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ICF International awarded re-compete contract to provide IT, scientific support services to NCTR

ICF International, a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has been awarded a $31.8 million re-compete contract by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to provide information technology and scientific support services to the National Center for Toxicological Research.

20 Sep 2010

$Neovasc commences enrollment in Reducer trial for refractory angina$

Neovasc commences enrollment in Reducer trial for refractory angina

Neovasc Inc., a developer of novel technologies used to treat vascular disease, today announced that the first patients have been enrolled in its COSIRA trial designed to assess the clinical efficacy of the Neovasc Reducer(TM) product for the treatment of refractory angina. The COSIRA (Coronary Sinus Reducer for Treatment of Refractory Angina) trial is a multicenter, sham-controlled, randomized, double-blinded study of the Reducer that is expected to enroll up to 124 patients.

20 Sep 2010

Hatch Medical signs agreement with Majid Shano to broker super-elastic orthopedic stapling technology

Hatch Medical, L.L.C., a medical device incubator and technology brokerage firm, announced today that it has recently entered into an agreement with Majid Shano MB, B.CH., (Munich, Germany) to broker his patented, super-elastic orthopedic stapling technology.

20 Sep 2010

Chronix Biomedical completes Series E financing

Chronix Biomedical today announced that it has completed a Series E financing that raised $1.8 million from existing and new investors. Chronix is developing disease-specific biomarkers based on DNA fragments that are released into the bloodstream by damaged and dying (apoptotic) cells. Chronix's serum DNA biomarkers are applicable to a wide range of cancers and other chronic diseases.

20 Sep 2010

Florida Hospital Fish Memorial acquires Toshiba's Xario XG ultrasound systems

Today's hospitals are under pressure to enhance patient care and streamline workflow while containing costs. To achieve this goal, Florida Hospital Fish Memorial acquired four XarioXG ultrasound systems from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., to create imaging consistency across various departments.

20 Sep 2010

High-intensity exercise video game to improve health of middle aged men

Sedentary middle-aged men on Teesside in the North East of England could soon be using a high-intensity exercise video game to improve their health. For researchers at Teesside University have developed an alternative to the Nintendo Wii which doesn't allow users to cheat. Now they plan to put it to the test by getting middle-aged members of workingmen's clubs to take part in 'virtual' boxing matches with a computer-generated opponent.

20 Sep 2010

Aeris Therapeutics receives CE Mark approval for AeriSeal System to treat emphysema

Aeris Therapeutics, a company specializing in the development and commercialization of novel treatments for patients with emphysema and other advanced lung diseases, today announced that it has received CE Mark approval for its AeriSeal System.

20 Sep 2010

FluimediX receives fund for NanoCycler development

FluimediX, a point-of-care diagnostic company, announced today that it has received funding for the continued development of the NanoCycler, a diagnostic platform for the measurement of relevant genetic mutations in patients. The proceeds of this financing round will be dedicated to developing a diagnostic test for Warfarin™ metabolism.

20 Sep 2010

Scientists develop microscopic gas-filled spheres of silica to locate breast cancers

A new material could help surgeons more accurately locate breast cancers, reduce the need for second surgeries and minimize pre-surgical discomfort for patients. Microscopic gas-filled spheres of silica, a porous glass, can mark the location of early-stage tumors to show their position using ultrasound imaging in the operating room.

20 Sep 2010

Medical technology paving the way

The annual Australian technology “Academy Awards” presentation marked a significant milestone for Sydney headquartered technology company Iris Interactive taking out three awards which sets them up for the world stage. Iris Interactive started 15 years ago by a working mother, Janaki Joshi, who identified a gap in the market for enterprise software focused on product commercialisation.

19 Sep 2010

$ONS trial results show promise for treating medically refractory chronic migraines: ONSTIM study$

ONS trial results show promise for treating medically refractory chronic migraines: ONSTIM study

Medtronic, Inc. announced that data from a multicenter, prospective, randomized, blinded, feasibility trial published today show promise for occipital nerve stimulation for treating medically refractory chronic migraines and support the need for further controlled study of the treatment. The study, called Occipital Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Intractable Migraine, included severely debilitated patients who had regularly experienced 15 or more headache days per month that were not responsive to currently available medical therapies.

18 Sep 2010

Lab testing is backbone of prevention: ACLA president

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and long-time advocate of prevention, will keynote a National Journal Policy Summit focused on unraveling the complexities of the cost and value of prevention in a post health reform world. The Sept. 21 event is being underwritten by the American Clinical Laboratory Association and its educational arm, Results for Life.

