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Stenting outcomes worse for elderly women than men

Results from a cohort study published in Cardiology show that elderly women have a higher risk for complications and in-hospital mortality immediately after treatment with either drug-eluting stents or bare metal stents than elderly men.

4 Oct 2012

SpineSmith receives U.S. patent for VisuALIF lumbar interbody device

SpineSmith, a Celling Biosciences company, announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent 8,273,127, covering the VisuALIF, the first lumbar interbody device featuring a revolutionary open-face design.

4 Oct 2012

Clemson University launches Medical Device Recycling and Reprocessing Certificate Program

Clemson University has established the first program to train engineers to recycle and reprocess medical devices. The Medical Device Recycling and Reprocessing Certificate Program offered by the Clemson University Biomedical Engineering Innovation Campus (CUBEInC) was developed in response to the dramatic market adoption of reprocessing in recent years.

3 Oct 2012

UCSF to create first implantable device for patients with kidney failure

A $750,000 gift from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation is spurring a UCSF-led effort to create the first implantable artificial kidney for patients with kidney failure.

3 Oct 2012

Issa threatens to subpoena HHS documents related to Medicare Advantage bonuses

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services is using an $8 billion Medicare bonus payment demonstration project to mask the health law's cuts to Medicare Advantage plans in advance of the election.

29 Sep 2012

Viewpoints: Obamacare a 'big plus'?; What happened to GOP anger over health law?

How did that happen? Partly it's because this has become such an ideological election - much more so than 2008. … And let me add a speculation: I suspect that in the end Obamacare is turning out to be a big plus, even though it has always had ambivalent polling.

29 Sep 2012

FDA launches campaign to raise public awareness on prevalence of fraudulent Internet pharmacies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched a national campaign to raise public awareness about the prevalence of fraudulent Internet pharmacies, which can be dangerous to patient health, and to help consumers make safe purchases.

29 Sep 2012

GCE group, Dehaier partner to distribute EASE II products in China

Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd., an emerging leader in the development, assembly, marketing and sale of medical devices and homecare medical products in China, today announced that it has signed a two-year distribution agreement with GCE group, a leading global compressed gas-equipment company, to become the exclusive distributor for GCE's EASE II products in Mainland China.

29 Sep 2012

EvaluatePharma’s new service focuses on medical device and diagnostic sector

EvaluatePharma, the premier source for life science sector analysis and consensus forecasts, today announced the launch of EvaluateMedTech, a new intelligence service focused on the medical device and diagnostic sector.

29 Sep 2012

U.N. presents plan to improve access to contraception, releases report on maternal, child health

The U.N. on Wednesday "presented a plan to make life-saving health supplies more accessible, while a new report found that, despite impressive reductions in maternal and child mortality in the past decade in some countries, millions of women and children still die every year from preventable causes," the U.N. News Centre reports.

28 Sep 2012

Medtronic to acquire Kanghui

Medtronic, Inc. and China Kanghui Holdings announced today that they have entered into a merger agreement whereby Medtronic will acquire Kanghui.

From Medtronic 28 Sep 2012

Life Technologies receives FDA clearance for OpTmizer CTS T-cell expansion media

Life Technologies Corporation today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its OpTmizer CTS T-Cell Expansion Tissue Culture Medium – a reagent that is now cleared as a Class II medical device and offers cost- and time-saving advantages for transitioning studies from the research bench to clinical trials.

28 Sep 2012

CivaTech Oncology receives NIH/NCI Phase II Contract for CivaSheet device to treat NSCLC

CivaTech Oncology, an RTP medical device company dedicated to developing novel radiation therapy devices, announced the award of a $1M Phase II Contract from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute to further develop and commercialize CivaSheet, a bioabsorbable uni-directional device for treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer.

26 Sep 2012

Double-digit premium increases seen in popular Medicare drug plans

Seniors in seven of the 10 most popular Medicare drug plans will see marked premium increases for 2013 if they don't opt to change plans, according to an analysis by Avalere Health.

26 Sep 2012

IV connectors can play a crucial role in protecting patients from infections and other complications

Medical devices known as IV connectors, through which intravenous medication and nutrition are provided to a patient, can play a crucial role in protecting patients from life-threatening infections and other complications. But some types of connectors are much more prone to dangerous complications, according to a recent poster presentation at an international meeting of oncology nurses, the 17th International Conference on Cancer Nursing, held Sept. 9-13 in Prague, Czech Republic.

26 Sep 2012

NeuroSigma to launch Monarch eTNS system at 10th European Congress on Epileptology

NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles-based medical device company, announced today that its Monarch eTNS system for the adjunctive treatment of epilepsy and depression will make its debut at the 10th European Congress on Epileptology, which takes place in London, England from September 30 to October 4, 2012.

25 Sep 2012

Public, private sectors must engage to increase chances of success in fighting NCDs

"Some academics and non-profit organizations are skeptical of the motives of the increasing number of multinational companies who seek partnerships to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs)," Derek Yach, senior vice president of global health and agriculture policy at PepsiCo and former head of NCDs at WHO, writes in the Huffington Post's "Impact" blog.

25 Sep 2012

InterCure signs strategic service agreement with private company

XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. today announced that InterCure Ltd., which is approximately 45.4% (50.79% on a fully diluted basis) held by XTL, signed a strategic service agreement with a private company wholly owned by Mr. Shay Ben Yitzhak and Mr. Avner Yassur.

25 Sep 2012

Celleration introduces new MIST 360 Applicator

Celleration, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic ultrasound healing technologies, announces the launch of its new MIST 360 Applicator.

25 Sep 2012

Lawmakers spar on Medicare Advantage plans

In a Capitol Hill hearing Friday, Republicans challenged the Obama administration's so-called Medicare Advantage "bonuses."

24 Sep 2012

Medical Devices News and Research

Stenting outcomes worse for elderly women than men

SpineSmith receives U.S. patent for VisuALIF lumbar interbody device

Clemson University launches Medical Device Recycling and Reprocessing Certificate Program

UCSF to create first implantable device for patients with kidney failure

Issa threatens to subpoena HHS documents related to Medicare Advantage bonuses

Viewpoints: Obamacare a 'big plus'?; What happened to GOP anger over health law?

FDA launches campaign to raise public awareness on prevalence of fraudulent Internet pharmacies

GCE group, Dehaier partner to distribute EASE II products in China

EvaluatePharma’s new service focuses on medical device and diagnostic sector

U.N. presents plan to improve access to contraception, releases report on maternal, child health

Medtronic to acquire Kanghui

Life Technologies receives FDA clearance for OpTmizer CTS T-cell expansion media

CivaTech Oncology receives NIH/NCI Phase II Contract for CivaSheet device to treat NSCLC

Double-digit premium increases seen in popular Medicare drug plans

IV connectors can play a crucial role in protecting patients from infections and other complications

NeuroSigma to launch Monarch eTNS system at 10th European Congress on Epileptology

Public, private sectors must engage to increase chances of success in fighting NCDs

InterCure signs strategic service agreement with private company

Celleration introduces new MIST 360 Applicator

Lawmakers spar on Medicare Advantage plans

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