May 18 | News
Surgeons using endoscopy to stalk pathology know that sharper views
enhance treatments and improve patients' outcomes. But until now,
high-definition endocams have been too expensive for many physicians in private
offices or ambulatory surgery centers.
Richard Wolf...
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May 18 | News
Devon Medical Products,
a global medical device manufacturer and distributor, today announced PKUcare
BeiYi Pharmaceutical Co. (PKU) as a strategic distribution partner in the
People’s Republic of China.
Under the agreement, PKU will distribute...
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May 18 | News
Xavant Technology, a medical device company specializing in
the development and manufacturing of nerve stimulators, has launched a
breakthrough nerve stimulator, the Stimpod NMS450.
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May 15 | News
A first of its kind assessment system has been developed by
a team of researchers to more reliably predict whether surgeons are ready to
operate on patients using the da Vinci robot. The new technology, called
MScore, provides more precise analysis of actual surgical performance...
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May 14 | News
A robotic system can
safely assist interventional cardiologists in performing percutaneous coronary
interventions (PCI) while significantly reducing the physician's exposure to
radiation and improving precision and control, according to results of the
PRECISE study...
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May 10 | News
ActiViews, Inc, a
company pioneering the development of simple, accurate, and cost-effective
surgical navigation solutions, announced today the first successful procedure
in the United States
with CT-Guide™ navigation. The procedure was performed by Sebastian Flacke, M.D., Ph.D...
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May 10 | News
Welcome relief for millions of men and women dealing with one of the
most exercise and diet-resistant problem areas – “belly fat” – as
CoolSculpting, developed by ZELTIQ® Aesthetics, Inc., a medical
technology company, is now cleared by the U.S. FDA...
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May 4 | News
Sound
Interventions, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the company's
First-In-Human clinical trial to treat resistant hypertension.
The study was performed by Dr. Petr Neuzil and a team of
cardiologists at Holmolka Hospital in Prague,
Czech Republic.
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May 4 | News
Far from scaring patients away from breast enhancement, the
scandal over substandard silicone in French breast implants preceded a spike in
European sales for at least one U.S.
company.
Far from chilling the breast aesthetics market, the
widespread breast implant recall...
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May 3 | News
Zygmunt Pizlo and his research team glide across a parquet
dance floor - not in some club for a night on the town, but in his Purdue
University Visual Perception Lab as part of critical research for a technology
that is ready to be licensed and commercialized.
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May 3 | News
New Product for Underserved Market Expected to Provide Opportunities for Entire Galt Product Line BUFORD, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2012-- Theragenics Corporation(R) (NYSE: TGX), a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, today announced...
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May 2 | News
It’s not science
fiction: Patients who need surgery for everything from prostate cancer to sleep
apnea today face a strong likelihood that the operating team will include a
robot. Quantum International Corp. is working hard to deliver
robots capable of surgical precision...
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May 1 | News
Cohera Medical, Inc.®, a leading innovator and developer of
absorbable surgical adhesives and sealants, today announced the treatment of
the first patient in a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial for
its lead product, TissuGlu® Surgical Adhesive in the United States.
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Apr 30 | News
Patients who have already gone a round with the implanted EndoBarrier
weight-loss management implant can double-dip without procedural
consequences, according to a new study. In a study of 19 obese patients who had previously implanted...
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Apr 27 | News
An incisionless, implantable antiobesity medical device from
EndoSphere has received the CE Mark, which signifies European regulatory
approval.
EndoSphere’s device, called the Satisphere, works by slowing
the passage of food through the duodenum...
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Apr 27 | News
Varian and Siemens sign global radiosurgery collaboration
deal; Bausch & Lomb eyes new devices; Keir Surgical signs an exclusive
distribution with Viking Systems; Fluoptics lands in Cambridge, Mass.; NxStage
CEO Burbank sheds 9.2k shares; and Baxter finalizes buyout...
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Apr 27 | News
Asahi Kasei Corporation,
Japan’s leading diversified chemical manufacturer with businesses in the health
care, chemicals & fibers, homes & construction materials, and
electronics sectors, announced today the successful completion of its
acquisition of ZOLL Medical Corporation...
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