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RTI Biologics Announces Agreement to Acquire Pioneer Surgical Technology
June 12, 2013 7:00 am | by Business Wire | News | CommentsRTI Biologics Inc., a leading provider of orthopedic and other biologic implants, announced today its intent to acquire privately held Pioneer® Surgical Technology (Pioneer), headquartered in Marquette, Mich. Pioneer is a leading medical technology company that manufactures and distributes metal and synthetic products in the orthopedics, biologics, spine, trauma and cardiothoracic markets.
Class I Medical Device Recall: Symbios GOPump and GOBlock Kits
June 12, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | News | CommentsThe affected products may have excessively high flow rates. As a result, medications could be delivered too quickly from the balloon to the surgical site and cause patient toxicity due to the rapid influx of medication. This can lead to serious illness...
Teleflex Acquires Innovative Technology for Laryngeal Masks and other Airway Management Devices
June 11, 2013 7:30 pm | by Business Wire | News | CommentsTeleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, today announced it has acquired the assets of Ultimate Medical and its affiliates. Ultimate Medical is a leading supplier and innovator of airway management devices with a portfolio of patented products and a full range of laryngeal mask airways.
Flame-Retardant Polymer Technology
June 11, 2013 5:41 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsThe Lubrizol Corporation announced the launch of a flame-retardant thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) product suitable for medical applications. Developed by Lubrizol LifeScience Polymers, this product is the first of its kind to feature high flame properties, low halogen content and a soft, matte or gloss finish.
Dual Entry Fume Hoods Feature Double Side Access
June 11, 2013 5:39 pm | by MDT Staff | HEMCO Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsThe unique design of the UniFlow Dual Entry Hood features safety glass sashes front and rear that allows observers a clear view as well as easy access to procedures. Ideal for schools and industrial where additional access is required. Fume Hood is equipped with a vapor proof light fixture and switch. All electrical components and services are UL and CSA listed.
Smallest Magnetic Latching Solenoid
June 11, 2013 5:31 pm | by MDT Staff | Johnson Electric (Usa) | Product Releases | CommentsJohnson Electric announced a new magnetic latching solenoid platform for compact locking mechanisms. Locks of all varieties including those found in vaults, safes, medical devices, data storage and industrial equipment require compact and powerful solenoids in electrically coded or biometric access systems.
Patented Alloy Provides Breakthrough Parts Characteristics and One-Step Parts Processing
June 11, 2013 5:21 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsBased on a scientific breakthrough developed at Caltech, the Department of Defense, and NASA, Liquidmetal Technologies has introduced an amorphous metal alloy that can be used in the production of highly complex parts via an efficient injection-molding process.
Improving the Reliability of Usability Evaluations
June 11, 2013 4:27 pm | by Linda Pellegrino, Senior Usability Specialist, and James Rudolph, Senior Designer, Farm | Blogs | CommentsIn this blog, we’ll explore challenges associated with conducting reliable usability evaluations and offer insights as to how to overcome these challenges. We’ll also discuss how to improve usability testing practices to ensure we are identifying the most important issues.
St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Approval of High-Voltage Devices with New Safety Features
June 11, 2013 4:05 pm | by Business Wire | News | CommentsSt. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its next-generation Ellipse™ and SJM Assura™ portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). The new devices are designed to lower the risk of lead abrasion and to ensure high-voltage therapy delivery.
Diagnostics: A Focus on Imaging, Portability, and Regulations
June 11, 2013 3:59 pm | by Kasey Panetta, Managing Editor, ECN | Articles | CommentsDiagnostic technology covers a broad range of equipment, tests, and medical fields, and recent advancements in technique and materials means that innovations are widespread and growing rapidly. Though economic conditions are preventing huge advancements in diagnostic imaging—if hospitals can’t afford the new technology, there is no point in designing it—the medical imaging community is focusing on refinement, rather than redesign.
Seapine Software Launches 2013 State of Medical Device Development Survey
June 11, 2013 2:08 pm | by Seapine Software | News | CommentsOver the next three months, Seapine Software will be polling medical device developers for its 2013 State of Medical Device Development Survey. The online survey will establish industry benchmarks and identify the challenges facing the development of new healthcare technologies.
Next-Generation Clot Retrieval Technology Improves Patient Outcomes vs. First- Generation Devices, Say Leading Stroke Physicians
June 11, 2013 11:59 am | by Covidien | News | CommentsCovidien brought together six of the world’s prominent thought-leaders in stroke at the 2013 European Stroke Conference. At a Covidien-sponsored symposium, the stroke experts presented and discussed data underscoring the benefits of endovascular therapy in treating acute ischemic stroke and, particularly, the important role that new devices play when this procedure is performed to remove blood clots from large vessels in the brain.
Study Shows Cardiac MRI Use Reduces Adverse Events for Patients with Acute Chest Pain
June 11, 2013 11:01 am | by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | News | CommentsWake Forest Baptist Medical Center doctors have found that using stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in an Emergency Department observation unit to care for patients with acute chest pain is a win-win - for the patient and the institution.
Heart to Heart: Cardiac PET/MR Measures Up To PET/CT
June 11, 2013 10:59 am | by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | News | CommentsJust a few years ago, integrated positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging was found only in research institutes, but little by little the technology has expanded into clinical practice. This is especially true for cardiac indications, for which the highly sensitive soft tissue contrast of MR and the functional and metabolic imaging of PET are particularly valuable.
Metabolic PET Imaging Provides Earlier Warning of Coronary Disease
June 11, 2013 10:56 am | by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | News | CommentsCoronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the world’s most prevalent and silent killers. Positron emission tomography (PET), which images miniscule abnormalities in cellular metabolism, can tip off clinicians about cardiac disasters waiting to happen—including sudden death from a heart attack—better than standard angiography, researchers revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s 2013 Annual Meeting.
