Diagnostics
MD&M East 2013
April 30, 2013 4:30 pm | by MDT Staff | EventsThe newly reformatted MD&M East four day conference running alongside the tradeshow, covers everything you need to know from concept development to supplier management, giving you the essential updates to successfully management every step in the product development efficiently and cost effectively.
Femasys Launches FemCerv Endocervical Sampler, A Revolutionary Solution For Cervical Cancer Screening
April 30, 2013 2:25 pm | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsATLANTA, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Femasys Inc., a medical device developer of women's healthcare solutions, announced today the U.S. launch of the 510(k) cleared FemCerv™, an innovative endocervical curettage device. FemCerv is designed to collect a complete,...
FDA Grants Mauna Kea Technologies 510(k) Clearance to Market AQ-Flex(TM) 19 Miniprobe for Fine Needle Aspiration Procedures
April 30, 2013 10:39 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMauna Kea Technologies (NYSE Euronext: MKEA), leader in the optical biopsy market and developer of Cellvizio®, the fastest way to see cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe to provide real-time optical biopsies during...
Carbon Nanotube Sensor Detects Glucose in Saliva
April 30, 2013 5:52 am | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsDiabetes affects some 300 million people worldwide and the numbers keep on increasing. Many of these people undergo a daily regimen of tests that measure the amount of glucose in the blood stream, usually taken from finger prick samples. Needless to say, this is a time-consuming, expensive and painful process.
DNA Testing Chip Delivers Results in One Hour, Paves Way for Personalized Drug Treatments
April 29, 2013 4:11 pm | by IMEC | Videos | CommentsPanasonic, together with the Belgium-based research institution IMEC, has developed a DNA testing chip that automates all stages of obtaining genetic information, including preprocessing. This development is expected to enable personalized, tailor-made therapy to become widespread.
Video: Shape-Shifting Mobile Devices
April 29, 2013 11:14 am | by University of Bristol | News | CommentsPrototype mobile devices that can change shape on-demand will be unveiled today and could lay down the foundation for creating high shape resolution devices of the future. The research paper, to be presented at one of the world's most important conferences on human-computer interfaces, will introduce the term 'shape resolution' and its ten features...
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
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...
New Imaging Technology Could Reveal Cellular Secrets
April 26, 2013 3:02 pm | by Emil Venere, Purdue University | News | CommentsResearchers have married two biological imaging technologies, creating a new way to learn how good cells go bad. "Let's say you have a large population of cells," said Corey Neu, an assistant professor in Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. "Just one of them might metastasize or proliferate, forming a cancerous tumor. We need to understand what it is that gives rise to that one bad cell."
BD Diagnostics Advances Commitment to a Fully Integrated Microbiology Solution with New Agreement
April 26, 2013 2:19 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsSPARKS, Md. , April 27, 2013 /- BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today an international distributor agreement with Bruker Daltonics Inc. to sell and provide front-line technical support for the co-labeled BD™ Bruker MALDI Biotyper™ System. Microbial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing is the end-poin...
Novel Screening Tests for Liver Cancer
April 26, 2013 10:12 am | by European Association for the Study of the Liver | News | CommentsNew data from two clinical trials presented today at the International Liver Congress™ 2013 demonstrate substantial improvements in the detection of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) using diagnostic urine tests. HCC is common throughout the world and most often develops as a late complication of chronic viral hepatitis or cirrhosis of any cause.
Zoll Expands Manufacturing Business in Silicon Valley by Purchasing New Building in San Jose
April 26, 2013 9:59 am | by ZOLL Medical Corporation | News | CommentsZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that as a result of its continued growth it purchased a 124,500-square-foot building in San Jose, California, an area ranked as the country’s busiest advanced manufacturing corridor.
CytoVas And BD Biosciences Ink Alliance To Co-Develop Personalized Diagnostic For Vascular Health
April 25, 2013 3:52 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsPHILADELPHIA , April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- CytoVas, LLC and BD Biosciences, a division of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today they have formed a strategic alliance to jointly develop a new blood-based diagnostic test to predict individualized patient risk of heart attack and stroke. This test, currently called the Vascular Health Profile (VHP), fills a...
April 2013 Digital Edition
April 25, 2013 2:45 pm | by MDT Staff | Digital Editions | CommentsGiven the number of device applications that involve the transfer of a gas or liquid, it is no wonder pump technology is such a significant part of many healthcare-related products. “Innovation Drives Pump Technology to Meet Today’s Medical Designs” focuses on how today’s medical device demands are being answered by advanced pump technology.
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.
Exploring the Environment of an Explosion
April 24, 2013 9:53 am | by Georgia Tech | Videos | CommentsTo study the effects of improvised explosive devices on soldiers and help provide continuing treatment, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) researchers have developed IBESS, a sensor system that measures the physical environment of an explosion and collects data that can correlate what the soldier experienced with long-term outcomes.
A Non-Invasive Breath Test for Lung Cancer
April 24, 2013 9:18 am | by Dr. John Cormier, Picomole | News | CommentsPicomole has announced that it has developed a diagnostic test to detect lung cancer that has a preliminary accuracy of 98.5%. This best-in-class result is better than any other technique currently in use for the detection of lung cancer, according to the company.
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...
