SAVING LIVES WITH SCIENCE.

The article reports on technologies used in U.S. hospitals. The Anne Arundel Medical Center has the Total Room Ultraviolet Disinfector portable robot to disinfect hospital rooms using ultraviolet light. Inova Alexandria Hospital was the first in the U.S. to enroll a patient for the SEATTLE II clinical trial which combines high frequency ultrasound and a blood clot medication. Suburban Hospital cardiothoracic director Keith Horvath developed the laser transmyocardial revascularization procedure.