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Clear Guide Medical signs agreement with USAISR to test effectiveness of Clear Guide ONE

Clear Guide Medical has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research to test the physician performance enhancements possible when using the Clear Guide ONE and the VisiTIP needles.

11 May 2015

Debiotech agrees to acquire exclusive rights on iSense CGM technology for use with patch pumps

Debiotech of Switzerland and iSense CGM, Inc. of the US, announced today having entered into an Agreement under which Debiotech has the option to acquire the exclusive rights on the iSense CGM product and technology for use with patch pumps for diabetes therapy. Financial terms and conditions of the Agreement are not disclosed.

11 May 2015

Nevro Q1 revenue increases 45% to $9.7 million

Nevro Corp., a medical device company that has developed and commercialized an innovative, evidence-based neuromodulation platform for the treatment of chronic pain, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

11 May 2015

Spherix receives another standard-essential patent from USPTO

Spherix Incorporated -- an intellectual property development company committed to the fostering and monetization of intellectual property, today announced that the United States Patent & Trademark Office is issuing the Company another standard-essential patent.

11 May 2015

Calcivis Caries Activity Imaging System meets primary performance endpoint in first clinical study

Calcivis, a medical devices company focused on revolutionising the management of tooth decay and enabling preventive dentistry, today announces headline results from the first clinical study of its Calcivis® Caries Activity Imaging System.

11 May 2015

A pioneering facial recognition cane for the blind

The ‘XploR’ mobility cane, being developed by ICT students Steve Adigbo, Waheed Rafiq and Richard Howlett, uses smartphone technology to recognise familiar faces from up to 10m away. The cane also features GPS functionality to aid navigation...

11 May 2015

Small ion pump gives new hope for severe nerve pain sufferers

A small ion pump in organic electronics is giving new hope to people suffering from severe nerve pain. Researchers at Swedish Linköping University and the Karolinska Institute are the first in the world with technology that can stop pain impulses in living, freely moving rats using the body's own pain relief signals.

11 May 2015

UM cell biologist advances research about behavior of cell proteins in neuroblastoma

Patience and persistence are beginning to pay off for University of Montana Professor Mark Grimes, whose research about the behavior of cell proteins in childhood cancer recently was published by the Public Library of Science Computational Biology.

From Cell Signaling Technology 10 May 2015

Neusoft Medical Systems launches NeuViz 128 CT

Today, Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. officially launched the NeuViz 128 CT for the global markets, and the new products are being exported to South Asia, North Africa and other international markets.

10 May 2015

New data driven approach to healthcare

Isansys Lifecare Ltd, the provider of complete real-time physiological patient data services and systems, is this week celebrating its fifth anniversary...

From Isansys Lifecare Ltd. 8 May 2015

Full body dermatological scanner could help diagnose skin conditions in the future

Melanoma is aggressive and life-threatening. If it is not detected early, the prospects of recovery drop. Screening is complicated, though. Together with several project partners, Fraunhofer researchers have developed an assistance system that helps dermatologists with diagnosis.

8 May 2015

Creating digital technology prototypes to improve dementia care

A health-inspired hackathon is taking place in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, with the aim of creating digital technology prototypes to support dementia care. Designers, coders, hackers and researchers are invited to take part in Create-4-Dementia on May 30th and 31st - the first public event of the Social Computing and Mental Health Research Network led by the University of Lincoln, UK, and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

8 May 2015

GenVec reports net loss of $1.5 million for first quarter 2015

GenVec, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, GenVec reported a net loss of $1.5 million, or $0.09 per share, on revenues of $0.4 million, compared with a net loss of $1.0 million, or $0.07 per share, on revenues of $2.1 million, for the same period in the prior year.

8 May 2015

TESCAN introduce unique multimodal holographic microscope for live cell imaging

The unique Q-PHASE microscope is based on the principle of incoherent holography. Where other available solutions make use of a laser or laser diode, which may cause adverse or undesirable effects, mainly in terms of imaging quality, Q-PHASE uses white light for illumination, thus producing high quality imaging...

From Tescan 8 May 2015

Post-acute care in skilled nursing facilities leads to higher spending, lower patient survival

A nationwide study, "Uncovering Waste in U.S. Healthcare," from authors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, finds that spending on post-acute care in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) provides a key signal of inefficiency in the health care system, leading to higher spending and lower patient survival.

8 May 2015

Anton Paar polarimeters: New LED light source and air pump for sample cells maximize lifetime and ease of use.

Anton Paar now launches a new LED light source. A new integrated air pump makes cleaning and drying sample cells a lot more convenient...

From Anton Paar GmbH 8 May 2015

Roll-out of eMR-ABC software in Indiana may benefit older adults with dementia or depression

Older Indiana adults with dementia or depression will be among the best cared for elders in the nation beginning this month with the statewide roll-out of a unique automated decision-support system that enables their care coordinators to meet the complex bio-psychosocial needs of these individuals as well as those of their family members and other informal caregivers.

8 May 2015

Three UCR STEM students named winners of Strauss Scholarship

Undergraduates at the University of California, Riverside are on a success roll. First, two students won Goldwater Scholarships, announced last month. Now three undergraduate students have been named winners of prestigious scholarships from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation. Highly competitive, the Strauss Scholarship is a public service scholarship given to university students in California.

8 May 2015

CHOP's patient safety team recognized for work alarm fatigue in hospital units

A patient safety team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who analyzed the problem of alarm fatigue in hospital units has been recognized for the best research paper of 2014 in a journal dedicated to biomedical technology.

8 May 2015

Study shows how popular media influences women's choices for childbirth

Women's magazines influence whether women decide to have a more natural childbirth or not, with most of the messages biased towards promoting the benefits of medicalised birth.

7 May 2015

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Clear Guide Medical signs agreement with USAISR to test effectiveness of Clear Guide ONE

Debiotech agrees to acquire exclusive rights on iSense CGM technology for use with patch pumps

Nevro Q1 revenue increases 45% to $9.7 million

Spherix receives another standard-essential patent from USPTO

Calcivis Caries Activity Imaging System meets primary performance endpoint in first clinical study

A pioneering facial recognition cane for the blind

Small ion pump gives new hope for severe nerve pain sufferers

UM cell biologist advances research about behavior of cell proteins in neuroblastoma

Neusoft Medical Systems launches NeuViz 128 CT

New data driven approach to healthcare

Full body dermatological scanner could help diagnose skin conditions in the future

Creating digital technology prototypes to improve dementia care

GenVec reports net loss of $1.5 million for first quarter 2015

TESCAN introduce unique multimodal holographic microscope for live cell imaging

Post-acute care in skilled nursing facilities leads to higher spending, lower patient survival

Anton Paar polarimeters: New LED light source and air pump for sample cells maximize lifetime and ease of use.

Roll-out of eMR-ABC software in Indiana may benefit older adults with dementia or depression

Three UCR STEM students named winners of Strauss Scholarship

CHOP's patient safety team recognized for work alarm fatigue in hospital units

Study shows how popular media influences women's choices for childbirth

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

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