Diagnostics
A*STAR and Veredus Laboratories Create Market's First Lab-on-Chip for the Detection of Multiple Tropical Infectious Diseases
April 25, 2013 3:01 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Veredus Laboratories, a leading supplier of innovative molecular diagnostic tools, announced the launch of VereTrop, the first biochip in the molecular diagnostics market that can identify 13 different major tropical diseases from...
Under the Skin, a Tiny Laboratory
April 24, 2013 9:55 pm | by I-Micronews | News | CommentsHumans are veritable chemical factories - we manufacture thousands of substances and transport them, via our blood, throughout our bodies. Some of these substances can be used as indicators of our health status. A team of EPFL scientists has developed a tiny device that can analyze the concentration of these substances in the blood.
Virtual Imaging for the Medical Industry
April 24, 2013 5:07 pm | by Bruce Ridley, Vice President, eMagin Corporation | Articles | CommentsWhile virtual imaging technology has permeated other industries such as entertainment and military, it has yet to make a significant impact in medical. However, as newer, more advanced capabilities are introduced, designers may take advantage of this offering more often. This article looks at virtual imaging for medical device applications.
UIC Building $3.4M Bioscience Research Facility
April 24, 2013 2:50 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsOfficials have announced a new $3.4 million bioscience research facility at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The 12,000-square-foot facility is being built with state capital funds and money from UIC. Gov. Pat Quinn and UIC officials announced the facility on Wednesday at the proposed site.
NeuroMetrix to Partner with Omron Healthcare for Distribution of NC-stat DPNCheck in Japan
April 24, 2013 11:32 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 24, 2013--NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NURO), a medical device company focused on the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), announced that it had entered into an agreement with Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. to be the exclusive distributor for NC-stat ®...
Sensor System to Assess the Effects of Explosions on Soldiers
April 24, 2013 9:59 am | by T.J. Becker, Georgia Tech | News | CommentsImprovised explosive devices (IEDs) are becoming a global problem for the U.S. armed forces. To prevent injuries to soldiers and provide better care to those who are injured, the U.S. military is striving to better understand how blasts impact the human body.
Questions over Gene Patents Shake Diagnostics Industry
April 24, 2013 12:00 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsAt this week’s Biotechnology Industry Organization show in Chicago, a panel of law experts bemoaned the recent Supreme Court hearings on whether individual genes can be patented, saying there was no sign that anyone involved in the case truly understood the technology or the business implications of their arguments.
Hundreds of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools in First Animal Biopsies
April 23, 2013 4:36 pm | by Phil Sneiderman, Johns Hopkins University | News | CommentsBy using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, Johns Hopkins engineers and physicians say they have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could provide a more effective way to access narrow conduits in the body as well as find early signs of cancer or other diseases.
Diaxonhit Wins a Major Public Tender from the Paris Hospitals
April 23, 2013 11:40 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsPARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2013--Regulatory News: Diaxonhit (Paris:ALEHT), the leading French provider of specialty diagnostic solutions, won through its marketing subsidiary InGen, a major tender from the AGEPS, the Paris Hospitals’ (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, AP-HP) central...
Stanford Researchers Develop New Method to Assess Options for Heart-Disease Surgery
April 23, 2013 10:36 am | by Stanford University Medical Center | News | CommentsResearchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a method of predicting which patients with heart disease would benefit more from surgery and which would benefit more from angioplasty. Drawing on Medicare records of more than 100,000 patients with heart disease, the team demonstrated that the effectiveness of coronary bypass surgery varied widely based on each individual's characteristics.
Technology Transforms Health Care
April 23, 2013 10:23 am | by Florida Science Communications | News | CommentsThe current special issue of Technology and Innovation – Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors, devoted to studies on medical technology and health care delivery, focuses on a wide range of topics, from new technologies to reduce the cost of health care to understanding the human microbiome.
Making Sense of Medical Sensors
April 23, 2013 9:19 am | by Larry Hardesty, MIT | News | CommentsWith the recent launch of MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT News examines research with the potential to reshape medicine and health care through new scientific knowledge, novel treatments and products, better management of medical data, and improvements in health-care delivery.
3v07 Medical Advertising Introduces Social Anthropology Product
April 23, 2013 9:17 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsLAGUNA BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2013--Healthcare advertising is seeing more medical device companies going direct to consumers thanks to the effectiveness of the Internet in reaching people looking for answers online to their medical conditions. This has made it important for...
