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Z-Medica enters agreement with two Swedish medical device distributors for QuikClot products

Z-Medica Corporation, a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents, today announced that it has signed exclusive distribution agreements with Vingmed AB and Mediplast AB, two leading Swedish medical device distributors, for distribution of its QuikClot line of hemostatic agents in Sweden, Denmark and Norway for the first time.

From Medica Corporation 21 Oct 2010

NMT releases new device for treatment of post-operative nausea

Neurowave Medical Technologies™ today announced the release of an innovative new device for the treatment of post-operative nausea, medically referred to as emesis. Reletex™ is a novel transdermal neuromodulation device that is non-invasive and drug-free, and has been demonstrated to alleviate nausea when used as an adjunct to anti-emetics.

20 Oct 2010

New sensor uses frog peptides to detect contamination in drugs, medical devices

Princeton engineers have developed a sensor that may revolutionize how drugs and medical devices are tested for contamination, and in the process also help ensure the survival of two species of threatened animals.

20 Oct 2010

New CIMIT Accelerator program spins out HanGenix

A recently formed Boston-based start up called HanGenix is the first company to be spun out of the new CIMIT Accelerator program. HanGenix is focused on reducing hospital acquired infections (HAI) by installing comprehensive hand hygiene solutions that remind clinicians to perform proper hand hygiene and document their compliance.

20 Oct 2010

CIED implantation with AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope reduces overall infection rate

Patients undergoing CIED (Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device) implantation with TYRX, Inc.'s FDA-cleared AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope enjoyed a 99.5% rate of successful implantation with an overall infection rate of 0.48% in the first 1.9 months following the procedure, as reported in newly published results of TYRX's COMMAND Clinical Study.

20 Oct 2010

Xenogenics acquires Ideal BioStent assets

MultiCell Technologies, Inc. and its majority owned subsidiary, Xenogenics Corporation, are pleased to announce the acquisition of the Ideal™ BioStent assets by Xenogenics Corporation from investment funds managed by Western Technology Investment and Silicon Valley Bank. Xenogenics Corporation also entered into a worldwide exclusive license with Rutgers University for rights to certain intellectual property related to the Ideal™ BioStent.

19 Oct 2010

ReGen takes exception to FDA CDRH's plan to rescind Menaflex knee implant 510(k) clearance

ReGen Biologics Inc. is taking exception to the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH) Thursday announcement of a plan to rescind the 510(k) clearance of the company's Menaflex knee implant.

19 Oct 2010

U.S. patient monitoring market to reach $4 billion by 2017: iData Research

According to a new report by iData Research the leading global authority in medical device and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. patient monitoring market is expected to reach almost $4 billion by 2017.

19 Oct 2010

Johnson & Johnson third quarter sales decrease 0.7% to $15.0 billion

Johnson & Johnson today announced sales of $15.0 billion for the third quarter of 2010, a decrease of 0.7% as compared to the third quarter of 2009. Operational results increased 0.1% and the negative impact of currency was 0.8%. Domestic sales declined 2.5%, while international sales increased 1.1%, reflecting operational growth of 2.6% and a negative currency impact of 1.5%.

19 Oct 2010

St. Jude Medical to acquire AGA Medical

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, and AGA Medical Holdings, Inc., today announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have approved a definitive agreement under which St. Jude Medical will acquire all of the outstanding shares of AGA Medical for $20.80 per share in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion, including the assumption of approximately $225 million in outstanding debt.

18 Oct 2010

ACR Image Metrix hosted Novel Medical Imaging Approaches for Early Drug Development event

ACR Image Metrix, a global imaging contract research organization (CRO) with expertise in imaging trial design, techniques and data extraction, hosted the Novel Medical Imaging Approaches for Early Drug Development Methods, Technical Issues and Case Studies event, which took place at the Boston Marriott Cambridge, in Cambridge Massachusetts, on September 16, 2010.