18 Sep 2010

PNNL, 59th Medical Wing collaborate to improve drug tests for illicit usage

A new collaboration between the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the Air Force's 59th Medical Wing hopes to improve on drug tests for illicit drug use and abuse. Not only are the researchers looking for a better indicator of current or past use, but they'd like to be able to identify people prone to abusing drugs in the first place.

18 Sep 2010

Shrink enters final phase of commercialization program for StemDisc product line

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the alternative energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors, and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that it is entering the final phase of its commercialization program for its first cell culturing devices for the StemDisc family of stem cell culturing products.

18 Sep 2010

FDA grants Optovue 510(k) clearance on Normative Database for RTVue OCT device

Optovue, the company that launched the first FDA cleared fourier/spectral domain OCT in the U.S., announced that it has received 510(k) clearance on its Normative Database ("NDB") for the RTVue OCT device.

18 Sep 2010

EHS is now SuccessEHS

www.successehs.com, a Birmingham-based company specializing in physician practice management software systems and electronic health record (EHR) (sometimes called an electronic medical record or EMR), is pleased to announce they are changing their name, and the name of their flagship product CareRevolution™, to SuccessEHS™.

18 Sep 2010

Elixir Medical commences enrollment in EXCELLA BD trial for DESyne BD Novolimus Eluting CSS

Elixir Medical Corporation, a developer of product platforms that combine innovative medical devices with potent pharmaceuticals for site-specific therapies, announced the initiation of patient enrollment in the EXCELLA BD Randomized Clinical Trial designed to evaluate Elixir's next generation Novolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System (CSS) with bioabsorbable coating, the Elixir DESyne BD Novolimus Eluting CSS.

18 Sep 2010

Accuray Incorporated showcases CyberKnife VSI System at ESTRO Annual Congress

Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that for the first time in Europe the company showcased its latest offering, the CyberKnife VSI System, at ESTRO 29, the Annual Congress of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Barcelona, Spain.

18 Sep 2010

$Study on role of SurgiCase Orthopaedics in correction of compound wrist fractures$

Study on role of SurgiCase Orthopaedics in correction of compound wrist fractures

Materialise announced that it would lend its considerable expertise in virtual surgical planning to researcher Dr. J. B. Jupiter, Chief Hand and Upper Extremity Service at Massachusetts General Hospital. Through an AO funded, IRB approved study, Dr. Jupiter will use SurgiCase(R) Orthopaedics to explore the advantages of computer-assisted surgery, virtual 3D planning and intra-operative use of patient-specific surgical guides in osteotomies to correct compound wrist fractures-the first research project of its kind.

17 Sep 2010

Prematics partners with NaviNet to deliver healthcare content and applications to mobile devices

Prematics, a leading provider of e-prescribing and care communication solutions, today announced a partnership with NaviNet, America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, to enable the delivery of healthcare content and applications to mobile devices.

17 Sep 2010

Device / Technology News

ICF International awarded re-compete contract to provide IT, scientific support services to NCTR

Neovasc commences enrollment in Reducer trial for refractory angina

Hatch Medical signs agreement with Majid Shano to broker super-elastic orthopedic stapling technology

Chronix Biomedical completes Series E financing

Florida Hospital Fish Memorial acquires Toshiba's Xario XG ultrasound systems

High-intensity exercise video game to improve health of middle aged men

Aeris Therapeutics receives CE Mark approval for AeriSeal System to treat emphysema

FluimediX receives fund for NanoCycler development

Scientists develop microscopic gas-filled spheres of silica to locate breast cancers

Medical technology paving the way

ONS trial results show promise for treating medically refractory chronic migraines: ONSTIM study

Lab testing is backbone of prevention: ACLA president

PNNL, 59th Medical Wing collaborate to improve drug tests for illicit usage

Shrink enters final phase of commercialization program for StemDisc product line

FDA grants Optovue 510(k) clearance on Normative Database for RTVue OCT device

EHS is now SuccessEHS

Elixir Medical commences enrollment in EXCELLA BD trial for DESyne BD Novolimus Eluting CSS

Accuray Incorporated showcases CyberKnife VSI System at ESTRO Annual Congress

Study on role of SurgiCase Orthopaedics in correction of compound wrist fractures

Prematics partners with NaviNet to deliver healthcare content and applications to mobile devices

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