Olympus Strengthens Surgical Portfolio with the Launch of POWERSEAL Advanced Bipolar Surgical Energy Devices
Olympus Strengthens Surgical Portfolio with the Launch of POWERSEAL Advanced Bipolar Surgical Energy Devices

TOKYO, Sep 21, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Olympus Corporation (Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Yasuo Takeuchi) announced the launch of the first devices in the new POWERSEAL(TM) family of advanced bipolar surgical energy products. The POWERSEAL 5mm Curved Jaw Tissue Sealer and Divider, Double-Action devices meet the highest standards of clinical... » read more

Olympus Strengthens Surgical Portfolio with the Launch of POWERSEAL Advanced Bipolar Surgical Energy Devices
Olympus Strengthens Surgical Portfolio with the Launch of POWERSEAL Advanced Bipolar Surgical Energy Devices

TOKYO, Sept 21, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Olympus Corporation (Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Yasuo Takeuchi) announced the launch of the first devices in the new POWERSEAL™ family of advanced bipolar surgical energy products. The POWERSEAL 5mm Curved Jaw Tissue Sealer and Divider, Double-Action devices meet the highest standards of clinical... » read more

Masks from Temasek Foundation: More than 2.6m boxes collected
Masks from Temasek Foundation: More than 2.6m boxes collected

SINGAPORE – When Ms Chong Lee Lee, 56, went to Northpoint Cold Storage days after Temasek Foundation began its mask distribution exercise, there was no stock. She returned another day after work to find the collection point closed, as it was past 8pm. Ms Chong finally managed to get the masks when she visited Nex... » read more

S’pore firm being investigated for illegal mask manufacturing, repackaging
S’pore firm being investigated for illegal mask manufacturing, repackaging

SINGAPORE – A local company is being investigated for manufacturing surgical masks here without a licence, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said on Friday (June 11). This is the first time a firm is suspected of that action. The manufacturing was observed taking place in an unhygienic and makeshift environment at Vision Empire International’s facility... » read more

Picking a reusable mask: Breathability v filtration efficiency
Picking a reusable mask: Breathability v filtration efficiency

SINGAPORE – With so many different types of face masks now readily available in neighbourhood shops and heartland malls alike, the question becomes: How effective are they against Covid-19 and other respiratory infections? The Straits Times selected nine types of surgical and reusable masks and put them through two tests. Working with lab experts from... » read more