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New imaging technique can predict common congenital heart abnormality

A new imaging technique for measuring blood flow in the heart and vessels can diagnose a common congenital heart abnormality, bicuspid aortic valve, and may lead to better prediction of complications.

12 Feb 2014

Surgeons now use minimally invasive robotic surgical system for Whipple procedure

The Whipple procedure, used to remove tumors from pancreatic cancer patients, is one of surgery's most extensive and challenging operations.

11 Feb 2014

QuadraMed strikes strategic partnership with Connected Technology Solutions

QuadraMed Corporation is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Connected Technology Solutions, a leading interactive kiosk design and creative marketing company. As part of the agreement, QuadraMed's intuitive point-of-service patient registration solution, QuadraMed MediKiosk, will run on CTS kiosk technology, offering organizations a proven, cost-effective patient registration and check-in solution.

11 Feb 2014

Eternity Healthcare developing saliva-based noninvasive sugar monitoring device

Eternity Healthcare Inc., a medical device and diagnostic company specializing in diabetes management, announced today that they are in development of a noninvasive sugar monitoring device using saliva instead of blood. The technology utilizes an ultra sensitive sugar monitor and an additional sensor for salivary amylase enzyme activity.

From Medtronic 11 Feb 2014

CareView introduces new CareView Connect Patient Monitoring and Communications module

CareView Communications, Inc., an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, announced today the introduction of its new CareView Connect Patient Monitoring and Communications module.

11 Feb 2014

MedAptus releases Risk Severity Toolkit to help provider groups manage disease burden of patients

MedAptus today announced that it has released a Risk Severity Toolkit to help provider groups measure and manage the disease burden of patients covered under risk-based contracts. The initial version focuses on the Medicare Advantage (MA) patient population where premiums paid to MA health plans are based on enrollees' severity history using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) model.

11 Feb 2014

New hemostasis valve with sideport tubing and stopcock launched by Qosina

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11 Feb 2014

Colour-changing ABC Syringe shortlisted for 2014 World Design Impact Prize

University of Huddersfield lecturer Dr David Swann's design for a syringe that changes colour in order to deter its re-use - with the possibility of spreading dangerous infection - has already earned global interest. Now the project's profile will be raised higher still, following its shortlisting for a second major design award.

11 Feb 2014

GenomOncology collaborates with RPCI to develop informatics solution for Next Generation Sequencing

GenomOncology today announced a collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) to develop an informatics solution that enables the association of Next Generation Sequencing results with knowledge resources to define actionable mutations.

11 Feb 2014

Prexion launches new company and product website

Prexion, Inc. a leader in dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanners and 3D viewing software, announced its launch of a new company and product website.

11 Feb 2014

Neutra acquires cutting-edge developer of smoke-free nutraceutical delivery systems

Neutra Corp. (OTCBB: NTRR), a fast-growing provider of all-natural wellness solutions, announced today that it acquired Diamond Anvil Designs (DA), a cutting-edge developer of smoke-free nutraceutical delivery systems.

11 Feb 2014

Porvair Sciences to showcase specialist microplate products at Pittcon, Analytica and Genomics Research 2014

Porvair Sciences has announced that it will be showing its latest specialist microplates and microplate equipment at the forthcoming Pittcon 2014 (Chicago), Analytica 2014 (Munich) and Genomics Research 2014 (San Francisco) exhibitions.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 11 Feb 2014

Covaris introduces truXTRAC High Throughput FFPE DNA Extraction & Purification Kit at 2014 AGBT

Covaris, Inc. introduced the truXTRAC™ High Throughput FFPE DNA Extraction & Purification Kit at the 2014 Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting held in Marco Island, Florida.

11 Feb 2014

Researchers introduce unique micro-robotic technique for tissue engineering and 3D printing

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Carnegie Mellon University have introduced a unique micro-robotic technique to assemble the components of complex materials, the foundation of tissue engineering and 3D printing.

11 Feb 2014

EKF Molecular Diagnostics to exhibit PointMan DNA-enrichment technology at Tri-Con 2014

EKF, announces that its subsidiary company EKF Molecular Diagnostics is exhibiting its ground-breaking PointMan DNA-enrichment tech.

From EKF Diagnostics 11 Feb 2014

Researchers design prototype system-on-chip that could make fully implanted cochlear implant

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a prototype system-on-chip that could make possible a fully implanted cochlear implant. They will present their findings on Feb. 11at the IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.

11 Feb 2014

Portable ultrasound for kids with suspected appendicitis reduces emergency room length of stay

Using portable ultrasound as a first-line imaging study in kids with suspected appendicitis helps reduce emergency room length of stay and reduces the need for CT scans, according to a team of Mount Sinai researchers.

11 Feb 2014

Engineers place tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells

For the first time, a team of chemists and engineers at Penn State University have placed tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells, propelled them with ultrasonic waves and steered them magnetically. It's not exactly "Fantastic Voyage," but it's close. The nanomotors, which are rocket-shaped metal particles, move around inside the cells, spinning and battering against the cell membrane.

11 Feb 2014

New online resource centre helps to create better strategies for food risks and benefits

Food scare make authorities uneasy. In previous cases, national food safety agencies have not always known how to react, making the public wary. For example, in 2011, the German health authorities incorrectly linked the deadly E. coli outbreak to cucumbers from Spanish greenhouses.

11 Feb 2014

Researchers develop low-power wireless microsystem for hearing aids and implants

Microsystems are at the heart of portable hearing aids and implants. Now researchers are developing a miniature, low-power wireless microsystem to make these medical aids smaller, more comfortable and more efficient.

11 Feb 2014

Device / Technology News

New imaging technique can predict common congenital heart abnormality

Surgeons now use minimally invasive robotic surgical system for Whipple procedure

QuadraMed strikes strategic partnership with Connected Technology Solutions

Eternity Healthcare developing saliva-based noninvasive sugar monitoring device

CareView introduces new CareView Connect Patient Monitoring and Communications module

MedAptus releases Risk Severity Toolkit to help provider groups manage disease burden of patients

New hemostasis valve with sideport tubing and stopcock launched by Qosina

Colour-changing ABC Syringe shortlisted for 2014 World Design Impact Prize

GenomOncology collaborates with RPCI to develop informatics solution for Next Generation Sequencing

Prexion launches new company and product website

Neutra acquires cutting-edge developer of smoke-free nutraceutical delivery systems

Porvair Sciences to showcase specialist microplate products at Pittcon, Analytica and Genomics Research 2014

Covaris introduces truXTRAC High Throughput FFPE DNA Extraction & Purification Kit at 2014 AGBT

Researchers introduce unique micro-robotic technique for tissue engineering and 3D printing

EKF Molecular Diagnostics to exhibit PointMan DNA-enrichment technology at Tri-Con 2014

Researchers design prototype system-on-chip that could make fully implanted cochlear implant

Portable ultrasound for kids with suspected appendicitis reduces emergency room length of stay

Engineers place tiny synthetic motors inside live human cells

New online resource centre helps to create better strategies for food risks and benefits

Researchers develop low-power wireless microsystem for hearing aids and implants

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