Radiology
Intrasense wins a contract to equip 15 hospitals in the United States for a clinical study
February 21, 2013 1:00 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMONTPELLIER, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 21, 2013--Regulatory News: Intrasense (Paris:ALINS) (FR0011179886 - ALINS), a specialist in multimodal medical imaging, today announced that it would fit its platform in 15 hospitals in the USA as part of a clinical trial conducted by a new client, a US...
eHealth Technologies and Client Outlook Announce Partnership
February 21, 2013 9:03 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 21, 2013--eHealth Technologies and Client Outlook Inc. announced today, full availability of eHealthViewer® ZF, a new generation image viewing platform for eHealth Connect®, a suite of solutions offered by eHealth Technologies. eHealthViewer® ZF utilizes Client...
FotoFinder Releases handyscope®: Mobile Dermatoscope for iPhone 5
February 20, 2013 1:14 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBAD BIRNBACH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 20, 2013--FotoFinder, manufacturer of medical imaging solutions, announces the launch of its mobile dermatoscope, handyscope®for iPhone 5. handyscope®will debut in the United States at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in Miami,...
Flexpoint Announces Development Partnership with Haemoband Surgical, Ltd.
February 20, 2013 11:36 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFlexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: FLXT) today announced that it is in advanced development on a disposable colonoscope application with Haemoband Surgical, Ltd. an Ireland-based company specializing in unique medical technologies. Phase I testing has recently been satisfactorily...
N.J. Doc Admits to Collecting $100K in Imaging Kickbacks
February 19, 2013 7:29 am | by Mass Device | News | CommentsNew Jersey cardiologist Dr. Shashi Agarway last week admitted to collecting more than $100,000 in kickbacks for referring patients for imaging diagnostic exams. Agarway pleaded guilty to referring patients for MRI and computed tomography scanning at Orange Community MRI in exchange for cash.
Toshiba’s Advanced CT Helps Reduce Radiation Dose for Safer Exams
February 19, 2013 3:00 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsTUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 19, 2013--To make exams faster, safer and more comfortable for patients, Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., installed the Aquilion™ PRIME 160 CT system from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., featuring AIDR 3D dose reduction software. Emerson Hospital uses...
Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of Guerbet NDA for Dotarem@ (gadoterate meglumine)
February 14, 2013 5:07 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGuerbet, the contrast agent specialist for medical imaging, today announced that the Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted unanimously by votes of 17 to 0 to recommend that FDA approve the New Drug Application (NDA) for Dotarem@ ...
DR Systems Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Systems and Methods for Matching, Naming and Displaying Medical Images
February 14, 2013 1:11 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 14, 2013--DR Systems, the leading independent provider of enterprise-wide medical imaging and information systems, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued to the company a new patent, relating to a method of matching medical...
Invuity Bolsters Executive Team; Adds Industry Veterans in Key Finance and Commercial Roles
February 13, 2013 9:01 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsInvuity, a leading developer of advanced visualization devices for minimally invasive surgery, announced that it has named Michael J. Gandy as Chief Financial Officer and Robert E. Gerberich as Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Both have more than two decades of experience in the ...
Varian Medical Systems Supports Program to Tap Brain Power of Research and Development Community in Russia
February 11, 2013 11:01 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsVarian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR), the world leader in radiotherapy and radiosurgery, is working with key development agencies in Russia to encourage the country's leading research institutes and scientists to collaborate on research and development proposals for programs aimed at advancing...
CT Scanner Delivers Less Radiation
February 7, 2013 12:33 pm | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | News | CommentsFaster, more sensitive scans and better image processing may reduce the risk of x-ray-related cancers. A new CT scanner exposes patients to less radiation while providing doctors with clearer images to help with diagnoses, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
Merit Medical Partners With Verite Mobile Tools and Strategies to Create an Innovative Medical Device Conversion App
February 6, 2013 9:00 am | by The Associated Press | Merit Medical Systems, Inc. | News | CommentsMerit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, and Vérité, a digital communications agency, announced the release of a cutting-edge iPhone App, Merit Convert, available on...
