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BioMedical Enterprises announces patent infringement lawsuit stay ordered

BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. (BME), has announced that on July 20th the Honorable Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered that all proceedings in the patent infringement lawsuit between BME and InteliFUSE, Inc. be stayed pending the Court's disposition of a motion for summary judgment brought by BME.

27 Jul 2007

BioElectronics announces distribution agreement with Ream Surgical

BioElectronics Corporation has announced that Ream Surgical Ltd. has signed an agreement and issued their initial purchase order for the distribution of ActiPatch in the United Kingdom.

23 Jul 2007

New medical device to treat cervical degenerative disc disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for marketing the Prestige Cervical Disc, made by Medtronic Sofamor Danek of Memphis - the first artificial cervical (neck) disc for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease, one of the most common causes of neck and arm pain.

18 Jul 2007

Boston Scientific to settle product lawsuits

Boston Scientific Corporationhas announced that an agreement has been reached to settle claims associated with a series of product communications issued by Guidant Corporation in 2005 and 2006. Boston Scientific acquired Guidant Corporation last year.

16 Jul 2007

Signalife awarded new U.S. patent

Signalife, Inc. has announced that The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the Company a new and important patent, which the Company has now added to its significant intellectual property portfolio.

11 Jul 2007

Bacterial biofilms

In one of the first potential applications of synthetic biology, an emerging field that aims to design and build useful biomolecular systems, researchers from MIT and Boston University are engineering viruses to attack and destroy the surface biofilms that harbor harmful bacteria in the body and on industrial and medical devices.

10 Jul 2007

Google and Microsoft's new ehealth model

Google and Microsoft, aware that a large number of Internet searches are health related, are actively attempting to build a presence in the healthcare sector.

10 Jul 2007

New medical implants from biomaterials science

A world leader in medical implants calls for a rethink in our approach to building medical implants.

4 Jul 2007

Inhaled insulin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

Inhaled insulin, taken before meals, can improve blood glucose control for people with type 2 diabetes who have not had good results with short-acting injected insulin that is taken in addition to the baseline insulin administered throughout the day and night, according to a new review of the body of published research.

29 Jun 2007

FDA panel recommends approval of CryoCor's device for treatment of atrial flutter

CryoCor, Inc. has announced that the Advisory Panel of the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, recommended that CryoCor's application for pre-market approval, or PMA, for the treatment of atrial flutter be approved by the FDA.

28 Jun 2007

Boston Scientific to acquire Remon Medical Technologies

Boston Scientific Corporation has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Remon Medical Technologies Inc., a privately held company based in Caesarea, Israel.

26 Jun 2007

House Committee passes prescription drug user fee act reauthorization legislation

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday voted 39-0 to approve nine bills that would expand FDA's authority to regulate prescription drug safety and increase user fees paid by drug and medical device companies, Dow Jones reports.

22 Jun 2007

Biologists unravel genetic secrets of the silk of spiders

Biologists at the University of California, Riverside have identified the genes, and determined the DNA sequences, for two key proteins in the dragline silk of the black widow spider an advance that may lead to a variety of new materials for industrial, medical and military uses.

16 Jun 2007

Overview of coronary stents

Tiny, expandable mesh tubes - or stents - which help prop open clogged arteries are among the most commonly used medical devices.

8 Jun 2007

Stanford, India collaboration for biomedical technology innovators

The Stanford University Program in Biodesign is partnering with the government of India to establish a new training program, called Stanford-India Biodesign, to help create the next generation of biomedical technology innovators in India.

3 Jun 2007

Device to treat brain cancer shows promise

New early data showed that an investigational device that specifically targets rapidly growing cancer cells with intermediate frequency electrical fields -- called Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) -- more than doubled the median overall survival rates in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive type of malignant brain tumor.

1 Jun 2007

Better guidelines on the use of mobile phones in the provision of clinical care urgently needed

Healthcare systems are increasing looking to developments in mobile communication technology to help improve the provision of care to people with long-term conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, hypertension and coronary heart disease.

30 May 2007

3-D plasma coating technique keeps veins and arteries open

Scientists at the University of Ulster are working on a new method of coating stents – the medical devices used to keep veins and arteries open – to prevent them blocking up.

30 May 2007

Epidemiology of obesity, pathophysiology, associated disease and management

Due to the gastrointestinal tract's role in body weight regulation, gastroenterologists should work closely with other medical disciplines to oversee and coordinate the care of obese individuals, according to an American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Obesity Task Force Report.

15 May 2007

New Cordis device granted Humanitarian Exemption to treat intracranial aneurysms

Cordis Neurovascular, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) approval for the CORDIS ENTERPRISE Vascular Reconstruction Device and Delivery System for use with embolic coils in the treatment of wide-neck intracranial aneurysms.

10 May 2007