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Presbia Announces the Appointment of Jake Vander Zanden as Chief Commercial Officer
February 19, 2013 10:44 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsIRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--Presbia, a medical device company and leader in near vision restoration, announced today the appointment of Jake Vander Zanden as Chief Commercial Officer. Bringing more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Mr. Vander Zanden will be...
Terumo Interventional Systems Targets Growth With New Focus on U.S. Urology Specialty
February 19, 2013 10:30 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTerumo Interventional Systems, a business unit of Terumo Medical Corporation, today announced the launch of a new, dedicated group focused on direct sales, marketing, support and distribution of key products to the urological specialty beginning April 1, 2013. The move is part of the...
Wearable Small Hand Held Enclosures
February 19, 2013 10:27 am | by MDT Staff | Okw Enclosures, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsOKW has extended its advanced ERGO-CASE enclosures system with six new smaller size ‘XS’ models. The new models are ideal for compact hand held electronic devices, and have an ergonomically contoured design which is very comfortable to hold or wear.
Customize Position Sensor Output with Programmable Hall Device
February 19, 2013 10:23 am | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsBEI Sensors introduces the Programmable Hall Device (PHD), an easy way to take control of customizing the output of BEI Hall effect sensors. This compact programming unit interfaces between a PC and BEI Hall effect sensors...
EMH Healthcare Goes Live with Capsule’s Mobile Device Integration Solution
February 19, 2013 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--Capsule Tech, Inc., the leading provider of medical device connectivity solutions, today announced that EMH Healthcare, Elyria, Ohio has gone live on Mobile Vitals Plus (MVP) in its medical surgery unit. MVP is the portable version of Capsule’s...
Cardiovascular Systems to Present Three-Year Orbit I Coronary Data at 2013 Cardiovascular Research Technologies Conference
February 19, 2013 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsST. PAUL, Minn., & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI) (Nasdaq:CSII), will present three-year data from its ORBIT I study of coronary artery disease (CAD) in a poster session at the 2013 Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) conference in...
Medtronic's Q3 Sales, Earnings Rise
February 19, 2013 8:17 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsMedtronic posted profit and sales gains during its fiscal 3rd quarter this morning, eating Wall Street analysts' earnings expectations along the way. The Fridley, Minn.-based company, which is the world's largest pure-play medical device company, said profits were up 5.7% on sales growth of 2.8% for the 3 months ended Jan. 25.
Fixes 4 Kids Inc. Launches E-Fix/E-Thotic for Treating Supracondylar Fractures
February 19, 2013 8:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--Fixes 4 Kids, Inc. will launch its E-Fix Supracondylar Humerus Fracture Reduction and Pinning System (E-Fix) and E-Thotic perioperative orthosis (E-Thotic), the first system designed to treat supracondylar (distal humerus) fractures in children, at...
Terumo Medical Corporation Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Vascular Solutions And Lepu Medical Technology Company
February 19, 2013 7:31 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTerumo Medical Corporation (Terumo), today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Vascular Solutions Inc. and Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey. The complaint alleges that R BandT Radial Hemostasis Device ...
N.J. Doc Admits to Collecting $100K in Imaging Kickbacks
February 19, 2013 7:29 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsNew Jersey cardiologist Dr. Shashi Agarway last week admitted to collecting more than $100,000 in kickbacks for referring patients for imaging diagnostic exams. Agarway pleaded guilty to referring patients for MRI and computed tomography scanning at Orange Community MRI in exchange for cash.
Sorin Group Announces the Acquisition of Alcard
February 19, 2013 3:30 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--Sorin Group (MIL:SRN) (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today the acquisition of Alcard Industria Mecanica Ltda (“Alcard”), a Brazilian leading manufacturer of medical...
Toshiba’s Advanced CT Helps Reduce Radiation Dose for Safer Exams
February 19, 2013 3:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--To make exams faster, safer and more comfortable for patients, Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., installed the Aquilion™ PRIME 160 CT system from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., featuring AIDR 3D dose reduction software. Emerson Hospital uses...
Theorem Clinical Research’s ‘Little Advisor’ Site-Level Reference Booklet for Medical Device Trials Now Available in French and German
February 19, 2013 2:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsKING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--Medical device expert Theorem Clinical Research has re-released its “Little Advisor” booklet into French and German. The booklet is an easy-to-read, site-level reference booklet about the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...
FDA Consumer Update: Kids Have Problem With Medical Product?
February 19, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | News | CommentsConsumers can play a critical role in helping the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assure children's access to safe medical products. Reporting to FDA such adverse events as unexpected, serious side effects, accidental exposure, and product quality...
The Bank Where Doctors Can Stash Your Genome
February 19, 2013 12:00 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsGenomic sequencing might be more common in medicine if doctors had a simple way to send for the test and keep track of the data. That’s the hope of Coriell Life Sciences in Camden, New Jersey, a startup that grew out of a partnership between the Coriell Institute for Medical Research and IBM.
