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Key Surgical designs new responsive website for improved overall user experience

Key Surgical Inc., a leading provider of sterile processing, operating room and instrument care supplies, has launched a new responsive website that is designed for an improved overall user experience (UX).

6 Jun 2014

SurModics launches BioFX Liquid Nova-Stop Solution for TMB microwell substrates

SurModics IVD, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SurModics, Inc. and a market leader for in vitro diagnostic assay components, today announced the launch of BioFX® Liquid Nova-Stop Solution, a non-corrosive, non-hazardous stop solution for TMB microwell substrates.

6 Jun 2014

NCOA brings innovative online support program to help people manage type 2 diabetes

Under a unique collaboration, the National Council on Aging with support from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and WellPoint are—for the first time—bringing a proven and affordable face-to-face and online support program to help people manage their Type 2 diabetes.

6 Jun 2014

Cegedim Relationship Management enters into strategic alliance with Scribe Software

Cegedim Relationship Management today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Scribe Software, a recent winner of the prestigious Globee and Red Herring Top 100 awards, and now one of the fastest-growing cloud and software providers of data integration in the world.

6 Jun 2014

SOA implements IDS patient satisfaction survey and analytics tool

Sarasota Orthopedic Associates has implemented a data gathering and analytics tool, as part of its quality initiative designed to improve knowledge of patient expectations and monitoring of SOA's service and care.

6 Jun 2014

Chinese FDA approves Waters ACQUITY UPLC TQD system as a medical device

Waters Corporation today announced that the Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approved the registration of the ACQUITY UPLC TQD system for legal promotion and sale in China as a medical device for routine diagnostic applications and neonatal metabolites diseases screening.

5 Jun 2014

Cook Medical introduces Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent in Canada

Cook Medical launched its Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent in Canada at the Canadian Interventional Radiology Association (CIRA) meeting in Montreal, Canada. It's the first drug-coated stent in Canada indicated to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery (SFA).

From COOK MEDICAL INC. 5 Jun 2014

INTEGRA's VIAFLO 96 handheld multichannel pipette improves efficiency of genetic screening

The Institute of Genetics and Development of Rennes, France reports on how, using a VIAFLO 96 handheld multichannel pipette from INTEGRA, they have been able to improve the efficiency and speed with which they replicate yeast strain collections and perform genetic screens in 96 well plates.

From INTEGRA Biosciences 5 Jun 2014

Navigated brain stimulation system may help improve motor function for people recovering from stroke

Researchers at Shepherd Center are studying whether stimulating the brain before rehabilitation could yield greater gains in motor function for people recovering from stroke.

5 Jun 2014

Biosafe launches SepaMax multiprocessing device for high throughput cell processing

In line with its mission of market innovator, Biosafe is proud to announce the launch of the SepaMax multiprocessing device, on the occasion of the International Cord Blood Symposium in San Francisco.

5 Jun 2014

Symphony continuous glucose monitoring system study selected for presentation at ADA scientific sessions

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company developing its Symphony® CGM System as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, is pleased to announce that its most recently completed clinical study of Symphony was selected for poster presentation at the 74th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) which will be held June 13-17, 2014 in San Francisco, CA.

5 Jun 2014

TowerJazz, Genoray collaborate to develop CIS detector for medical diagnostic devices

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Genoray Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of digital X-ray devices, today announced collaboration on the successful development of a CMOS image sensor (CIS) for medical diagnostic devices such as X-ray equipment, fluoroscopy and radiography.

5 Jun 2014

Novel diagnostic tool helps differentiate between dementia diseases

A new diagnostic tool helps clinicians to differentiate between Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and mild cognitive impairment. Presented in the doctoral thesis of MD Miguel ángel Muñoz Ruiz at the University of Eastern Finland, the new method consists of a Disease State Index combining data from multiple sources, and of a Disease State Fingerprint showing the findings in a visual format.

5 Jun 2014

Affymetrix, BioDiscovery launch new analysis software for cancer research

Affymetrix and BioDiscovery, Inc. today announced the launch of a new analysis software, Nexus Copy Number for Affymetrix, which is specifically for data generated by Affymetrix' genetic analysis platforms in cancer research, including CytoScan Cytogenetics Suite and OncoScan FFPE Assay Kit.

5 Jun 2014

Gamma and neutron imaging safe and effective in simulations

Gamma and neutron imaging offer possible improvements over existing techniques such as X-ray or CT, but their safety is not yet fully understood.

5 Jun 2014

Disinfection caps reduce CLABSI events by 68%

Thanks to the simple use of an alcohol-impregnated cap, Loyola University Medical Center achieved a 68 percent decrease in the overall number of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) over a 12-month period.

5 Jun 2014

Thermo Fisher, Cellectis sign agreements on TALEN gene editing technology

Cellectis, a leader of engineered CART cell therapies, and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced today that they have entered into a series of agreements covering the uses of TAL nucleases under the brand name TALEN™.

5 Jun 2014

Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu selects iMDsoft's MetaVision to manage patient information

iMDsoft, a leader in clinical information systems, announced that Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu in Germany, a hospital with four sites in Kempten, Immenstadt, Oberstdorf and Sonthofen, chose MetaVision for all of its ICUs, intermediate care units and operating rooms.

5 Jun 2014

Scientists reproduce chromosomal modifications in human cells that cause certain cancer

Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) and the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncol-gicas (CNIO) have succeeded in reproducing, in human cells, the chromosomal translocations that cause two types of cancer: acute myeloid leukemia and Ewing's sarcoma.

5 Jun 2014

Study calls for more randomized trials on e-cigarettes

E-cigarettes are a potential smoking cessation aid and they may also be able to lower the risk of nicotine dependency in high-risk groups. The available scientific evidence, however, remains insufficient.

5 Jun 2014

Device / Technology News

Key Surgical designs new responsive website for improved overall user experience

SurModics launches BioFX Liquid Nova-Stop Solution for TMB microwell substrates

NCOA brings innovative online support program to help people manage type 2 diabetes

Cegedim Relationship Management enters into strategic alliance with Scribe Software

SOA implements IDS patient satisfaction survey and analytics tool

Chinese FDA approves Waters ACQUITY UPLC TQD system as a medical device

Cook Medical introduces Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent in Canada

INTEGRA's VIAFLO 96 handheld multichannel pipette improves efficiency of genetic screening

Navigated brain stimulation system may help improve motor function for people recovering from stroke

Biosafe launches SepaMax multiprocessing device for high throughput cell processing

Symphony continuous glucose monitoring system study selected for presentation at ADA scientific sessions

TowerJazz, Genoray collaborate to develop CIS detector for medical diagnostic devices

Novel diagnostic tool helps differentiate between dementia diseases

Affymetrix, BioDiscovery launch new analysis software for cancer research

Gamma and neutron imaging safe and effective in simulations

Disinfection caps reduce CLABSI events by 68%

Thermo Fisher, Cellectis sign agreements on TALEN gene editing technology

Klinikverbund Kempten-Oberallgäu selects iMDsoft's MetaVision to manage patient information

Scientists reproduce chromosomal modifications in human cells that cause certain cancer

Study calls for more randomized trials on e-cigarettes

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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