From the January 2015 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


The optional LED lamps will be available in the company’s four most popular core diagnostic device platforms - traditional otoscopes, MacroView otoscopes, traditional ophthalmoscopes, and PanOptic ophthalmoscopes. Welch Allyn LED lamps feature patented Sure- Color technology, which provides consistent color output while light intensity is lowered to improve the view or increase patient comfort. It allows the color of the light to remain the same even as the light intensity is dimmed.


New readers based on demand from breast implant industry
VeriTeQ Corporation has unveiled two new readers used to identify VeriTeQ’s Q Inside Safety Technology within implantable medical devices: the Q Inside Reader + and the Q Inside Reader XR +.

The readers will identify VeriTeQ’s Q Inside Safety Technology micro-transponders used for unique medical device identification. The Q Inside Reader + is Bluetooth-enabled and comes complete with a USB lead for charging the reader’s internal rechargeable battery. The Q Inside Reader XR + is also Bluetooth-enabled and has an extended read-range.

VeriTeQ’s FDA cleared Q Inside Safety Technology acts as an electronic serial number in breast implants and other implantable and reusable medical devices to provide physicians and patients access to secure online databases to retrieve device-specific data, such as serial number, manufacturer name, date of manufacture, lot number, volume, size, and other data from the medical device manufacturer.




PULS-R simulation finger
Rigel Medical has introduced a new simulation finger, which combined with its advanced hand-held UNISIM simulator, provides the world’s smallest, high performance all-in-one vital signs solution.

The compact Rigel PULS-R universal SpO2 simulation finger can produce accurate SpO2 simulations in 1 percent resolution from as low as 30 percent using the pre-programmed manufacturer specific R-curves. It can also be configured to meet customer specific R-curves via a simple-to-use configuration tool. When linked with the UNISIM vital signs simulator — capable of undertaking NIBP, SpO2, ECG, temperature, IBP and respiration functionality tests simultaneously — it provides improved and customized vital signs simulation and measurement. Administration time is also reduced as the data recording and storage is undertaken directly and automatically.

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