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Viking announces Russian launch of its new 3DHD Vision System

Viking Systems, Inc., a leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of 3D and 2D visualization solutions for complex minimally invasive surgery, announces the Russian launch of its new Viking 3DHD Vision System at The XIV Russian Society of Endoscopic Surgeons Conference, in Moscow. The Conference takes place on February 16 – 18, 2011.

15 Feb 2011

RaySearch Lab receives two new orders for its RayStation treatment planning system

RaySearch Laboratories AB has received two new orders for its RayStation treatment planning system. The first order comes from a Canadian cancer care and research facility. They will use RayStation as a research tool for the development of an exciting new treatment machine that combines a traditional linear accelerator with a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner.

15 Feb 2011

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, standouts in surgical procedures in terms of growth over the next five years are going to be dental implant, facial injectable, optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheter, spinal nonfusion implant, and percutaneous heart valve procedures in North America.

15 Feb 2011

MedShape to demonstrate ExoShape interference fixation device for ACL reconstruction

MedShape will be demonstrating the recently introduced ExoShape™ interference fixation device for ACL reconstruction that preserves soft tissue graft orientation, provides superior graft protection, and class-leading fixation.

15 Feb 2011

Physical therapy at home as good as body-weight supported treadmill program for stroke rehabilitation

In the largest stroke rehabilitation study ever conducted in the United States, stroke patients who had physical therapy at home improved their ability to walk just as well as those who were treated in a training program using a body-weight supported treadmill device, followed by walking practice.

15 Feb 2011

RPCs transplant appears to improve kidney structure and function in rat models

Transplanting autologous renal progenitor cells, into rat models with kidney damage from pyelonephritis - a type of urinary infection that has reached the kidney - has been found to improve kidney structure and function.

14 Feb 2011

GW plays key role in NIH's Management of Myelomeningocele Study

Researchers at The George Washington University Medical Center played a key role in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study of a surgical procedure to repair a common birth defect of the spine, which if undertaken while a baby is still in the uterus, greatly reduces the need to divert, or shunt, fluid away from the brain. The study was published online in the New England Journal of Medicine on February 9, 2011.

14 Feb 2011

AngioDynamics launches new Morpheus SMART PICC bedside insertion kit and 5 French Dual Lumen PICC

AngioDynamics announced today the launch of a new Morpheus® SMART PICC bedside insertion kit and new 5 French Dual Lumen Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) as part of the continued growth of its Morpheus SMART PICC line.

14 Feb 2011

New checklists to help providers use lowest dose necessary to perform fluoroscopic procedures on children

The Image Gently campaign has developed easily accessible online teaching materials and checklists to help providers use the lowest dose necessary to perform fluoroscopic procedures on children. Physicians, medical physicists, and radiologic technologists are encouraged to visit the Image Gently Web site (www.imagegently.org) to review these important materials and factor the information into their clinical decision making.

14 Feb 2011

Expensive 'high tech' therapy not superior to home training for walking recovery of stroke survivors

Home-based physical therapy to improve the strength and balance of stroke survivors works about as well to get them walking again as treadmill training done in a physical therapy lab, according to the results of a study presented today by a Duke researcher at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference.

14 Feb 2011

Two Uofl professors provide reference works in oncology field

Two University of Louisville School of Medicine professors recently authored reference works in the field of oncology, one focusing on the use of radiation treatment for childhood cancers and the other on hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver cancer.

14 Feb 2011

New clinical trial to test surgery specifically for Type 2 diabetes

A new clinical trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is among the first to test surgery specifically for Type 2 diabetes. The aim of the study is to understand whether surgery can control diabetes, as well or even better than the best medical treatment available today. This is the first study of its kind open to patients who are overweight or mildly obese.

14 Feb 2011

Vitalitec announces acquisition of Novare's ENCLOSE II Anastomosis Assist Device

Vitalitec International, Plymouth, Massachusetts, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the ENCLOSE II Anastomosis Assist Device from Novare Surgical Systems. The ENCLOSE II Anastomosis Assist Device was developed by Thomas Fogarty, MD, and is designed to assist surgeons in performing "off pump" Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures.

14 Feb 2011

U.S. FDA clears QMS Everolimus Immunoassay to prevent rejection in kidney transplants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has cleared a test to help manage potential organ rejection in kidney transplant patients. The test, called QMS Everolimus Immunoassay, monitors the blood level of everolimus, a drug that helps prevent rejection in kidney transplants.

14 Feb 2011

JTH publishes positive TB-402 Phase II trial results for VTE treatment after orthopaedic surgery

ThromboGenics NV and co-development partner BioInvent International announce today that the positive TB-402 Phase II trial results, evaluating the product's efficacy and safety for the prevention of venous thromboembolism afterorthopaedic surgery, have been published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

14 Feb 2011

Cappella Medical presents new clinical data on Sideguard coronary sidebranch system at International JIM 2011

Cappella Medical Devices presented new clinical data on its unique Sideguard® coronary sidebranch system today at the International JIM 2011 in Rome, Italy.

11 Feb 2011

FDA grants Stryker 510(k) clearance for MDM X3 Mobile Bearing Hip System

Stryker Corporation's Orthopaedics Division today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its MDM X3 Modular Dual Mobility Mobile Bearing Hip System. MDM X3 is an addition to the company's portfolio of next-generation technologies designed to minimize the risks traditionally associated with hip replacement surgery and address a broader patient population, including both primary and revision total hip arthroplasty candidates.

From Stryker 11 Feb 2011

RF-induced heat therapy could help treat common parasitic skin infection

Scientists are hoping that heat therapy could eventually replace a complex drug regimen as the first-line treatment of a parasitic skin infection common in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

11 Feb 2011

New trial tests surgery for Type 2 diabetes

11 Feb 2011

Athersys' MultiStem cell therapy provides multiple benefits in preclinical models of ischemic stroke

Medical researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) presented new research results at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference that demonstrated how MultiStem-, a novel stem cell therapy being developed by Athersys, Inc. provided multiple benefits when administered in preclinical models of ischemic stroke.

11 Feb 2011

Medical Procedure News

Viking announces Russian launch of its new 3DHD Vision System

RaySearch Lab receives two new orders for its RayStation treatment planning system

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

MedShape to demonstrate ExoShape interference fixation device for ACL reconstruction

Physical therapy at home as good as body-weight supported treadmill program for stroke rehabilitation

RPCs transplant appears to improve kidney structure and function in rat models

GW plays key role in NIH's Management of Myelomeningocele Study

AngioDynamics launches new Morpheus SMART PICC bedside insertion kit and 5 French Dual Lumen PICC

New checklists to help providers use lowest dose necessary to perform fluoroscopic procedures on children

Expensive 'high tech' therapy not superior to home training for walking recovery of stroke survivors

Two Uofl professors provide reference works in oncology field

New clinical trial to test surgery specifically for Type 2 diabetes

Vitalitec announces acquisition of Novare's ENCLOSE II Anastomosis Assist Device

U.S. FDA clears QMS Everolimus Immunoassay to prevent rejection in kidney transplants

JTH publishes positive TB-402 Phase II trial results for VTE treatment after orthopaedic surgery

Cappella Medical presents new clinical data on Sideguard coronary sidebranch system at International JIM 2011

FDA grants Stryker 510(k) clearance for MDM X3 Mobile Bearing Hip System

RF-induced heat therapy could help treat common parasitic skin infection

New trial tests surgery for Type 2 diabetes

Athersys' MultiStem cell therapy provides multiple benefits in preclinical models of ischemic stroke

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