Regulatory: Page 255

Siemens gets MammoReport(Plus) clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) marketing clearance for its mammography soft-copy reporting workstation, MammoReport(Plus).
February 23, 2005
Elekta Beam Modulator gets 510(k) nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy provider Elekta has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) marketing clearance for its Elekta Beam Modulator, a multileaf collimator designed for use with its medical linear accelerators.
February 23, 2005
New patents for Biophan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI device developer Biophan Technologies said it has received two new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
February 23, 2005
GE expands orthopedic offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for OEC Fluorostar, a digital C-arm designed to provide fluoroscopic images during diagnostic, surgical, and interventional procedures.
February 23, 2005
R2 gets FDA nod for CAD with Mammomat
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer R2 Technology has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to expand the use of its ImageChecker D product for CAD processing of images acquired with Siemens Medical Solutions' Mammomat NovationDR full-field digital mammography system (FFDM) and viewed on Siemens' MammoReportPlus soft-copy reporting workstation.
February 22, 2005
CMS activates CPT codes for PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it has adopted current procedural terminology (CPT) codes for PET procedure reimbursement, essentially discontinuing previously used G series Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes.
February 21, 2005
Brailer outlines national health IT goals, challenges at HIMSS
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
DALLAS - Healthcare information technology isn't about software and computers. IT exists to help physicians make better treatment decisions, nurses and pharmacists deliver safer care, and consumers make better choices among treatment options, according to Dr. David Brailer, U.S. Health and Human Services National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
February 17, 2005
HIPAA: A force for simplification in healthcare
By Brian Casey
February 16, 2005
Digital mammo display clearance for Barco
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic display developer Barco has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Coronis 5MP LCD system for analysis of digital mammography images.
February 13, 2005
McKesson gets workstation 510(k)
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
McKesson Information Solutions - Medical Imaging Group said that it has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Horizon Rad Station release 11.0 PACS workstation for reading, distributing, and storing full-field digital mammography (FFDM) images.
February 10, 2005
Medx to refurb Siemens gamma cameras
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera refurbishing firm Medx of Arlington Heights, IL, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remanufacture Orbiter gamma cameras originally built by Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA.
February 10, 2005
Barco wins 510(k) for VesselMetrix
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Voxar 3D VesselMetrix.
February 7, 2005
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