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Stentys' self-expanding and drug-eluting stents demonstrate promising results in 'OPEN-I' clinical study

Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that the complete ‘OPEN-I’ clinical study was presented by Stefan Verheye, M.D., Ph.D., at the Joint Interventional Meeting (“JIM”) 2010 in Rome, demonstrating superior results in 60 patients (27 Stentys drug-eluting stents and 33 Stentys bare-metal stents) who were followed–up angiographically after six months.

16 Feb 2010

Corathers Health Consulting: Telehealth programs can support nursing care providers in various ways

Corathers Health Consulting is dedicated to the advancement of surgical technologies, medical devices and telehealth programs.

15 Feb 2010

TVM Capital MENA receives DFSA approval to start regional healthcare growth capital fund

TVM Capital MENA today announced that it has received the approval of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to start operation of its first regional healthcare growth capital fund with US$40 million of subscriptions from founding investors, Saudi Health Investment Company (SHIC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and GE Healthcare. TVM Capital MENA Ltd., the fund’s operator, is based in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and is licensed and regulated by the DFSA.

15 Feb 2010

GE Healthcare launches Vscan ultrasound, pocket-sized visualization tool for point-of-care imaging

GE Healthcare today announced the availability of Vscan, a new, pocket-sized visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care. Roughly the size of a smart phone, Vscan houses powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, non-invasive method to help secure visual information about what is happening inside the body. Vscan is portable and can easily be taken from room to room to be used in many clinical, hospital or primary care settings.

15 Feb 2010

RadPharm and Medifacts International announce merger

RadPharm Inc., a leading Imaging Core Laboratory, and Medifacts International, Inc., a leading Cardiovascular Core Laboratory, today announced the merger of their business operations. The combined company will be named CoreLab Partners ("CoreLabs") and will have its corporate headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey.

11 Feb 2010

Theragenics announces record $18.7M consolidated revenue for fourth-quarter 2009

Theragenics Corporation, a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, today announced consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Consolidated results include the results of NeedleTech Products, Inc. (“NeedleTech”) subsequent to its acquisition by Theragenics on July 28, 2008.

11 Feb 2010

PwC: Companies in Life Sciences sector captured largest share of overall venture capital during 2009

Companies in the Life Sciences sector, which includes the biotechnology and medical device industries, captured the largest share of overall venture capital during 2009, reflecting the relative strength of the sector during the economic downturn, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).

11 Feb 2010

EDGE Medical Devices' Plasma DR readout technology garners 2010 Enabling Technology Award

EDGE Medical Devices today announced that it has received the 2010 North American Enabling Technology Award in Digital Radiography (DR) from global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The award was given in recognition of EDGE’s Plasma DR™ readout technology, which is used in its flat-panel detector and Universal Retrofit Kit. The technology enables EDGE to deliver both cost and performance advantages over traditional digital radiography flat-panel detectors.

11 Feb 2010

FDA to take closer look at medical radiation, devices

The Food and Drug Administration will step up oversight of three forms of medical radiation, including CT scans, in an effort to reduce patients' exposure to unnecessary radiation, The New York Times reports.

11 Feb 2010

Avrio Biopharmaceuticals receives Cal FDB approval to manufacture and ship pharmaceutical products

Avrio Biopharmaceuticals, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Irvine Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., received approval to manufacture and ship pharmaceutical products by the California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch (Cal FDB), completing the organization's portfolio of product development services in support of its pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device clients.

10 Feb 2010

AdvanSource Biomaterials' polymer product lines comply with the guidelines of European Council Decision

AdvanSource Biomaterials Corporation, a leading developer of advanced polymer materials for a broad range of medical devices, today announced that its polymer product lines are compliant with measures applying to the processing of certain animal waste to protect against transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as set forth in European Council Decision 1999/534/EC.

10 Feb 2010

Continua Certified USB-enabled platform now available for building agent healthcare devices

Texas Instruments Incorporated and S3 Group, a connected healthcare technology solutions company, today announced the availability of the first Continua Certified™ USB-enabled platform for building agent healthcare devices.

