A Medical Device Daily

SensAble Technologies (Wilmington, Massachusetts) a provider of dental restoration design and fabrication solutions, 3-D modeling software and haptic devices, reported Baluke Dental Studios (Toronto) has joined the SensAble Authorized Production Center (SAPC) Program. SAPCs create fixed and removable dental restorations for their own dentists using the SensAble Dental Lab System, an award-winning touch-enabled CAD/CAM system, and are certified to provide design and fabrication services to other dental labs.

As a lab using the SensAble system for its own production, Baluke and other SensAble authorized production centers make it easier for dental labs of all sizes to take incremental steps in transitioning from manual to digital processes – and gain the increased productivity, accuracy and consistency that CAD/CAM provides.

Labs can purchase the Scan-only or the Scan/Design configuration of the SensAble Dental Lab System and then send the files electronically to Baluke for designing and/or 3-D printing of resin patterns. If Baluke prints the pattern, it can then be returned to the lab for fabricating in the materials of their choice – investing and casting in metal, pressing in ceramic, or injecting a flexible material. Baluke can also provide their clients with the SensAble digital design file which can be used for milling at a SensAble Authorized Milling Center. Alternatively, Baluke can finish the job by providing the final removable partials, as well as fixed restorations such as copings, crowns and bridges.

In other agreements/contracts;

• Standard Register (Dayton, Ohio) a provider of document and information management solutions, and Zafesoft (San Jose, California), a provider of information security solutions reported they have signed an agreement to explore opportunities for leveraging Zafesoft's unique content security technology.

“With Standard Register's focus on healthcare, there is a great natural fit for our technology,“ said Sandeep Tiwari, CEO of Zafesoft.

“The move to electronic records and data digitization puts much of this sensitive information at risk of loss,“ said Brad Cates, president for Standard Register Healthcare. “Zafesoft offers a unique capability for assuring content security, which is vitally important in healthcare where there is serious concern about safeguarding patient information.“

Under federal regulations, healthcare organizations can face substantial fines for each loss incident of patient health information (PHI). Zafesoft's technology could be used to secure the content in sensitive PHI files, with security that cascades copy and paste iterations as well as proliferation onto a wide variety of media including hard drives, servers, USBs, CDs and e-mails.

• MedSharps (Schertz, Texas) reported that it now provides environmental management services for the South Texas Veterans HealthCare System and Valley Coastal Bend HealthCare System Facilities.

Medsharps is a Service Connected Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and will conduct regulated medical waste removal, sharps container treatment and recycling, and final disposal services for the 15 VA facilities in both systems through Oct. 2011. The contract award is $206,000 annually and is renewable for up to five years.