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Archive for January 4th, 2006
FDA Warns on Telemetry Interference in January Patient Safety News
In what they call a “new risk of interference with Wireless Medical Telemetry Systems” (WMTS), the FDA is reiterating the warning they gave in November of 2005. Emphasis mine.
Beginning on January 1, 2006, the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) started granting licenses for mobile radio transmitters operating
in the 460-470 MHz band. It's estimated that there are several […]
Management Change at Welch Allyn
Welch Allyn has announced that Peter Soderberg, President and CEO, will step down on March 5, 2006. Peter joined Welch Allyn in 1993 and ran the medical products business for 10 years, and ran the corporate for 6 years - during which revenues increased $300 million.
Effective January 1,
2006, the company will establish an office […]
Wi-Fi Predictions for 2006
Glenn Fleishman from Wi-Fi Network News offers wireless networking predictions for this year - and he's pretty confident about them. Glenn offers views on 802.11n and network security, plus the following:
Multiple 3G cell data networks will be in every major U.S. city.
We’re not far off already, but Cingular, Sprint, and Verizon will have
hit all major […]
Datascope Announces Plan to Reduce Operating Expenses
Datascope continues to struggle in their vascular closure business. Now they're redesigning the X-Site product and writing off inventory and tooling. On the bright side, Datascope also announced that they've closed on their acquisition of Ethicon's endoscopic vessel harvesting business, called Clearglide.
