Surgery
UF cardiologists, surgeons team up to offer life-extending procedure
January 27, 2012 4:35 am | News | CommentsGAINESVILLE, 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
January 25, 2012 4:57 am | News | CommentsBELLEVUE, 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 Assureâ„¢ 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
January 24, 2012 5:18 am | News | CommentsBloomington, 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
January 24, 2012 4:53 am | News | CommentsPORTLAND, 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
January 24, 2012 4:46 am | News | CommentsSAN 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
January 24, 2012 4:44 am | News | CommentsMINNEAPOLIS--(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
January 24, 2012 4:41 am | News | CommentsDANVILLE, 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
January 20, 2012 5:01 am | News | CommentsFLAGSTAFF, 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...
Indiana's medical device industry is fifth largest in U.S. generating $10 billion annually
January 20, 2012 4:41 am | News | CommentsINDIANAPOLIS, Ind., -Â According to a report released today by BioCrossroads, the medical devices industry is one of Indiana's most valuable economic assets employing over 20,000 people, and generating more than $10 billion of annual economic output. The first of its kind report...
NDS Surgical Imaging Introduces the First Medical-Grade Video Scaling Appliance Designed for the OR Suite
January 18, 2012 5:35 am | News | CommentsSAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) today introduced ScaleORâ„¢, the industry's first video scaling and formatting appliance designed specifically for the healthcare environment. Providing universal video format conversion, ScaleOR features a unique modular design...
Teleflex Introduces Arrow NextStep Antegrade Dialysis Catheter
January 17, 2012 4:55 am | News | CommentsLIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has expanded its interventional access portfolio with the Arrow NextStep Antegrade catheter, now available for sale in the United States.
Study Finds Intraosseous Infusion is Equivalent to Intravenous Infusion During Therapeutic Hypothermia
January 17, 2012 4:51 am | News | CommentsSAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The results of a study conducted by Vidacare Corporation comparing whether Intraosseous (IO) vascular access may be used to infuse chilled saline as effectively as peripheral intravenous (IV) access to achieve therapeutic hypothermia found no statistical...
Covidien Contraindicates the Use of Duet TRS for Thoracic Surgery, Implements a Voluntary Recall
January 17, 2012 4:49 am | News | CommentsMANSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that it is conducting a voluntary recall of all production lots for the Duet TRSTM Universal Straight and Articulating Single Use Loading Units...
Air Techniques' Polaris Given 'Top Intraoral Camera of 2012' Award
January 16, 2012 5:06 am | News | CommentsMELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Air Techniques, Inc., a leading dental equipment manufacturer, announced today that its Polaris Intraoral Camera has been awarded Top Intraoral Camera of 2012 by THE DENTAL ADVISOR. Polaris offers superior optics and a broad focal range...
US Trauma Device Market to Show Moderate Growth Reaching Nearly $3.8 Billion by 2016
January 13, 2012 5:30 am | News | CommentsTORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the United States trauma device market, will grow at a steady pace through 2016. Pricing pressures from the increasing influence of group...
U.S. Patents Allowed for Operating Room Technologies Jointly Owned by American Shared Hospital Services and NBBJ
January 11, 2012 4:48 am | News | CommentsSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES, a leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, announced today that a U.S. patent has been allowed on a variety of technologies...
Progel Extended Tip Receives FDA Approval
January 10, 2012 6:36 am | News | CommentsIRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neomend, Inc., a leading innovator in sealant and adhesion-prevention products for the surgical marketplace, said it has received premarket approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use of the company's new Progel® Extended Applicator Spray Tip.
Progel Adhesion Barrier Sealant Receives CE Mark
January 10, 2012 6:30 am | News | CommentsIRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neomend, Inc., a leading innovator in sealant and adhesion-prevention products for the surgical marketplace, announced it has received the European Union CE Mark for the company's Progel® Adhesion Barrier (AB) product. Progel® AB is a hydrogel adhesion barrier sealant...
FDA Clears Apollo Endosurgery's SuMO Endoscopic Tissue Access and Resection System
January 10, 2012 6:06 am | News | CommentsAUSTIN, TX, (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Apollo Endosurgery Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for its SuMO(TM) endoscopic tissue access and resection system. Apollo Endosurgery designed the scarless...
Mazor Robotics Announces Key European Patent for Renaissance Surgical Guidance Robot
January 9, 2012 5:42 am | News | CommentsCAESAREA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, today announced that the European Patent Office granted European Patent No. 1414362 entitled "Miniature Bone-mounted Surgical Robot," which covers...
Cogmedix Provides High-Precision Subassembly for LensAR Revolutionary Refractive Laser
January 6, 2012 4:30 am | News | CommentsWORCESTER, Mass. - Cogmedix, a US-based FDA compliant contract manufacturer helping medical device companies cost effectively improve their time-to-market, partnered with LensAR to manufacture a significant subassembly for the company's refractive cataract surgery laser system.
SeptRx reports first 20 patients have been enrolled in its “InterSEPT" CE Mark trial of the SeptRx Intrapocket PFO Occluder
January 4, 2012 5:44 am | News | CommentsFREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SeptRx, an emerging medical device company that has developed the SeptRx® Intrapocket PFO Occluder (IPO) - a platform for the percutaneous transcatheter closure of a heart defect known as patent foramen ovale (PFO) - reported today that it has completed...
BSD Medical Approaches 100 Patients Successfully Treated with the MicroThermX Microwave Ablation System at Hospitals Throughout the U.S.
January 4, 2012 5:41 am | News | CommentsSALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BSD Medical Corporation, a leading provider of medical systems that utilize heat therapy to treat cancer, announced today that the Company is approaching 100 patients successfully treated with the MicroThermX® Microwave Ablation System...
Inertial Measurement Sensing Technology Enables Surgical Precision
January 3, 2012 10:31 am | by Bob Scannell | Analog Devices | Articles | CommentsRecent innovations in computer-assisted surgery are pushing the boundaries of modern medicine to new and exciting frontiers. As conventional surgical instrumentation continues to give way to advanced console- and camera-based systems, surgeons are able to operate on patients with exceptional precision.
VertiFlex, Inc. Completes Enrollment of the Superion Pivotal IDE Clinical Trial
December 14, 2011 4:16 am | News | CommentsSAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VertiFlex®, Inc., a leading innovator of minimally invasive and motion preserving spinal surgery technologies, today announced the completion of enrollment in its pivotal IDE clinical trial of the Superion® Interspinous Spacer (ISS).
