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Samsung Medison Showcases New Medical Equipment and Technology with Samsung Electronics at RSNA 2012

Presenting the biggest booth ever since joining the conference, Samsung Medison displays its medical device brand ‘GEO’ with Samsung Electronics and premium product lines at the RSNA 2012. Samsung now drives its medical equipment business in full gear and advances into the US radiology market. Chicago, IL – November 26, 2012 — Samsung Medison, a leading…

Philips recognized for industry excellence at AARC International Respiratory Congress

November 19, 2012 Philips Respironics receives 14th Zenith Award for outstanding service to the respiratory care community  New Orleans, LA. – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) today announced it is one of six companies to earn the American Association for Respiratory Care’s (AARC) coveted Zenith Award. The 2012 award was presented Nov. 10 at the…

Energy Micro and Lamprey Networks Inc. demonstrate energy- friendly MCU design with communications protocol stack for remote medical systems

Oslo, Norway, 7 December, 2012 – Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller and radio company, announces a partnership with Lamprey Networks Inc. (LNI) to provide energy friendly, secure and certified remote monitoring medical electronic systems. Using a standard EFM32 starter-kit and HealthLink PC tools, the design includes a USB driver and communications protocol stack certified…

Given Imaging Submits PillCam® COLON 2 Application to FDA For U.S. Regulatory Clearance

YOQNEAM,Israel – November 27,2012 – Given ImagingLtd{NASDAQ:GIVN),a world leader in Gl medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced that it has filed a U.S. Food and Drug Administration {FDA) application seeking regulatory clearance to market its PillCam® COLON 2 for visualization of the lower gastrointestinal tract. “Filing for FDA clearance is another important…

RTC Group Taps Industry Leader Clarence Peckham, Brings His Technology/Market Expertise to Publications Team as Senior Editor

SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF., NOVEMBER 28, 2012 – RTC Group, Inc.,—foremost supplier of marketing resources to the embedded computing industry and publisher of premier industry technology publications including RTC, MEDS and COTS Journal —announces industry leader Clarence Peckham has joined the RTC Group’s editorial team. With more than 30 years of engineering and senior management expertise…

Embedded Technologies Help Make High-Speed DNA Testing More Intuitive

Embedded Technologies Help Make High-Speed DNA Testing More Intuitive DNA analysis has gone from mere theory to a heavily relied upon analytic and diagnostic tool in just a few short decades. But as invaluable as DNA can be, its longtime drawbacks have been the time required to replicate enough of it from very small samples…

Ten Truths about Building Safe Software for Medical Devices

Obtaining pre-market approval for a medical device is arduous. Manufacturers must look beyond the strictly technical challenges and focus on the needed environment and culture. They must consider ten fundamental truths—truths that we must tell and truths that we must face—about building and gaining approval for medical devices. by Yi Zheng and Chris Hobbs, QNX…

UL Acquires Wiklund Research & Design, Adds Human Factors Engineering Expertise to Life & Health Offerings

    Leading human factors engineering business enables UL to fully support medical and diagnostic device manufacturers throughout the product lifecycle NORTHBROOK, Ill. / Concord, Mass. – November 9, 2012 – UL, a world leader in advancing safety, announced today the acquisition of Wiklund Research & Design, Inc. Wiklund Research & Design provides user research,…

Interview of OCTANe

OCTANe is a large medical device consortium based in Orange County, CA . They hold more than 50 events a year to bring together people, capital, ideas and technology in southern California.  Their signature event, the Medical Device Investor Forum (MDIF, http://www.mdif2012.com/main.html), connects investors and many medtech companies together to form partnerships, raise funds, develop…

TI introduces the industry’s first weigh scale and body composition analog front end

      DALLAS (August 1, 2012) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today unveiled the industry’s first fully integrated analog front end for both weight and body composition measurement (BCM).  The AFE4300 is an easy-to-use, precision, low-power front end solution, which allows engineers designing weigh scales that incorporate body composition meters, body impedance…