Medical Equipment

TORONTO | CSA Group, a leading global testing and certification organization headquartered in Toronto, has expanded its European electro-medical devices testing services with the acquisition of the German testing business of British Standards Institution (BSI).

BOSTON | Data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) demonstrates the sensitivity and specificity of Cognigram, a computer-based system, supporting its use in clinical practice settings to identify even subtle impairments that can signify the early stage of dementia.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. | Agfa HealthCare has installed a DX-D 600 Semi-Automatic Digital X-ray Suite at Trillium Health Partners' Credit Valley Hospital, a 382-bed acute-care inpatient facility.

RICHMOND HILL, ONT. | Dräger has unveiled the next generation of its handheld Infinity M540 monitor and Infinity CentralStation.

TORONTO | Two projects backed by Ontario Centres of Excellence are the first to be approved under an Ontario-Quebec life sciences research partnership.

TORONTO | As healthcare purchasing departments become more rigorous in their application of request-for-proposal (RFP) procedures, technology suppliers are increasingly concerned that a relentless focus on cost control is preventing investment in innovative products that could improve patient outcomes and deliver greater long-term value to the health system.

WINNIPEG | A new, state-of-the-art system developed by Winnipeg-based Intelligent Hospital Systems will prepare chemotherapy drugs with a high degree of precision, helping CancerCare Manitoba enhance patient and staff safety.

OTTAWA | The federal government has launched a new Genome Canada program designed to move genomics-based solutions from laboratories to the marketplace.