MarcTec claimed it was not guilty of alleged litigation misconduct, arguing against a nearly $5 million award granted to Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Cordis for attorney and expert witness fees.

Institutions from six European countries will collaborate on 10 projects aimed at implementing transnational telemedicine solutions into everyday practice starting September 2011 and continuing through December 2013.

Medtronic has agreed to purchase Salient Surgical Technologies and Peak Surgical at a combined total of $645 million, according to the company, which said it aims to expand its surgical device offerings.

ECRI Institute has expanded its healthcare technology advisory services with the launch of the S+ Market Analytics Tool, which will provide real-time pricing data and member interest charts.

SAN ANTONIO--Nurses validated more than 500 million vital sign entries sent from more than 500 devices at the University of California (UC) Davis Medical Center in 2010, explained Ted Cohen, MS, CCE, manager of clinical engineering, during a June 25 presentation at the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation conference & expo.

Eizo Nanao will produce new RadiForce diagnostic and clinical review monitors this fall.

The primary mode of death at a regional referral neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, according to a 10-year single-center study assessing the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the time of death, published in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

The information seekers are a largely overlooked health population to whom to provide medical devices according to an IBM report, which provides advice on how to best approach this audience.