18 Oct 2010

FDA plans to revoke knee implant approval following intense political pressure for its approval

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it planned to revoke a medical-device company's right to sell a knee implant called Menaflex after an unprecedented yearlong review concluded the agency erred in allowing it on the market

18 Oct 2010

New comprehensive program for medical electronic device designers

Canon Communications today announced the formation of a comprehensive program to assist designers, developers, and engineering managers involved in the design of electronics-based medical devices. The DesignMED conference and exposition is a collaborative project between the company's Medical Device Group-Medical Electronics Design (MED), EDN, and MD+DI-and its Event Division.

15 Oct 2010

UBM Medica acquires OBGYN.net from MediSpecialty.com

UBM Medica today announces that it has acquired the website OBGYN.net from MediSpecialty.com, Inc.

15 Oct 2010

First Edition: October 15, 2010

Today's top stories from major news organizations report on the effort by 20 states to challenge the federal health law, a new federal panel to inform consumers about health care options and the struggle to pay for cancer care.

15 Oct 2010

New program will cut payment for durable medical equipment in Medicare test program

In California, beginning Jan. 1, "a new Medicare program will slash by 30 percent the prices it will pay for certain wheelchairs, oxygen concentrators and other medical devices in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, lowering costs for both local Medicare recipients and the American taxpayer," Redland Daily Facts reports.

15 Oct 2010

Biodar Plus to provide INVO Bioscience's infertility treatments and distribute INVOcell device across Ukraine

INVO Bioscience, Inc., a medical device company focused on treatment options for patients diagnosed with infertility, today announced the signing of an exclusive sales and distribution agreement with the Biodar Plus Company, based in Donetsk, Ukraine to distribute the INVOcell product throughout Ukraine and to provide the INVO Bioscience infertility treatments in its in-house infertility center.

14 Oct 2010

Dehaier exhibits entire product line at China International Medical Equipment Fair

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 on October 12, 2010, Dehaier exhibited its entire product line at the China International Medical Equipment Fair ("CMEF") held in Shenyang.

14 Oct 2010

NinePoint announces completion of $33 million Series A financing

NinePoint Medical, Inc., an emerging leader in the development of in vivo pathology devices, today announced it has completed a $33 million Series A financing led by Third Rock Ventures and Prospect Venture Partners. The company also announced the establishment of its corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. where Charles Carignan, M.D., serves as president and chief executive officer.

14 Oct 2010

Integra unveils new corporate identity at Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation announced that it will officially unveil its new corporate identity at the 2010 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, October 16-21, San Francisco, California. Integra's new brand identity is designed to communicate the company's mission to limit uncertainty for surgeons, so they can concentrate on providing the best patient care.

14 Oct 2010

Medical Devices News and Research

Z-Medica enters agreement with two Swedish medical device distributors for QuikClot products

NMT releases new device for treatment of post-operative nausea

New sensor uses frog peptides to detect contamination in drugs, medical devices

New CIMIT Accelerator program spins out HanGenix

CIED implantation with AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope reduces overall infection rate

Xenogenics acquires Ideal BioStent assets

ReGen takes exception to FDA CDRH's plan to rescind Menaflex knee implant 510(k) clearance

U.S. patient monitoring market to reach $4 billion by 2017: iData Research

Johnson & Johnson third quarter sales decrease 0.7% to $15.0 billion

St. Jude Medical to acquire AGA Medical

ACR Image Metrix hosted Novel Medical Imaging Approaches for Early Drug Development event

FDA plans to revoke knee implant approval following intense political pressure for its approval

New comprehensive program for medical electronic device designers

UBM Medica acquires OBGYN.net from MediSpecialty.com

First Edition: October 15, 2010

New program will cut payment for durable medical equipment in Medicare test program

Biodar Plus to provide INVO Bioscience's infertility treatments and distribute INVOcell device across Ukraine

Dehaier exhibits entire product line at China International Medical Equipment Fair

NinePoint announces completion of $33 million Series A financing

Integra unveils new corporate identity at Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting

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