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Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason wins Grand Challenges Explorations grant

Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

1 Nov 2012

New index can help clinicians assess patients' prosthetic arm progress

Amputees with a new prosthetic arm must learn how to use their device to perform everyday tasks that were once second nature. Taking off a shirt becomes a conscious, multistep effort: grasp the shirt, lift the shirt over the head, pull arms through the sleeves, place the shirt on the table, let go of the shirt.

1 Nov 2012

Varian highlights numerous lung cancer treatment systems at ASTRO meeting

Varian Medical Systems highlighted the company's technologies for the non-invasive treatment of lung cancer at the 54th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in Boston this week.

1 Nov 2012

Scientists create new microparticles that self-assemble like atoms into molecules

Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles come together, or "self-assemble," to form structures in patterns that were previously impossible to make and hold promise for manufacturing advanced optical materials and ceramics.

1 Nov 2012

Powered exoskeleton provides more independence to people with severe spinal cord injuries

The dream of regaining the ability to stand up and walk has come closer to reality for people paralyzed below the waist who thought they would never take another step.

31 Oct 2012

Technology creates 3-D map of stresses linked to malformed structures

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found a way to create three-dimensional maps of the stress that circulating blood places on the developing heart in an animal model - a key to understanding triggers of heart defects.

31 Oct 2012

Viscus Biologics to develop and commercialize NFB’s new tissue repair material

Viscus Biologics LLC, Cleveland, Ohio, has secured an 18-month option to conduct further research into the development and commercialisation of a new tissue repair material developed by the Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) at National University of Ireland, Galway.

31 Oct 2012

Thermo Fisher launches Sorvall LYNX superspeed centrifuge series

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the new Thermo Scientific Sorvall LYNX superspeed centrifuge series, delivering productivity, safety and reliability to maximize everyday centrifuge use in shared laboratory settings.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 31 Oct 2012

Diffusion tensor imaging detects complex muscle structures in 3D

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and the Academic Medical Center (AMC) in Amsterdam have together developed a technique that allows detailed 3D imaging of complex muscle structures of patients.

31 Oct 2012

Researchers show how ingesting too much silver can cause argyria

Researchers from Brown University have shown for the first time how ingesting too much silver can cause argyria, a rare condition in which patients' skin turns a striking shade of grayish blue.

31 Oct 2012

Blue Medical’s drug eluting balloon Protégé receives CE mark

Blue Medical, the global medical device company and innovator in the treatment of vascular diseases, today announced receiving the CE mark for Protégé NC, a non compliant drug eluting balloon.

30 Oct 2012

Sequana Medical announces CE mark approval of alfapump for patients with malignant ascites

Sequana Medical is pleased to announce that it has received CE mark approval for use of its alfapump system in patients with ascites caused by cancer (malignant ascites).

30 Oct 2012

Poor fitting and inadequate support leading to ineffective use of hearing aids

Twenty per cent of hearing aid users in Norway use the equipment for only an hour each day. The reason is often poor fitting and inadequate support. Now all this could change.

30 Oct 2012

IBM, Cleveland Clinic partner to advance Watson's use in the medical training field

Cleveland Clinic and IBM announced today the formation of a collaboration to advance Watson's use in the medical training field.

30 Oct 2012

Internet, smartphone apps represent prime venues for adolescent-targeted sexual health programs

The use of smartphones is associated with an increased likelihood of being solicited for sex on the internet, and having sex with an internet-met partner among teens, according to new research released today at the American Public Health Association's 140th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif.

30 Oct 2012

Device / Technology News

Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason wins Grand Challenges Explorations grant

New index can help clinicians assess patients' prosthetic arm progress

Varian highlights numerous lung cancer treatment systems at ASTRO meeting

Scientists create new microparticles that self-assemble like atoms into molecules

Powered exoskeleton provides more independence to people with severe spinal cord injuries

Technology creates 3-D map of stresses linked to malformed structures

Viscus Biologics to develop and commercialize NFB’s new tissue repair material

Thermo Fisher launches Sorvall LYNX superspeed centrifuge series

Diffusion tensor imaging detects complex muscle structures in 3D

Researchers show how ingesting too much silver can cause argyria

Blue Medical’s drug eluting balloon Protégé receives CE mark

Sequana Medical announces CE mark approval of alfapump for patients with malignant ascites

Poor fitting and inadequate support leading to ineffective use of hearing aids

IBM, Cleveland Clinic partner to advance Watson's use in the medical training field

Internet, smartphone apps represent prime venues for adolescent-targeted sexual health programs

Women in disadvantaged neighborhoods less likely to live near mammography facility

Researchers decode software instructions that drive 3 different forms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Researchers invent new quick-release medical tape to minimize neonatal skin injury

Ultra-high performance SPECT systems announced by MILabs

New prostate cancer therapy triggers questions about cost, effectiveness and safety

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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