Malcolm Ridgeway took a minute to write his opinions on the recent controversy surrounding preventative maintenance and CMS in an article he wrote for the AAMI Blog. TechNation’s July cover story will focus on the effects of the CMS directive and the reaction in the biomed community....

Soma Technology, Inc. has created a shopping app featuring capital medical equipment for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. The SOMA APP provides mobile access to the company’s inventory of new and refurbished medical equipment from companies such as GE, Dräger, Zoll, Physio Control, Phillips, Mac Medical, Siemens, and more. Now medical...

Fluke Biomedical’s newest addition to their ProSim family of patient monitor quality-assurance testing and troubleshooting tools is the SPOT Light SpO2 Functional Tester. Fluke cited a record 15-second preventive maintenance (PM) test for SpO2 patient monitor functionality, making the new ProSim SPOT Light is the fastest SpO2 functional tester the...

Welch Allyn received the “Best of Trade Award” in the Product and Device Manufacturing category from the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette as part of its 2011 Campaign Award program. This was the first year the Welch Allyn campaign was chaired by an employee, Ann Harris, a technician in manufacturing...

Fluke Biomedical’s Advantage training center has expanded to a global audience with the addition of multi-language support. Since its launch in 2011, the Fluke Biomedical Advantage training center, which features free educational materials and self-paced, step-by-step instruction, has experienced continuous growth in both content and scale, the company says. The...

Conquest Imaging implemented ServiceMax, a cloud-based service software, May 1. ServiceMax is a suite of collaborative and mobile applications that deliver real-time information and communications to Conquest’s customers and support staff. “It’s been a long time in the making but we are pleased we finally implemented ServiceMax, which further enhances...

A clinical study published in Intensive Care Medicine indicates that in-line filters from Pall Corporation can reduce severe complications and the length of a patient’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Intensive Care Medicine is the official journal of The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and The...

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GE’s X-ray business is now based in Beijing, the company announced Monday. The GE X-ray team will grow its capabilities and continue to develop advanced products that can support healthcare settings in rural and urban China and beyond, the company said. “As a global business, we are focused on driving...

GE Ohmeda Panda Warmers O2 Blenders Q: The GE Ohmeda Panda iRes Infant Warmers/Resuscitators’ O2 blenders are required to be rebuilt every two years. We have nine of these warmers for two years now and it’s time to rebuild these O2 blenders. The cost is $900 each for GE to...