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Hybrid operating rooms emerging as a major market segment within OR integration systems

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, hybrid operating rooms (ORs) are emerging as a major market segment within operating room integration systems.

16 Jun 2011

ACC to expand partnership and strategic alliance with FIGMD

FIGMD, Inc. today announced the American College of Cardiology (ACC) will expand its partnership and strategic alliance with FIGMD by making an equity investment.

16 Jun 2011

Life Technologies introduces CytoTune-iPS Reprogramming Kit

Life Technologies Corporation today announced the launch of CytoTune-iPS Reprogramming Kit -- research technology that provides far improved efficiency over standard methods to develop induced pluripotent stem cells from human somatic cells.

16 Jun 2011

USPTO issues patent to EndoSphere's noninvasive device for treatment of obesity

EndoSphere Inc., a medical technology company that holds 23 U.S. and international issued and pending patents, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company a patent covering the use of its endoscopically implantable devices for the treatment of metabolic diseases, including obesity and type 2 diabetes.

16 Jun 2011

GNAX, Acuo partner to develop cloud-based, VNA of medical images for healthcare providers

Global Net Access (GNAX), a leading healthcare technology service provider, announces a strategic relationship with Acuo Technologies to develop a cloud-based, vendor neutral archive (VNA) of medical images for healthcare providers.

15 Jun 2011

Ethicon Endo-Surgery receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Advanced Energy Generator

In an effort to help simplify the OR, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) today announces U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance and the launch of the first ever Advanced Energy Generator made to power both ultrasonic and advanced bipolar technologies and designed for easy set set-up and use in the operating room.

15 Jun 2011

St. Jude Medical introduces HD VantageView System for enhancing EP lab workflow

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced the launch of the VantageView™ System in the United States and Europe. The VantageView System is a state-of-the-art, high-definition (HD) monitor that eliminates the need for multiple monitors and enhances workflow by improving the visualization of critical case information in the electrophysiology (EP) lab.

15 Jun 2011

Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduces ENSEAL G2 Super Jaw advanced bipolar technology

To address surgeons' need for achieving strong vessel seals while remaining gentle on tissue in open surgery, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) today announces the launch of its innovative ENSEAL® G2 Super Jaw advanced bipolar technology.

15 Jun 2011

Varian receives marketing approval for TrueBeam image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery system in Japan

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of medical technology for treating cancer with radiotherapy, announced today it has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to market the TrueBeam™ system for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery in Japan.

15 Jun 2011

USPTO upholds ten amended claims of SANUWAVE's '119 patent

SANUWAVE Health, Inc., an emerging medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of non-invasive, biological response activating devices in regenerative medicine, today reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a reexamination certificate upholding ten amended claims of SANUWAVE's U.S. Patent No. 6,080,119 following a third party's ex parte reexamination request.

15 Jun 2011

Pharma IQ launches Global HTA and CER Forum

Pharma IQ is pioneering new HTA discussion platform with launch of the first ever HTA Online event - Global HTA and CER Forum, which will take an innovative form of 12 online session over the course of August.

15 Jun 2011

Infosys introduces Health Benefit Exchange

Infosys today announced the availability of Infosys Health Benefit Exchange, a cost effective solution designed to help states set up the insurance exchanges mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

15 Jun 2011

Galectin strengthens cancer drug patent portfolio in Europe

Galectin Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the European Patent Office has granted the Company a new patent, No. 02731178.6, "Co-administration of a Polysaccharide with a Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Cancer".

15 Jun 2011

Intralytix obtains FDA, FSIS regulatory clearance for bacteriophage-based product against E. coli

Intralytix, Inc. announced today that it has completed regulatory clearance from both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for its phage-based EcoShield food safety product, effective against E. coli O157:H7.

15 Jun 2011

California's rural elders more likely to be obese, physically inactive and food insecure

Despite living in the countryside, where open space is plentiful and there is often significant agricultural production, California's more than half a million rural elders are far more likely to be overweight or obese, physically inactive and food insecure than their suburban counterparts, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

15 Jun 2011

Nuvilex to acquire live cell encapsulation technology for multiple cancer therapies

Nuvilex, Inc. announced today it has entered into discussions to acquire the next generation live cell encapsulation technology that serves as the platform for multiple cancer therapies.

15 Jun 2011

Precise method to determine age of bruises

Forensic scientists have to rely on their own subjective experience when asked to ascertain the age of contusions. Now, however, researchers in Norway have found a far more objective and precise method.

15 Jun 2011

Spinal Modulation completes Series D financing for $30 million

Spinal Modulation, Inc. announced today the completion of its $30 million Series D financing. Medtronic, Inc. joined existing investors DeNovo Ventures, ePlanet/DFJ, InCube Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, MedVenture Associates, and Raffles Venture Partners.

15 Jun 2011

GlycoVaxyn's Second Annual Science Day to highlight challenges of vaccine industry

GlycoVaxyn AG, a leader in the development of conjugate vaccines, today announced that it will host its Second Annual Science Day to discuss challenges and opportunities in vaccine development on June 16-17, 2011, in Cannes, France.

15 Jun 2011

OncoSec Medical third quarter net loss increases to $491,000

OncoSec Medical Incorporated, which is developing its advanced-stage ElectroOncology therapies to treat solid tumor cancers, today reported financial results for the quarter ended April 30, 2011.

15 Jun 2011

Technology News and Research

Hybrid operating rooms emerging as a major market segment within OR integration systems

ACC to expand partnership and strategic alliance with FIGMD

Life Technologies introduces CytoTune-iPS Reprogramming Kit

USPTO issues patent to EndoSphere's noninvasive device for treatment of obesity

GNAX, Acuo partner to develop cloud-based, VNA of medical images for healthcare providers

Ethicon Endo-Surgery receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Advanced Energy Generator

St. Jude Medical introduces HD VantageView System for enhancing EP lab workflow

Ethicon Endo-Surgery introduces ENSEAL G2 Super Jaw advanced bipolar technology

Varian receives marketing approval for TrueBeam image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery system in Japan

USPTO upholds ten amended claims of SANUWAVE's '119 patent

Pharma IQ launches Global HTA and CER Forum

Infosys introduces Health Benefit Exchange

Galectin strengthens cancer drug patent portfolio in Europe

Intralytix obtains FDA, FSIS regulatory clearance for bacteriophage-based product against E. coli

California's rural elders more likely to be obese, physically inactive and food insecure

Nuvilex to acquire live cell encapsulation technology for multiple cancer therapies

Precise method to determine age of bruises

Spinal Modulation completes Series D financing for $30 million

GlycoVaxyn's Second Annual Science Day to highlight challenges of vaccine industry

OncoSec Medical third quarter net loss increases to $491,000

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