Neusoft Medical Launches New Products to Global Market at 2013 Spring CMEF
April 23, 2013 5:00 am | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsSHENYANG, China, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. ("Neusoft Medical"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Neusoft Corporation (SSE: 600718), today announced the launch of a variety of new products to the global market in the categories of CT, digital X-ray,...
Electrophysiology Devices Market Worth US$4.4 billion by 2015
April 22, 2013 12:36 pm | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsDALLAS, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- "Global Electrophysiology (EP) Devices- Market Growth Analysis, 2009-2015" and "Electrophysiology (EP) Devices – Emerging Markets (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa And South Korea), 2009-2015" are new reports available at RnR...
Healthcare's First Direct Contracting Market Launches Today; Will Offer Mutually Beneficial Approach for Hospitals and Suppliers
April 22, 2013 9:00 am | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsIRVING, Texas, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today aptitude announced the launch of the healthcare industry's first online direct contracting market, a one-stop destination designed to complement a hospital's existing contracting model or provide an alternative for those looking...
FORUM® Viewer App Makes Diagnostic Patient Data Available for Mobile Use
April 20, 2013 2:53 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsDUBLIN, Calif. & JENA, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 20, 2013--Carl Zeiss Meditec announces the USA release of the new FORUM Viewer App. It provides doctors access to images and reports from the broad range of ZEISS and third-party diagnostic devices that can be stored in FORUM.
Quantel Medical Announces Two New Ultrasound Probes at ASCRS
April 20, 2013 8:00 am | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsSAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantel Medical today announced the introduction of two new diagnostic ultrasound probes to their flagship ultrasound platform, Aviso™, at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting. The new probes offer...
Photos of the Day: The CAVE for Design
April 19, 2013 9:50 am | by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | News | CommentsThe new CAVE system is currently being used in applications related to the visualization of museum pieces, cooperative ship design and medicine, although its sphere of application is broader still, covering industrial design, visualization of simulation results, molecular design, architecture and urbanism, archaeology and the study of monuments, and geonavigation.
A New High-Performance Cave with Gesture Recognition
April 19, 2013 9:47 am | by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | News | CommentsThe Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya has built a new multi-projector CAVE, an immersive virtual reality system that is a pioneering design at world level, and it is adaptable and based on widely available consumer electronics and computer technology.
Addressing LOC Product Development from the Systems Side
April 18, 2013 10:33 am | by Tim Bowe, CEO, Foliage | Foliage | Articles | CommentsThe rapid introduction of Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) technology is accelerating the move to Point-of-Care Testing (POCT). However, many companies are finding that perfecting LOC technology is only part of building a viable business model. The need for a complete system approach is a prerequisite to broad and rapid market adoption. The options for building a complete system are complex, confusing, and sometimes conflicting.
Neuralstem CEO, Richard Garr, To Participate In Traumatic Brain Injury Panel At BIO International Convention
April 18, 2013 9:15 am | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsROCKVILLE, Md., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) announced that CEO and President, Richard Garr, will take part in a comprehensive Bio Maryland panel, introduced by Lt. Governor, Anthony Brown, on Maryland's leadership in traumatic brain injury...
LifeMap Sciences Announces Publication of Research Report Describing the MalaCards Database of Human Diseases
April 18, 2013 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 18, 2013--LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), announced today that its MalaCards database has been recognized in a published paper by the Weizmann Institute of Science research group under the supervision of Prof. Doron...
Hand-Held Device Provides Lab-Quality Troponin Test Results in 15 Minutes to Identify Patients Suspected of Heart Attack
April 18, 2013 8:31 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSilicon BioDevices, based in Berkeley, Calif., today presented the results of a pivotal benchmark study of its digital handheld device for high-sensitivity measurement of cardiac troponin-I, a protein found in the heart muscle used to identify heart tissue damage in patients suspected of having a heart attack.
Top-Line Data Show Exact Sciences’ Cologuard Test Demonstrates 92 Percent Sensitivity in the Detection of Colorectal Cancer
April 18, 2013 6:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 18, 2013--Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) today announced that preliminary analysis shows that the company’s Cologuard colorectal cancer screening test met or exceeded all primary and secondary endpoints of its recently completed DeeP-C pivotal clinical...