New Modeling Approach Transforms Imaging Technologies
February 5, 2013 2:44 pm | by Purdue University | News | CommentsResearchers are improving the performance of technologies ranging from medical CT scanners to digital cameras using a system of models to extract specific information from huge collections of data and then reconstructing images like a jigsaw puzzle. The new approach is called model-based iterative reconstruction, or MBIR.
Hologic Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2013 Operating Results
February 4, 2013 4:02 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsHologic, Inc. (Hologic or the Company) (NASDAQ: HOLX), a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced its results for the first fiscal quarter...
Kalyspo Awarded Best of Ann Arbor SPARK Boot Camp
February 4, 2013 2:22 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsAt the conclusion of Ann Arbor SPARK's 21 st Entrepreneur Boot Camp, Kalyspo, LLC was awarded Best of Boot Camp and Pharma Form Solutions won the new Most Committed to the Business Model Canvas Process Award. As chosen by a panel of investors who rated Boot Camp participants' pitches, Best of Boot Camp winner Kalyspo received membership t...
November/December 2012 Digital Edition
January 29, 2013 3:50 pm | Digital Editions | CommentsThe November/December 2012 cover story, "Industry Forecast," highlights the significant topics for the industry in 2013 and shares the thoughts of leaders from the community. In "Meeting the FDA's Mandates for Unique Device Identification," technology is reviewed that can aid in ensuring manufacturers are in compliance to this coming regulation.
Glass Illumination Optics
January 24, 2013 9:50 am | Docter Optics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsMoulded Optics GmbH is an ISO 9001:2008 certified global OEM optics supplier headquartered in Germany and offers many different configurations of STANDARD blank-molded Aspheric Lenses...
Welch Allyn iExaminer™ Receives 510(k) Clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration
January 22, 2013 10:00 am | by Welch Allyn | News | CommentsWelch Allyn, a leading medical diagnostic device company that specializes in helping clinicians improve patient outcomes, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the Welch Allyn iExaminer™—a product that consists of a hardware adapter and associated software that allows healthcare providers to capture, store, send and retrieve images...
Surgeons may use hand gestures to manipulate MRI images in OR
January 11, 2013 11:53 am | News | CommentsDoctors may soon be using a system in the operating room that recognizes hand gestures as commands to tell a computer to browse and display medical images of the patient during a surgery. Surgeons routinely need to review medical images and records during surgery, but stepping away from the operating table...
State-of-the-Art Virtual Reality System Is Key to Medical Discovery
December 12, 2012 4:20 pm | by National Science Foundation | News | CommentsWhat happens when a team of neurosurgeons, university professors, architects, students and engineers stands in front of an 8-foot-high theater screen with a 320-degree, immersive, 3-D view of their data? Cutting-edge science happens, and some are astonished by what is revealed.
'Smart stethoscope' advance in monitoring treatment of kidney stones
December 12, 2012 2:16 pm | News | CommentsA new listening device, developed by scientists from the University of Southampton, is being used to monitor the effectiveness of the treatment of kidney stones - saving patients unnecessary repeat therapy and x-ray monitoring. If kidney stones cannot be dissolved by drugs, the favoured procedure is lithotripsy.
Merit Medical Announces 510(k) Clearance for the ONE Snare System
December 10, 2012 11:43 am | by Globe Newswire | News | CommentsMerit Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the ONE Snare(TM) Endovascular Snare System.
Merit Medical Acquires Assets of Medigroup
November 30, 2012 9:08 am | by Globe Newswire | News | CommentsMerit Medical Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional and diagnostic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Medigroup, Inc., a manufacturer of peritoneal dialysis catheters based in Illinois.
Implantable Silk Optics Multi-Task in the Body
November 29, 2012 11:27 am | by Tufts University School of Engineering | News | CommentsTufts University School of Engineering researchers have demonstrated silk-based implantable optics that offer significant improvement in tissue imaging while simultaneously enabling photo thermal therapy, administering drugs and monitoring drug delivery. The devices also lend themselves to a variety of other biomedical functions.
Given Imaging Submits PillCam COLON 2 Application to FDA for U.S. Regulatory Clearance
November 27, 2012 2:45 pm | by Given Imaging | News | CommentsGiven Imaging Ltd., a world leader in GI medical devices and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced that it has filed a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) application seeking regulatory clearance to market its PillCam® COLON 2 for visualization of the lower gastrointestinal tract.
