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FDA clears Clear Catheter Systems' PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System

Clear Catheter Systems, Inc., a Bend, Oregon-based medical device company, announced today that it has received US Food and Drug Administration clearance for its innovative PleuraFlow™ Active Tube Clearance System. This is a device that can be widely deployed in the post operative management of patients requiring heart and lung surgery.

13 Dec 2010

MedVirginia becomes first community HIE to connect with Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record

MedVirginia announced today that it has achieved another significant milestone: becoming the first community health information exchange (HIE) to connect with the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER). VLER is a collaboration between Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and civilian health systems to connect the health records of our nation's active duty military personnel and Veterans.

13 Dec 2010

South Korean FDA approves EDAP's new Sonolith i-move lithotripter

EDAP TMS SA, the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, reported today the approval of its new lithotripter Sonolith i-move by South-Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA).

13 Dec 2010

Nuance announces availability of Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder on iTunes App Store

Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced the availability of Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder on the iTunes App Store, expanding its healthcare suite of speech solutions for smartphones and building upon the recent success of Dragon Medical Mobile Search. With Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder, Nuance is introducing a new level of clinical documentation flexibility by enabling mobile point-of-care dictation that is connected to speech-enabled transcription platforms, eScription and Dictaphone Enterprise Speech System, and the fully-outsourced Nuance Transcription Services offering.

13 Dec 2010

University of Utrecht orders for Bruker 527 GHz Solid State DNP-NMR system

Bruker announces the first order for a novel and unique 527 GHz Solid State DNP-NMR system, based on an ultra-high field NMR system. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) has been shown to greatly increase solid-state NMR sensitivity for numerous bio-solids and advanced materials research applications.

13 Dec 2010

Zimmer's Trabecular Metal Modular Cup awarded 20% reimbursement premium in Japan

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global leader in musculoskeletal care, announced today that the Trabecular Metal Modular Cup has received the distinction of being awarded the highest reimbursement premium percentage granted to-date for an orthopaedic product in Japan.

13 Dec 2010

TRL, Anaphore partner to develop novel protein therapies for autoimmune diseases

Tanabe Research Laboratories U.S.A. Inc., (TRL) announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Anaphore Inc. for the research and preclinical development of novel protein therapies for autoimmune diseases based on Anaphore's proprietary Atrimer™ technology.

13 Dec 2010

Panasonic to manufacture electronic lenses for PixelOptics' electronic focusing eyeglasses

PixelOptics of Roanoke, Virginia USA announced today that Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd. of Ehime, Japan will manufacture electronic lenses for PixelOptics' electronic focusing eyeglasses named emPower!™. The emPower! eyeglasses focus faster than the blink of an eye, have no moving parts, and change focus without making a sound. In March of 2010 at Vision Expo East in New York, New York, Pixel and Panasonic announced that they have been working together for the last two plus years to develop and optimize Pixel's electronic lenses.

From PHC Europe B.V. 13 Dec 2010

WellDoc DiabetesManager solution integrated with leading EHR system

WellDoc®, a healthcare company that develops technology solutions to improve chronic disease management outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, today announced the first integration of a clinically tested mHealth coaching platform with a leading electronic health records (EHR) system. The integration of the WellDoc DiabetesManager® solution into an EHR will streamline and enhance patient care by combining a best-in-class patient coaching platform and clinical decision support with the workflow efficiency of an EHR system.

13 Dec 2010

SunTech Medical, ADC launch ADView spot-check device

SunTech Medical and American Diagnostic Corporation announced today the launch of the ADView spot-check device. The ADView is a completely modular spot-check device capable of measuring blood pressure, temperature, and pulse oximetry in multiple clinical settings.

13 Dec 2010

Cedarlane to distribute TGR's new ELISA-One technology assay reagents in Canada and the US

TGR BioSciences, a leading global provider of advanced cell based assay technologies in the fields of cancer, kinase and GPCR research, is extremely pleased to announce a distribution partnership with Cedarlane Laboratories of Burlington, ON, Canada, a leading supplier of Life Science research reagents in North America.

13 Dec 2010

iTech Medical receives Health Canada approval for Muscle Pattern Recognition System

iTech Medical, Inc., a medical information technology company, announced today that it has received Health Canada approval for the Company's Muscle Pattern Recognition (MPR) System, a non-invasive clinical assessment tool being developed to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of back and neck pain, one of the most common chronic conditions in Canada.

