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Zargis enters agreement with OTN for testing of telemedicine stethoscope system

Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp., today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) providing for the delivery and testing of Zargis' award-winning telemedicine stethoscope system.

10 Sep 2010

Instem announces Centrus Solution Suite for enterprise information integration in early drug development

Instem, a leading provider of early drug development software solutions, announced today details of their newest product line, Centrus™, for enterprise information integration in early drug development. Centrus provides a single, secure environment to access, harmonize and use early drug development information from a variety of sources, including current data acquisition systems, legacy systems, warehouses, partner and contract research applications, to meet the rapidly-expanding needs of life science organizations for data-driven decision making.

10 Sep 2010

New national assessment tool for nursing home residents

A fundamental shift will take place in skilled nursing homes beginning in October following the work of a California-based researcher and a team of investigators that has developed a new national assessment tool for nursing home residents.

10 Sep 2010

Small IVDs can be kept on for longer periods

Small intravenous devices (IVDs) commonly used in the hand or arm do not need to be moved routinely every 3 days. A randomized controlled trial comparing regular relocation with relocation on clinical indication, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, found that rates of complications were the same for both regimens.

10 Sep 2010

InHealth continues support for Northwestern and Duke with follow-on grants of over $830,000

The Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) has awarded two follow-on grants totaling more than $830,000 to research teams at Northwestern University and Duke University.

10 Sep 2010

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds FDA for action against electronic cigarette distributors

We applaud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for taking appropriate enforcement action today against five distributors of electronic cigarettes for various violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), including unsubstantiated claims and poor manufacturing practices.

10 Sep 2010

Purdue Pharma to present Butrans Transdermal System CIII clinical program data at PAINWeek 2010

Purdue Pharma L.P. will present data from the clinical program for Butrans™ (buprenorphine) Transdermal System CIII in a series of posters at PAINWeek®2010, September 8-10 in Las Vegas.

10 Sep 2010

Medizone International files patent application for AsepticSure system

Medizone International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board, OTCQB: MZEI) announces it has filed an additional international patent application covering recent developments in its variant of AsepticSure designed for government use in bio-terrorism countermeasures.

10 Sep 2010

VCU Pauley Heart Center to investigate portable, mechanical driver for powering artificial hearts

The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is the lead institution in a national clinical trial of technology that will allow artificial heart patients to recuperate, rehabilitate and wait in the comfort of their own homes until a donor heart becomes available for transplant.

10 Sep 2010

Numerate awarded new contract by Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Numerate, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a new three-year contract by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense, to adapt its pioneering small-molecule drug design platform to the rapid design and optimization of drugs against biowarfare agents.

10 Sep 2010

GE Healthcare to showcase molecular imaging portfolio at WMIC

Reinforcing its commitment to researchers and clinicians, GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company is showcasing a comprehensive molecular imaging portfolio—encompassing tracer development, pre-clinical imaging and highly advanced imaging equipment— to provide insight into the origins of disease, at the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC), Booth #212, September 8 through 11 in Kyoto, Japan.

10 Sep 2010

FDA issues warning letters to five electronic cigarette distributors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued warning letters to five distributors for various violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) including unsubstantiated claims and poor manufacturing practices.

10 Sep 2010

PediaWorks, Medikit form PediaCath to develop pediatric catheters

PediaWorks and Medikit Co., Ltd. announced the formation of PediaCath, Inc., a joint venture to help alleviate the severe shortage of medical devices for use in pediatric patients.

10 Sep 2010

Avinger initiates enrollment in Wildcat Catheter trial for chronic total occlusions in femoropopliteal lesions

Avinger, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of innovative devices to combat peripheral artery disease, announces the enrollment of the first patient in the CONNECT (Chronic TOtal OcclusioN CrossiNg with thE WildCat CatheTer) clinical trial. The CONNECT trial is a prospective, multi-center, non-randomized study intended to evaluate the Wildcat Catheter's ability to cross chronic total occlusions in femoropopliteal lesions.

10 Sep 2010

Researchers to develop image analysis techniques for melanoma classification

Melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer varies in size, shape and severity, and although pathologists and researchers often intuitively differentiate between types of melanomas, the variations have never been formally quantified and documented. A project involving RENCI and researchers in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the departments of computer science and statistics and operations research aims to change that by using image analysis techniques to improve melanoma classification.

10 Sep 2010

Specific feedback signals from fMRI controls brain regions: Study

There is new evidence that people can learn to control the activity of some brain regions when they get feedback signals provided by functional magnetic resonance brain imaging (fMRI).

10 Sep 2010

Researchers to develop two-way fiber optic communication between prosthetic limbs and peripheral nerves

Lightning fast connections between robotic limbs and the human brain may be within reach for injured soldiers and other amputees with the establishment of a multimillion-dollar research center led by SMU engineers.

10 Sep 2010

ECRI Institute PSO launches Patient Safety E-lerts to reduce healthcare events' risk

In response to adverse event reports received by ECRI Institute PSO and to promote such learning, ECRI Institute PSO has begun disseminating periodic Patient Safety E-lerts to participating organizations. The Patient Safety E-lert will bring attention to these issues and is concisely formatted to stimulate discussion and action by interdisciplinary committees focused on reducing the risk of healthcare events.

10 Sep 2010

FDA approves Abreu BTT 700 System for temperature monitoring

Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company clearance to market its Abreu BTT 700 System for continuous temperature monitoring.

10 Sep 2010

PracticeMax acquires Medinomics, expands healthcare and technology expertise

PracticeMax, a provider of revenue cycle management and software services, today announced it has acquired Medinomics, of Shreveport, La., expanding the operations and geographical footprint of PracticeMax throughout the southern United States.

10 Sep 2010

Device / Technology News

Zargis enters agreement with OTN for testing of telemedicine stethoscope system

Instem announces Centrus Solution Suite for enterprise information integration in early drug development

New national assessment tool for nursing home residents

Small IVDs can be kept on for longer periods

InHealth continues support for Northwestern and Duke with follow-on grants of over $830,000

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds FDA for action against electronic cigarette distributors

Purdue Pharma to present Butrans Transdermal System CIII clinical program data at PAINWeek 2010

Medizone International files patent application for AsepticSure system

VCU Pauley Heart Center to investigate portable, mechanical driver for powering artificial hearts

Numerate awarded new contract by Defense Threat Reduction Agency

GE Healthcare to showcase molecular imaging portfolio at WMIC

FDA issues warning letters to five electronic cigarette distributors

PediaWorks, Medikit form PediaCath to develop pediatric catheters

Avinger initiates enrollment in Wildcat Catheter trial for chronic total occlusions in femoropopliteal lesions

Researchers to develop image analysis techniques for melanoma classification

Specific feedback signals from fMRI controls brain regions: Study

Researchers to develop two-way fiber optic communication between prosthetic limbs and peripheral nerves

ECRI Institute PSO launches Patient Safety E-lerts to reduce healthcare events' risk

FDA approves Abreu BTT 700 System for temperature monitoring

PracticeMax acquires Medinomics, expands healthcare and technology expertise

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