HealthStat International has launched a portable home device A-Pulse CASPal to measure blood pressure from a person’s aorta. This reading is a better indicator of the risk of heart attacks and strokes than one taken the conventional way from the arm. The device offers a non-invasive way of getting a reading of the blood pressure from the aorta, the main vessel which carries oxygenated blood out of the heart to the rest of the body.

Nano Mask Inc has retained AlvaMed LLC, an FDA consulting firm specializing in medical devices, to prepare the company’s latest generation disposable, anti-viral NanoMask for FDA approval. Doug Heath, CEO of Nano Mask, has indicated that the company is looking forward to working with AlvaMed’s team in obtaining the FDA approval in a timely manner.

BD Diagnostics – Preanalytical Systems, a unit of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), has received the FDA 510(k) clearance for the BD Vacutainer® Rapid Serum Tube. BD Vacutainer is a blood collection device designed to help acute healthcare facilities rapidly analyze blood serum for patient diagnosis. Technologies such as the BD Vacutainer Rapid Serum Tube can help reduce the time it takes to get answers from blood tests and have a significant impact on patient care and hospital productivity.”

The NT-V2 Advanced Technology Respirator Face Mask is now available through BeyondN95Mask.com, a division of Spartan Business Services LLC. The NT-V2 Mask is the next step beyond N95 Respirator Masks. This unique NIOSH approved N95 respirator utilizes Nano Technology to help neutralize airborne germs, such as those which cause Swine Flu (H1N1), Bird Flu (H5N1), Anthrax, Tuberculosis, and MRSA. It is the world’s first self-sterilizing mask, manufactured by one of only two companies in the world with an FDA approved N95 mask.