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[October 05, 2008]
Center to Use Redsense Blood Loss Detection Device
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Redsense Medical announced that it has received its first US order from
Bayhealth Medical Center, a southern Delaware healthcare system.
The hospital said it will start using the Redsense blood loss detection
device during hemodialysis. Redsense Medical is currently also in
contact with several large US organizations involved in the provision
of hemodialysis as well as in the production of dialysis equipment.
In dialysis, blood in need of cleaning is drawn from the patient's
artery vein and circulated in the dialysis machine. Cleaned blood is
then returned to the body via the venous needle. If the venous needle
becomes dislodged, the dialysis machine will continue to draw blood
from the patient's artery vein but returns no clean blood to the body.
It takes only a few minutes before the dislodgement can have serious,
even fatal consequences.
Redsense is a clinically tested monitoring system for venous needle
dislodgement in hemodialysis. Redsense Medical is currently in contact
with dialysis providers as well as equipment manufacturers in the US.
Redsense Medical will also be exhibiting at the coming American Society
of Nephrology's annual meeting and exposition during Renal Week in
Philadelphia, PA, November 4 - November 9.
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http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/10/05/3686172.htm