Daxor Announces St. Francis Hospital of Wilmington, DE Purchases Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 17, 2008) - Daxor Corporation (AMEX: DXR), a medical
instrumentation and biotechnology company, today announced the sale of a
Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100® to St. Francis Hospital of Wilmington,
Delaware.
As the only full-service hospital in the City of Wilmington, St. Francis is
a tremendous resource and provides invaluable services to the Wilmington
community. St. Francis Hospital, a member of Catholic Health East under
the sponsorship of Hope ministries, has remained committed to providing
quality care and has invested in both revenue generating programs and
growth initiatives over the past several years. A recently completed
multi-year, $17 million capital campaign resulted in a new state-of-the-art
Heart Center, an Emergency Department 60% larger than before, renovated
facilities, new equipment and enhanced medical programs.
Daxor's Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100 will be located within St. Francis'
Nuclear Medicine Department. The BVA-100 will be utilized to diagnose and
treat blood volume abnormalities that often occur in patients with
hypertension, heart failure, syncope, anemia, and for pre and post-surgical
testing.
The BVA-100 is the only FDA approved diagnostic device of its kind, which
can be used by physician offices, diagnostic centers, small to large
hospitals and university medical centers to determine a patient's measured
and ideal blood volume. By providing the latest technology in blood volume
measurement, St. Francis continues its commitment to technological
excellence.
Other nationally renowned hospitals which have purchased the BVA-100 Blood
Volume Analyzer are The Mayo Clinic, The Cleveland Clinic, and New York
University Medical Center. Daxor Corporation manufactures and markets the
BVA-100, a semi-automated Blood Volume Analyzer. The BVA-100 is used in
conjunction with Volumex, Daxor's single use diagnostic kit. For more
information regarding Daxor Corporation's Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100,
visit Daxor's website www.Daxor.com.