Tim Dye, general manager, critical care and temperature management, said, “Closed suctioning protects those patients with artificial airways by reducing the risk of infection that might occur from cross-contamination. It is also significantly more comfortable for the patient.”

He said that the closed-suction platform is easier to use in home care and long-term care settings and offers protection to the caregiver from unnecessary exposure to patients’ body fluids, plus adherence to recommended universal precautions and reduction of risk for infection and cross-contamination.

“We believe the action taken by CMS is a positive step towards making this valuable therapy available to patients as they transition from acute care into the home care setting,” said Dye.

Applied Imaging 10-K to be considered by Nasdaq

Applied Imaging (San Jose, California) said that Nasdaq notified the company that, in rendering a determination regarding the company’s continued listing on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, it will consider its delinquency in the filing of its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2004, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

On March 1, the company filed with the SEC its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, and the restatement of its 2003 and 2002 annual financial results and March 31, 2004, and June 30, 2004, quarterly financial results.

Since then, the company has been working on completing its financial close and its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2004. It released its financial results for that year on April 18 and said it expects to file its Form 10-K for that period this week.

Applied Imaging is a supplier of automated imaging systems utilized in genetics and pathology laboratories for the analysis of chromosomes in cancer and prenatal disorders.