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Stereotaxis announces first successful cardiac ablation procedure with Vdrive robotic navigation system

Stereotaxis, Inc. announces the first successful cardiac ablation procedure with the Vdrive™ robotic navigation system as the company received CE Mark for this latest innovation.

11 Jan 2011

European CE Mark approval for IntraPace's abiliti system

IntraPace, announced today that it has received European CE Mark approval for the abiliti system as a treatment for obesity. The CE Mark certifies that a product has met European Union requirements for commercial marketing in Europe.

11 Jan 2011

CMI, TriReme Medical sign agreement to distribute peripheral and coronary balloon dilatation catheters

TriReme Medical, today announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution and sales agreement for TriReme's complete line of advanced peripheral and coronary balloon dilatation catheters with Century Medical, a leading independent device distributor for the important Japanese market.

10 Jan 2011

Administration of therapeutic hypothermia for TBI should depend on clinical condition of individual patients

Lowering the body temperature of patients soon after they have suffered a severe brain injury may reduce neurologic complications and improve outcomes. The safety of therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been demonstrated in national studies. According to a Roundtable Discussion of renowned experts in the field, when and how it is administered should depend on the clinical condition of individual patients.

5 Jan 2011

FDA approves Gore's C3 Delivery System to deploy EXCLUDER AAA Endoprosthesis

W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the GORE® C3 Delivery System to deploy the GORE® EXCLUDER® AAA Endoprosthesis as a minimally invasive treatment for patients suffering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

5 Jan 2011

Eighth Annual CTO Summit and Left Main Coronary Interventions Course to be held Feb. 14-16, in New York City

The Eighth Annual Chronic Total Occlusion Summit and Left Main Coronary Interventions Course is a three-day conference featuring state-of-the-art technologies, research findings and new developments in therapeutic procedures essential for interventional cardiologists to optimize success in chronic total coronary occlusions and left main coronary interventions.

4 Jan 2011

Demand for medical interpreters to increase in the new year

As the number of non-English speakers seeking healthcare in the United States continues to grow, so does the need for medical interpreters who can serve as a liaison between patients and their doctors. The demand for medical interpreters is expected to increase even more when new standards go into effect on January 1, 2011 requiring healthcare organizations to provide an interpreter to patients who speak limited English.

24 Dec 2010

St. Luke’s second in nation to perform EVAR with Endurant AAA Stent Graft System

An 80-year-old patient at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke's) in Houston became the second in the nation to be treated with a newly approved FDA device for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The condition, often called, "the silent killer," is a dangerous bulge or ballooning in the main artery of the body that typically causes no symptoms until it ruptures.

23 Dec 2010

Scientists receive $1.4 million NSF grant to develop robotic device for heart surgery

In a truly interdisciplinary effort, a team of biomedical scientists and engineers from the University of Houston and physicians from The Methodist Hospital Research Institute are collaborating to develop a platform for image-guided and robot-assisted surgeries on beating hearts that is minimally invasive.

17 Dec 2010

MCSA Tool for colonoscopy trainees to assess cognitive and motor skills

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees.

15 Dec 2010

Grey's Anatomy features patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease

The second episode in a three-part series on Grey's Anatomy features a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL). The next new episode in the show is expected to air on January 6. The first episode, "Adrift and at Peace," aired Dec. 2.

14 Dec 2010

Gray’s Anatomy: Grey area for medical students!

In a new study researchers have found that Australian medical students are struggling to name important body parts. They found that only nine of the 26 students could answer half of 20 questions correctly. Some (nearly a quarter) answers were “of concern” indicating a perfunctory knowledge of human anatomy.

13 Dec 2010

New York City surgeon performs first revision rhinoplasty cases with FDA approved PDS Plate

Today Dr. Steven Pearlman, prominent facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in New York City, will be performing one of the first revision rhinoplasty cases with the newly FDA approved PDS Plate. This revolutionary procedure will mark a giant leap in the world of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

13 Dec 2010

Is neuroimaging voodoo, new phrenology, or scientific breakthrough

Neuroimaging-is it voodoo, new phrenology, or scientific breakthrough? See what the experts have to say in this special section on fMRI in Perspectives on Psychological Science.

9 Dec 2010

Medulloblastoma subtypes are separate diseases with different origins

International effort led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists is expected to fuel development of targeted therapies and aid the search for unique combinations of cells and mutations that lead to other cancers.

8 Dec 2010

Swissmedic authorizes Phase I/II clinical trial of human neural stem cells for chronic spinal cord injury

A therapy developed by Aileen Anderson and Brian Cummings of UC Irvine's Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center in collaboration with researchers at StemCells Inc. will be the basis of the world's first clinical trial using human neural stem cells to treat spinal cord injury.

8 Dec 2010

TITAN Modular Total Shoulder System implantation performed at Bucks County Specialty Hospital

Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., the world leader in PyroCarbon orthopedic devices, announces another implantation of the TITAN™ Modular Total Shoulder. The surgery was performed by Matthew Ramsey, M.D. at Bucks County Specialty Hospital in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.

3 Dec 2010

A.D.A.M. adds Anatomy Practice online to suite of educational resources for college level courses

A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of consumer health information, benefits technology solutions and online education resources, today announced the availability of Anatomy Practice online—the newest in its line of web based educational resources for college level courses. This most recent addition to the A.D.A.M. Education suite of online resources and curriculum development products is designed to assist both students and school instructors.

2 Dec 2010

Exposure to BPA during perinatal development impairs reproductive capacity of female offspring

Exposure to a ubiquitous environmental chemical during pregnancy may impair reproductive capacity of female offspring, according to a study published online in advance of print on December 2 in Environmental Health Perspectives. Fertility decreased over time in female mice that had been exposed during fetal and neonatal (perinatal) development to doses of bisphenol-A (BPA) that were lower than or equal to human environmental exposure levels.