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Analyst briefing on Asia Pacific Contactless Biometrics Market

Frost & Sullivan's Electronics & Security Practice in Asia Pacific will host an analyst briefing via webinar on the Asia Pacific Contactless Biometrics Market on June 25, 2010 at 11:00 hrs (GMT+08:00hrs) Singapore time.

8 Jun 2010

TSO3 to resubmit 510(k) for US regulatory clearance of STERIZONE 125L+ Sterilizer

TSO3 Inc. an innovator in sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings using ozone, today announced that it has received instructions from US regulatory authorities to resubmit a 510(k) for its STERIZONE(R) 125L+ Sterilizer. As instructed by the Agency, TSO3 intends to provide additional data and to better establish the link between the sterilizer and a variety of accessory products used in the sterilizer, which are also subject to 510(k) clearance and have been previously submitted.

8 Jun 2010

Integra LifeSciences announces over 800 implantations of Vu a-POD fusion device

Integra LifeSciences announced today a major milestone in the commercialization of the Vu a-POD™ anterior lumbar intervertebral body fusion (ALIF) device. Launched in the U.S. in early 2009, the Vu a-Pod™ fusion device has now been implanted in over 800 patients in the U.S.

8 Jun 2010

Clarient granted U.K. patent for TLE3 biomarker

Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that the United Kingdom Patent Office has granted a U.K. patent on the Company's TLE3 biomarker, a marker which may be used to predict which cancer patients will respond favorably to taxane therapy.

8 Jun 2010

Dolcera releases new Patent Dashboard v1.1

Dolcera Corporation, a leading information services and technology firm that helps companies quickly and effectively navigate through their entire innovation cycle to achieve successful business outcomes, today announced its new Patent Dashboard, available for the first time as a standalone platform.

8 Jun 2010

New technology involving adipose stem cells may one day cure patients with severe wounds: Researchers

New technology developed by University of Virginia inventors involving adipose stem cells - adult stem cells found in fatty tissue - could one day be used to treat patients with severe wounds and other serious conditions.

8 Jun 2010

TMI announces development of new clinical imaging system

With the results of the clinical trial at Duke University Medical Center completed, and the pending publication of the results, TMI is pleased to announce the development of their new clinical imaging system.

8 Jun 2010

A-Life Medical debuts on Healthcare Informatics 100

A-Life Medical, Inc., the pioneer and leading provider of computer-assisted coding (CAC) products and services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has been included in the Healthcare Informatics 100, a listing comprising the top 100 healthcare information technology (IT) vendors, according to this leading trade journal. The list appeared in the publication's June 2010 issue.

8 Jun 2010

CMI must implement payment initiatives to improve health care delivery, reduce spending: New article

The new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation must be inclusive and flexible in developing and implementing payment initiatives, continuously monitor their impact, and rapidly disseminate them if they appear to be successful, in order to realize the potential for improved health care delivery and reduced spending, according to a new Health Affairs article by Commonwealth Fund researchers.

8 Jun 2010

Augmentation with Wright's GRAFTJACKET Matrix improves repair healing for large rotator cuff tears

Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced today that results of a prospective, randomized controlled clinical study evaluating biologic augmentation of challenging arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs with GRAFTJACKET® Matrix were presented by F. Alan Barber, MD at the recent Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) annual meeting.

8 Jun 2010

Outsource Testing expands Healthcare Quality Management software services program

Consumers are being charged too much, healthcare providers are facing rising costs and Congress has been left trying to fix it all. Premier IT service provider Outsource Testing, Inc. (OST) has announced the successful expansion of their Healthcare Quality Management software services program. The program provides comprehensive professional services to Healthcare organizations throughout the country.

8 Jun 2010

Research findings open door to development of new therapies for lymphomas, leukemias

Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered a new way to target and destroy a type of cancerous cell. The findings may lead to the development of new therapies to treat lymphomas, leukemias, and related cancers.

