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Sorin Group Receives Conditional FDA Approval to Conduct IDE Clinical Trial for Perceval (TM) S Sutureless Aortic Valve in the United States
April 29, 2013 10:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMILAN, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 29, 2013--Sorin Group, (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Investigational Device Exemption...
New Device Could Make Diagnosis as Simple as Breathing
April 29, 2013 9:54 am | by University of Cambridge | News | CommentsA range of diseases and conditions, from asthma to liver disease, could be diagnosed and monitored quickly and painlessly just by breathing, using gas sensing technology developed by a Cambridge spin-out. The highly sensitive, low-power, low-cost infrared emitter developed by Cambridge CMOS Sensors
Bayer to Pay $1.1B for California Firm Conceptus
April 29, 2013 9:26 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGerman drug company Bayer AG says it has agreed to buy California-based Conceptus for around $1.1 billion to expand the kinds of birth control it offers. Bayer said Monday it would launch a public offer to pay $31.00 per share for all the stock in Conceptus, Inc., which is based in Mountain View.
Hospitals See Surge of Superbug-Fighting Products
April 29, 2013 9:24 am | by Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThey sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' that are hard to treat. The rise of these superbugs, along with increased pressure from the government and insurers, is driving hospitals to try all sorts of new approaches to stop their spread.
athenahealth Hosts Health Care Hack-a-Thon
April 29, 2013 8:45 am | by GlobeNewswire | News | Commentsathenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health record (EHR), practice management, and care coordination, in partnership with MIT's H@cking Medicine, invites the health care, technology and scientific communities to participate in a Hack-a-Thon on May 4 and 5 at athenahealth's headquarters in Watertown, Mass.
Spine Wave Announces U.S. FDA's 510K Clearance of the StaXx(R) IB System, an Intervertebral Body Fusion Device
April 29, 2013 8:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSpine Wave, Inc. a privately held medical device company committed to the development and delivery of high-quality innovative medical devices for the treatment of spinal disorders, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration to...
UK Hospitals Order All Varian TrueBeam Radiotherapy Systems Offered Under Government Stimulus Program
April 29, 2013 8:00 am | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsCRAWLEY, U.K., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals in London and Dorset have acquired the final two of ten advanced Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) radiotherapy treatment machines offered as part of an innovative government program to roll out the most modern cancer...
Teleflex Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Next Generation Vascular Positioning System®
April 29, 2013 7:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsLIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 29, 2013--Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, announces that its ARROW ® VPS G4 ™ Device has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ARROW...
King Fahd Hospital of the University of Damman Chooses Nuance’s Advanced Speech Recognition
April 29, 2013 5:47 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsKHOBAR, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 29, 2013--Emerging Technologies announced today that Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd University Hospital is to implement the Nuance Healthcare Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition hospital-wide in a bid to deliver a truly 21 st century healthcare experience. ...
Class I Medical Device Recall: Hospira Inc., GemStar Infusion System, Lithium Battery - Low Voltage
April 29, 2013 12:00 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | News | CommentsWhen the GemStar Lithium battery voltage level drops below 2.4 volts, an "11/004" error is displayed and the device is rendered inoperable. This failure mode results in a delay/interruption of therapy. Additionally, infusion settings and event history logs will be erased as a result of this device malfunction.
Stainless Steel Couplings Provide Twice the Torque Capacity
April 26, 2013 4:54 pm | by MDT Staff | Helical Products Co. | Product Releases | CommentsHelical’s 17-4PH stainless steel couplings are ideal when high strength, excellent fatigue resistance and high torsional stiffness are called for in an application. Helical is the only company offering a standard product line of beam couplings made of 17-4PH stainless steel.
Co-Diagnostics Inc. Acquires Suite of Technologies from DNA Logix
April 26, 2013 4:50 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 26, 2013--Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a specialist in personalized medicine and clinical diagnostics, has entered into an agreement with DNA Logix, a leader in the development of molecular diagnostic assays, to acquire certain technologies for genetic analysis in the...
Enhanced Roboshot All-Electric Injection Molding Machine
April 26, 2013 3:33 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsMilacron Plastics Technologies, a worldwide supplier of plastics-processing technologies, continues to offer the enhanced and top-selling Roboshot all-electric injection molding machine. New improvements to the machine offer customers unprecedented flexibility in their molding process.
Non-Phthalate Plasticizer Portfolio
April 26, 2013 3:20 pm | by MDT Staff | Eastman Chemical Company | Product Releases | CommentsEastman Chemical Company today announced it will expand its non-phthalate plasticizer portfolio with the addition of Eastman 168 SG (sensitive grade) non-phthalate plasticizer. Eastman 168 SG non-phthalate plasticizer is an enhanced grade of the industry-leading Eastman 168 non-phthalate plasticizer.
Spanish Group Patents an Automatic Suture System for Colon Cancer Operations
April 26, 2013 3:08 pm | by Plataforma SINC | News | CommentsThe Spanish research center Innotex has developed a device that enables automatic suturing of the large intestine after being sectioned during cancer colon surgery. The novelty of the system, called Insewing, is that it allows the use of absorbable suture material instead of metallic staples which are currently used and could cause intestinal stiffness and obstruction.
