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Revolutionary new solution for TMJ problems

TMJ disorder can be uncomfortable, annoying -- even painful -- and there are limited to no affordable, natural solutions to fix the problem… until now! One San Diego Natural Dentist is leading the way with a revolutionary new TMJ solution.

15 Jan 2015

Vygon strengthens Asia-Pacific presence with new subsidiary in Singapore

Vygon, the specialist single-use medical devices group, today announces the opening of a subsidiary in Singapore.

15 Jan 2015

Third annual Food Labs Conference to be held in conjunction with Pittcon 2015

The Pittcon Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the third annual Food Labs Conference, the only food conference focused on the food laboratory, will be held in conjunction with Pittcon 2015, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The co-location of the two conferences provides that the registration fee to attend the two-day Food Lab Conference, March. 9-10, will also include unlimited week long admission to the Pittcon exposition floor and technical program.

14 Jan 2015

Valorem Surgical reports FDA approval and first utilization of MaxiMIS Spinal Fixation System

Valorem Surgical, an early stage medical device company with a platform on surgically treating spinal pathologies through a minimally invasive (MIS) approach, today announced that the Company has received FDA clearance and its first case utilizing its minimally invasive MaxiMIS Spinal Fixation System, performed by board-certified, neurosurgeon, Dr. Jae Lim in Reston, VA.

13 Jan 2015

Tandem Diabetes Care receives FDA clearance to market t:flex Insulin Pump

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., a medical device company and manufacturer of the t:slim Insulin Pump, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted the Company clearance to market the t:flex Insulin Pump. At 480 units, the insulin reservoir of the t:flex Pump has the largest capacity currently available in the United States.

12 Jan 2015

Tribology and testing of orthopaedic implants white paper published by Lucideon

Lucideon, the international materials development and testing company, has published a new white paper, ‘Tribology and Testing of Orthopaedic Implants’.

From Lucideon 9 Jan 2015

Capsule Tech announces availability of healthcare's first medical device information system

Capsule Tech, Inc., the leading global provider of medical device integration solutions, recently announced the general availability of SmartLinx, healthcare's first medical device information system (MDIS).

7 Jan 2015

Taiwan Biophotonic releases DOE reflective sensor for fingerless wrist-worn pulse oximeters

Taiwan Biophotonic Co., a leading provider of non-invasive vital signs sensing solutions, today announced the release of its DOE reflective sensor for fingerless wrist-worn pulse oximeters, which makes a quantum leap forward in the wearable healthcare and medical devices.

7 Jan 2015

Many breast cancer patients undergoing lumpectomy surgery benefit from new intra-operative technology

Many patients undergoing lumpectomy surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center for the removal of an early detected breast tumor - the surgical option of choice for this diagnosis -- are benefitting from new intra-operative technology that detects microscopic amounts of cancer cells on removed tumor tissue not visible during or following surgical intervention.

6 Jan 2015

ANSTO launches nuclear medicine program to improve diagnosis, treatment of cancer and heart disease

You can’t see it, hear it or smell it, and it’s constantly changing: but despite that, Australia’s nuclear scientists have figured out how to more accurately measure the unit of activity for radionuclides, the Becquerel (Bq).

6 Jan 2015

New imaging technology to detect cancer during surgery moves a step closer to market

New imaging technology that for the first time enables surgeons to detect cancer in real time during operations has moved a step closer to market thanks to a £2m ($3.1m) funding round by UK medical device company Lightpoint Medical.

2 Jan 2015

FDA receives IDE application for CytoSorbents' CytoSorb cardiac surgery trial

CytoSorbents Corporation, a critical care immunotherapy company commercializing its CytoSorb® extracorporeal cytokine adsorber to reduce deadly inflammation in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients, announced today that it has submitted an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct its proposed clinical trial using CytoSorb® intra-operatively in patients undergoing complex cardiac surgery requiring the use of a heart-lung machine.

31 Dec 2014

AVACEN Medical launches $2M campaign in response to positive outcomes of fibromyalgia study

AVACEN Medical announced today that it has launched a $2 million campaign on Crowdfunder.com to support further company clinical trials and FDA applications.

31 Dec 2014

AMIC files de novo submission with FDA for Y-90 RadioGel device, seeks Class II reclassification

Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation, a late stage development company engaged primarily in the development of brachytherapy devices and medical isotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, today announced that it has filed a de novo submission with the Food and Drug Administration for marketing clearance for its patented Y-90 RadioGel(TM) device pursuant to Section 513(f)(2) of the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

23 Dec 2014

First two patients enrolled in AGA’s GERD Registry successfully undergo treatment

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Center for GI Innovation and Technology is pleased to announce that the first two enrollees in the STAR Registry — which seeks to compare laparoscopic surgery to an incisionless procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) — have successfully undergone treatment.

23 Dec 2014

AGA) Center for GI Innovation and Technology is pleased to announce that the first two enrollees in the STAR Registry

23 Dec 2014

K2M completes first surgical case using innovative corpectomy cage system

K2M Group Holdings, Inc., a global medical device company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative and proprietary complex spine technologies, techniques and minimally invasive procedures, today announced the completion of the first surgical case using the Company's CAPRI™ Corpectomy Cage System, an expandable vertebral body replacement device that provides structural stability following a corpectomy or vertebrectomy.

23 Dec 2014

Medical Devices News and Research

Revolutionary new solution for TMJ problems

Vygon strengthens Asia-Pacific presence with new subsidiary in Singapore

Third annual Food Labs Conference to be held in conjunction with Pittcon 2015

Valorem Surgical reports FDA approval and first utilization of MaxiMIS Spinal Fixation System

Tandem Diabetes Care receives FDA clearance to market t:flex Insulin Pump

Tribology and testing of orthopaedic implants white paper published by Lucideon

Capsule Tech announces availability of healthcare's first medical device information system

Taiwan Biophotonic releases DOE reflective sensor for fingerless wrist-worn pulse oximeters

Many breast cancer patients undergoing lumpectomy surgery benefit from new intra-operative technology

ANSTO launches nuclear medicine program to improve diagnosis, treatment of cancer and heart disease

New imaging technology to detect cancer during surgery moves a step closer to market

FDA receives IDE application for CytoSorbents' CytoSorb cardiac surgery trial

AVACEN Medical launches $2M campaign in response to positive outcomes of fibromyalgia study

AMIC files de novo submission with FDA for Y-90 RadioGel device, seeks Class II reclassification

First two patients enrolled in AGA’s GERD Registry successfully undergo treatment

AGA) Center for GI Innovation and Technology is pleased to announce that the first two enrollees in the STAR Registry

K2M completes first surgical case using innovative corpectomy cage system

Most people with asthma or severe allergies do not use medical devices correctly, study finds

Lung cancer in women: an interview with Harold Wimmer and Chuck Brynelsen

CVRx receives HDE approval for Barostim neo legacy device

Industry Focus eBook - Medical Devices (3rd Edition) eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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