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Misonix completes product registrations in major Latin American countries

Misonix, a medical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative, therapeutic, ultrasonic products worldwide for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications, announced the completion of product registrations in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.

8 Feb 2011

U.S. FDA orders three TMJ implant manufacturers to conduct postmarket surveillance studies

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered three manufacturers of temporomandibular joint implants to conduct postmarket surveillance studies to determine the length of time before the implants are removed or replaced due to pain or other reasons.

8 Feb 2011

Breakthrough in Thermal Gradient's fast PCR technology for molecular diagnostics

Thermal Gradient, a Rochester, NY biotech company, announces a breakthrough in its fast PCR technology for molecular diagnostics. PCR is the preferred critical step in virtually all forms of DNA testing.

8 Feb 2011

MTBC EMR v 5.0 achieves ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification as Complete EHR

MTBC, a unique healthcare IT company, is pleased to announce that its proprietary EHR, MTBC EMR v 5.0, is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on February 2, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB).

8 Feb 2011

Tufts announces public launch of Institute for Biomedical Partnerships, HUB website

Tufts University today announced the public launch of the Tufts Institute for Biomedical Partnerships website/HUB: www.tuftspharmapartners.org.

8 Feb 2011

Rush University director receives first $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses recently awarded its first $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant to Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN-CS, FAAN, director, Center for Clinical Research, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and professor, Rush University College of Nursing.

7 Feb 2011

Abbott launches PLEX-ID Biothreat Assay to detect, distinguish 17 different pathogens

Abbott announced today that it has introduced the PLEX-ID Biothreat Assay, which is designed to detect and distinguish 17 different biothreat pathogens.

7 Feb 2011

USPTO issues key patent to ISTO's NuQu product for degenerative disc disease treatment

ISTO Technologies, Inc. announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a key patent covering the primary technology for ISTO's NuQu product.

7 Feb 2011

iFyber receives U.S. Army research Ffunding for wound healing technology

The United States Army Medical Research and Material Command, through the support of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program (SBIR), has awarded iFyber a Phase I grant. The award funds research related to controlled release of nitric oxide for wound healing.

7 Feb 2011

State Roundup: Setting up health insurance exchanges; Community-based clinics cuts; Autism legislation; End-of-life care

The board of the Health Benefit Exchange is going to be small and mighty. ... This exchange will concentrate the health insurance buying power of millions of Californians, and will be the central force in implementing national health care reform in California (Gorn, 2/4).

7 Feb 2011

Ornim receives FDA 510(k) clearance for non-invasive monitoring of blood flow in tissue

Ornim, Inc. is pleased to announce the receipt of 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the CerOx 3210F monitor. Additionally to its previous clearance for non-invasive monitoring of regional hemoglobin oxygen saturation in the brain or skeletal muscle, the CerOx 3210F is now also intended for use as a non-invasive monitor of blood flow in tissue of adults.

7 Feb 2011

XDx and LabCorp enter non-hospital provider agreement for AlloMap molecular expression tests

XDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on noninvasive gene expression tests to monitor immune-mediated conditions, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings to provide heart transplant patients eligible for XDx's AlloMap® test with the convenience of having their blood drawn at participating LabCorp sites across the United States.

7 Feb 2011

Princeton HealthCare System awards OSI Systems $2.3M patient monitoring solutions contract

OSI Systems, Inc., a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has received an approximate $2.3 million contract from Princeton HealthCare System.

7 Feb 2011

Bruker launches new fully automated and fast toxin identification system

Bruker today announces the North American launch of its compact, fully automated and fast toxin identification system, called pTD™ (portable Toxin Detector), at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Bio-Defense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting in Washington, DC. The novel, benchtop, push-button pTD system is intended for smaller, field and mobile laboratories for use by non-expert operators in homeland security applications.

7 Feb 2011

AB SCIEX, ARUP enter collaboration to develop new clinical research test methods for hormone analysis

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced a collaboration with ARUP Laboratories, a major clinical reference laboratory in the United States, to develop new test methods that clinical research laboratories around the world can adopt to improve hormone analysis.

7 Feb 2011

Viking Systems retains Porter, LeVay & Rose to help communicate company's key initiatives

Viking Systems, a leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of 2D and 3D visualization solutions for complex minimally invasive surgery, today announced that it has retained Porter, LeVay & Rose, Inc., to advise the Company on its investor relations initiatives.

7 Feb 2011

Toshiba's Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system to improve stroke diagnosis, treatment

Containing costs while delivering high-quality, effective care is a directive of healthcare reform. Episode-based care is part of the reform mandate and is a payment approach that reimburses on expected costs for clinically defined episodes rather than fee-for-service.

7 Feb 2011

Integra LifeSciences launches Integra Allograft Cancellous Sponge

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp announced today the launch of Integra Allograft Cancellous Sponge, a compressible bone graft composed of 100% cancellous bone. The sponge-like handling characteristics of Integra Allograft Cancellous Sponge allow it to absorb fluids like saline, blood or bone marrow aspirate.

7 Feb 2011

Human Vaccines journal publishes paper on Inovio's new DNA vaccine delivery technology

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that its new generation DNA vaccine delivery technology, which provides the powerful enabling capabilities of electroporation without contacting the skin, is highlighted in a paper published in the scientific journal Human Vaccines.

7 Feb 2011

British Journal of Dermatology publishes data on DermTech's new genomic assay for melanoma

DermTech International, a biotechnology company dedicated to bringing genomic medicine to dermatologists, today announced that the discovery data on its new genomic assay for melanoma have been published in the British Journal of Dermatology.

7 Feb 2011

Device / Technology News

Misonix completes product registrations in major Latin American countries

U.S. FDA orders three TMJ implant manufacturers to conduct postmarket surveillance studies

Breakthrough in Thermal Gradient's fast PCR technology for molecular diagnostics

MTBC EMR v 5.0 achieves ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification as Complete EHR

Tufts announces public launch of Institute for Biomedical Partnerships, HUB website

Rush University director receives first $50,000 AACN Impact Research Grant

Abbott launches PLEX-ID Biothreat Assay to detect, distinguish 17 different pathogens

USPTO issues key patent to ISTO's NuQu product for degenerative disc disease treatment

iFyber receives U.S. Army research Ffunding for wound healing technology

State Roundup: Setting up health insurance exchanges; Community-based clinics cuts; Autism legislation; End-of-life care

Ornim receives FDA 510(k) clearance for non-invasive monitoring of blood flow in tissue

XDx and LabCorp enter non-hospital provider agreement for AlloMap molecular expression tests

Princeton HealthCare System awards OSI Systems $2.3M patient monitoring solutions contract

Bruker launches new fully automated and fast toxin identification system

AB SCIEX, ARUP enter collaboration to develop new clinical research test methods for hormone analysis

Viking Systems retains Porter, LeVay & Rose to help communicate company's key initiatives

Toshiba's Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system to improve stroke diagnosis, treatment

Integra LifeSciences launches Integra Allograft Cancellous Sponge

Human Vaccines journal publishes paper on Inovio's new DNA vaccine delivery technology

British Journal of Dermatology publishes data on DermTech's new genomic assay for melanoma

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