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Stent graft can repair abdominal aortic aneurysm

When Dr. Ross Milner repaired Lydia Strebing's life-threatening abdominal aortic aneurysm, she was astonished at how easy it was. "I've had more pain from dental procedures," she said. "This was nothing." Milner, chief of vascular surgery at Loyola University Hospital, repaired the bulging aneurysm by using a catheter to deploy a device called a stent graft.

8 Jun 2011

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new triple quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry system

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced the launch of its new triple quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) system designed to offer best-in-class selectivity, analytical performance and productivity. The Thermo Scientific TSQ Quantum XLS Ultra delivers the increased matrix selectivity needed for challenging applications that require lower levels of quantitation in extremely complex matrix extracts. With its exceptional sensitivity, easy detection and reliable peak integration, the system provides superior performance for the most difficult of matrix challenges.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 7 Jun 2011

Linkam tensile stage chosen to control stress in growth of human collagen by the University of Liverpool

Manufacturers temperature controlled microscopy, Linkam Scientific Instruments, have been chosen by the Physics Department of the University of Liverpool to study the effects of controlling stresses applied during the growth of collagen secreted from human fibroblast cells. The research goal of Senior Research Assistant, Dr Caroline Smith, and her colleagues at the University of Liverpool is to advance the treatment of tendon injuries by developing a method of growing oriented human collagen.

From Linkam Scientific Instruments 7 Jun 2011

First human implant of St. Jude Medical's Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced the first human implant of its Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve. The procedure was performed by Dr. John Webb, director of cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.

7 Jun 2011

Merck, Roche partner to develop cancer diagnostic assays

Merck, known outside the United States and Canada as MSD, and Roche today announced that they have entered into a collaboration focused on the application and development of diagnostic assays for use with Merck's investigational cancer therapy portfolio.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 7 Jun 2011

IsoRay completes Iotrex license agreement with Dr. Reddy's

IsoRay, Inc. announced today that it has completed a license agreement with Dr. Reddy's Laboratories for exclusive worldwide licensing rights to Iotrex, a liquid iodine radiation, for use in brain cancer treatment.

7 Jun 2011

Systagenix introduces WOUNDCHEK system at EWMA 2011

Systagenix, the home of the Let's Heal system, attended the 2011 European Wound Management Association conference (EWMA) in Belgium and introduced the WOUNDCHEK brand; the umbrella brand name of its soon to be launched point of care tests, to an international audience of over 2,500 clinicians.

7 Jun 2011

OncoSec announces additional evaluation of ElectroImmunotherapy Phase I trial on melanoma

OncoSec Medical Incorporated, which is developing its advanced-stage ElectroOncology therapies to treat solid tumor cancers, announced today that additional evaluation of a previous Phase I trial provided further evidence that a DNA plasmid encoded to produce IL-12 delivered by electroporation into melanoma lesions induces responses to known and novel antigens, resulting in regression of local treated lesions as well as distant untreated lesions.

7 Jun 2011

Guardian Air REME+ system helps reduce germs, allergens and airborne toxins

Hospitals, nursery schools, and other high-traffic indoor spaces have been acting as quiet proving grounds for an advanced new form of air purification. These are normally the kinds of places where germs, allergens and airborne toxins flourish. That's soon going to be a thing of the past.

7 Jun 2011

Incisive Surgical receives U.S. patent for INSORB Absorbable Skin Stapling Technology

Incisive Surgical, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued the Company a key patent for its proprietary INSORB Absorbable Skin Stapling Technology.

7 Jun 2011

University of Perugia researcher to lead BioNanoFilter European clinical trial on Group B Strep

NanoLogix, a biotechnology innovator in the rapid detection and identification of live-cell bacteria and microorganisms, announced today its BioNanoFilter (BNF) technology will undergo a clinical trial, led by Dr. Gian Carlo Di Renzo of the University of Perugia in Italy.

7 Jun 2011

Proteus, Avery Dennison partner for patch-based wearable sensors

Avery Dennison Medical Solutions, a division of Avery Dennison Corporation and a global leader in pressure-sensitive adhesive technologies for medical applications, in cooperation with Proteus Biomedical, Inc., a leader in intelligent medicine and mobile health products, today announced a partnership focusing on patch-based wearable sensors for consumer, home health care and remote medical applications.

