March 10, 2005
Woman’s and Children’s Hospital Installs Acoustic Magic’s Voice Tracker™ Array Microphones for Handsfree Recording in Pathology Cut-Up Room
Women’s and Children’s Hospital needed a recording solution for its pathology cutup room that was hands-free and could pickup the doctors from several feet away. They chose the Acoustic Magic Voice Tracker™ array microphone and Lexacom Talk & Type digital dictation management software.
North Adelaide, Australia (PRWEB) March 10, 2005 -- Women’s and Children’s Hospital needed a recording solution for its pathology cutup room that was hands-free and could pickup the doctors from several feet away. They chose the Acoustic Magic Voice Tracker™ array microphone and Lexacom Talk & Type digital dictation management software. The Voice Tracker™'s long-range allowed the doctor to be recorded as he moved around the table. Lexacom’s foot pedal control completed the hands-free operation. The recording computers were no longer required to be near the pathologists.
Dr. Tony Bourne of Woman’s and Children’s Hospital noted “this solution was so effective that we implemented it in the mortuary as well, with equally good results. In the Mortuary, the microphone is attached to the ceiling, several feet above the bench. Both microphones are separated by some metres from the computers, which are linked through the hospital network to the secretarial workstations. The system has worked very well for us and our secretarial staff indicate that the quality of the dictation is much improved over our old tape based system.”
Karl Francois, National Solutions Manager for Voice Perfect Systems, who worked with Women’s and Children’s Hospital on this application, noted "when Voice Perfect first looked at the Voice Tracker™, it was originally intended to be used with Dragon NaturallySpeaking™ speech recognition software as a desktop microphone option. Since then we've been able to apply it to video conferencing, as well as meetings, interviews and clean room recording. It certainly has proved how incredibly versatile this product can be in any application requiring a powerful, long-range microphone.“
Bob Feingold, CEO of Acoustic Magic, notes that “The Voice Tracker™ is unique in its capability of scanning a full 180° and of picking up talkers at ranges of 25 feet or more.”
The Voice Tracker™ locates a talker and electronically steers a “listening beam,” like an acoustic searchlight, in that direction. This creates spatial filtering; sounds and reverberation from other parts of the room are not picked up. In addition, digital noise reduction processing removes background noise. This two-stage noise reduction, coupled with the sensitivity of eight microphone elements, gives the Voice Tracker™ outstanding range and sound quality.
About Voice Perfect Systems
Voice Perfect Systems is a 100% Australian owned company, formed in early 1994 to address the growing interest for large vocabulary speech dictation for computer users. Recognizing the potential for speech recognition systems, Voice Perfect became one of the pioneering distributors of speech activated dictation software. For additional information, visit www.voiceperfect.com or contact Karl Francois
About Acoustic Magic, Inc.
Acoustic Magic, Inc., located near Boston, manufactures the Voice Trackertm desktop microphone that has found application in speech recognition, meeting and transcription recording, VoIP and conventional teleconferencing, voice control for home automation, and security surveillance. The Voice Tracker™ Array microphone has been Certified by Dragon and ViaVoice speech recognition software, HomeSeer and HAL Home Automation software, as well as WinScribe and SoniClear dictation recording software. For additional information, see www.AcousticMagic.com or contact Bob Feingold (e-mail protected from spam bots, or 978 440 9384)
About Women’s and Children’s Hospital
The Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) provides state of the art health care for women and children in Adelaide and South Australia. Each year, more than 30,000 people are admitted and around 4000 babies are born at the Hospital. In addition around 250,000 people come to the Hospital as outpatients.
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January 13, 2005
Mississippi Baptist Acquires CyberKnife® for “Knifeless” Surgery Anywhere in the Body For Treating Tumors, the Only One of its Kind in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi
Robotic arm uses cruise-missile technology precisely zapping tumors away.
Jackson, MS (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) January 13, 2005 -- Baptist Cancer Services, a division of Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., has acquired the CyberKnife® Stereotactic Radiosurgery System, the only such system approved by the FDA for tumor treatment anywhere in the body. Treatments will begin the week of January 24, 2005. Baptist Cancer Services will have the only system of this kind in the four-state area of Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
The CyberKnife will allow physicians to treat tumors using stereotactic technology anywhere radiation therapy is needed, including the brain, spine, lung, pancreas and other areas – even some that have been deemed inoperable. In addition, this technology can be used to treat other disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia and arteriovenous malformation.
Baptist Radiation Oncologist Richard Friedman, M.D. said, “This 21st century technology gives physicians one more tool to fight cancer and other diseases in an effective, safe, and painless manner. There is no other system that can do what the CyberKnife can do, making Baptist one of a handful of sites in The United States where this exciting advance in medicine can be offered to our patients.”
The CyberKnife delivers radiation with precision so great it could split the point of a pin and treats tumors anywhere in the body without damaging surrounding tissue. It combines a compact, lightweight linear accelerator mounted on a robotic arm, with image guided technology that tracks tumor location—in real time—without requiring the patient to wear a head frame. The system acquires new images and transmits any position corrections to the robotic arm before delivering each new dose. It is the only system that monitors and tracks patient position continually during treatment. No major surgery is required. Following treatment, the patient goes home, with no need for recovery time.
"Having the CyberKnife at Baptist gives us the most advanced treatment system for radiosurgically treatable conditions of the entire nervous system and spine,” said Baptist Neurosurgeon Moses Jones, M.D.
For more information visit www.mbhs.org or call the Baptist Health Line at 1-800-948-6262 or 601-948-6262.
Baptist Cancer Services is the first and only organization in the United States to achieved Disease-Specific Care Certification from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) for an entire cancer program.
Contact:
Robby Channell
601-974-6289
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November 30, 2004
Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc. Signs a Letter of Intent with FUJIFILM Medical Systems, USA
Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc. (ISS) signs a letter of intent with FUJIFILM Medical Systems, USA (Fuji) for it to purchase additional technology and marketing rights for its Synapse system for the Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) market.
Davis, CA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) November 30, 2004 -– Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc. (OTC:RDOC.PK), a world leader in medical robotics and image-directed, semi-autonomous robotic products for surgical applications, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with FUJIFILM Medical Systems, USA (Fuji) for it to purchase certain additional technology and marketing rights for the PACS market to those already granted under the current product development agreement. Both parties will immediately enter into negotiations to arrive at definitive agreements that are subject to formal approval by the respective Board of Directors.
A development agreement already exists between the two Companies and it calls for ISS to employ its proprietary, FDA cleared 3D planning software technology to develop 2D/3D orthopedic surgical planning software which will be jointly integrated into Fuji’s Synapse system. This new agreement will formalize Fuji’s plans to market the product that is already under development and offer opportunities for closer integration of the technologies of both organizations.
“Fuji’s strong worldwide market position in the rapidly growing PACS market makes it an ideal partner for ISS. The strong proprietary and leadership position of ISS in the Orthopedic software technology area led Fuji to enter into this expanded relationship" added Dr. Ramesh C. Trivedi, President & CEO of Integrated Surgical Systems.
Integrated Surgical Systems designs, manufactures, sells and services image-directed, computer controlled robotic products for use in orthopaedic and neurosurgical procedures. Our ROBODOC® Surgical Assistant System is the world’s leading robotic system for hip and knee replacement surgery.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and market acceptance of new products and upgrades to existing products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
ROBODOC® is a registered trademark of Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc.
www.robodoc.com
Contact:
Integrated Surgical Systems
Ramesh C. Trivedi, Ph.D. – President and CEO
Chuck Novak – CFO
(530) 792-2600
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