Product press releases 2011

July 13, 2011

See more out of the Operation Room

Lübeck, Germany - The light heads for the Polaris 560 and 760 OR lights now offer integration with a high definition camera (HD) that delivers video with high quality images.

• See more out of the Operation Room
• Picture: Motorized camera alignment of the Polaris HD camera provides an upright display on the monitor with true to side images despite light head rotation.

14. June 2011

Dutch research group receives Dräger Prize in Intensive Care Medicine

Lübeck – The “ESA Dräger Prize in Intensive Care Medicine” 2011 went to the LACTATE Study group around Professor Jan Bakker, Chair of the Department of Intensive Care Adults, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, for the study entitled “Early Lactate-Guided Therapy in Intensive Care Unit Patients”.1 The European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) awarded the 10,000 Euro prize money at the congress Euroanaesthesia 2011 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, for the fifth time. It was donated by Dräger, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology.

• Dutch research group receives Dräger Prize in Intensive Care Medicine
• Picture - Dräger Award ESA

March 22, 2011

New insights into the lung - EIT device from Dräger revolutionises ventilation monitoring

Lübeck, Germany – The new PulmoVista 500 is the first EIT device (Electrical Impedance Tomography) intended for everyday clinical use by intensivists to view regional distribution of lung ventilation directly at the bedside. With up to 50 images per second, physicians can track the effects of intensive care ventilation in real time. The University Hospital Leipzig is the first hospital in the world to implement the PulmoVista 500.

Read more about PulmoVista 500: www.draeger.com/pulmovista500

• Picture - The new PulmoVista 500
• Picture - Up to 50 images per second provide a dynamic view of ventilation directly at the patient’s bed.
• Picture -The monitor displays the regional distribution of the ventilation in the form of images, waveforms and parameters.

• New insights into the lung - EIT device from Dräger revolutionises ventilation monitoring

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