10 Feb 2010

SMT Research and Development completes first two clinical cases using Shimon Embolic Filter

SMT Research and Development, Ltd., a privately held company, announced that it has completed its first two clinical cases using the Shimon Embolic Filter [SHEF] (TM). SMT R&D developed a novel technology for brain protection (Neuroprotection) from stroke complication hazards arising from invasive cardiology procedures and heart surgery.

10 Feb 2010

St. Jude Medical's USB cellular adaptor receives European CE Mark approval for Merlin@home transmitter

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced European CE Mark approval of its USB cellular adaptor for the Merlin@home™ transmitter, a system that allows important patient data from an implantable cardiac device to be wirelessly downloaded and securely transmitted via telephone for review by a physician.

10 Feb 2010

US HIFU announces exclusive partnership with Riverside Research Institute

US HIFU, a worldwide leader in the development, distribution and use of minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, announced today its exclusive partnership with Riverside Research Institute (RRI) to develop and test an ultrasonic method of prostate imaging and treatment that combines advanced tissue-type imaging with ultrasound energy from the Sonablate® 500 medical device.

10 Feb 2010

SIRO Clinpharm announces alliance with DreamCIS CRO

SIRO Clinpharm, a Contract Research Organization (CRO) with a presence in India, Western and Central Eastern Europe, and the United States today announced its alliance with DreamCIS Inc., a leading CRO based in Seoul, South Korea.

9 Feb 2010

East Cooper Medical Center to install LiveData and KARL STORZ Endoscopy- America's Patient-Aware OR solutions

LiveData and KARL STORZ Endoscopy- America, Inc. today announced that East Cooper Medical Center will install the companies' Patient-Aware OR solution in the eight operating rooms in East Cooper's new hospital to be opened this quarter. KARL STORZ is a global leader in minimally invasive endoscopic technologies and operating room integration. LiveData is a leader in real-time data integration and display technology.

9 Feb 2010

Preliminary study results of ExThera Medical's Seraph extracorporeal affinity therapy published

ExThera Medical announced today that the results of a preliminary study (“Cytokines in blood from septic patients interact with surface immobilized heparin”) of its proprietary medical device, Seraph™ extracorporeal affinity therapy, have been published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Society for Artificial Organs (Jan.-Feb. 2010).

9 Feb 2010

ebrary introduces new subscription database in Medical Technology

Health care companies that design and manufacture medical devices, equipment, and instruments can now help their technologists, engineers, and other employees conduct research more efficiently and effectively, resulting in greater cost savings and faster development times for new products.

9 Feb 2010

LPC Pharma Group outsources pharmacovigilance/drug safety operations to APCER Pharma

APCER Pharma announced that LPC Pharma Group is outsourcing its pharmacovigilance/drug safety operations to APCER.

8 Feb 2010

Medical Devices News and Research

Stentys' self-expanding and drug-eluting stents demonstrate promising results in 'OPEN-I' clinical study

Corathers Health Consulting: Telehealth programs can support nursing care providers in various ways

TVM Capital MENA receives DFSA approval to start regional healthcare growth capital fund

GE Healthcare launches Vscan ultrasound, pocket-sized visualization tool for point-of-care imaging

RadPharm and Medifacts International announce merger

Theragenics announces record $18.7M consolidated revenue for fourth-quarter 2009

PwC: Companies in Life Sciences sector captured largest share of overall venture capital during 2009

EDGE Medical Devices' Plasma DR readout technology garners 2010 Enabling Technology Award

FDA to take closer look at medical radiation, devices

Avrio Biopharmaceuticals receives Cal FDB approval to manufacture and ship pharmaceutical products

AdvanSource Biomaterials' polymer product lines comply with the guidelines of European Council Decision

Continua Certified USB-enabled platform now available for building agent healthcare devices

SMT Research and Development completes first two clinical cases using Shimon Embolic Filter

St. Jude Medical's USB cellular adaptor receives European CE Mark approval for Merlin@home transmitter

US HIFU announces exclusive partnership with Riverside Research Institute

SIRO Clinpharm announces alliance with DreamCIS CRO

East Cooper Medical Center to install LiveData and KARL STORZ Endoscopy- America's Patient-Aware OR solutions

Preliminary study results of ExThera Medical's Seraph extracorporeal affinity therapy published

ebrary introduces new subscription database in Medical Technology

LPC Pharma Group outsources pharmacovigilance/drug safety operations to APCER Pharma

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