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Covidien launches V-Loc absorbable wound closure device

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the global rollout of the V-Loc™ absorbable wound closure device, the first surgical device of its kind to feature unidirectional barbed technology that enables surgeons to close dermal wounds quickly and securely without tying knots.

13 Oct 2009

SANUWAVE presents findings on extracorporeal shock wave stimulation of osteoprogenitor cells

SANUWAVE, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive, biological response activating devices in the regenerative medicine area, reported that scientific findings titled “Extracorporeal Shock Wave Stimulation of Osteoprogenitor Cells” were presented at the 2009 International Bone-Tissue-Engineering Congress (“Bone-Tec”) in Hannover, Germany, which was held October 9-11, 2009.

13 Oct 2009

Sixth annual Medical Student Research Forum highlights latest findings

Members of Qatar's research and medical community recently gathered at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar to learn more about research conducted by the college's pre-medical and medical students.

13 Oct 2009

Simple wound dressings versus antimicrobial dressings

The UK National Health Service could save millions of pounds a year by routinely using inexpensive dressings to treat venous leg ulcers, after a study published in the October issue of BJS showed that they are just as effective as expensive silver dressings in the majority of cases.

13 Oct 2009

Good Samaritan Hospital tops HealthGrade ratings for stroke treatment and joint replacement

A study issued today by HealthGrades, Inc., the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, finds that Good Samaritan Hospital is among the Top 5% in the Nation for Treatment of Stroke and Top 10% in the Nation for Joint Replacement. The nation’s nearly 5,000 nonfederal hospitals were all included in the sweeping study, which examined mortality rates and complication rates from government data from 2006, 2007 and 2008.

13 Oct 2009

Campaign to address rising health care costs

What if you could not find the price for anything at the grocery store, even the most basic items? What if the check-out clerk offered to mail you a bill, but could not tell you what your total amount would be?

13 Oct 2009

Statistical model helps identify patients who need to undergo further cancer treatment

A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy. The analysis, to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, concludes that the model, which considers both how far the cancer has spread and other information, such as how the cancer cells look under the microscope and the time between diagnosis and surgery, could better identify patients who need to undergo further treatment.

13 Oct 2009

Renowned physicians encourage women to go for regular breast examinations

Doctors Ritu Chopra and Andrew Ordon, respected physicians with practices in Rancho Mirage and Beverly Hills, are encouraging Coachella Valley women to obtain regular breast exams and to be aware of their general breast health.

13 Oct 2009

Patient outcomes better in highly rated hospitals than others

The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation's 5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the nation's best hospitals and all others. According to the study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization, patients at highly rated hospitals have a 52 percent lower chance of dying compared with the U.S. hospital average, a quality chasm that has persisted for the last decade even as mortality rates, in general, have declined.

13 Oct 2009

Premier Purchasing Partners awards new agreements for blood bank analyzers

Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for blood bank analyzers, reagents, consumables and service have been awarded to Biotest Diagnostics Corporation of Rockaway, N.J.; and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. of Piscataway, N.J., contracting on behalf of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. of Raritan, N.J.

13 Oct 2009

Neighborhood may be a modifiable risk factor for diabetes

Individuals living in neighborhoods conducive to physical activity and providing access to healthy foods may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in a five-year period, according to a report in the October 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

13 Oct 2009

Surgeons perform groundbreaking procedure using patient's own stem cells for repairing bone deficiencies

In a first-of-its kind procedure, physicians have used stem cells taken from the fat tissue of a 14-year-old boy and combined them with growth protein and donor tissue to grow viable cheek bones in the teen.

13 Oct 2009

Legendary coach helps raise awareness on osteoarthritis

After leading the U.S. men’s basketball team to Olympic gold last year and two weeks before the start of his 30th season as head coach of Duke University’s men’s basketball team, Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K), 61, is teaming up with the Arthritis Foundation to help raise awareness of the disease that nearly ended his coaching career 10 years ago.

13 Oct 2009

NiTi Surgical Solutions to showcase its investigational bowel anastomosis device at the 95th ACS Congress

NiTi™ Surgical Solutions, an innovative surgical device company, today announced that it will showcase its new, investigational bowel anastomosis device this week at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) 95th Annual Clinical Congress in Chicago, Illinois. The device, which will be marketed as BowelRing™, represents the company’s next advancement in its innovative BioDynamix™ Anastomosis Technology platform.

12 Oct 2009

Ethicon Endo-Surgery launches energy delivery devices at the 95th ACS Annual Clinical Congress

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., today unveiled its broad portfolio of energy delivery devices at the 95th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

12 Oct 2009

FDA clears RSB Spine's Interplate C-Ti as an anterior cervical plate

RSB Spine, LLC, today announced that the InterPlate® C-Ti has been cleared for a new indication. When reclassification of interbody fusion devices occurred in 2007, the C-Ti was the first system cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. With this most recent announcement, the C-Ti has now become the first interbody fusion device to be cleared as an anterior cervical plate as well.

12 Oct 2009

Novadaq Technologies commercializes patented visualization technology

Novadaq Technologies Inc., headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has commercialized SPY imaging, a patented visualization technology that enables surgeons to monitor circulation and tissue perfusion intraoperatively, facilitating surgical mapping and revisions during major procedures.

12 Oct 2009

Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduces the Echelon Flex Endopath Stapler at the 95th ACS Congress

Ethicon Endo-Surgery today announced the launch of the Echelon Flex(TM) Endopath® Stapler, which delivers system wide compression in a novel way through the first and only articulating mechanical endocutter designed to be fully operated with one hand.

12 Oct 2009

Garmisch-Partenkirchen implements high-availability SAN with DataCore Software to reduce hospital overhead costs

DataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today announced that the clinical center Garmisch-Partenkirchen, supported by solution provider ASSISTRA AG, has carried out a storage virtualization project and implemented a high-availability SAN (Storage Area Network) with DataCore Software.

12 Oct 2009

Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduces several novel surgical solutions at ACS Annual Clinical Congress

Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduced several novel surgical solutions at the 95th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, highlighting how the company is enabling innovation through collaboration across the continuum of surgical techniques and options.

12 Oct 2009

Surgery News and Research

Covidien launches V-Loc absorbable wound closure device

SANUWAVE presents findings on extracorporeal shock wave stimulation of osteoprogenitor cells

Sixth annual Medical Student Research Forum highlights latest findings

Simple wound dressings versus antimicrobial dressings

Good Samaritan Hospital tops HealthGrade ratings for stroke treatment and joint replacement

Campaign to address rising health care costs

Statistical model helps identify patients who need to undergo further cancer treatment

Renowned physicians encourage women to go for regular breast examinations

Patient outcomes better in highly rated hospitals than others

Premier Purchasing Partners awards new agreements for blood bank analyzers

Neighborhood may be a modifiable risk factor for diabetes

Surgeons perform groundbreaking procedure using patient's own stem cells for repairing bone deficiencies

Legendary coach helps raise awareness on osteoarthritis

NiTi Surgical Solutions to showcase its investigational bowel anastomosis device at the 95th ACS Congress

Ethicon Endo-Surgery launches energy delivery devices at the 95th ACS Annual Clinical Congress

FDA clears RSB Spine's Interplate C-Ti as an anterior cervical plate

Novadaq Technologies commercializes patented visualization technology

Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduces the Echelon Flex Endopath Stapler at the 95th ACS Congress

Garmisch-Partenkirchen implements high-availability SAN with DataCore Software to reduce hospital overhead costs

Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduces several novel surgical solutions at ACS Annual Clinical Congress

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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