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Governor’s Business Expansion Award for RTI Biologics

RTI Biologics Inc. (RTI), the Florida-based processor of orthopedic, dental, hernia and other biologic implants, was awarded the 2009 Governor’s Business Expansion Award from Florida Governor Charlie Crist today.

16 Sep 2009

Cardium's Gene Activated Matrix technology demonstrates benefits in periodontal tissue regeneration

Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM) today reported on preclinical findings published in the scientific journal, Gene Therapy, demonstrating that Cardium's Gene Activated Matrix(TM) or GAM(TM) technology accelerates periodontal tissue regeneration of oral implant-supporting wounds.

15 Sep 2009

Implementation of Alliance’s surgeon owned distribution model helps to save over $1.0 million

A scientific exhibit recently presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) showed that by implementing a surgeon-owned distribution model, with Alliance Surgical Distributors (Alliance), three California hospitals saved over $1.0 million.

15 Sep 2009

Spinal implants market to grow in the coming years: iData Research

According to a new market research report by iData Research, the leading international authority in medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. market for spinal motion preservation devices is estimated to reach $2.54 billion by 2015. The global market for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is also estimated to see double digit growth, with these two segments driving the overall market for spinal implants, MIS and VCF devices.

14 Sep 2009

The first CardioGraft patch with MatrACELL technology implant performed

LifeNet Health, a leading allograft bio-implant company, announces the first implant of a CardioGraft(TM) allograft cardiac patch product with MatrACELL(TM)( )decellularization technology. The surgery was performed at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo by Gary K. Lofland, MD, FACS, Section Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo, The Joseph Boon Gregg/Missouri Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Professor of Surgery, UMKC.

10 Sep 2009

RTS signs vendor financing agreement with MAKO Surgical

Relational Technology Solutions (RTS), the fifth largest independent finance company in the U.S., today announced that it has entered into a vendor financing agreement with MAKO Surgical Corp.

10 Sep 2009

Wright Medical Group launches ORTHOLOC Polyaxial Locked Plating System

Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, today announced the launch of the ORTHOLOC Polyaxial Locked Plating System for surgical treatment of foot and ankle fractures.

10 Sep 2009

WRAIR to test Kane Biotech's DispersinB biofilm technology against pathogens in combat trauma wounds

Kane Biotech Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KNE), a biotechnology company engaged in the development of products that prevent and remove microbial biofilms is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for Material Transfer (CRADA-MT) with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) in Silver Springs, Maryland.

9 Sep 2009

European Dynamic Annuloplasty Activation study completes patient enrollment

MiCardia (MiCardia Corporation, Irvine, California) today announced the completion of enrollment in its European “DYANA” (Dynamic Annuloplasty Activation) study, designed to support submission for CE mark of the firm’s Dynaplasty technology in Europe.

9 Sep 2009

Astra Tech launches Atlantis patient-specific abutments in shaded zirconia

Astra Tech announces the launch of Atlantis™ patient-specific abutments in shaded zirconia. The new option for Atlantis abutments, in addition to the already existing materials of titanium, gold-shaded titanium and zirconia, offers clinicians the freedom and flexibility to provide their patients with truly esthetic results.

9 Sep 2009

New procedure for transapical valve replacement minimizes trauma and blood loss

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the world leader in the science of heart valves, announced today the first successful clinical use of its new lower-profile Ascendra 2 transapical delivery system, designed to benefit both patients and physicians by minimizing trauma and blood loss, and facilitating transcatheter heart valve delivery and deployment.

9 Sep 2009

FDA approves Cochlear's Nucleus 5 System

Cochlear, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Nucleus((R) )5 System for adults and children with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

9 Sep 2009

Bacterial cells could contribute to stronger bone implants

Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Society for General Microbiology's meeting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

7 Sep 2009

Recession impacts dental implant industry

Tooth loss among the elderly population will create some growth in the $3 billion global dental implant market despite the recession, according to "Implant-Based Dental Reconstruction: World Dental Implant and Bone Graft Market, 3rd Edition" by premier life sciences market research publisher Kalorama Information, though not the impressive double digit growth rates of prior years.

5 Sep 2009

PASS LP spinal system for treating complex deformities receives FDA approval

MEDICREA announced today it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the PASS LP Iliac Fixation within the United States. This new Iliac Fixation supplements the PASS LP range, a ultra Low Profile Polyaxial Spine System launched recently.

4 Sep 2009

New radial head plates to be launched by Medartis at the ASSH, in San Francisco

Medartis, Inc. will introduce the Company’s new Radial Head Plates at this year’s American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) annual meeting beginning today, September 3, 2009, in San Francisco at the Moscone West Convention Center. During the show, Medartis staff will be on site, Booth #137, to demonstrate and discuss the new product as well as the Company’s expanded line of Medartis products.

3 Sep 2009

Boston Scientific reports two-year data from SYNTAX clinical trial

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANPI, TSX: ANP) today announced that its corporate partner, Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), has reported two-year data from its SYNTAX clinical trial comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the Taxus(R) Express(R) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

3 Sep 2009

Uroplasty highlights the result of OrBIT trial of its Urgent PC System

Uroplasty, Inc. (Amex: UPI), a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products to treat voiding dysfunctions, today highlighted results published in the September, 2009 edition of THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY(R) from the OrBIT trial of its Urgent PC System.

3 Sep 2009

CRT-D implants for treating sudden cardiac death

Electrophysiologists Robert Stevenson, MD, and Jeffrey L. Williams, MD, MS, FACC, are safely implanting cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators in the Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH) Cardiology (Heart Failure) Program.

3 Sep 2009

Neuronetics raises funds to expand sales team for NeuroStar TMS Therapy

New Leaf Venture Partners (NLV Partners) announced today it has led a $30 million Series D financing round in Neuronetics, Inc., maker of NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy® for the treatment of depression.

3 Sep 2009

Implants News and Research

Governor’s Business Expansion Award for RTI Biologics

Cardium's Gene Activated Matrix technology demonstrates benefits in periodontal tissue regeneration

Implementation of Alliance’s surgeon owned distribution model helps to save over $1.0 million

Spinal implants market to grow in the coming years: iData Research

The first CardioGraft patch with MatrACELL technology implant performed

RTS signs vendor financing agreement with MAKO Surgical

Wright Medical Group launches ORTHOLOC Polyaxial Locked Plating System

WRAIR to test Kane Biotech's DispersinB biofilm technology against pathogens in combat trauma wounds

European Dynamic Annuloplasty Activation study completes patient enrollment

Astra Tech launches Atlantis patient-specific abutments in shaded zirconia

New procedure for transapical valve replacement minimizes trauma and blood loss

FDA approves Cochlear's Nucleus 5 System

Bacterial cells could contribute to stronger bone implants

Recession impacts dental implant industry

PASS LP spinal system for treating complex deformities receives FDA approval

New radial head plates to be launched by Medartis at the ASSH, in San Francisco

Boston Scientific reports two-year data from SYNTAX clinical trial

Uroplasty highlights the result of OrBIT trial of its Urgent PC System

CRT-D implants for treating sudden cardiac death

Neuronetics raises funds to expand sales team for NeuroStar TMS Therapy

Exploring the intersection of biology and proteomics

Unlocking the Secrets of Multiple Sclerosis Progression: Brain-Immune Cell Communication

Passing on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health risks for male offspring of women with PCOS

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