Medical Devices/Equipment Commercial

Shows and explains the proper placement of the normal 12 lead EKG. This was created for the publishing market

Driven by financial incentives, many doctors are adopting CT scans, but there is scant evidence that they benefit most patients.

Two letters signeed by 132 members of Congress urge a delay in the Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment.

But the surgery increases the chance for longer term problems that require further therapy, the research says.

We are moving from reactive dependence on voluntary reporting of safety concerns -- to proactive surveillance of medical products on the market.

The organization, called Orange County Technology Network, or Octane, has so far created 27 companies, most in electronics and software technology, and biomedical devices, especially for eye care.

Seeking to rein in medical costs, a commission in Michigan on Wednesday moved to prevent hospitals in the state from each spending $100 million or more...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared for marketing a device that a doctor can use to see inside a blood vessel to assess the fat content of the plaque which builds up on the wall of the coronary arteries.

Federal regulators have approved the sale of a new laser scanning system intended to locate fatty deposits in blood vessel walls that are thought to cause heart attacks.

At many centers, these nerve-racking calls are on the rise, at least temporarily...