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AACR Opposes Bill to Exempt Cigars From FDA Regulation
May 1, 2013 9:00 am | by AACR | CommentsThe American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) formally issued letters to all members of the House of Representatives and the Senate urging them to oppose recently introduced legislation that would exempt many cigars from regulation. The FDA currently regulates cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own cigarette tobacco, and...
Guided Therapeutics’ LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan Clinical Trial Results to be Published in Journal, Gynecologic Oncology
May 1, 2013 8:05 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsNORCROSS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2013--Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB & OTCQB: GTHP) today announced that multi-center, clinical trial results for the LuViva® Advanced Cervical Scan are set to be published in an upcoming issue of Gynecologic Oncology, the official publication of the ...
PLC Systems Receives First European Patent for RenalGuard(R)
May 1, 2013 8:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsPLC Systems Inc. (OTCQB: PLCSF), a company focused on innovative medical device technologies, today announced it has been granted its first patent for RenalGuard® by the European Patent Office (EU Patent Number 2010268). This patent covers the core RenalGuard device and its redundant...
Elixir Medical Corporation to Announce Six-Month Results of the DESolve Fully Bioresorbable Coronary Scaffold System Pivotal Trial at Late Breaking Trial Session of EuroPCR
May 1, 2013 7:00 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsSUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2013--Elixir Medical Corporation, a developer of products that combine state-of-the-art medical devices with advanced pharmaceuticals, announced today that it will release six-month pivotal, clinical trial results for its fully bioresorbable drug-eluting...
Epocrates App is #1 Among U.S. Physicians, Again
May 1, 2013 6:47 am | by GlobeNewswire | CommentsEpocrates remains the dominant medical application on physicians' mobile devices in 2013. Epocrates, Inc., an athenahealth company, reigns as the digital health care leader in terms of app reach, according to the recently released Manhattan Research Taking the Pulse U.S. 2013 annual study of physicians' technology adoption and behavior.
Pre-Clinical Study and Initial Clinical Experience Highlight Potential Benefits of Hansen Medical's Robotic Technology in Treating Carotid Arteries
April 30, 2013 4:03 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsHansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the results from a recently published pre-clinical study describing potential benefits of Hansen Medical's robotic technology for the treatment of carotid arteries. The study results appeared in...
Femasys Launches FemCerv Endocervical Sampler, A Revolutionary Solution For Cervical Cancer Screening
April 30, 2013 2:25 pm | by PR Newswire | CommentsATLANTA, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Femasys Inc., a medical device developer of women's healthcare solutions, announced today the U.S. launch of the 510(k) cleared FemCerv™, an innovative endocervical curettage device. FemCerv is designed to collect a complete,...
2-Year-Old Girl Gets Windpipe Made from Stem Cells
April 30, 2013 2:04 pm | by Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer | CommentsA 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment. Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010.
MDI Achieve Announces Exclusive Partnership With Homecare Homebase
April 30, 2013 1:48 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsMDI Achieve, provider of MatrixCare, the market-leading, certified Electronic Health Record solution for the long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) continuum, today announced that MatrixCare will integrate with Homecare Homebase, the best in breed healthcare information solution for homecare and...
SonaCare Medical to Integrate SmartTarget Image Registration and Fusion Software from University College London into Industry Leading Prostate HIFU System
April 30, 2013 1:20 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsSonaCare Medical, a global leader in minimally invasive High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, and UCL Business PLC (UCLB), a leading technology transfer company that supports and commercializes research and innovations from UCL (University College London), today announced a...
Women Smokers May Have Greater Risk for Colon Cancer Than Men
April 30, 2013 1:00 pm | by AACR | CommentsSmoking increased the risk for developing colon cancer, and female smokers may have a greater risk than male smokers, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Organogenesis to Present Large Retrospective Comparative Effectiveness Analysis and Health Economic Data in Chronic Wound Healing at The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society Meeting
April 30, 2013 12:56 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsOrganogenesis Inc., a commercial leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it will present new Apligraf® comparative effectiveness data and chronic wound burden of illness economic analyses at the Symposium of Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) and Wound Healing Society (WHS) Meeting (SAWC Spring/WHS) held May 1-5, 2013...
InBreath Scaffold and Bioreactor Used in First U.S. Transplant of a Regenerated Trachea
April 30, 2013 12:12 pm | by Globe Newswire | CommentsHarvard Bioscience has announced that the InBreath tracheal scaffold and bioreactor system manufactured by Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc. (HART), its wholly owned regenerative medicine technology subsidiary, were used in the first successful transplant of a regenerated trachea in the United States.
Surgeons Perform First-Ever 'Blindfolded' Simulated Robotic Procedure
April 30, 2013 12:01 pm | by PRNewswire | CommentsDespite all of the advances in robotics, the ability to provide the operator of a robotic system with a sense of touch (haptics) still remains a significant problem. This is no more dramatically illustrated than in the use of robots in surgical procedures.
KCI Announces Global Rollout of Novel Skin Graft Harvesting Tool
April 30, 2013 10:45 am | by Kinetic Concepts | CommentsKinetic Concepts has announced that its CelluTome Epidermal Harvesting System will be showcased at a company-sponsored epidermal grafting education summit April 30–May 1 in Denver, Colo. More than 100 wound care providers will attend to discuss advancing outcomes of care with KCI medical technologies, including the new CelluTome Epidermal Harvesting System.