8 Jun 2010

Optomap Retinal Exam allows patients take complete look at eyes

Have you been putting off a trip to the optometrist because you dread getting your eyes dilated? While your doctor has said that dilation is the most important part of your eye exam, the discomfort, blurry vision and silly sunglasses associated with the eye drops are enough to make you put off scheduling a regular appointment. Now thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment, there are no more excuses for putting off your appointment.

8 Jun 2010

Sorin Group acquires Gish Biomedical from Ventizz Capital Partners

Sorin Group, a global company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today that it has acquired Gish Biomedical from Ventizz Capital Partners, a private equity group focused on technology-oriented companies.

8 Jun 2010

Quintiles announces comprehensive suite of PI3K biomarker assays

Quintiles today announced a comprehensive suite of biomarker assays to help biopharmaceutical companies investigate the phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3K) cancer survival pathway, the focus of numerous anti-cancer therapies under development. Understanding the PI3K pathway is essential in developing new medicines to inhibit or block this pathway, thereby cutting off a metabolic function needed for certain cancers to survive.

8 Jun 2010

Rice University students develop new device to help children with acute respiratory infections

Gently, gently. That's how babies should be handled, and it was the prime consideration when a team of Rice University seniors developed a device that could save babies' lives.

8 Jun 2010

PET imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 better than technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT for CAD detection

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic medical imaging, today announced preliminary data from a single site participating in the multicenter Phase 2 clinical trial that showed that Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging with its novel investigational agent flurpiridaz F 18 injection (formerly known as BMS747158) provided better image quality than technetium-99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), the current standard for the non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease (CAD).

8 Jun 2010

Chronix' DNA blood tests detect prostate, breast cancer with 92% sensitivity and 100% specificity

Chronix Biomedical today reported new data further demonstrating that its DNA blood tests have the potential to accurately detect early stage breast and prostate cancers. Chronix's proprietary technology identifies disease-specific genetic fingerprints based on DNA fragments that are released into the bloodstream by damaged and dying (apoptotic) cells.

8 Jun 2010

Greatbatch celebrates 50th anniversary of first successful US human cardiac pacemaker implantation

Greatbatch, Inc. is proud to join the medical community in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first successful implantation of the human cardiac pacemaker in the United States. The pacemaker was designed, developed and implanted by Wilson Greatbatch in conjunction with William M. Chardack, M.D. and Andrew A. Gage, M.D.

8 Jun 2010

US Court lifts stay on Cook's endovascular technology patent infringement case against Endologix

The United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, has ruled in favor of Cook Incorporated in its decision to lift the stay on Cook's patent infringement case against Endologix, Inc.. With this ruling, the case, filed by Cook on October 6, 2009, will now proceed. The complaint claims infringement by Endologix of two Cook patents for endovascular technologies, one of Cook's leading technology portfolios.

8 Jun 2010

Technology News and Research

Analyst briefing on Asia Pacific Contactless Biometrics Market

TSO3 to resubmit 510(k) for US regulatory clearance of STERIZONE 125L+ Sterilizer

Integra LifeSciences announces over 800 implantations of Vu a-POD fusion device

Clarient granted U.K. patent for TLE3 biomarker

Dolcera releases new Patent Dashboard v1.1

New technology involving adipose stem cells may one day cure patients with severe wounds: Researchers

TMI announces development of new clinical imaging system

A-Life Medical debuts on Healthcare Informatics 100

CMI must implement payment initiatives to improve health care delivery, reduce spending: New article

Augmentation with Wright's GRAFTJACKET Matrix improves repair healing for large rotator cuff tears

Outsource Testing expands Healthcare Quality Management software services program

Research findings open door to development of new therapies for lymphomas, leukemias

Optomap Retinal Exam allows patients take complete look at eyes

Sorin Group acquires Gish Biomedical from Ventizz Capital Partners

Quintiles announces comprehensive suite of PI3K biomarker assays

Rice University students develop new device to help children with acute respiratory infections

PET imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 better than technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT for CAD detection

Chronix' DNA blood tests detect prostate, breast cancer with 92% sensitivity and 100% specificity

Greatbatch celebrates 50th anniversary of first successful US human cardiac pacemaker implantation

US Court lifts stay on Cook's endovascular technology patent infringement case against Endologix

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