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Olive Medical Launches Affordable True HD Surgical Camera System

18 hours ago | News

Salt Lake City, UT – Olive Medical Corporation of Salt Lake City, UT officially unveiled the industry’s first surgical camera system to provide world-class surgical imaging at a fraction of the price of today’s leading MIS HD camera systems. Using a combination of superior technology...

Bovie Medical Corporation Receives 510 K Clearances to Market Patented J-Plasma Technology

Feb 2 | News

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bovie Medical Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced that the Company received 510k clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its J-Plasma™ handpiece...

Haldor Advanced Technologies Commercially Introduces the New ORLocate Surgical Instrument Tracking System to North America

Feb 2 | News

TEL AVIV, Israel & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Haldor Advanced Technologies announced today the commercial launch in North America of its ORLocate™ surgical instrument tracking and asset management system. ORLocate™ is the first commercially available system that uses...

NLT SPINE Receives 510(k) Clearance for Its Lumbar Interbody Fusion Device, PROW FUSION

Feb 2 | News

KFAR SABA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NLT SPINE, a developer of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS) products, today announced that its PROW FUSION™ device received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Solvay's Radel PPSU Replaces Acetal in Quick Coupling for Surgical Sterilization Unit

Feb 2 | News

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – LinkTech Quick Couplings, a leading global supplier of quick couplings and valves based in Ventura, Calif., has expanded its product line, offering a new quick coupling made of Radel® polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) resin from Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC...

Emory University Study Reveals Silicone Breast Implant Device Significantly Reduces Contamination

Feb 2 | News

STUART, Fla./PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Aesthetic Surgery Journal published an article by Emory University researchers on an FDA Class 1 device used in the delivery of silicone gel implants. Researchers found the Keller Funnel™ developed by Stuart, Florida based Keller Medical Inc...

Baxter Announces FDA Approval of Expanded Indication for TISSEEL [Fibrin Sealant] for General Hemostasis in Surgery

Jan 31 | News

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxter International Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TISSEEL [Fibrin Sealant] to include general hemostasis in surgery when control of bleeding by standard surgical techniques is ineffective or impractical.

Concept Group’s Shaped Vacuum Protects Patients During Cryosurgery

Jan 30 | News

WEST BERLIN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surgeons have long known that extreme cold temperature can destroy tumors and other unhealthy tissue. Ideally, such cold would be delivered by cryosurgical probe, to avoid the need for major invasive surgery. But how could surgeons maneuver...

Medtronic Launches New Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Products Through Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Miami Instruments

Jan 30 | News

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Miami Instruments, LLC – a company focused on the design of innovative surgical instruments for minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) procedures...

UF cardiologists, surgeons team up to offer life-extending procedure

Jan 27 | News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For patients who have severe narrowing of the aortic valve, a condition known as aortic stenosis, standard treatment is surgical replacement of the damaged valve. But advanced age or medical problems such as lung disease prevent many of those patients from...

Atlanta Medical Center Selects RF Detection Technology for the Prevention of Retained Surgical Items

Jan 25 | News

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RF Surgical Systems, Inc., the market leader in retained surgical item (RSI) detection, today announced that Atlanta Medical Center, a Level 1 Trauma Center based in Atlanta, Ga., has selected the RF Assure™ Detection System for use...

Cook Medical Renews Contract with Premier Healthcare Alliance, Extends Pricing Agreements on Specialty Urology Products for More than 2,500 U.S. Hospitals

Jan 24 | News

Bloomington, Ind. – Hospitals around the country have three more years of access to a specialty urology agreement with an extensive line of specialty urology products at special pricing after Cook Medical and the Premier healthcare alliance renewed their contract to provide Cook’s urology products...

Appeals Court Will Consider Patent Infringement Case En Banc

Jan 24 | News

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) will rehear en banc HemCon's appeal of the patent infringement case brought by Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc.

FzioMed Receives CE Mark for DYNAVISC Gel

Jan 24 | News

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FzioMed, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received CE Mark approval to market DYNAVISC® adhesion barrier gel in Europe for tendon and peripheral nerve surgery. DYNAVISC is a clear, absorbable gel supplied ready-to-use...

Medtronic Announces 510(k) Clearance for the Aquamantys SBS 5.0 Sheathed Bipolar Sealer for Spine Surgery

Jan 24 | News

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic, Inc. announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Aquamantys® SBS 5.0 Sheathed Bipolar Sealer, a new addition to the spine portfolio of the company’s Advanced Energy business.

VasoStitch Completes Successful In Vivo Study of Its Breakthrough Access-and-Closure System for Nonsurgical Deployment of Transcatheter Therapies

Jan 24 | News

DANVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VasoStitch, a start-up medical technology company, announced today that it has successfully completed its first in vivo study of its percutaneous access-and-closure system for the nonsurgical deployment of large-diameter transcatheter therapeutic devices...

Gore Receives First FDA Approval for Endovascular Repair of Traumatic Aortic Transections

Jan 20 | News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Conformable GORE® TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis for endovascular repair of isolated lesions of the descending thoracic aorta...

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