Imaging

Mobius Imaging has gained CE Mark approval for its Airo Mobile Intraoperative CT System, distributed under an exclusive sales and service agreement with German company Brainlab.

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has announced that its new digital angiography system family has received FDA 510(k) clearance. The family comprises the ceiling-mounted Trinias, the floor-mounted Trinias, and the Biplane models.

MRI technology specialist, ScanMed of Resonance Innovations LLC, will be introducing its new Orbit and Mandible Array and Targeting System at this year’s AAPOS (American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) Annual Meeting in Palm Springs from April 2-6, 2014.

UK-based Brandon Medical is touting its Symposia® Telemedicine System, an audio-visual communications platform connecting medical professionals to a range of AV resources which can be accessed immediately from any location.

Imaging device Specialist NinePoint Medical, Inc., has completed a $34 million Series B financing which it says will support the ongoing commercial launch of the NvisionVLE Imaging System in the U.S., as well as development of the company’s expanded product offering.

German ultrasound expert, eZono AG has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its eZono 4000 dedicated procedural guidance system with eZGuide technology, providing “any plane” freehand navigation.

A pioneer in orthopaedic 2D/3D imaging, EOS imaging has announced the CE mark of hipEOS, a 3D hip arthroplasty planning software based on EOS biplanar 3D imaging.

Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. has announced that the U.S. FDA has cleared the VMS™ heart analysis system to be an adjunct to all existing 2D ultrasound imaging devices to allow computation of the 3D volume and ejection fraction of the right heart in patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

The U.S. FDA has issued 510(k) Clearance for Nidek’s revolutionary new CEM-530 Specular Microscope that acquires images of the corneal endothelium and provides analysis very quickly and easily.

Capsule Endoscopy company Given Imaging Ltd, has seen the U.S. FDA clear PillCam COLON as a new modality to provide visualization of the colon. PillCam COLON received clearance under the direct de novo classification for devices with low to moderate risk that have no predicate on the market.

Stryker Corporation and NeuroLogica have entered into an exclusive partnership agreement under which Stryker will promote and sell NeuroLogica’s BodyTom portable full body computed tomography (CT) scanner for the specialties of neurosurgery, spine surgery, orthopaedic surgery, and trauma surgery in conjunction with the Stryker NAV3i™ Surgical Navigation Platform.

Israeli device company, SMART Medical Systems Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of innovative endoscopy products, has announced a strategic alliance with PENTAX Medical, an industry leader in endoscopic imaging.

German “tablet” ultrasound specialist eZono AG, has received CE marking for its eZono 4000 system, with eZGuide, a revolutionary needle guidance technology.

Toshiba Medical Systems has issued a press release to remind us of the merits of its Pianissimo™ Magnetic Resonance System, which it claims reduced acoustic noise associated with MRI scanning by up to 90% or 33dB(A).

Medical imaging company Paxeramed has launched the industry’s first medical imaging sharing module to social media. The module anonymizes selected CT, MRI and X-Ray images and allows users to share it to social-media platforms from their reading workstations or dedicated viewing apps.
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter allow the shared images to be uploaded to private healthcare and hospital social media groups in a secure and HIPAA compliant manner.

Infraredx, Inc. describes its TVC Imaging System™ as being capable of the true vessel characterization of coronary artery disease. The system will be highlighted in 13 presentations during the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Meeting which starts this Sunday in San Francisco.