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UH Seidman Cancer Center uses SpaceOAR System to perform first-ever prostate cancer treatment

The radiation oncology team at UH Seidman Cancer Center at UH Geauga Medical Center performed the first-ever prostate cancer treatment on April 3 using a newly approved device. The device, called SpaceOAR System, enhances the efficacy of radiation treatment by protecting organs surrounding the prostate. The device, a temporary injectable gel, received FDA clearance on April 1.

16 Apr 2015

Moirai Orthopaedics receives FDA approval for IDE application to initiate clinical study of PIR System

Moirai Orthopaedics, L.L.C., an orthopaedic implant development company based in Metairie, Louisiana, is pleased to announce it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to initiate clinical study of the company's Pyrocarbon Implant Replacement (PIR) System.

16 Apr 2015

New UV light method could help stop spread of hospital superbugs

Can a robot clean a hospital room just as well as a person? According to new research out of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, that is indeed the case. Chetan Jinadatha, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine and chief of infectious diseases at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System in Temple, is studying the effectiveness of a germ-zapping robot to clean hospital rooms, which could hold the key to preventing the spread of "superbugs" - in turn, saving countless dollars and, most importantly, lives.

15 Apr 2015

Focus Diagnostics announces FDA clearance for Simplexa Group A Strep Direct Kit

Focus Diagnostics, the clinical-laboratory products business of Quest Diagnostics, today announced the FDA 510(k) clearance and CLIA moderate-complexity categorization for its Simplexa Group A Strep Direct Kit. Simplexa Group A Strep Direct is a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Group A Streptococcus bacteria directly from throat swabs.

From Quest Diagnostics 15 Apr 2015

SELLAS inks exclusive global collaboration, license agreement with TrojanTec

SELLAS Life Sciences Group, a Swiss based, development-stage biopharmaceutical company with its main focus in developing innovative products for the treatment of various indications in Oncology and the Central Nervous System, today announced that it has signed an exclusive global collaboration and license agreement with TrojanTec Ltd, a UK-based Discovery Research and Development Company affiliated with Imperial College London, UK, for the development, marketing and commercialization of the innovative and proprietary TR-1 cancer therapeutic technology and drug.

15 Apr 2015

Optibrium to integrate ChemAxon's Plexus with StarDrop software platform

Optibrium and ChemAxon, developers of software and cheminformatics solutions for drug discovery, today announced the results of a collaboration to integrate ChemAxon's Plexus with Optibrium's StarDrop software suite. The integration of these platforms further enables researchers to develop strategies for efficient, high quality compound library design.

15 Apr 2015

Sterillo: The world's most hygienic hand dryer destroys bacteria and viruses

Research by Sterillo, the world's most hygienic hand dryer, has revealed a nation attempting to dodge germs and smelly washrooms. Whilst they are in fact, ignorantly smothering themselves in germs and bacteria every time they visit a public or restaurant toilet.

15 Apr 2015

Cantab Connect CTIS-Abuse Liability product exceeds $1.5m sales in first 9 months

Cambridge Cognition Holdings plc,the developer of cognitive assessment software, announces that sales of Cantab Connect CTIS-Abuse Liability have exceeded £1m in its first 9 months from launch.

15 Apr 2015

Atlas Genetics signs diagnostic collaboration to explore new use of io system

Atlas Genetics Ltd, the ultra-rapid 'test and treat' molecular diagnostics company, today announces that it has entered into a collaboration with a major pharmaceutical company to develop a diagnostic test, expanding capabilities beyond infectious diseases.

15 Apr 2015

Haag-Streit Surgical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for intraoperative-OCT camera

HAAG-STREIT SURGICAL announced its intraoperative-OCT camera has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for marketing on the largest medical device market in the world.

15 Apr 2015

MR Solutions offers range of MRI scanners that can be placed within Class 3 and 4 laboratories

For the first time a 3T, 4.7T or 7T preclinical bench top MRI scanner can be placed inside a Class 3 or 4 laboratory providing superior soft tissue contrast and high spatial resolution. This is because the revolutionary new high powered MRI scanners from MR Solutions, which are cryogen free, no longer need any external venting.

