Here’s more bad news for the company with an expensive recall. In addition to “stent wars” the company also participates in this highly competitive area. Just last year the company received approval for a new stent, so I guess when they are not in court with J and J over “legally patented...
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If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I have suggested this before and even sent it off to the FDA without a response, well so much for those “contact us” pages I guess. It’s more important it seems to have a chance to win a prize than maybe save a life? I am not discounting...
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Here’s some additional information on Microsoft Tag. As I mentioned prior, this is moving into the PHR arena too. This could make it really easy to get your information in to your PHR. RazCode/Windows Tags – Bar Coding to Add Information to PHRs, EHRs This is the next step forward with...
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Recently I have written a couple posts about how useful Microsoft Tags could be for tracking information on medical devices and received some responses and email with folks wanting to try them out, so here’s a couple samples of what type of content can be added to a tag. The first Tag is one for...
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Yesterday I posted about Windows Tags being a solution for medical devices, to inventory them and be able to scan a code or tag with a cell phone, as they connect to the web and any recall notices that go to where the tag is placed connects and shows on the screen. Also, the FDA could keep a copy...
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This is a fairly simple answer that could keep a tags listed in a data base that anyone could access as we are not talking about confidential information here, we are talking about a device. The great thing about Microsoft Tags is that you can go online, find the tag and as long as you have...
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Invasion of the implants – this one for Sleep Apnea and the patient will have a device to turn the device off and on. If you have looked around You Tube you can find individuals who have made videos of what they are like with an implanted unit turned off and on and these are pretty much...
The pressure sensor is placed directly into the femoral artery in the groin and the device is diameter of about one millimeter. It moves at a rapid pace too, 30 times a second! Gee I’m happy and content with once a day, but I guess this will iron it down and give us all the blood pressure...
This takes me back a few years to when I was in outside sales with transportation and logistics when I did business with Mentor. A little off subject, but it still sticks in my mind the “implant” my contact had sitting on his desk as a paperweight. Now the company has grown into quite...