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07/01/2006

Smiths Medical wins US$3.4 million contract

USA - The 898-bed Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston - Harvard Medical School's biggest teaching hospital - has awarded a $3.4 million contract for 1,365 syringe …

07/01/2006

Swedish firm to aid UK's cancer treatment delivery

As part of its national cancer program, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) is currently investing in increased capacity for radiation treatment of cancer. …

07/01/2006

Siemens to acquire Bayer's Diagnostics Division

Siemens has signed an agreement with Bayer to acquire the chemical and pharmaceutical company's Diagnostics Division. …

07/01/2006

Exposanita 2006

Bologna, Italy - With 670 exhibitors - 595 domestic and 78 international companies from 18 countries as well as 344 represented companies from 36 countries - and close to 28,000 …

07/01/2006

Intelligent textiles

The latest textile technologies go along with fabric integrated sensors, or computers, to measure e.g. the functioning of a patient's cardiovascular system. …

07/01/2006

France and Spain gain the first region-wide speech recognition systems

In an effort to optimise efficiency and patient service, Spain's Castilla-La Mancha region and the Paris Hospital network AP-HP have become the first in Europe to introduce speech …

07/01/2006

iSOFT Switzerland joins NEXUS AG

Nexus AG, which develops and markets healthcare IT-solutions, supporting an integrated approach for the exchange of data between general practitioners, hospitals and …

07/01/2006

More distributors wanted

France - Danube, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of both flatwork dryer ironers, barrier washers, and tumble dryers, as well as front-loading washer extractors for the …

07/01/2006

Thermofocus

"Thermofocus* is the first non-contact clinical thermometer in the world and the only one working at an accurate and determinate distance," Tecnimed srl, its manufacturer, …

07/01/2006

Touch-less sensor dispenser

The Japanese firm Saraya, which for 50 years has successfully manufactured hygiene products and programmes for healthcare, facility management and the food industry, has launched …

05/23/2006

ILED - the LED operating lamp

Based on semiconductor connections that convert the current directly into light, LEDs have numerous technical advantages over conventional halogen and gas discharge lamps, the …

05/23/2006

Seeing the light

Derungs Medical Lighting has designed a novel light experience room specifically for MEDICA 2005. …

05/23/2006

The gigantic impact of dwarf technology

It occupies approximately the same space as one to three atoms. …

05/23/2006

Diamond Select

Barbara Streisand sang about it in Second Hand Rose: …

05/23/2006

Medica 2005

The organisers of Medica, the world's largest medical trade fair have reported that 137,000 visitors from around 100 countries attended these events in November. …

05/01/2006

Measuring oxygen uptake

USA - A satellite symposium will be provided at the 53rd ACSM Annual meeting in Denver, Colorado (30 May) by VIASYS Healthcare Inc. and the American College of Sports & …

05/01/2006

Donation to Swedish Brain Foundation gains research funds

Sweden - The Swedish Brain Foundation has received a donation of SEK 250 thousand (approximately e27,593) to support advanced research and development, from GE Healthcare, based …

05/01/2006

Major order

The largest European service contract in the hospital sector, worth around €60 million, was recently awarded, by the Charité Hospital in Berlin, to Vamed, the Austrian hospital …