A Medical Device Daily

B-Line Medical (Silver Spring, Maryland) and Immersion Medical, a subsidiary of Immersion (Gaithersburg, Maryland), reported a partnership enabling Immersion to distribute an enhanced version of B-Line’s SimCapture, described as “an all-in-one solution” for capturing, debriefing, assessing and centralizing multiple types of simulation encounters.

Immersion, a manufacturer of virtual reality (VR) simulation devices, said it will be the first licensed third-party distributor of SimCapture and will be pursue domestic, international and government sales opportunities.

Lucas Huang, CEO of B-Line, said, “The partnership with Immersion allows B-Line to gain a firmer foothold in the area of VR simulation, in addition to our existing presence in procedural and mannequin- based simulation.”

Medical training on simulation devices such as Immersion’s Virtual IV intravenous simulator, Endoscopy AccuTouch Simulator, CathLabVR surgical simulator, and LaparoscopyVR surgical simulation system have proven to result in improved performance, shorter response time, and less deviation from practice standards than training without simulators, ultimately improving patient safety.

SimCapture records multiple video feeds in digital format, handles annotation and debriefing, integrates with multiple simulator types (including both VR devices and mannequins), and builds participant portfolios automatically. SimCapture also manages users, provides tools for scenario and checklist creation, and generates multiple types of usage, session, and aggregate reports, all from a 100% web-based software interface.

In other agreements:

• Sleep HealthCenters (Marlborough, Massachusetts) and Marlborough Hospital reported an agreement for expanded sleep health services to the Marlborough area.

The two organizations will create a sleep medicine program to diagnose and treat individuals with sleep disorders.

The new Sleep HealthCenter affiliated with Marlborough Hospital opened Jan. 17 with a sleep diagnostic laboratory located at the Embassy Suites (Marlborough, Massachusetts). Each diagnostic bedroom includes a private bath and all of the hotel’s amenities.

Sleep Health Centers opened a sleep medicine clinic in early February in the Marlborough Hospital Medical Office Building, offering services for patients with sleep disorders. Services will include medical consultations, treatment options including continuous positive airway pressure, education and follow-up care.

• React Systems (Los Altos, California), which develops critical response notification systems that unify actions in emergencies, reported partnerships with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (Santa, Clara, California) and the Seton Family of Hospitals (Austin, Texas). The company’s React! Enterprise was selected by these facilities.

“There is an increasing need to improve timely and effective large-scale communication for both emergency situations, as well as everyday needs in hospitals and medical facilities,” said Maria Ligeti, CEO and chairman of React.

• Premier Purchasing Partners (Charlotte, North Carolina) reported new agreements for material safety data sheets management services awarded to Compliance Publishing (Edina, Minnesota) and MSDSonline (Chicago).

The 36-month agreements, effective March 1, are available to acute care and continuum-of-care Premier alliance members.