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Premier Members to Benefit from Full Line of Market-Leading Masimo rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry Solutions with New Agreement
August 19, 2010 8:33 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsIRVINE, Calif., Aug. 19 /- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI ), the inventor of Masimo rainbow® Pulse CO-Oximetry™ , Masimo rainbow Acoustic Monitoring™ , and Masimo SET® Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry , announces an expanded supplier agreement that adds...
Leaders to Discuss Future of Healthcare and Technology on Aug. 24
August 19, 2010 8:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsEAU CLAIRE, Wis., Aug. 19 /- Leaders from healthcare, technology companies and academia will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 24, for a day-long session in the Chippewa Valley technology corridor. Participants will discuss how the use of technology and innovation can help overcome some of the...
Treatment with Elekta's Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion Introduced to Cancer Patients in Australia
August 19, 2010 8:32 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsSYDNEY and ATLANTA, Aug. 19 /- On August 3, Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) performed Australia's first Gamma Knife® surgery with its new Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™ system, making it the country's first and only center capable of providing dedicated intracranial...
Federal Register: Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests; Public Meeting; Reopening of the Comment Period
August 19, 2010 6:32 am | by U.S. Food & Drug Administration | CommentsThe FDA is reopening until September 15, 2010, the comment period for the notice that published in the Federal Register of Thursday, June 17, 2010 (75 FR 34463).
Stars Align for Historic Stand Up To Cancer Event
August 19, 2010 6:32 am | by AACR | CommentsLA & NYC (www.standup2cancer.org) – An extraordinary line-up of actors, musicians, athletes and journalists have banded together for Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), the groundbreaking initiative aimed at raising funds to accelerate innovative cancer research bringing new therapies to...
Protectus Medical Devices Appoints as Medical Director a Physician Surgeon With 20-Year Involvement in Senior Level Monitoring of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices
August 19, 2010 6:31 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsMINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19 /- Protectus Medical Devices, Inc. ("Protectus Medical Devices") (OTCQB: PTMD), a developer and marketer of innovative medical devices, today named physician/surgeon Dr. Dan Hartley as Medical Director. Dr. Hartley has vast experience in research and development in...
New Colorectal Cancer Screening Coverage to Drive US Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Device Market to Almost $2.2 Billion by 2014
August 19, 2010 6:31 am | by Bio-Medicine.Org | CommentsWALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 19 /- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, new coverage instituted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 will remove the financial disincentives associated with colorectal...
Zuni Holdings Reports 2010 Second Quarter Results
August 19, 2010 5:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsZuni Holdings Inc., formerly MTI Global Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ZNI.H) (the "Company"), today reported its financial results for the three month period ended June 30, 2010. The full text of the Company's Interim Financial Statements for the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2010 and Management's...
TSX denies Northstar Healthcare's request for waiver of shareholder approval
August 19, 2010 5:45 am | by The Associated Press | CommentsNorthstar Healthcare Inc. (TSX:NHC) has been dealt a setback in its efforts to secure much-needed financing from a former chief executive of the company.The Toronto-based health services provider had sought permission to go ahead with a $5-million private placement of its securities without...
Boston Scientific's Women's Health Products Featured in Studies at the Joint Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society and International Urogynecological Associat...
August 19, 2010 4:33 am | by Boston Scientific | CommentsNATICK, Mass., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that results from studies involving the Company's Women's Health products will be presented at the Joint Annual Meetin
Light-amplifying metamaterial created
August 18, 2010 10:33 pm | by I-Micronews | CommentsResearchers have overcome a fundamental obstacle in using new "metamaterials" for radical advances in optical technologies, including ultrapowerful microscopes and computers and a possible invisibility cloak.
Flir to buy advanced sensor maker
August 18, 2010 10:33 pm | by I-Micronews | CommentsThermal imaging systems manufacturer Flir Systems Inc. announced Monday that it will acquire sensor maker ICx Technologies Inc. for approximately $274 million.
VI Systems begins shipping circular VCSEL arrays
August 18, 2010 10:33 pm | by I-Micronews | CommentsVI Systems GmbH has released the first circular chip arrays of its vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) designed for wire- and flip-chip bonding.
Graphene Could Improve DNA Sequencing
August 18, 2010 10:32 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | CommentsThe atom-thick material may be ideal for a new sequencing technique.
World's largest neurosurgical society launches the specialty's first comprehensive global journal
August 18, 2010 5:38 pm | by EurekAlert | Comments(Elsevier) The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies representing more than 30,000 neurosurgeons, 114 individual societies and 100 nations has launched World Neurosurgery, the specialty's first publication acting as a global forum for not only high level peer-reviewed,...
