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Medtronic introduces new TSRH 3Dx Spinal System to address multiple pathologies

Medtronic, Inc., today announced the launch of the TSRH® 3Dx™ Spinal System. Designed with procedural efficiency in mind, the TSRH 3Dx Spinal System offers two screws designed to address multiple pathologies.

17 Nov 2009

SANUWAVE Health reports financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.,, an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive, biological response activating devices in the regenerative medicine area, reports its achievements and financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

16 Nov 2009

Bullseye Anatomic Cruciate Reconstruction System released

CONMED Corporation's CONMED Linvatec arthroscopy unit today announced the release of the Bullseye™ Anatomic Cruciate Reconstruction System, a novel guide system for anatomic cruciate ligament (ACL and PCL) reconstructions of the knee.

16 Nov 2009

Spine Care Institute established by Hospital for Special Surgery

Hospital for Special Surgery today announced the establishment of one of the most comprehensive centers of excellence in the country for the treatment of all nonoperative and operative spine disorders.

16 Nov 2009

Researchers develop microscopic polymer beads to deliver antioxidant enzyme into heart

Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart.

16 Nov 2009

El Camino Hospital moves into new, technologically and seismically advanced facility

El Camino Hospital, the hospital of Silicon Valley, today completed its move into the new, technologically and seismically advanced facility. After completing several practice runs led by the activation team, hospital officials report all patients were safely transferred to the new facility.

16 Nov 2009

$Post-menopausal women in Asia hospitalized with fragility fracture are not aware whether they had osteoporosis or not$

Post-menopausal women in Asia hospitalized with fragility fracture are not aware whether they had osteoporosis or not

New results from a survey of 1,122 post-menopausal women in Asia found that nearly half (48.5 percent) were not aware whether or not they had osteoporosis despite being hospitalized with a fragility fracture.

13 Nov 2009

Medical Facilities announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

Medical Facilities Corporation, today reported its financial results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009. All amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars unless indicated otherwise.

12 Nov 2009

K2M announces the launch of TERRA NOVA and SERENGETI

K2M, Inc., the spinal device company developing innovative and simplified solutions for the treatment of complex spinal pathologies and procedures, today announced the launch of the TERRA NOVA® Minimally Invasive Access System and the SERENGETI® Disposable Kit at the North American Spine Society (NASS) 2009 Annual Conference.

12 Nov 2009

FDA regulatory clearance for Kensey Nash's ECM product

Kensey Nash Corporation, a leading medical technology company that provides innovative resorbable biomaterial technology for a wide range of medical procedures, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance for its first extracellular matrix (ECM) product, Medeor(TM) Matrix, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

12 Nov 2009

New, flexible scaffold for multi-level posterolateral fusion procedures

Medtronic, Inc. today announced the full U.S. market release of MASTERGRAFT® Strip – a new, highly flexible ceramic scaffold intended for use in combination with a patient’s own bone for fusing multiple levels of the posterolateral spine.

11 Nov 2009

New robotic surgical systems from El Camino Hospital

El Camino Hospital, the hospital of Silicon Valley, expands its minimally invasive surgical program to three da Vinci® Si HD Surgical Systems. Physicians performed more than 500 robotic surgeries over the past year and expect the number to increase in 2010 as more physicians undergo training with the enhanced equipment that allows for more minimally invasive procedures.

11 Nov 2009

FDA-approved DuraSeal spine sealant from Covidien

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the launch of DuraSeal™ spine sealant, the first product approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for intra-operative sealing of the dural membrane during spine procedures.

11 Nov 2009

Osteotech highlights Magnifuse bone grafting products at NASS Annual Meeting

Osteotech, Inc., a leader in the emerging field of biologic products for regenerative healing, today announced it is highlighting three procedure-specific MagniFuse(TM) bone grafting products for different spine therapy areas at the North American Spine Society (NASS) 2009 Annual Meeting, taking place November 10th through 14th in San Francisco, California. To date MagniFuse has been used in 40 spinal surgeries in the United States

11 Nov 2009

First evidence-based, multidisciplinary treatment guidelines for brain metastases patients to be published

Anthony Asher, MD, FACS, of Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates in Charlotte, NC, has co-authored the first evidence-based, multidisciplinary treatment guidelines for brain metastases patients. These guidelines were recently presented at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2009 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, and were developed over the last year by a 20-member panel from various medical specialties.

11 Nov 2009

Global Health partners with Eira Hospital to start obesity treatment operations in Finland

In collaboration with Eira Hospital in Helsinki, Global Health Partner (STO:GHP) has started up obesity treatment operations and the first bariatric surgery procedure has now been performed. Finland has the highest obesity prevalence in the Nordic countries. However, the number of bariatric surgery procedures has so far been very low. “We see Finland as a very exciting market with great potential and are happy to be doing this in collaboration with the well-reputed Eira Hospital,” says Per Båtelson, Global Health Partner’s CEO.

11 Nov 2009

Laser Spine Institute opens new medical center in Philadelphia

After helping thousands of patients get their lives back through minimally invasive endoscopic spinal surgery at their facilities in Tampa and Scottsdale, the Laser Spine Institute announces the opening of a new medical center in Philadelphia.

11 Nov 2009

Emory researchers present public health research findings at American Public Health Association meeting

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health researchers will present Nov. 11 on a range of topics at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, including a study that found reduced absenteeism among employees participating in a large-scale worksite wellness program.

11 Nov 2009

Negative and positive emotions have a direct impact on pain, says new study

Getting a flu shot this fall? Canadians scientists have found that focusing on a pretty image could alleviate the sting of that vaccine. According to a new Universit- de Montr-al study, published in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), negative and positive emotions have a direct impact on pain.

11 Nov 2009

Disparities in emergency room waiting times for chest pain patients

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health researchers will present Nov. 10 on a range of topics at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, including a study that examined compliance with national recommendations that a physician screen chest pain patients within 10 minutes of their arrival to the Emergency Department (ED).

10 Nov 2009

Spine News and Research

Medtronic introduces new TSRH 3Dx Spinal System to address multiple pathologies

SANUWAVE Health reports financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009

Bullseye Anatomic Cruciate Reconstruction System released

Spine Care Institute established by Hospital for Special Surgery

Researchers develop microscopic polymer beads to deliver antioxidant enzyme into heart

El Camino Hospital moves into new, technologically and seismically advanced facility

Post-menopausal women in Asia hospitalized with fragility fracture are not aware whether they had osteoporosis or not

Medical Facilities announces financial results for the third quarter of 2009

K2M announces the launch of TERRA NOVA and SERENGETI

FDA regulatory clearance for Kensey Nash's ECM product

New, flexible scaffold for multi-level posterolateral fusion procedures

New robotic surgical systems from El Camino Hospital

FDA-approved DuraSeal spine sealant from Covidien

Osteotech highlights Magnifuse bone grafting products at NASS Annual Meeting

First evidence-based, multidisciplinary treatment guidelines for brain metastases patients to be published

Global Health partners with Eira Hospital to start obesity treatment operations in Finland

Laser Spine Institute opens new medical center in Philadelphia

Emory researchers present public health research findings at American Public Health Association meeting

Negative and positive emotions have a direct impact on pain, says new study

Disparities in emergency room waiting times for chest pain patients

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