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Medtronic's Resolute drug-eluting stent pivotal U.S. data to be presented at ACC.11

Medtronic, Inc., today announced the imminent release of the pivotal U.S. data on its Resolute drug-eluting stent at ACC.11, the 60th Annual Scientific Session & Expo of the American College of Cardiology, which takes place April 2-5 in New Orleans.

29 Mar 2011

FDA approves Medtronic's Protecta implantable defibrillators

Medtronic, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the Protecta portfolio of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators.

29 Mar 2011

Improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients

While coronary artery bypass surgery has long been the standard treatment for patients with the most extensive forms of coronary artery disease, the results of a recent study by an international team of researchers suggests that advances in technology appear to be narrowing the "benefit gap" between the two approaches. The results of the study appear in the March 17, 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

28 Mar 2011

Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. spins off Great Lakes NeuroTech

Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (CMDI) has announced the formation of Great Lakes NeuroTech (www.GLNeuroTech.com), a spin-off company which has acquired the rights to develop, market, and manufacture clinical motor assessment and therapy systems for the movement disorders market as well as physiological monitors for research and education markets. Great Lakes NeuroTech (GLN) will perform R&D, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, and exporting of these technologies through two divisions: Movement Disorders and Research & Education Systems.

28 Mar 2011

More than 27,000 disused and unwanted radiological sources recovered by NNSA’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative

As part of a national and international campaign to prevent nuclear terrorism by securing or eliminating unwanted radioactive materials at home and abroad, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the successful shipment of a medical radiological device from the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Used to irradiate blood during lifesaving medical treatments, this piece of medical equipment contained approximately 3,000 curies of Cesium-137 and was no longer in use.

28 Mar 2011

Ozarks Medical Center selects ProVation Order Sets electronic solution

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Ozarks Medical Center has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the hospital's electronic order set solution.

28 Mar 2011

New USARAD.com Peer Review Program for radiologists

USARAD.com LLC, a Joint Commission-accredited provider of outsourced radiology reading services, today announced the first-ever national quality assurance (QA) service to assist imaging facilities in achieving and maintaining American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation. The new USARAD.com Peer Review Program is open to individual radiologists, hospital radiology departments, imaging centers, IDTFs, mobile imaging providers and multi-specialty physician groups.

28 Mar 2011

IMRIS sells IMRISNV to University of Utah Hospital

IMRIS Inc. today announced the sale of IMRISNV to University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.

28 Mar 2011

Positron to move PosiRx system to commercial deployment

Positron Corporation is pleased to announce that its PosiRx system has met critical test standards and guidelines necessary to move on to the commercial deployment stage of its development.

28 Mar 2011

Ascension launches TITAN Modular Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis

Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., a world leader in PyroCarbon orthopedic devices, announces the market release of the TITAN Modular Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis. The TITAN Modular Total Shoulder System now provides a unique way to address difficult fracture procedures. The system's modularity allows the surgeon to fit patient anatomy by independently adjusting the height of the modular body and stem without need for jigs or use of cement.

28 Mar 2011

Review questions diagnostic value of MRI scans to detect rupture of silicone breast implants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration currently recommends regular follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans for women with silicone breast implants. But a new review shows significant flaws in the evidence supporting this recommendation, reports the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

28 Mar 2011

CRANE ChemPharma to launch Saunders PV Life Science Diaphragm and S360 Actuator at INTERPHEX 2011

CRANE ChemPharma Flow Solutions is pleased to introduce two new products from its Saunders brand during INTERPHEX 2011.

28 Mar 2011

Alpha II, PCIS Gold enter integration contract

Alpha II, a leader in healthcare coding, compliance and reimbursement, announced today a new integration contract with PCIS Gold, a provider of single-source medical group practice software. Alpha II's ClaimStaker software will enhance coding reliability, while increasing professional and institutional claim validity for PCIS Gold's customers.

28 Mar 2011

Everist Genomics announces global launch of OncoDefender-CRC colorectal cancer assay

Everist Genomics today announced the worldwide commercial availability of its OncoDefender-CRC colorectal cancer assay, the first and only molecular prognostic test capable of accurately predicting the risk of recurrence of cancer in patients previously treated with surgical resection of a Stage I/II colon cancer tumor or Stage I rectal cancer tumor.

28 Mar 2011

WaferGen launches SmartChip Human microRNA Panel V2 for gene expression profiling

WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a leading developer of state-of-the-art genomic analysis systems, today announced the launch of its industry-leading SmartChip Human microRNA Panel V2 for gene expression profiling on the SmartChip Real-Time PCR System.

28 Mar 2011

Biotectix acquires Chameleon BioSurfaces technology

Biotectix, LLC announced today the acquisition of all significant assets owned by Chameleon BioSurfaces Ltd. (Cambridge, United Kingdom). Financial terms were not disclosed.

28 Mar 2011

GE Healthcare launches Centricity Research, a new clinical research management solution

GE Healthcare, a global leader in healthcare information technology, today announced Centricity Research, a new clinical research management solution (CRMS). Centricity Research will help improve the efficiency and efficacy of clinical research studies, enterprise-wide, by driving better management of treatment plans, processes, and protocols while supporting research billing compliance.

28 Mar 2011

Chembio develops DPP assay for rapid detection of HIV and HEP B/C

A kidney recipient in a New York City hospital recently contracted HIV from the transplanted organ, which came from a living donor, according to the New York State Department of Health. Although an initial screening had been performed on the donor, he or she apparently had unsafe sex after the test but before donating the kidney.

28 Mar 2011

MolecularMD and ARIAD collaborate to develop and commercialize CML, ALL diagnostic test

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and MolecularMD Corporation today announced an exclusive collaboration agreement in which MolecularMD will develop and commercialize a companion diagnostic test to identify the T315I mutation of the BCR-ABL gene in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and Philadelphia positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

28 Mar 2011

Trilink, TATAA sign deal to sell CleanAmp Products

TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with TATAA Biocenter to sell its CleanAmp Products.

28 Mar 2011

Device / Technology News

Medtronic's Resolute drug-eluting stent pivotal U.S. data to be presented at ACC.11

FDA approves Medtronic's Protecta implantable defibrillators

Improved technology is improving outcomes for cardiac stent patients

Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. spins off Great Lakes NeuroTech

More than 27,000 disused and unwanted radiological sources recovered by NNSA’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative

Ozarks Medical Center selects ProVation Order Sets electronic solution

New USARAD.com Peer Review Program for radiologists

IMRIS sells IMRISNV to University of Utah Hospital

Positron to move PosiRx system to commercial deployment

Ascension launches TITAN Modular Shoulder Fracture Prosthesis

Review questions diagnostic value of MRI scans to detect rupture of silicone breast implants

CRANE ChemPharma to launch Saunders PV Life Science Diaphragm and S360 Actuator at INTERPHEX 2011

Alpha II, PCIS Gold enter integration contract

Everist Genomics announces global launch of OncoDefender-CRC colorectal cancer assay

WaferGen launches SmartChip Human microRNA Panel V2 for gene expression profiling

Biotectix acquires Chameleon BioSurfaces technology

GE Healthcare launches Centricity Research, a new clinical research management solution

Chembio develops DPP assay for rapid detection of HIV and HEP B/C

MolecularMD and ARIAD collaborate to develop and commercialize CML, ALL diagnostic test

Trilink, TATAA sign deal to sell CleanAmp Products

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