7 Jun 2011

DxTerity acquires intellectual property rights to blood based genomic testing from SourceMDx

DxTerity Diagnostics announced today that it has acquired intellectual property rights to several blood based cancer diagnostic tests from SourceMDx Inc.

7 Jun 2011

SPI to commence enrollment in SPI-1005 clinical trial to prevent hearing loss induced by loud music

Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) will begin recruiting a new clinical trial testing the oral drug SPI-1005 to prevent the hearing loss induced by loud music. Exposure to loud music or noise can induce temporary and permanent auditory threshold shifts (TTS or PTS). In some people, a repeated TTS will ultimately give way to a PTS that is irreversible.

7 Jun 2011

EC approves Biogen Idec's AVONEX PEN to treat multiple sclerosis

Biogen Idec announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted approval to AVONEX PEN for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) and patients who have had a single demyelinating event.

7 Jun 2011

Agilent Technologies introduces mass spectrometry systems at ASMS 2011

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced mass spectrometry systems raising performance standards for biology and analytical chemistry analyses at the annual conference of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry.

7 Jun 2011

Thermo Fisher Scientific unveils three new mass spectrometry products at 59th Annual ASMS Conference

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, introduced three breakthrough instruments that take mass spectrometry (MS) analysis to new levels of performance in resolution, speed, sensitivity and accuracy. The new instruments were unveiled at the 59th Annual ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, being held June 5-9 at the Colorado Convention Center.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 7 Jun 2011

ITI receives FDA clearance for new Q fever assay kit

This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the first nucleic acid amplification In vitro diagnostic (IVD) test that detects Coxiella burnetii, the bacteria that causes Q fever.

7 Jun 2011

3M introduces Kind Removal Silicone Tape for patients with sensitive, at-risk skin

3M Skin and Wound Care introduces 3M Kind Removal Silicone Tape with a new, silicone-based, adhesive technology that provides an optimal balance of securement and gentleness.

7 Jun 2011

Waters introduces SYNAPT G2-S at 59th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry

Waters Corporation today introduced the SYNAPT® G2-S High Definition Mass Spectrometer, representing a significant step forward in performance for High Definition Mass Spectrometry. The SYNAPT G2-S incorporates both high-sensitivity Waters StepWave™ ion transfer optics and Triwave® ion mobility technologies along with a suite of new informatics tools to take qualitative and quantitative high resolution performance to a new level.

6 Jun 2011

Device / Technology News

Stent graft can repair abdominal aortic aneurysm

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new triple quadrupole gas chromatography-mass spectrometry system

Linkam tensile stage chosen to control stress in growth of human collagen by the University of Liverpool

First human implant of St. Jude Medical's Portico transcatheter aortic heart valve

Merck, Roche partner to develop cancer diagnostic assays

IsoRay completes Iotrex license agreement with Dr. Reddy's

Systagenix introduces WOUNDCHEK system at EWMA 2011

OncoSec announces additional evaluation of ElectroImmunotherapy Phase I trial on melanoma

Guardian Air REME+ system helps reduce germs, allergens and airborne toxins

Incisive Surgical receives U.S. patent for INSORB Absorbable Skin Stapling Technology

University of Perugia researcher to lead BioNanoFilter European clinical trial on Group B Strep

Proteus, Avery Dennison partner for patch-based wearable sensors

DxTerity acquires intellectual property rights to blood based genomic testing from SourceMDx

SPI to commence enrollment in SPI-1005 clinical trial to prevent hearing loss induced by loud music

EC approves Biogen Idec's AVONEX PEN to treat multiple sclerosis

Agilent Technologies introduces mass spectrometry systems at ASMS 2011

Thermo Fisher Scientific unveils three new mass spectrometry products at 59th Annual ASMS Conference

ITI receives FDA clearance for new Q fever assay kit

3M introduces Kind Removal Silicone Tape for patients with sensitive, at-risk skin

Waters introduces SYNAPT G2-S at 59th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry

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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