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PointRight releases PointRight Pro 30 to track and reduce rehospitalization rates

PointRight Inc., providing industry-standard analytics for healthcare providers and payers, announces the release of PointRight® Pro 30™, an upgraded version of its popular tools leveraging big data to track and reduce rehospitalization rates in long-term care (LTC) facilities.

5 Jun 2014

Norgen launches 6 novel kits for simple isolation of NA from blood, plasma, serum, urine

Norgen Biotek Corp., an innovative privately held Canadian biotechnology company focusing primarily on advancing powerful tools for nucleic acids (NA) and protein purification, today announced the launch of 6 novel kits for the fast and simple isolation of NA from blood, plasma/serum and urine, including cell-free-circulating (cfc)RNA, cfcDNA and sequential cfcDNA and cfcRNA.

5 Jun 2014

NantHealth to unveil open Clinical Operating System at NHS Confederation Annual Conference and Exhibition

NantHealth, a transformational healthcare company converging science and technology through a single integrated clinical platform, will unveil the industry's first, open Clinical Operating System (cOS) for value-based, coordinated care at this year's NHS Confederation Annual Conference and Exhibition.

4 Jun 2014

Quest Products launches ProVent Rosacea Moisturizing Crème

Quest Products, Inc. announces the national launch of ProVent® Rosacea Moisturizing Creme®, a creme formulated to help reduce the appearance of skin conditions often associated with Rosacea, and other skin conditions, including skin redness, age spots, facial rashes, dry skin, and sun-related damage.

4 Jun 2014

SYNERA can help prevent needle stick pain associated with superficial IVs

Galen US Incorporated today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a labeling change that allows SYNERA® (lidocaine and tetracaine) topical patch to be used at home.

4 Jun 2014

CenterVue's next generation Macular Integrity Assessment receives FDA clearance

CenterVue, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of highly automated medical devices for the diagnosis and management of ocular pathologies, today announced FDA 510(k) clearance has been granted for the company's next generation Macular Integrity Assessment (MAIA).

4 Jun 2014

Dean Kamen named recipient of 2014 MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award

UBM Canon's Medical Design Excellence Awards, the MedTech Industry's Premier Awards Program, has announced Dean Kamen as the recipient of the 2014 MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award.

4 Jun 2014

Comparative study shows ultrasonic Bonescalpel makes spine surgery safe, efficient

Misonix, Inc., an international surgical device company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic ultrasonic products for spine surgery, skull-based surgery, neurosurgery, wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic surgery and other surgical applications, announced that Dr. Ajay Krishnan of the prestigious Stavya Spine Hospital and Research Center in India concluded after a comparative study in 100 consecutive patients that the BoneScalpel is better than conventional methods in terms of safety and efficacy as it reduces the number of dural tears and neurological deficit, reduces blood loss and shortens operating time.

4 Jun 2014

New app for smartphones automatically calculates carbohydrate content of meal

An app for smartphones automatically calculates the carbohydrate content of a meal. The programme called "GoCARB" enables diabetics to better plan their meals and to control their blood glucose easier.

4 Jun 2014

Squatty Potty toilet stool improves severity of constipation symptoms

When used as a treatment, the original Squatty Potty (www.squattypotty.com) toilet stool significantly improves the severity of constipation symptoms within one month of use among 84 percent of the participants of a recently released scientific study.

4 Jun 2014

Painless wearable microneedle device can analyze electrolyte levels on the spot

Patients trying to navigate today's complex medical system with its costly laboratory analyses might prefer a pain-free home diagnostic device, worn on the wrist, that can analyze, continuously record and immediately remedy low electrolyte levels.

4 Jun 2014

KineMed renews non-exclusive research collaboration with Pfizer

KineMed Inc. today announced the renewal of a non-exclusive research collaboration with Pfizer Inc. for the advancement of novel approaches in metabolic disease, in particular Type II diabetes.

4 Jun 2014

LUMEDX, Scientific Software Solutions to create Comprehensive Congenital Cardiac Information System

LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of cloud-based cardiovascular imaging and information systems (CVIS), and Scientific Software Solutions, Inc., (SSS), maker of PedCath congenital catheterization (cath) reporting software, announced today that they are partnering to create an innovative solution for congenital cardiac data and image management.

4 Jun 2014

Researchers expand Child Exploitation Network Extractor

Researchers in Simon Fraser University's International Cybercrime Research Centre are expanding their Child Exploitation Network Extractor (CENE)-an online "web crawler" that identifies and tracks child exploitation networks online-to determine where networks are located.

4 Jun 2014

New technology can non-invasively image human lymphatic system

The human lymphatic system is an important but poorly understood circulatory system consisting of tiny vessels spread throughout the body.

4 Jun 2014

Physically fit children have faster neuro-electrical brain responses during reading

Children who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuro-electrical brain responses during reading than their less-fit peers, researchers report.

4 Jun 2014

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators improve survival among heart failure patients

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are associated with improved survival among heart failure patients whose left ventricles only pump 30 to 35 percent of blood out of the heart with each contraction, according to a study from the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

4 Jun 2014

Region Skåne and Sectra sign six-year agreement

Region Skåne, one of Sweden's largest care providers, has signed a six-year agreement with IT and medical technology company Sectra.

4 Jun 2014

European researchers explore new tools for prevention of back pain

European researchers and clinicians are working hand in hand to unveil the mechanisms leading to back pain, likely the most widespread chronic pathology among humans. Until recently, it was assumed that disc degeneration was the main process behind back pain. The intervertebral discs are joints made of soft and very strain resistant material, placed between the vertebrae of the spine.

4 Jun 2014

ConforMIS announces positive study results of iTotal implant at BASK meeting

ConforMIS, Inc., a medical device company pioneering patient-specific orthopaedic implants, today announced results from several clinical research studies highlighting the benefits of the iTotal® patient-specific total knee replacement.

4 Jun 2014

Device / Technology News

PointRight releases PointRight Pro 30 to track and reduce rehospitalization rates

Norgen launches 6 novel kits for simple isolation of NA from blood, plasma, serum, urine

NantHealth to unveil open Clinical Operating System at NHS Confederation Annual Conference and Exhibition

Quest Products launches ProVent Rosacea Moisturizing Crème

SYNERA can help prevent needle stick pain associated with superficial IVs

CenterVue's next generation Macular Integrity Assessment receives FDA clearance

Dean Kamen named recipient of 2014 MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award

Comparative study shows ultrasonic Bonescalpel makes spine surgery safe, efficient

New app for smartphones automatically calculates carbohydrate content of meal

Squatty Potty toilet stool improves severity of constipation symptoms

Painless wearable microneedle device can analyze electrolyte levels on the spot

KineMed renews non-exclusive research collaboration with Pfizer

LUMEDX, Scientific Software Solutions to create Comprehensive Congenital Cardiac Information System

Researchers expand Child Exploitation Network Extractor

New technology can non-invasively image human lymphatic system

Physically fit children have faster neuro-electrical brain responses during reading

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators improve survival among heart failure patients

Region Skåne and Sectra sign six-year agreement

European researchers explore new tools for prevention of back pain

ConforMIS announces positive study results of iTotal implant at BASK meeting

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