Siemens Healthineers (NYSE:SI) and Hill-Rom (NYSE:HRC) inked a co-marketing agreement to provide an array of point-of-care diagnostic instruments for diabetes to primary healthcare providers in the U.S. The offering is slated to include Siemens’ DCA Vantage Analyzer for HbA1c testing, the Clinitek Status+ Urine Chemistry Analyzer for kidney testing and Hill-Rom’s Welch Allyn RetinaVue Network and imaging tech […]
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Study: Hill-Rom’s Metaneb System lowers risk of post-operative pulmonary complications
Researchers at the 47th Society of Critical Care Medicine reported this week that Hill-Rom‘s (NYSE:HRC) Metaneb System may help reduce the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications in high-risk patients. A 419-patient study found that patients using the Metaneb System combined with standard respiratory therapy spent 1.6 fewer days in the hospital on average compared to […]
Keeping a patient’s lungs clean & expanded after surgery: a Drug Delivery Business News podcast
Every year, more than 1 million patients in the U.S. find themselves suffering from respiratory complications following surgery, according to Hill-Rom (NYSE:HRC). These complications come at a cost – to both the patient and the hospital. A respiratory problem can increase a patient’s time in the hospital by as much as 89%. More people die each […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: July 21, 2017
From Second Sight’s South Korean market entry to Sanuwave’s Indonesian distribution deal, here are medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Second Sight enters South Korea market Second Sight announced in a July 5 press release that it has entered the market in South Korea with the implantation of two […]
