3M Health Care & Zargis Medical Awarded "Innovation of the Year" for Littmann® Model 3200 Stethoscope with Cardioscan™ Sof...
November 12 2009 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
3M Health Care and Zargis Medical, a majority-owned subsidiary
of Speedus Corp. (Nasdaq:SPDE), announced today that the 3M™
Littmann® Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 with Zargis
Cardioscan™ software was named Popular Science’s “Innovation of the
Year.” This prestigious honor, part of the publication’s annual
“Best of What’s New Awards,” highlights outstanding innovation,
vision and execution in technologic, scientific and medical
advances for the year.
“Pairing the Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 with
Zargis Cardioscan software is a gigantic step forward in changing
the way clinicians listen to and interpret heart sounds,” said
Debra Rectenwald, vice president and general manager, 3M Infection
Prevention division. “This award is a testament to the spirit that
drives 3M’s innovation to develop and create new ways to improve
the delivery of healthcare.”
“Together, 3M and Zargis took the basic electronic stethoscope
and transformed it into an advanced clinical tool that can improve
diagnostic capabilities,” said John Kallassy, chief executive
officer of Zargis Medical. “Cardioscan is a breakthrough in medical
technology that has the potential to reduce unnecessary medical
referrals while improving outcomes at the same time.”
The Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200 is the first
electronic stethoscope featuring Bluetooth technology, which
wirelessly transfers heart, lung and other body sounds from the
chestpiece to Zargis Cardioscan or Zargis StethAssist™ software for
analysis. The stethoscope and Cardioscan software combination is
designed to help clinicians identify suspected heart murmurs and
differentiate between those that should be referred for
echocardiography and those that should not, based on guidelines
issued jointly by the American College of Cardiology and the
American Heart Association. Based on the software analysis and
their own assessment, physicians can then choose to refer patients
for an echocardiogram test, which are conclusive, but are also very
expensive.
“For 22 years, Popular Science has honored the
innovations that surprise and amaze us—those that make a positive
impact on our world today and challenge our views of what’s
possible in the future,” said Mark Jannot, Editor-in-Chief of
Popular Science. “The Best of What’s New Award is the magazine’s
top honor, and the 100 winners—chosen from among thousands of
entrants—represent the highest level of achievement in their
fields.”
This is the second year in a row a 3M product has received
distinction from the publication. In 2008, the company’s MPro 100,
a hand held projector was a “Grand Award” winner in the Gadgets
category.
About Best of What's New
Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of
products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year;
breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant
leap in their categories. The winners — the Best of What's New —
are awarded inclusion in the much-anticipated December issue of
Popular Science, the most widely read issue of the year since the
debut of Best of What's New in 1987. Best of What’s New awards are
presented to 100 new products and technologies in 11 categories:
Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets,
Green Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Home Technology,
Personal Health and Recreation. The full list of winners can be
found at: www.popsci.com/bown2009
About Popular Science
Founded in 1872, Popular Science (www.popsci.com) is the world's
largest science and technology magazine, with a circulation of 1.3
million and 7.1 million readers. Each month, Popular Science
delivers “The Future Now,” reporting on the intersection of science
and everyday life with an eye toward what’s new and why it matters.
Popular Science is published by the Bonnier Corporation
(www.bonniercorp.com), one of the largest consumer publishing
groups in America and the leading media company serving passionate,
highly engaged audiences through more than 40 special-interest
magazines and related multimedia projects and events.
About 3M Health Care
3M Health Care, one of 3M’s six major business segments,
provides world-class innovative products and services to help
health care professionals improve the practice, delivery and
outcome of patient care in medical, oral care, drug delivery and
health information markets.
For more information, visit www.3M.com
About Zargis Medical Corp.
Zargis Medical Corp. develops advanced diagnostic decision
support products and services for primary care physicians,
pediatricians, cardiologists and other healthcare professionals.
Zargis was formed in 2001 when Siemens Corporate Research, a
division of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), and Speedus Corp. (NASDAQ: SPDE)
co-invested to develop and market an advanced acoustic technology
designed to detect heart abnormalities identified through analysis
of heart sounds.
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