Medical device Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/medical-device/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:35:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png Medical device Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/medical-device/ 32 32 Supply chain shortages, inflation creating problems for device manufacturers https://ecsii.com/supply-chain-shortages-inflation-creating-problems-for-device-manufacturers/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 20:35:08 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4641 Medical device manufacturers are feeling the pinch of supply chain disruption and economic inflation, as they struggle to keep up with greater demand created by patients who put off necessary procedures and implants during the pandemic. Specialized plastics, metals and resins used for making devices are now in short supply, while electronic prices have soared, according Read More

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]]> Penn State University develops disposable stethoscope https://ecsii.com/penn-state-university-develops-disposable-stethoscope/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:15:56 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2974 [Reprinted: Healthcare Business News, 7/14/2020] Students and faculty at Penn State University have teamed up to develop disposable, single-patient stethoscopes for front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients. The university’s college of engineering collaborated with Penn State Health and the Center for Medical Innovation at Penn State College of Medicine to create the device, and Read More

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]]> UWI Engineering Team Breathing Life Into Broken Ventilators https://ecsii.com/uwi-engineering-team-breathing-life-into-broken-ventilators/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:18:29 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2761 [Reprinted: The Gleaner, 4-23-2020] A team at Mona-Tech Engineering Services has embarked on a mission to repair ventilators and biomedical equipment in the island’s public health sector free of charge as the island tackles the coronavirus pandemic. The deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, which surfaced in China late last year sweeping the rest of the world, causes Read More

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]]> Caribbean nations can’t get U.S. masks, ventilators for COVID-19 under Trump policy https://ecsii.com/caribbean-nations-cant-get-u-s-masks-ventilators-for-covid-19-under-trump-policy/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:58:03 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2723 Caribbean nations struggling to save lives and prevent the deadly spread of the coronavirus in their vulnerable territories should not look to the United States as they seek to acquire scarce but much-needed protective gear to fight the global pandemic A spokesperson from U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed to the Miami Herald that the Read More

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]]> New testing device to alleviate the misery for Jamaican & Caribbean persons with allergies https://ecsii.com/new-testing-device-to-alleviate-the-misery-for-jamaican-caribbean-persons-with-allergies/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:04:25 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2647 An allergy testing machine, the only medical equipment of its kind on the island, is now available to serve the needs of Jamaicans suffering from illnesses related to undiagnosed allergies. “The machine, called the Allergy Explorer (Alex), will service Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean as there is no other machine like this one Read More

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