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Lisa Chamoff, Contributing Reporter | May 28, 2018
From the May 2018 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Datrend is also developing wireless interfaces for several computerized maintenance management systems, which Evans said will streamline the acquisition of the test schedules and the return of the test report data.
Rigel Medical SafeTest 99
electrical safety analyzer.
Rigel Medical
In May 2017, the company released the SafeTest99, an electrical safety analyzer that tests for leakage of medical devices with patients, such as an electrocardiogram (EKG) machine.
The company considers the newest addition to its SafeTest product line to be an economical product, and targets it to high-volume testing for hospitals and small to large independent service organizations. It also has a color display that creates what the company considers to be an easy-to-use interface.
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“I know everyone says their product is easy to use, but this one really is,” said Jack Barrett, national business development manager for Rigel Medical.
In April 2018, Rigel released a new version of the Uni-Therm, an electrosurgery unit (ESU) analyzer. This product is especially targeted for lower power generators. The existing Uni-Therm was meant for measuring up to 500 watts of power in an ESU, while the Uni-Therm will be for units capped at 120 watts.
“If the surgeon is doing a procedure and wants to dial in 100 watts or 50 watts, this is verifying the accuracy of the power being delivered,” Barrett said.
Barrett said the Uni-Therm’s accuracy in testing will help it stand out from the competition.
TSI
In November, TSI released the fourth generation of its PortaCount, a respirator fit tester that has been on the market since the late 1980s. The device tests to make sure a health care worker is wearing the right size mask, has the right fit and that they've put it on correctly.
The new PortaCount displays animations to show the person who is being tested what they're supposed to do – such as deep breathing, bending over, or talking – so the person administering the tests can work with multiple people at once.
"Sometimes hospitals have 1,000 people to test," said Troy Tillman, a business director for TSI. "This can take the fit test administrator a long time. The animations really free up a lot of time. The fit test administrator can get two to three people going at the same time with two to three different instruments."
