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ALung Technologies: Giving Patients Freedom from Mechanical Ventilation
Imagine if hospital patients who require constant breathing support could sit upright in bed, eat and talk with friends and family members-all while receiving ventilation. This will soon be possible thanks to two new technologies that ALung Technolog... Read More
Millennium Medical Products: New Lift System Helps Prevent Back Injury in Health Care Professionals
Old habits are hard to break. Unfortunately, a nurse's back isn't. "Health care workers suffer more musculoskeletal injuries than any other occupation in this country," says Rick Tuft, president of Broomall-based Millennium Medical Products (MMP). Ac... Read More
Aethon: Robotic Tugs Deliver Improved Care and Cost Savings for Hospitals
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "robot"? A metal man with a square head and mechanical limbs? In actual practice, this image, made popular by countless movies, books and cartoons, is largely a fantasy. True working ro... Read More
Enigma CKM: Helping Doctors Cut Through Information Overload
Doctors require the right knowledge at the right place and at the right time to support their decisions about diagnosis and treatment. With new health studies coming out almost daily and growing concern about quality care, better use of information t... Read More
Surgical Specialties: Acquisition Adds Fresh Ideas and Capital to a Growing Medical Business
There's nothing like a sudden infusion of new ideas and resources to give a successful company an even rosier outlook on the future. That's exactly what happened when Angiotech purchased Surgical Specialties in early 2006, and Pete Molinaro couldn't ... Read More
Saladax Biomedical: Making Chemotherapy Safer and More Effective for Cancer Patients
Individuals metabolize anti-cancer drugs at dramatically different rates, leading to as much as a 50-fold difference in the concentration of the medicine in the bloodstream of different patients even when identical doses are administered. This can le... Read More
Applied Computational Technologies: Improving Radiation Therapy for Cancer Patients
What started as a conversation in church between two new members may change the face of radiation treatment forever. Engineer Andy Holland had an idea for a new way to improve radiation therapy but knew he didn't have the business experience to get i... Read More
ClearCount: Keeping Closer Track of Surgical Instruments
Kelly Smith went into the hospital for what she expected to be a routine procedure-a hernia removal. Her doctors said the surgery went fine, but after she got home, Kelly's pain didn't seem to be easing at all, even after two weeks. In fact, it was g... Read More
InstaMed: Reducing the Time It Takes for Doctors to Receive Payment
As the cost of health benefits continues to rise, companies are shifting more payment responsibility to the employee. To offset escalating premiums, employees are absorbing co-pays and deductibles in amounts unheard of a few years ago. This in turn c... Read More
EMV Technologies: Improving the Success of Kidney Dialysis
Time is precious for anyone who suffers from a serious illness-and few people understand this better than kidney dialysis patients. There are more than 360,000 people in the U.S. whose kidney damage is so severe that they have to endure four hours of... Read More
