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Urovalve reports promising early results from Surinate Bladder Management System multi-site clinical study

Urovalve, a medical device company focused on creating superior products for urinary flow and control, reported today that early results are promising in a multi-site clinical study of the Company's Surinate® Bladder Management System. The Surinate® Bladder Management System is designed to improve the quality of life and health of men who suffer from acute or chronic urinary retention, an inability to empty the bladder.

6 Oct 2010

Diamond-coated electrodes for implantable devices

Diamonds adorning tiaras to anklets are treasures but these gemstones inside the body may prove priceless.

6 Oct 2010

UCLA-led consortium receives $9.9M to compare wireless and telephone management after hospitalizations

A UCLA-led consortium of five University of California medical schools, plus Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, has received $9.9 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to research the use of wireless and telephone care management to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.

6 Oct 2010

Mercy Medical Center and Alegent Health implement PatientKeeper NoteWriter documentation software

PatientKeeper®, Inc., the leading provider of physician information technology, today announced that its new physician documentation software product, PatientKeeper NoteWriter™, has successfully been deployed for physician use at two premier community medical centers in the Midwest.

6 Oct 2010

Obama administration expected to announce $4B pledge to Global Fund

The Obama administration is expected on Tuesday to announce a large increase in its pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and to call for reform of the organization," the Wall Street Journal reports.

6 Oct 2010

RDI launches HIV-TRePS system to predict patients’ response to HIV drugs

A ground-breaking system for predicting how individual patients with HIV and AIDS will respond to different drugs is launched today by RDI, a UK-based not-for-profit research group. The experimental system, called the HIV Treatment Response Prediction System (HIV-TRePS), is available free of charge over the Internet and helps physicians select the best treatment for their patients.

6 Oct 2010

Telehealth care benefits patients with severe asthma

Health care delivered via telephone or Internet might not improve the quality of life for people with mild asthma, but it could keep those with severe asthma out of the hospital, a new evidence review finds.

6 Oct 2010

Study shows Strattice TM is safe for single-stage hernia repair

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. today announced that its LifeCell Strattice Reconstructive Tissue Matrix achieved highly favorable one-year outcomes in an ongoing clinical study of single-stage repair of contaminated or infected ventral incisional hernias.

6 Oct 2010

Alma Lasers partners with National Breast Cancer Foundation to combat breast cancer

Alma Lasers, a global developer, manufacturer and provider of laser, light-based, radiofrequency and ultrasound devices for aesthetic and medical applications announced today they will be joining the millions of supporters committed to fighting breast cancer through awareness, education and research.

6 Oct 2010

New balloon angioplasty device could trigger a 'paradign shift' in PAD treatment

A balloon angioplasty device that sucks up dangerous plaque debris could trigger a "paradign shift" in how physicians treat peripheral artery disease, researchers write in the current issue of Endovascular Today.

6 Oct 2010

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals’ MTP-I Phase III trial published in Atherosclerosis online supplement

ACR Image Metrix, a global imaging contract research organization (CRO) with expertise in imaging trial design, techniques and data extraction, is pleased to announce a Phase III trial, conducted for Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., was published as an abstract in the online supplement of Atherosclerosis and presented at the 78th European Atherosclerosis Society Congress, which took place June 20-23, 2010, in Hamburg, Germany.

6 Oct 2010

Scott & White's Breast Cancer Clinic program achieves NAPBC accreditation

The Scott & White Cancer Center's Breast Cancer Clinic program has earned a three-year Full Accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

6 Oct 2010

Elsevier launches new version of BrainNavigator online research tool

Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced a new version of its online research tool BrainNavigator.

6 Oct 2010

New Wipro Rapid Trials platform launched to accelerate drug development

Wipro Technologies, the global Consulting, System Integration and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited, today announced the launch of Wipro Rapid Trials platform to accelerate drug development across the globe.

6 Oct 2010

Study finds usage of advanced radiology in emergency department increases

From 1998 to 2007, the use of CT or MRI scans in emergency departments for injury-related conditions increased about 3-fold without a similar increase in the prevalence of the diagnosis of certain life-threatening trauma-related conditions, according to a study in the October 6 issue of JAMA.

6 Oct 2010

SAFC expands fermentation capabilities in Israel facility

SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced the completion of its state-of-the-art expansion of its Jerusalem, Israel facility. The additional capacity expands SAFC's contract manufacturing capabilities in large molecule recombinant proteins and small molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) through fermentation, including High Potent APIs (HPAPIs) and secondary metabolites.

6 Oct 2010

Health IT may bring unintended consequences

The Philadelphia Inquirer: As the Obama administration nudges the health system toward electronic medical records, researchers have identified some unintended consequences.

6 Oct 2010

CTTC, Spero enter sales agreement for Calmare medical devices

Competitive Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a sales agreement with Spero Pain Relief Therapy, LLC. Spero, based in St. George, UT, opened its first of 14 planned pain clinics using CTTC's Calmare Pain Therapy medical device last month.

6 Oct 2010

Optical technology shows potential for prescreening patients at high risk for lung cancer

Researchers from Northwestern University and NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) have developed a method to detect early signs of lung cancer by examining cheek cells in humans using pioneering biophotonics technology.

6 Oct 2010

Accuray receives SBIR grant to develop high-energy X-ray source for Homeland Security applications

Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the company was awarded a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the U.S. Government to be used toward further development of a high-energy X-ray source for Homeland Security applications.

6 Oct 2010

Device / Technology News

Urovalve reports promising early results from Surinate Bladder Management System multi-site clinical study

Diamond-coated electrodes for implantable devices

UCLA-led consortium receives $9.9M to compare wireless and telephone management after hospitalizations

Mercy Medical Center and Alegent Health implement PatientKeeper NoteWriter documentation software

Obama administration expected to announce $4B pledge to Global Fund

RDI launches HIV-TRePS system to predict patients’ response to HIV drugs

Telehealth care benefits patients with severe asthma

Study shows Strattice TM is safe for single-stage hernia repair

Alma Lasers partners with National Breast Cancer Foundation to combat breast cancer

New balloon angioplasty device could trigger a 'paradign shift' in PAD treatment

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals’ MTP-I Phase III trial published in Atherosclerosis online supplement

Scott & White's Breast Cancer Clinic program achieves NAPBC accreditation

Elsevier launches new version of BrainNavigator online research tool

New Wipro Rapid Trials platform launched to accelerate drug development

Study finds usage of advanced radiology in emergency department increases

SAFC expands fermentation capabilities in Israel facility

Health IT may bring unintended consequences

CTTC, Spero enter sales agreement for Calmare medical devices

Optical technology shows potential for prescreening patients at high risk for lung cancer

Accuray receives SBIR grant to develop high-energy X-ray source for Homeland Security applications

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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