Category: Medical Equipment

Medical Equipment

GE Healthcare to Purchase Surgical Navigation Company for $1.45 Billion

Waukesha, Wis.-based GE Healthcare has agreed to acquire Boston-based surgical visualization company BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners for $1.45 billion in cash.

Medical Equipment

Medtronic Infusion Pump Malfunctioned and Stalled, Landing Woman in the Hospital

A Medtronic Infusion Pump is at the center of a lawsuit. A woman in Georgia, who filed the claim on behalf of her friend, alleges the device used to deliver medications, malfunctioned and left her friend in the hospital.

Medical Equipment

Engineer Builds His Own X-Ray After Hospital Charges Him $69K

With nearly one-third of working Americans facing healthcare debt, the thought of an unexpected medical bill can cause anxiety in many people. But few—if any—would take the approach that William Osman recently did.

Testing & Calibration

BC Group Launches ESU-2350 Electrosurgical Analyzer

St. Charles, Mo.-based medical test equipment manufacturer BC Group International, Inc. announces the launch of the latest model of its BC Biomedical ESU Analyzer.

Imaging Equipment

FDA OKs Siemens Healthineers CT Scanner

Malvern, Pa.-based Siemens Healthineers announces that the U.S. FDA has cleared SOMATOM X.ceed, a single-source CT scanner that combines high-speed scanning capabilities with a new hardware/software combination to streamline CT-guided interventions.

Patient Care Equipment

Masimo Launches Comprehensive SuperSensor

Masimo announces the CE marking and commercial launch in Europe of the single-patient-use adhesive rainbowSuperSensor, compatible for use with both Masimo and third-party monitors with Masimo rainbow technology inside.

Software

Medigate, CrowdStrike Offer Healthcare Providers Insight into Security

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Medigate, a healthcare security firm, and CrowdStrike, a provider of cloud-delivered endpoint and workload protection, have joined forces to offer healthcare delivery organizations a consolidated view of threat activity and incident response capability.