From MR Solutions 15 Apr 2015

Agfa HealthCare announces commercial launch of new Enterprise Content Management system

Agfa HealthCare announced today the commercial launch of a new version of its Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system featuring improved workflow capabilities that facilitate the capture, archiving, access and sharing of any type of documents outside of the Imaging scope across the hospital enterprise.

15 Apr 2015

Johns Hopkins researchers develop LevelCheck software to help improve surgical safety

Because the spine is made up of repeating elements that look alike, surgeons can mistakenly operate on the wrong vertebra. To avoid this, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a software program that works seamlessly with currently available procedures to assist a surgeon’s determination of which vertebra is which. Results from its first clinical evaluation show that the LevelCheck software achieves 100 percent accuracy in just 26 seconds.

15 Apr 2015

A beginner’s guide to CRISPR genome editing

In a recent DECODED Online entry, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, provides an overview of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to scientists looking to enhance their genome modification strategy in model organisms or cell lines.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 14 Apr 2015

BioLight Life Sciences announces first IOPtiMate™ system sale in Hungary

BioLight Life Sciences Investments Ltd., a firm that invests in, manages and commercializes biomedical innovations in ophthalmology and cancer diagnostics, today announced the first sale of the IOPtiMate™ system to a medical center located in Hungary.

14 Apr 2015

JPK reports on the use of the NanoWizard® 3 AFM system at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of their NanoWizard® AFM system in the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

From Bruker BioAFM 14 Apr 2015

Eyenuk's EyeArt automated high-throughput diabetic retinopathy screening receives CE Mark

Eyenuk, Inc. announced today that it received CE Marking for its pioneering EyeArt software, a suite of advanced image analysis tools for automated high-throughput screening of diabetic retinopathy. The company plans to launch its product in select leading eye care sites across Europe in the next few months.

14 Apr 2015

Trio of Andor EMCCD cameras chosen to unravel the inner structure of Herpes simplex virus

Although super-resolution light microscopy has broken new ground in our understanding of subcellular structures and the movement of individual molecules within cells, its use to investigate virus particles is in its infancy...

From Andor Technology Ltd. 14 Apr 2015

CareFusion showcases new medication management technologies at HIMSS annual conference

CareFusion, a BD company, today announced it is demonstrating several new medication management technologies at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society annual conference in the Intelligent Health Pavilion and Interoperability Showcase.

14 Apr 2015

Veracyte, GE parnter to develop new solutions to improve disease diagnosis

Veracyte, Inc., a molecular diagnostic company pioneering the field of molecular cytology, and GE today announced a research collaboration to develop new solutions that can improve disease diagnosis.

14 Apr 2015

Device / Technology News

UH Seidman Cancer Center uses SpaceOAR System to perform first-ever prostate cancer treatment

Moirai Orthopaedics receives FDA approval for IDE application to initiate clinical study of PIR System

New UV light method could help stop spread of hospital superbugs

Focus Diagnostics announces FDA clearance for Simplexa Group A Strep Direct Kit

SELLAS inks exclusive global collaboration, license agreement with TrojanTec

Optibrium to integrate ChemAxon's Plexus with StarDrop software platform

Sterillo: The world's most hygienic hand dryer destroys bacteria and viruses

Cantab Connect CTIS-Abuse Liability product exceeds $1.5m sales in first 9 months

Atlas Genetics signs diagnostic collaboration to explore new use of io system

Haag-Streit Surgical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for intraoperative-OCT camera

MR Solutions offers range of MRI scanners that can be placed within Class 3 and 4 laboratories

Agfa HealthCare announces commercial launch of new Enterprise Content Management system

Johns Hopkins researchers develop LevelCheck software to help improve surgical safety

A beginner’s guide to CRISPR genome editing

BioLight Life Sciences announces first IOPtiMate™ system sale in Hungary

JPK reports on the use of the NanoWizard® 3 AFM system at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Eyenuk's EyeArt automated high-throughput diabetic retinopathy screening receives CE Mark

Trio of Andor EMCCD cameras chosen to unravel the inner structure of Herpes simplex virus

CareFusion showcases new medication management technologies at HIMSS annual conference

Veracyte, GE parnter to develop new solutions to improve disease diagnosis

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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