Medical Devices News and Research

RSS

Venn Life Sciences completes $3 mn funding, acquires Dutch CRO UpToYou

Venn Life Sciences has just completed a significant funding round of over $3 million, to enable it to further accelerate the growth of its business.

25 Mar 2010

Industry continues to give thumbs up to overhaul

On Tuesday, "[p]rovider groups hailed the president's historic signing of the Senate's healthcare reform bill, which seeks to overhaul the healthcare system through the establishment of a new insurance marketplace, expansions to Medicaid and various insurance reforms," Modern Healthcare reports.

25 Mar 2010

Stretchable electronic device holds promise for treating irregular heart rhythms

The electronics can bend, stretch and twist. No small feat. Now the flexible and stretchable electronics can map waves of electrical activity in the heart with better resolution and speed than that of conventional cardiac monitoring technology.

24 Mar 2010

CryoLife retracts share proposal offer to acquire Medafor

CryoLife, Inc., an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, announced today that it has withdrawn its $2.00 per share proposal to acquire Medafor, Inc.

24 Mar 2010

TYRX begins enrollment in CITADEL study for Aigisrx anti-bacterial agent

TYRX, Inc., a leader in the commercialization of implantable medical devices designed to help reduce infection, announced today that it has begun enrollment in CITADEL, the second of two large scale, prospective, multicenter studies.

24 Mar 2010

Drugmakers, insurers and hospitals expected to see gains from health bill

Kaiser Health News: "Most health industry sectors are winners - some bigger than others -- under sweeping health care legislation that will expand coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans over the next decade, analysts say." Hospitals and drug makers are both winners; insurers could go either way, depending on long-term cost trends; and, doctors "got a pass," according to one expert (Galewitz, 3/22).

24 Mar 2010

Nephros and STERIS to develop filtration-based products for medical device applications

Nephros, Inc., a medical device company developing and marketing filtration products for therapeutic applications, infection control, and water purification, today reported that is has entered into a development agreement with STERIS Corporation.

24 Mar 2010

Virginia-based medical practice implements CTT's pain therapy medical device

Competitive Technologies, Inc. announced that a premier physician oncology practice based in Virginia has begun using CTT's Calmare® Therapy pain therapy medical device to treat patients suffering from pain related to cancer, under the direction of several medical oncologists.

24 Mar 2010

St. Jude Medical's Brio DBS system for treating Parkinson’s disease receives Australian TGA approval

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced regulatory and reimbursement approval from the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration of its Brio™ deep brain stimulation system for treating the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

23 Mar 2010

Report shows growth of the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories

According to a new global report series by iData Research, the leading authority in medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories was valued at just over $3 billion in 2009 and is estimated to reach over $4.6 billion by 2016.

23 Mar 2010

Uroplasty announces newly-issued patent for Urgent PC Neuromodulation System

Uroplasty, Inc., a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions, announced today the issuance of United States Patent No. 7,668,598 covering the stimulation method used in the Urgent® PC Neuromodulation System.

23 Mar 2010

Some industry groups see boon in health bill

The New York Times reports that the 32 million additional Americans who would be covered by health insurance by 2019 "would mean millions more Americans buying private health insurance and better able to pay for their hospital stays, doctors' visits, prescription drugs and medical devices. And some analysts said as the vote neared that the final legislation was shaping up as much kinder to the industry than many initially feared.

23 Mar 2010

DSM Biomedical expands resources and operations in the U.S. and Europe

DSM Biomedical, a global leader in biomedical materials science, today announced the expansion of its resources and operations in the United States and Europe to support the growing demand for the company’s portfolio of innovative polyurethanes for chronically implanted medical devices in the regions.

23 Mar 2010

CCH issues Special Tax Briefing to explain final tax provisions of health care reform legislation

CCH has issued a Special Tax Briefing to explain the final tax provisions of health care reform legislation. With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and a companion Health Care and Education Tax Credits Reconciliation Act in the House, the stage is set for Senate concurrence through a simple majority vote and signing by the president to wind up the long legislative path to health care reform.

22 Mar 2010

Ingen Technologies achieves ISO 13485 Certification

Ingen Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of respiratory medical devices, recently announced today that the company is officially ISO 13485 Certified.

22 Mar 2010

Baxa releases DoseEdge Pharmacy Workflow Management System

Baxa Corporation, a leading provider of medical devices and systems that automate pharmacy operations and increase patient safety, today announced the release of new features for its DoseEdge Pharmacy Workflow Management System. The upgrades extend DoseEdge capabilities to include mobile dose tracking, more pharmacist verification options and enhanced dose status monitoring.

22 Mar 2010

ISO 13485:2003 accreditation to strengthen AppLabs medical device testing practice

AppLabs, the world’s largest software testing and quality management company, today announced that it has been conferred with the prestigious International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 13485:2003 certification. ISO 13485:2003 is a vehicle for harmonizing quality management system regulations in the medical device sector that consistently meet customer requirements and regulatory standards. With this, AppLabs is among the few software testing companies globally to be awarded this accreditation.

22 Mar 2010

ATS Medical receives Canadian approval for commercialization of Simulus Annuloplasty Product Line

ATS Medical, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services today announced that Health Canada-Medical Device Bureau, Therapeutic Products Programme has approved commercialization of the ATS Simulus® Annuloplasty Product Line for valve repair.

22 Mar 2010

ILSI Biomed Israel 2010 international conference to be held in Tel Aviv

Set against the backdrop of the global market recovery and the recent proliferation of the life sciences field, this June’s ILSI Biomed Israel 2010 international conference will be attended by the most prominent figures in the biotechnology, pharma and medical device sectors.

22 Mar 2010

Team Consulting to provide Oval Medical Technologies new funds in exchange for equity

Leading medical technology firm Team Consulting has joined the consortium of investors that is providing seed funding to Oval Medical Technologies, a developer of proprietary medical pre-filled syringes and autoinjectors.

22 Mar 2010

Medical Devices News and Research

Venn Life Sciences completes $3 mn funding, acquires Dutch CRO UpToYou

Industry continues to give thumbs up to overhaul

Stretchable electronic device holds promise for treating irregular heart rhythms

CryoLife retracts share proposal offer to acquire Medafor

TYRX begins enrollment in CITADEL study for Aigisrx anti-bacterial agent

Drugmakers, insurers and hospitals expected to see gains from health bill

Nephros and STERIS to develop filtration-based products for medical device applications

Virginia-based medical practice implements CTT's pain therapy medical device

St. Jude Medical's Brio DBS system for treating Parkinson’s disease receives Australian TGA approval

Report shows growth of the U.S. market for vascular access devices and accessories

Uroplasty announces newly-issued patent for Urgent PC Neuromodulation System

Some industry groups see boon in health bill

DSM Biomedical expands resources and operations in the U.S. and Europe

CCH issues Special Tax Briefing to explain final tax provisions of health care reform legislation

Ingen Technologies achieves ISO 13485 Certification

Baxa releases DoseEdge Pharmacy Workflow Management System

ISO 13485:2003 accreditation to strengthen AppLabs medical device testing practice

ATS Medical receives Canadian approval for commercialization of Simulus Annuloplasty Product Line

ILSI Biomed Israel 2010 international conference to be held in Tel Aviv

Team Consulting to provide Oval Medical Technologies new funds in exchange for equity

Industry Focus - Medical Device eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Latest News