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CHEO pediatric surgeon wins TELUS Award for mHealth Innovation

Local pediatric surgeon and entrepreneur Dr. Matthew Bromwich accepted the "TELUS Award for mHealth Innovation" at the 29th Annual CATAAlliance Innovation Awards Gala tonight.

22 May 2014

Lucideon invests in an Agilent 7900 Quadrapole ICP-MS to extend its analysis techniques offerings

Lucideon, the international provider of materials development, testing and assurance, and formerly known as Ceram, is pleased to announce it has invested in the latest Agilent 7900 Quadrapole Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).

From Lucideon 21 May 2014

Edison Pharmaceuticals' EPI-743 granted orphan designation for Leigh syndrome in Japan

Edison Pharmaceuticals has announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has granted Orphan Designation to EPI-743 for the treatment of Leigh syndrome.

21 May 2014

Leica Microsystems and Med X Change announce select Leica surgical microscopes are now available with integrated 1080p recording

Leica Microsystems and Med X Change announce that select Leica surgical microscopes are now available with integrated 1080p video recording and still image capture. The compact Med X Change EvolutionHD 2D Medical Video Recorder, EVO for short, seamlessly integrates with the microscope stands, providing high definition video recording without interrupting surgical workflow. This small, powerful, high end medical video recorder with state-of-the-art features delivers surgical content automatically to Apple® iPad and iPhone mobile devices. Leica Microsystems presented the system at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery / American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators Symposium & Congress, April 25-29, 2014, in Boston, MA, USA.

20 May 2014

Clinovo to launch new Clincapture open source EDC system on May 23, 2014

On May 23rd at 10am PST Marc Desgrousilliers, Chief Technology Officer at Clinovo, will introduce the new 2.0 version of ClinCapture, the most advanced open source Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system.

20 May 2014

Dassault Systèmes launches world's first 3D simulation model of human heart

Dassault Systèmes (Paris:DSY)(Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today unveiled the world's first 3D realistic simulation model of a whole human heart.

20 May 2014

New toolkit to help prevent and control healthcare-associated infections

Montefiore Medical Center, in partnership with Boston University School of Public Health, today announced the launch of a toolkit to help prevent and control the emergence of a dangerous and highly contagious infection in healthcare settings.

19 May 2014

Study to investigate use of OCT in collaboration with Melanoma Institute of Australia

Michelson Diagnostics, the UK based medical device company focused on multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography ('OCT') technology, has commenced a clinical study to investigate the use of OCT to diagnose basal cell carcinoma in collaboration with the Melanoma Institute of Australia using Michelson's Diagnostics VivoSight system.

19 May 2014

Inspire Medical Systems completes $40 million Series E financing

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. announced today that it has completed a Series E financing of $40 million. The financing round was strategically timed to coincide with the commercial launch of the Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) therapy in the United States.

15 May 2014

Republicans seek end to health law tax on medical devices

Also, two Republicans want states with failed health insurance exchanges to pay back the money the federal government gave them to start the marketplaces. Elsewhere, abortion rights groups push against a proposed ban on the procedure, and the parties debate over the prevalence of canceled health plans.

15 May 2014

Highlights: Mass. death rate drops after universal coverage; Calif. immigrant licensing; Calif. offenders mental health treatment

The mortality rate in Massachusetts declined substantially in the four years after the state enacted a law in 2006 mandating universal health care coverage, providing the model for the Affordable Care Act.

13 May 2014

GE Capital's Healthcare Financial Services provides $9 million term loan to Cerapedics

GE Capital's Healthcare Financial Services business has provided a $9 million term loan to Cerapedics, Inc., a privately-held medical device company based in Westminster, CO. The funds will be used to support Cerapedics' general business operations, including the advancement of its U.S. regulatory process.

12 May 2014

Foundation Medicine obtains CE mark for FoundationOne

Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced that it has obtained a CE mark for FoundationOne®. The CE mark allows FoundationOne to be placed on the market in the European Economic Area.

12 May 2014

Abbott's vascular devices manufacturing facility receives Shingo Prize

Abbott has been awarded the Shingo Prize, an international award for operational excellence, by the Shingo Institute at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Abbott's vascular devices manufacturing facility in Clonmel, Ireland, received the award, recognizing the site's initiative to develop and maintain continuous improvement to achieve operational excellence.

9 May 2014

St. Jude Medical presents new data on quadripolar technology at Heart Rhythm 2014

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, is the leader in quadripolar technology with the only cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) system approved in the U.S. New data presented at Heart Rhythm 2014, the Heart Rhythm Society's Annual Scientific Sessions, demonstrates increased survival, improved clinical outcomes and better cost utilization with St. Jude Medical's quadripolar technology.

9 May 2014

UBM Canon's MD+DI wins 2014 MAGGIE Award from Western Publishing Association

UBM Canon's MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry), the medtech industry's comprehensive source for news, analysis, and in-depth information for 35 years, was recently honored as a 2014 MAGGIE Award winner at the Western Publishing Association's 63rd Annual MAGGIE Awards in the category of Best Cover (Circulation Under 50,000)/Trade for its August 2013 issue.

8 May 2014

Researchers to develop unique technology to help physicians perform ultrasound-guided procedures involving needle placement

Significant funding from NIBIB has enabled researchers to develop a unique technology to help physicians perform ultrasound-guided procedures involving needle placement such as needle biopsies, central line insertion, and local anesthesia.

8 May 2014

BIOTRONIK's Entovis pacemaker system gets FDA approval

BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of cardiovascular medical devices, announced today that the Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for its Entovis pacemaker system with ProMRI technology.

7 May 2014

Phillips-Medisize enters into definitive agreement with Golden Gate Capital

Phillips-Medisize Corporation today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Golden Gate Capital will acquire the Company from funds managed by Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C.

7 May 2014

NanoString receives license from Health Canada to market Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced that it has received a Class III Medical Device License from Health Canada, clearing the company to market its Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay for assessing a woman's 10-year risk of distant recurrence and accurately identifying the intrinsic biologic subtype of the tumor.

From NanoString Technologies 7 May 2014

Medical Devices News and Research

CHEO pediatric surgeon wins TELUS Award for mHealth Innovation

Lucideon invests in an Agilent 7900 Quadrapole ICP-MS to extend its analysis techniques offerings

Edison Pharmaceuticals' EPI-743 granted orphan designation for Leigh syndrome in Japan

Leica Microsystems and Med X Change announce select Leica surgical microscopes are now available with integrated 1080p recording

Clinovo to launch new Clincapture open source EDC system on May 23, 2014

Dassault Systèmes launches world's first 3D simulation model of human heart

New toolkit to help prevent and control healthcare-associated infections

Study to investigate use of OCT in collaboration with Melanoma Institute of Australia

Inspire Medical Systems completes $40 million Series E financing

Republicans seek end to health law tax on medical devices

Highlights: Mass. death rate drops after universal coverage; Calif. immigrant licensing; Calif. offenders mental health treatment

GE Capital's Healthcare Financial Services provides $9 million term loan to Cerapedics

Foundation Medicine obtains CE mark for FoundationOne

Abbott's vascular devices manufacturing facility receives Shingo Prize

St. Jude Medical presents new data on quadripolar technology at Heart Rhythm 2014

UBM Canon's MD+DI wins 2014 MAGGIE Award from Western Publishing Association

Researchers to develop unique technology to help physicians perform ultrasound-guided procedures involving needle placement

BIOTRONIK's Entovis pacemaker system gets FDA approval

Phillips-Medisize enters into definitive agreement with Golden Gate Capital

NanoString receives license from Health Canada to market Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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