Siemens Healthcare announces FDA clearance for the UROSKOP® Omnia, its new multifunctional workstation for urology. The workstation’s new dynamic flat detector technology UROSKOP Omnia allows the urologist to cover the entire urinary tract – kidney, ureter, bladder (KUB) – with only one single exposure and in superb image quality. With its curved X-ray column, UROSKOP Omnia offers truly unrestricted patient access from all table sides.

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Novadaq Technologies Inc, a developer of real-time imaging systems used in the operating room, announced that its SPY endoscopic imaging system has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for use during minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Novadaq’s SPY “scope” combines the traditional features of a state of the art, high definition standard endoscope with the fluorescence capabilities of the SPY imaging system, which is currently used in a variety of open surgical procedures.