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| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST Abbott Receives U.S. FDA Approval For New Cataract Multifocal Intraocular Lens Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the TECNIS® Multifocal 1-Piece intraocular lens (IOL) for cataract patients with and without presbyopia. Intraocular lenses are implanted in a patient's eye after the removal of the natural lens that has become clouded by a cataract... Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST Genomatix Gives A Hand In The Analysis Of Wayne State's Sequencing Projects The C.S... Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST Saving Lives One Breath At A Time The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has completed a project to help a UK company diagnose medical conditions through monitoring patients' breath. Bedfont Scientific Ltd is one of the market leaders in developing personal diagnostic gas sensors for the medical market... Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PST Research Streamlines Data Processing To Solve Problems More Efficiently Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new analytical method that opens the door to faster processing of large amounts of information, with applications in fields as diverse as the military, medical diagnostics and homeland security... Click here to read this news article. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST Also In Global Health News: Leishmaniasis Treatment; China's National Health Plan; Zimbabwe Food Security; HIV/AIDS Spending In India Heating Device Effectively Treats Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Study Says "A heating device that uses radio frequency energy to heat parasites and kill them could provide a new way to treat ... cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, military researchers reported Monday," the Los Angeles Times' blog "Booster Shots" reports... Click here to read this news article. |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST Elevated Levels Of Cobalt And Chromium Found In Offspring Of Moms With Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Women with metal-on-metal hip implants, where both the ball of the joint and the surface of the socket are made of metal, pass metal ions to their offspring during pregnancy, according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The ions are the result of wear and corrosion as the metal parts rub against one another... Click here to read this news article. |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:00:00 PST Carnegie Mellon Initiative To Commercialize Quality Of Life Technologies Boosted By NSF Grant An already promising initiative to assist start-up firms that commercialize technologies associated with the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center is now expanding thanks to a three-year, $1.5 million Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers... Click here to read this news article. |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST NxStage Announces New FREEDOM Data Showing The Positive Impact Of Its Daily Home Hemodialysis Therapy On Sleep Quality And Restless Legs Syndrome Booths # 23-25 at the Annual Dialysis Conference -- NxStage Medical, Inc... Click here to read this news article. |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST Axis Surgical Technologies, Inc. Received 510(k) Clearance For The C-MOR(TM) Visualization Device Axis Surgical Technologies, Inc., announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market their C-MOR? Visualization Device for use in diagnostic and operative arthroscopic and endoscopic procedures... Click here to read this news article. |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST FDA Clears The Fenwal Amicus(R) Separator System For Collecting Platelets In New Additive Solution Fenwal, Inc., a global medical technology company focused on improving blood collection, separation, safety and availability, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Fenwal 510(k) clearance to market its Amicus® blood cell separator for collecting human platelets stored in InterSol® platelet additive solution (PAS 3)... Click here to read this news article. |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST ThermalTherapeutic Systems Announces FDA Clearance Of The VERATHERM(TM) Portable Hyperthermic Perfusion System ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Inc. announced that the FDA has cleared the company to market its VERATHERM? Portable Hyperthermic Perfusion System effective immediately... Click here to read this news article. |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST Heat Therapy Shown Effective In Treating Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Among U.S. Soldiers In Iraq A single session of heat therapy using the Thermomed? device appears to be as effective as a 10-day intravenous course of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) for the treatment of Leishmania major skin lesions, according to a new study by Naomi Aronson and her colleagues at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC)... Click here to read this news article. |
| Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST The Active Handrest: High-Tech Handrest For Precise Tasks By Surgeons, Machinists, Artists University of Utah engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and with less fatigue... Click here to read this news article. |
| Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST Stentys Self-expanding Stent Receives CE Marking To Treat Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Medical device pioneer Stentys announced that it has received CE Marking for its self-expanding and disconnectable stent to treat acute coronary syndrome (ACS)... Click here to read this news article. |
| Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST Pain Relief For Osteoarthritis Provided By Electromagnetic Pulses Electromagnetic pulses significantly decrease pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, according to Henry Ford Hospital researchers... Click here to read this news article. |
| Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST Adaptable To The Patient, The Clinician And The Procedure South London Healthcare NHS Trust is now benefiting from advanced diagnostic CT with the installation of a SOMATOM® Definition AS from Siemens Healthcare at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup. The 64-slice CT is highly adaptable to the patient, the clinician and the task at hand. It is being used at the hospital for a range of general scanning needs, particularly oncology... Click here to read this news article. |
| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST First Use Of Innovative "IRE" On Pancreatic Tumor A new procedure for treating pancreatic and liver cancers using electrical fields to poke holes in tumors was used for the first time anywhere to fight pancreatic cancer at Stony Brook University Medical Center by Kevin Watkins, M.D., Chief of the Upper Gastrointestinal and General Oncologic Surgery Group... Click here to read this news article. |
| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:00 PST ReShape Medical Announces Initiation Of U.S. Clinical Study For Weight Loss ReShape Medical?, Inc. announced that it has initiated a U.S. Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study to assess the safety and effectiveness of its non-surgical, dual-balloon device for weight loss. The ReShape Balloons are designed to be a treatment for the millions who want support with weight loss, without the invasiveness of surgery... Click here to read this news article. |
| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST CaridianBCT Receives 510(k) Clearance On Latest Version Of Trima Accel Automated Blood Collection System CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic apheresis and cell therapy systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies announced it has received 510(k) clearance for the Trima Accel® Automated Blood Collection System Version 6... Click here to read this news article. |
| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST Tantaline Gains Approval From FDA Tantaline®, the world's leading producer of surface alloys for valves, fittings, instrumentation, and custom products in highly corrosive and/or hot acid environments, announced that it has been approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA approval was granted to Tantaline's tantalum surface alloy material... Click here to read this news article. |
| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST SDI Reports: Nearly A Third Of Physicians Use Handheld And Smartphone Devices To Access Medical Information According to SDI's Mobile & Social Media Study: Physicians' Views of Emerging Technology, approximately 30% of physicians access medical information using a handheld device or smartphone. The most popular handheld device or smartphone is the Apple iPhone, with 31% of respondents owning one... Click here to read this news article. |
| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST Freedom? Driver System Receives CE Mark To Power SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart In Europe On March 4, SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest? Total Artificial Heart, announced that its new Freedom? driver system has received the CE Mark to power the Total Artificial Heart in Europe. "The new Freedom driver is the first wearable portable driver for powering the Total Artificial Heart," said Rodger Ford, president and CEO of SynCardia... Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:00 PST Detecting Brain Tumors Earlier With One Scan Next generation technology is set to revolutionize medical imaging by enabling earlier detection of brain tumors with one scan, improving the diagnosis and therapy of cancer, and increasing patient throughput in hospitals, according to news of a pioneering UK project... Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST FDA Provides 510k Clearance For BARRX Medical's HALO90 Ablation Catheter For The Treatment Of Radiation Proctitis And Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia BARRX Medical, Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its HALO90 Ablation Catheter for the treatment of Radiation Proctitis (RP) and Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE). Both conditions are diseases of the gastrointestinal tract associated with chronic bleeding and the need for blood transfusions... Click here to read this news article. |
| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST Novo Nordisk Receives FDA Approval For Norditropin® FlexPro® For Growth Hormone Treatment Novo Nordisk announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Norditropin® FlexPro® (somatropin [rDNA origin] injection), a pre-filled injection pen to be used by children and adults with growth hormone disorders. It will be available in the second quarter... Click here to read this news article. |
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