INDUSTRY UPDATE

News & Notes
Blue Ox Medical Technologies, Jim Spearman joins Unisyn as VP of service operations, Unfors Instruments, Inc. relocates headquarters, TriMedx Foundation names new director...
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FDA Updates
The FDA has extended the transition period for health care facilities to replace the Steris System 1 Processor with a legally marketed alternative to August 2, 2012...
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OEM Updates
FDA Clears Siemens’ New ACUSON SC2000 Ultrasound System, Release 2.0, Donald Fowler named president of Toshiba Medical, Carestream announces additions to company’s senior leadership team...
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PRODUCT FOCUS
Radiology:MRI - Market Analysis | Product Showroom

Market Analysis
In 2009, the market share of digital systems in the $12 billion X-ray equipment market reached 50 percent, according to health care market researcher Kalorama Information.... read more Product Showroom
Featuring the Siemens Multix Fusion, GE Optima XR220amx, Toshiba Radrex-i, Canon CXDI-401C Digital Detector, IMIX X Wireless Digital Detector, Riverain Temporal Comparison X-ray Software... read more

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Med/Surg:ECG - Market Analysis | Product Showroom

Market Analysis
More than 80 percent of all surgical procedures today involve electrosurgery, according to Bovie Medical Corporation’s Medical Insights Blog.... read more Product Showroom
Product Showroom on Megadyne Mega Power ESU, Bovie IDS-300, Covidien Force FX Electrosurgical Generator, Megadyne Mega Soft Ped Pad, Bovie Aaron Smoke Shark... read more

EXPERT ADVICE

The Other Side
The much-anticipated time is finally here: That wretched old monitoring system that seemed to consume all your time is finally being replaced....
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Success Story
Dan Haun is the Biomed Team Leader at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center in Mobile, Ala. He heads up a nine-technician support crew at the center, which supports the 750-bed Mobile facility, plus another at North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette, Ala....
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SLICE OF LIFE

Off the Clock
Sometimes it’s kismet; sometimes it’s luck. Whatever the reason, when nuclear specialist Steve Shippey arrived at Global Medical Imaging (GMI) of Charlotte, N.C., one of the first things that caught his eye was a photograph in the workspace of his coworker, Nate Brown....
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Pay it Forward
“There’s a lot of selfishness in this world,” says Mordy Eisenberg. “This country is just very wrapped up itself, and there’s not a lot of people who get to step up....
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