tolerance is not the only way bacteria are able to defend against antibiotics.

Earlier this year ELEKTA received CE mark clearance for its Fraxion patient-specific cranial immobilisation system. The head frame helps ensure accuracy and precision in stereotactic radiation therapy of cancer targets in the brain and cranium.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has launched a blood collection device designed to help acute healthcare facilities to rapidly analyse blood serum for patient diagnosis.

FUKUDA DENSHI has won the contract to supply the Weymouth Street Clinic in London with 19 patient bedside monitors. Weymouth Street Clinic is a new-build facility in the Harley Street area, which went “live” in May 2010. It has selected the multi-parameter DS-7001 monitor, with wireless transmitter for its critical care patients.

An automatic blood gas system from RADIOMETER has been developed to simplify blood sampling and data capture, from the initial ordering of blood gas tests through to receiving results at the point of patient care.

The new NVIDIA Quadro 2000D graphics solution has been developed to improve the accuracy and timeliness of patient diagnosis and is the latest addition to the company’s range of graphics solutions, built on the NVIDIA Fermi architecture.

2. BRAUN MEDICAL has introduced a range of non-antibiotic products designed to prevent the spread of infections including NDM-1. The NDM-1 bug was found for the first time last summer in two hospitals in the UK.

The ClearVu flexible inflow-outflow cannula, available from YORK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, is said to conform to the knee-joint contour through a full range of motion to deliver uninterrupted fluid flow and image clarity, even in a figure-four position.

The all-in-one BARD Comprehensive Care Foley Tray, that provides all the essential items required for a catheterisation or recatheterisation procedure, is now available with the Bardex I.C anti-infective Foley catheter. The catheter, with Bacti-Guard silver alloy coating, helps reduce CAUTIs by more than a third and its advantages are supported by a wide range of clinical studies.

MedICUs Tissue Viability is a PC-based data collection system for tissue viability teams that allows users to analyse the effectiveness of care and patient outcomes.

ALLIANCE PHARMACEUTICALS is a speciality pharmaceutical company committed to dermatology and applied skincare.

The New Kendall AMD antimicrobial adhesive dressings from COVIDIEN are said to offer three solutions with one dressing, as it is designed to manage bacteria, moisture and friction.

COLOPLAST produces a range of advanced wound dressings and products for all types of chronic and acute wounds. Biatain Silicone is its latest dressing, developed for exuding wounds, and this is said to combine the gentleness of a silicone adhesive with the absorbency, fit and flexibility of Biatain foam.