Hitachi Begins Shipping Latest User-Friendly ALS Communications Device.Tokyo, Japan, Nov 8, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Hitachi announced on November 7 that its Ubiquitous Platform Systems Group has commercialized an improved version of Den-no-Shin, its proprietary device to facilitate communications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (ā'mīətrōf`ik, sklĭrō`sĭs) or motor neuron disease, (ALS Als (äls), Ger. Alsen, island, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, in the Lille Bælt, separated from the mainland by the narrow Alensund. ) patients. Improvements have been made to the screen and e-mail functionality, and the laptop device also delivers improved usability. The latest model will be available from Hitachi Keiyo Engineering & Systems on November 8. One system sells for 2,500,000 yen ($21,500). Hitachi has to date shipped 3,000 ALS communications devices. Source: JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) http://www.japancorp.net Copyright [c] 2005 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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