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CMS, AAPC partner to conduct 'Code-A-Thon' webinar for health care providers

AAPC is collaborating with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to plan and conduct an AAPC-sponsored ICD-10 "Code-A-Thon" webinar on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.

12 Apr 2011

USPTO issues new patent to Onset Medical's SoloPath Catheter Sheath

Onset Medical Corporation announced today that the United States Patent Office has notified the Company a new patent has issued entitled "Expandable Transluminal Sheath." This new patent provides 24 claims surrounding Onset's fundamental Controlled Deployment Technology platform.

12 Apr 2011

Cerapedics announces i-FACTOR biologic bone graft study results in PLIF spine surgery

Cerapedics, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing and commercializing novel osteobiologic products, announced the results of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial of its i-FACTOR biologic bone graft for patients undergoing posterior lumbar interbody fusion spine procedures.

12 Apr 2011

Eagle and Cognizant partner with Pistoia Alliance for sequence services

Cognizant, a leading provider of consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services, and Eagle Genomics Ltd., a bioinformatics software company specializing in genomic data management and integration, today announced they are working with the Pistoia Alliance, Inc., a nonprofit, precompetitive alliance of life science companies and vendors, as one of the groups engaged to develop a conceptual cloud-based platform to facilitate access to public and proprietary sources of gene sequence data.

12 Apr 2011

Positive outcomes from Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in posterior fossa meningiomas

Meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial tumors, and in individuals ages 35 and older, the most common type of brain tumor diagnosed. They most often occur in people between the ages of 40 and 70.

12 Apr 2011

Scientists develop new method for enzyme immobilization

Virtually all processes in the human body rely on a unique class of proteins known as enzymes. To study them, scientists want to attach these molecules to surfaces and hold them fast, but this can often be a tricky undertaking.

12 Apr 2011

Medisse completes FlexiSurge biomaterial study based on ISO standards

Medisse, a medical device company focused on the development of a new generation of resorbable flexible implants, announced today that it has successfully completed the biocompatibility evaluation of its novel resorbable FlexiSurge biomaterial in accordance with the international ISO 10993 standards.

12 Apr 2011

Targeted photodynamic therapy eradicates some models of cancer

Targeted photodynamic therapy can completely eradicate some models of cancer, according to the latest research by UK and Swiss scientists, published in the current issue of the British Journal of Cancer.

12 Apr 2011

Longitudinal displacement in carotid artery reflects both degree of atherosclerosis in artery and heart function

How your carotid artery moves can reveal your risk of a future heart attack, and it is now possible to study this vessel aspect in more detail thanks to a new technique which could eventually be used to identify patients with suspected coronary artery disease, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

12 Apr 2011

Top-line results from DURECT's ELADUR Phase II trial in chronic low back pain

DURECT Corporation announced today top-line results from a Phase II clinical trial in chronic low back pain for ELADUR, DURECT's proprietary investigational transdermal bupivacaine pain patch.

12 Apr 2011

Scientists develop new method to detect virus presence in cells

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio-Molecular Science and Engineering have developed a method to detect the presence of viruses in cells and to study their growth.

12 Apr 2011

Baxter's ARTISS phase III study results in face lift surgery presented at AAPS meeting

Baxter International Inc. announced today the results of a phase III study evaluating the safety and efficacy of ARTISS in 75 patients.

From Baxter International Inc. 12 Apr 2011

Medtronic introduces Enlite Sensor for continuous glucose monitoring

Medtronic, Inc. announces the launch of Enlite Sensor, the newest and most advanced glucose sensor for continuous glucose monitoring, in more than 35 countries outside of the United States.

12 Apr 2011

New research: MRI can help detect early stage Alzheimer's disease

New research suggests that magnetic resonance imaging could help detect Alzheimer's disease at an early stage, before irreversible damage has occurred, according to a new study published online and in the June print edition of Radiology.

12 Apr 2011

REACH introduces new web-based services for physicians

REACH Health, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive clinical telemedicine solutions, today announced that it has launched REACH Physician Services for Tele-Stroke, Tele-Neurology and Tele-ICU call coverage.

12 Apr 2011

New ultra-soft medical elastomer

A transparent medical elastomer gel available in free-flowing pellets is the softest compound yet in the Medalist® product range, enabling designers to achieve added comfort in skin-contact and other sensitive applications requiring molded-in seal areas or cushions, it was announced today by Teknor Apex Company.

11 Apr 2011

Detection of latent fingerprints through release of fluorescein from a nanofiber mat

When a forensic agent dusts a surface with powder or exposes it to the vapors of an iodine chamber, mystery fans know what is going on: This is how latent fingerprints are made visible so that they can be compared to those of a suspect. Su Chen and a team at Nanjing University of Technology have now developed a new process for especially rapid and simple detection of fingerprints. As the Chinese researchers report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, all it takes is a special nanofiber mat that is pressed onto the suspect surface and briefly treated with hot air—the fingerprints appear as red ridge patterns.

11 Apr 2011

MediCare International introduces new policy buying website

MediCare International has today announced the launch of online buying as a central part of their newly designed website. Clients can log on, select a policy level suitable for their circumstances, generate a quote and then proceed to full online purchase of the policy, all in around 2 minutes at any time of the day, wherever they are in the world.

11 Apr 2011

Bruker offers new TopSpin NMR software to MAC users

At the 52nd ENC, Bruker is welcoming Apple users to its industry-leading TopSpin™ NMR software. Mac OS X joins Windows and Linux as supported operating systems for Bruker's TopSpin processing software, providing NMR scientists in academia and industry with the ability to use the operating environment of their choice.

11 Apr 2011

Enigma initiates ML system trial in patients with influenza

Enigma Diagnostics announced today that it has commenced clinical trials for its intended point of care Enigma ML Influenza A/B detection assay. Enigma will submit its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval of the assay in 2012.

11 Apr 2011