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Lantheus Medical Imaging Introduces Low-Enriched Uranium TechneLite Generator

BUSINESS WIRE -- Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., a global leader in developing, manufacturing and distributing innovative diagnostic imaging agents, announced that the Company has added a Low-Enriched...

ECMO may show promise as rescue strategy for select cardiac arrest patients

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been u...

Health Tip: Using a Generator Safely

-- A portable generator can be a great source of power and comfort during electrical outages. But it's vital to take precautions to prevent deadly carbon monoxide poisoning. The U.S. Fire Administrati...

Tellurex Corporation Launches Production of its Alternative Energy Thermoelectric Power Generator - tPOD1™

Traverse City, Michigan (PRWEB) December 11, 2012 Production of Tellurex Corporation's newest power generator the tPOD1™ is underway with the first off-the-line devices having shipped to...

Triboelectric generator captures power from plastic

Researchers have discovered yet another way to harvest small amounts of electricity from motion in the world around us—this time by capturing the electrical charge produced when two different kinds...

New Role For ECMO In Treating Patients With Cardiac Arrest And Profound Shock

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also...

Triboelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing friction between surfaces

Researchers have discovered yet another way to harvest small amounts of electricity from motion in the world around us this time by capturing the electrical charge produced when two different kinds o...

Langhorne, PA - St. Mary Offers Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA, recently began offering transcatheter aortic valve replacement for patients with heart disease. A minimally invasive procedure, transcatheter aortic valve repla...

Initial Experience With a Technique for Wound Closure after Cardiac Device Implantation Designed to Reduce Infection and Minimize Tissue Scar Formation.

Infection is a well-recognized complication that can occur after the implantation of cardiac devices such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Reported infection rates aft...

Complication Rates Associated With Pacemaker or Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Generator Replacements and Upgrade Procedures: Results From the REPLACE Registry.

Background- Prospective studies defining the risk associated with pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator replacement surgeries do not exist. These procedures are generally considered low...

Cardiac strangulation from epicardial pacemaker: early recognition and prevention.

Cardiac strangulation from epicardial pacemaker leads is a rare event that can be difficult to recognise and can cause serious complications such as cardiac failure or death. We describe a 3-year-old...

Less Is More: Adaptation of Voltage after Battery Replacement in Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia.

Background: To maintain the efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) on dystonic symptoms, slight incremental increase in voltage may be necessary over years after a steady state has been reached foll...

Ammonium molybdophosphate impregnated alumina microspheres as a new generation sorbent for chromatographic (137)Cs/(137m)Ba generator.

Barium-137m availed from a (137)Cs/(137m)Ba generator is an attractive industrial radiotracer for liquid flow rate measurement owing to its short half-life (T(1/2)=2.5min) and emission of highly energ...