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Isansys Lifecare Ltd, the provider of complete real-time physiological patient data services and systems, is this week celebrating its fifth anniversary...

From Isansys Lifecare Ltd. 8 May 2015

CHOP's patient safety team recognized for work alarm fatigue in hospital units

A patient safety team at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who analyzed the problem of alarm fatigue in hospital units has been recognized for the best research paper of 2014 in a journal dedicated to biomedical technology.

8 May 2015

New MGH-developed technology may extend benefits of MRI in patients with implanted devices

New technology developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital may extend the benefits of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to many patients whose access to MRI is currently limited.

6 May 2015

Exalenz Bioscience investigates clinical utility of BreathID test to diagnose NASH

Exalenz Bioscience, a leader in developing and marketing of non-invasive medical devices for diagnosing and monitoring a range of gastrointestinal and liver diseases, today announced the initiation of a clinical study evaluating the potential of its BreathID test to diagnose nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

6 May 2015

First patient enrolled in CryoLife's PerClot IDE clinical trial

CryoLife, Inc., a leading medical device and tissue processing company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today the enrollment of the first patient in its PerClot Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial, the Company's pivotal clinical trial to gain approval to commercialize PerClot in the U.S.

28 Apr 2015

LifeScience Alley, MD&M Minneapolis partner for world-class medical technology conference

Demonstrating the power of partnership within the medtech community, UBM Canon today announced that LifeScience Alley will produce a world class medical technology conference in conjunction with the MD&M Minneapolis event, November 4-5, 2015, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN.

28 Apr 2015

MicroCare Medical Highlights its most Advanced Products at Med-Tech Innovations

One of the newest product updates to be exhibited is MicroCare Duraglide® dry lubricant. Offering unparalleled lubricity, the fast-drying Duraglide® fluids leave a smooth, even, slippery coating on any surface...

27 Apr 2015

Getinge secures EUR 160 million loan from EIB for development of new medical devices

The European Investment Bank has provided a EUR 160 million loan to Getinge AB, a global medical technology company, for its research and development in the areas of surgery, intensive care, infection control, care ergonomics and wound care. Getinge’s research addresses unmet medical needs and targets the development of new devices with higher efficiency and safety for increased positive outcomes for both caregivers and patients.

24 Apr 2015

Cerner expands use of Jive's enterprise collaboration solutions to improve health care delivery

Jive Software, Inc. today announced that Cerner Corp., a global leader in health care technology, has expanded its use of Jive's enterprise communication and collaboration solutions. Cerner's 93,000-member community, called "uCern," uses Jive-n to enable industry-wide collaboration that helps clinicians systemically strive to improve health care delivery.

23 Apr 2015

Advances in thoracic surgery: an interview with Dan Wildman, VP Global Franchise Strategy & Innovation- Ethicon

Without a doubt, one of the most significant developments in thoracic surgery was the advent of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or VATS in the 1990s...

22 Apr 2015

World Veterans Federation supports approved technology for tinnitus relief among veterans

TINNITUS, a debilitating "ringing in the ears", has become the No. 1 service- connected disability among veterans, surpassing post-traumatic stress disorder.

22 Apr 2015

Tal Medical raises $14 million funding round from new and existing investors

Tal Medical, a clinical-stage medical device company developing a new treatment for depression and other psychiatric disorders, today announced a $14 million funding round from existing investor PureTech, a new institutional investor, and several prominent individual investors.

21 Apr 2015

Spirox closes $18.5 million Series B round of financing

Spirox Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced today the closing of an $18.5 million Series B round of financing led by Venrock and Aisling Capital. Existing investors Aperture Venture Partners, Correlation Ventures and Western Technology Investment also participated in the round.

20 Apr 2015

Tandem Diabetes Care commences shipments of t:slim Insulin Pumps with enhanced software

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., a medical device company and manufacturer of the t:slim and t:flex Insulin Pumps, today commenced shipments of t:slim Pumps featuring enhanced software.

20 Apr 2015

Contego Medical announces completion of $5.6 million Series B financing round

Contego Medical, the first and only provider of the Integrated Embolic Protection filter platform for angioplasty balloon and stent delivery catheters, announces the completion of a $5.6 million Series B financing round led by Hatteras Venture Partners, an early stage venture firm with a focus on medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics and related opportunities in human medicine.

19 Apr 2015

HeartWare Ventricular Assist System meets primary endpoint in ENDURANCE clinical trial

HeartWare International, Inc., a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, today announced that data from its first destination therapy clinical trial cohort, ENDURANCE, successfully demonstrated that the trial achieved the primary endpoint.

16 Apr 2015

Cepheid, FIND announce receipt of CE-IVD status for Xpert HIV-1 Qual test

Cepheid and FIND today announced that Xpert HIV-1 Qual, a qualitative 90-minute molecular HIV test, has achieved CE-IVD status under the European Directive on In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices.

16 Apr 2015

Rockwell automation enhances pharmasuite MES software for medical device manufacturers

The PharmaSuite v7.0 software extends its proven batch track-and-trace capabilities, already used by some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical producers, into the discrete environment...

16 Apr 2015

UW researchers use Activa PC+S DBS system to treat essential tremor

Essential tremor, a nervous system disorder that causes a rhythmic shaking in the hands, affects an estimated 10 million Americans and millions more worldwide. Deep brain stimulation, essentially a pacemaker for the brain, has been approved to treat essential tremor. But there is not an existing system that automatically provides electrical stimulation only when needed.

16 Apr 2015

Studies examine positive and negative outcomes of using health apps

Health apps have the potential to make a broad impact on the health of the general population, argues one expert in The BMJ this week. But another explains that there is not enough evidence to support such claims and suggests that health apps may even be harmful.

16 Apr 2015

Medical Devices News and Research

New data driven approach to healthcare

CHOP's patient safety team recognized for work alarm fatigue in hospital units

New MGH-developed technology may extend benefits of MRI in patients with implanted devices

Exalenz Bioscience investigates clinical utility of BreathID test to diagnose NASH

First patient enrolled in CryoLife's PerClot IDE clinical trial

LifeScience Alley, MD&M Minneapolis partner for world-class medical technology conference

MicroCare Medical Highlights its most Advanced Products at Med-Tech Innovations

Getinge secures EUR 160 million loan from EIB for development of new medical devices

Cerner expands use of Jive's enterprise collaboration solutions to improve health care delivery

Advances in thoracic surgery: an interview with Dan Wildman, VP Global Franchise Strategy & Innovation- Ethicon

World Veterans Federation supports approved technology for tinnitus relief among veterans

Tal Medical raises $14 million funding round from new and existing investors

Spirox closes $18.5 million Series B round of financing

Tandem Diabetes Care commences shipments of t:slim Insulin Pumps with enhanced software

Contego Medical announces completion of $5.6 million Series B financing round

HeartWare Ventricular Assist System meets primary endpoint in ENDURANCE clinical trial

Cepheid, FIND announce receipt of CE-IVD status for Xpert HIV-1 Qual test

Rockwell automation enhances pharmasuite MES software for medical device manufacturers

UW researchers use Activa PC+S DBS system to treat essential tremor

Studies examine positive and negative outcomes of using health apps

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