13 Dec 2010

Ascension Orthopedics reports first implantation of PyroTITAN Humeral Resurfacing Implant in France

Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., a market leader in PyroCarbon orthopedic implants, announces the first implantation of the PyroTITAN™ Humeral Resurfacing Implant in France. The PyroTITAN was implanted in a 68-year-old patient suffering from painful primary arthritis with synovial osteochondromotosis at Imperial Park Clinic in Nice – making it a surgical first in continental Europe. The patient was discharged from the hospital the next day and reported good pain relief 10 days after surgery.

13 Dec 2010

New positive data on Generex Oral-lyn published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Generex Biotechnology Corporation announced today that the peer-reviewed scientific journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism has published new positive data in respect of Generex Oral-lyn™, the Company's proprietary buccal insulin spray product.

13 Dec 2010

Zogenix's SUMAVEL DosePro Needle-free Delivery System wins 2010 Most Innovative Product award

Zogenix, Inc. today announced that CONNECT, a regional San Diego nonprofit organization, selected SUMAVEL® DosePro™ (sumatriptan injection) Needle-free Delivery System as a 2010 Most Innovative Product (MIP) winner at the MIP Awards Luncheon on December 10, 2010.

13 Dec 2010

Yissum introduces novel DNA profiling method for investigating complex crime scenes

Forensic DNA science has advanced significantly in the latest decade, and constitutes today the mainstay of forensic science. All serious crime scenes are routinely inspected for DNA evidence and many cases are solved by matching the DNA in the crime scene to that of a suspect. But often a crime scene will contain complex DNA mixtures (usually more than two individuals), and the detection of a particular DNA profile in such mixtures is challenging.

13 Dec 2010

Stimatix GI's AOS-C1000 colostomy management device meets primary, secondary endpoints in pre-clinical studies

Stimatix GI reported that the AOS-C1000(TM), a unique colostomy management device, met primary and secondary endpoints in pre-clinical in-vivo animal studies. The study was conducted under the direction of Dr. Ron Greenberg, Senior Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv Israel. Primary endpoints of repeatable stoma sealing for continence control as well as secondary endpoints regarding tissue pathology and survival were met confirming the AOS-C1000(TM) as capable of enabling repeatable colostomy site (stoma) sealing for continence control.

13 Dec 2010

Silicon Biosystems' newly formed subsidiary to commercialize DEPArray technology platform

Silicon Biosystems, S.p.A., a provider of specialized molecular and cell biology technology, today announced that it has formed a U.S. subsidiary operation, Silicon Biosystems, Inc., to be headquartered in San Diego, California. The newly formed business will focus on commercial operations and the development of the North American research and clinical diagnostics markets for the company's DEPArray™ technology platform.

13 Dec 2010

bioTheranostics reports new findings from study evaluating Breast Cancer Index molecular oncology test

bioTheranostics, a bioMerieux company that develops innovative oncology diagnostic tests to support targeted disease management, announced today new findings from a clinical study evaluating the company's Breast Cancer Index (BCI) molecular oncology test. Data from the study were presented at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

13 Dec 2010

ORNL's software scans molecular databases, may help scientists to develop new drug treatments

A quicker and cheaper technique to scan molecular databases developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could put scientists on the fast track to developing new drug treatments.

13 Dec 2010

Device / Technology News

FDA clears Clear Catheter Systems' PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System

MedVirginia becomes first community HIE to connect with Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record

South Korean FDA approves EDAP's new Sonolith i-move lithotripter

Nuance announces availability of Dragon Medical Mobile Recorder on iTunes App Store

University of Utrecht orders for Bruker 527 GHz Solid State DNP-NMR system

Zimmer's Trabecular Metal Modular Cup awarded 20% reimbursement premium in Japan

TRL, Anaphore partner to develop novel protein therapies for autoimmune diseases

Panasonic to manufacture electronic lenses for PixelOptics' electronic focusing eyeglasses

WellDoc DiabetesManager solution integrated with leading EHR system

SunTech Medical, ADC launch ADView spot-check device

Cedarlane to distribute TGR's new ELISA-One technology assay reagents in Canada and the US

iTech Medical receives Health Canada approval for Muscle Pattern Recognition System

Ascension Orthopedics reports first implantation of PyroTITAN Humeral Resurfacing Implant in France

New positive data on Generex Oral-lyn published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Zogenix's SUMAVEL DosePro Needle-free Delivery System wins 2010 Most Innovative Product award

Yissum introduces novel DNA profiling method for investigating complex crime scenes

Stimatix GI's AOS-C1000 colostomy management device meets primary, secondary endpoints in pre-clinical studies

Silicon Biosystems' newly formed subsidiary to commercialize DEPArray technology platform

bioTheranostics reports new findings from study evaluating Breast Cancer Index molecular oncology test

ORNL's software scans molecular databases, may help scientists to develop new drug treatments

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