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NHIC to cover PTNS using Uroplasty's Urgent PC Neuromodulation System for overactive bladder

Uroplasty, Inc. announced that NHIC Corp., the Medicare carrier for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, will cover posterior tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) using Uroplasty's Urgent® PC Neuromodulation System for the treatment of overactive bladder and associated symptoms, effective May 22, 2011.

8 Apr 2011

Unity receives first order for new BD Italian Tablet press

Unity Management Group, Inc. is a Health Resource Company specializing in Physician, and Hospital Practice Management, Business Services, Billing Software and Technologies, along with Pharmacy Instrumentation, Calibration, Data Acquisition, and Equipment Distribution.

8 Apr 2011

Seventh Sense Biosystems receives Edison Gold Medal Award for Touch Activated Phlebotomy technology

Seventh Sense Biosystems, Inc., an early stage, venture-backed company developing a new generation of health diagnostics products, announced today that its Touch Activated Phlebotomy™ (TAP) technology has received the Gold Medal Award from The Edison Awards™ in the Science and Medicine - Diagnostic Aids Segment. These annual awards recognize innovation, creativity and ingenuity.

8 Apr 2011

Novation adds St. Jude Medical to portfolio of Cardiac Rhythm Management products

Novation, the leading health care supply contracting company, announced today the addition of St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) to its portfolio of agreements for Cardiac Rhythm Management products.

8 Apr 2011

HealthWarehouse.com implements Google Commerce Search for prescription medications

HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. a leading VIPPS accredited retail mail-order pharmacy, announced the implementation of Google's Commerce Search to help customers find prescription medications on its US website.

8 Apr 2011

MD+DI honors Xeridiem with 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award

Xeridiem™ Medical Devices is a recipient of MD+DI 's 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA). This international award was for a novel chest tube, the PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System (PleuraFlow ATC), developed by Clear Catheter Systems and the Carbon Design Group. Xeridiem orchestrated the design and development for manufacturability, supported the regulatory submission, as well as manages the supply chain including order fulfillment.

8 Apr 2011

MedAZ' EHR Plus achieves ONC-ATCB certification

EHR Plus, the electronic medical record component of MedAZ Complete, has received ONC-ATCB certification for its ambulatory and inpatient versions. Certification means that the product qualifies for Meaningful Use implementation, enabling the eligible hospital or medical professional to receive incentives provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

8 Apr 2011

Brain 'talks' to computer by saying/thinking of a particular sound

Patients with a temporary surgical implant have used regions of the brain that control speech to "talk" to a computer for the first time, manipulating a cursor on a computer screen simply by saying or thinking of a particular sound.

8 Apr 2011

ASBMB honors Stanford professor with DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences

Stanford University professor Axel T. Brunger has been named the winner of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's inaugural DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences. Brunger will present his award lecture, titled "Towards Structural Biology with Single Molecules" at 9:03 a.m. on Wednesday, April 13, at the Experimental Biology 2011 conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

8 Apr 2011

T2 Biosystems' technology platform demonstrates ability to detect Candida organisms in whole blood samples

T2 Biosystems, Inc., a company developing next-generation diagnostic products, presented data today on the rapid and sensitive detection of five species of the fungal infection Candida at the Annual Meeting of the Mycoses Study Group in Philadelphia, PA.

8 Apr 2011

Computational modeling provides more knowledge of lipoprotein properties

Computational modeling increases our knowledge of lipoprotein properties that cannot be measured using experimental methods. Lipoproteins are particles that transport cholesterol in our bloodstream. According to the doctoral dissertation of Master of Science in Technology Linda Kumpula (Aalto University School of Science), the differences in the composition, size and number of lipoprotein particles transporting cholesterol in individuals can be computationally modeled using experimental data.

8 Apr 2011

New publication on therapeutic hypothermia and temperature management

The successful use and evaluation of therapeutic hypothermia to improve survival and reduce the risk of neurological consequences following an out-of-hospital heart attack are explored in the premier issue of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a new quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

8 Apr 2011

NanoPhos, Keraben co-develop novel line of self-cleaning and sterilizing ceramic tiles

NanoPhos SA, a nanotechnology company, and the leading ceramic tile manufacturer KERABEN co-developed LIFEKER(R), an innovative line of self-cleaning and self-sterilizing ceramic tiles. These properties of LIFEKER(R) tiles are provided by the use of the SurfaShield(R) coating technology developed by NanoPhos, which is activated simply by the energy of surrounding light (either sunlight or artificial lighting) without the use of dangerous chemicals.

8 Apr 2011

Visual Healthcare Lab Automation Platform gains traction with private industrial clients

Visual Healthcare Corp. announces that its new Lab Automation module is quickly gaining traction with private sector industrial clients.

8 Apr 2011

NCAJ launches new Web site to inform North Carolinians about workers comp bill

The North Carolina Advocates for Justice has launched a new Web site to inform North Carolinians about potential legislation that will restrict their rights if injured on the job.

8 Apr 2011

Hospira focuses on clinical surveillance systems to help reduce antimicrobial resistance

As part of World Health Day 2011, the World Health Organization is calling on policy makers, providers, the public and the healthcare industry to take action to combat the serious health threat of antimicrobial resistance.

8 Apr 2011

IDSI receives FDA additional information request regarding CTLM imaging device 510(k) application

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser breast imaging, announced today that it has received notification from the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) requesting additional information of its 510 (k) application in order to complete their review.

8 Apr 2011

Bruker receives Health Canada approval for IVD MALDI Biotyper

At the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the companies i2A Canada and Bruker Ltd. announced together that they have met the relevant Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada regulations for the Bruker IVD MALDI Biotyper, and that this product is now available for sale as a Class 1 Medical Device to all clinical microbiology sites in Canada.

8 Apr 2011

Precision launches new tumor profiling product

Precision Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the launch of a new product line, BioSpeciFx, will help further the personalization of cancer treatments.

8 Apr 2011

Virtual reality games can improve motor function in stroke patients

Virtual reality and other video games can significantly improve motor function in stroke patients, according to research from St. Michael's Hospital.

8 Apr 2011

Device / Technology News

NHIC to cover PTNS using Uroplasty's Urgent PC Neuromodulation System for overactive bladder

Unity receives first order for new BD Italian Tablet press

Seventh Sense Biosystems receives Edison Gold Medal Award for Touch Activated Phlebotomy technology

Novation adds St. Jude Medical to portfolio of Cardiac Rhythm Management products

HealthWarehouse.com implements Google Commerce Search for prescription medications

MD+DI honors Xeridiem with 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award

MedAZ' EHR Plus achieves ONC-ATCB certification

Brain 'talks' to computer by saying/thinking of a particular sound

ASBMB honors Stanford professor with DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences

T2 Biosystems' technology platform demonstrates ability to detect Candida organisms in whole blood samples

Computational modeling provides more knowledge of lipoprotein properties

New publication on therapeutic hypothermia and temperature management

NanoPhos, Keraben co-develop novel line of self-cleaning and sterilizing ceramic tiles

Visual Healthcare Lab Automation Platform gains traction with private industrial clients

NCAJ launches new Web site to inform North Carolinians about workers comp bill

Hospira focuses on clinical surveillance systems to help reduce antimicrobial resistance

IDSI receives FDA additional information request regarding CTLM imaging device 510(k) application

Bruker receives Health Canada approval for IVD MALDI Biotyper

Precision launches new tumor profiling product

Virtual reality games can improve motor function in stroke patients

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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