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Phakic IOLs safer than laser surgery for correcting moderate short-sightedness

A new type of procedure for correcting short-sightedness could be safer than laser eye surgery, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The study also shows that patients prefer the new procedure, despite there being little difference between the two in terms of improving vision.

12 May 2010

Microfluidics International first-quarter revenue up 21%

Microfluidics International Corporation, today reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

DNA Medicine Institute awarded Grand Challenges Explorations grant to develop finger scanner for malaria

The DNA Medicine Institute announced today that it has received a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Eugene Y. Chan, M.D. titled "Optomagnetic Finger Scanner for Malaria."

11 May 2010

$2.8 billion U.S. peripheral vascular device market to grow to over $5.3 billion by 2016

According to a new report by iData Research, the leading authority in medical device and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. peripheral vascular device market is worth $2.8 billion with expected growth to over $5.3 billion by 2016. Increased detection and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are the main drivers of this market, particularly in the stent-graft and peripheral vascular stent segments. These markets are both expected to exceed $1 billion by 2016.

11 May 2010

Amorfix, Epitomics collaborate to develop high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against cancer targets

Amorfix Life Sciences and Epitomics, Inc. announced today that they have entered into an agreement to develop high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against a number of targets for cancer. Amorfix has identified several disease specific epitopes (DSEs) on misfolded proteins with their proprietary ProMIS(TM) computational platform discovery technology, which will be used by Epitomics to generate highly specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).

11 May 2010

Viking Systems to demonstrate 3DHD Vision System prototype at Hospital Build Asia 2010

Viking Systems, Inc. today announced that a prototype version of its Next Generation 3DHD Vision System will be demonstrated with Sony's prototype 3DHD Medical Display in Sony's booth at Hospital Build Asia 2010 which will run May 11 -13 in Singapore.

11 May 2010

NeuroMetrix first-quarter total revenues decrease to $3.7 million

NeuroMetrix, Inc., a health care company transforming patient care through neurotechnology, today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

A.D.A.M. first-quarter license revenues increase 5% to $6.5 million

A.D.A.M., Inc., a leading provider of health information and benefit technology solutions, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010.

11 May 2010

Health Evolution Partners releases 2010 Health Industry Landscape Report

David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman of Health Evolution Partners, announced the firm's release of the 2010 Health Industry Landscape Report.

11 May 2010

BSD, ProZyme partner to redefine biotherapeutic glycan analysis workflow

BioSystem Development, LLC (BSD) and ProZyme, Inc. announce a partnership to redefine biotherapeutic glycan analysis workflow. The first product from this collaboration combines ProZyme's proprietary enzymatic N-deglycosylation, labeling and cleanup chemistry with BSD's AssayMAP™ high- throughput micro chromatography platform resulting in a rapid, quantitative N-glycan sample preparation method fully enabled for any scale of automation.

11 May 2010

Isolite Systems to launch LED Smart Stick for dryfield illuminator at "The Art & Science of Dentistry" meeting

Isolite Systems, maker of innovative dental isolation technology, will debut an even brighter, more technically advanced LED Smart Stick for its award-winning Isolite dryfield illuminator during the California Dental Association's "The Art & Science of Dentistry" scientific meeting and exhibition held May 13 -16, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

11 May 2010

New study to send microorganisms into space

A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts.

11 May 2010

Hothead Technologies, Shafer partner to develop normothermia monitoring and management system

Hothead Technologies has executed an agreement with Shafer Medical Devices, a Division of Shafer Enterprises, LLC to develop and distribute a medical application of the H.O.T.™ System that supports the Shafer Medical Devices Hypo/Hyperthermic Pad in managing normothermia in patients, during pre-op, surgery, and post op.

11 May 2010

Acuity launches AC3050-010 low pressure sensor die with 10mbar full-scale rating

Acuity, Incorporated, a fabless provider of stable high-performance MEMS pressure sensors, is now shipping the AC3050-010 very stable low pressure sensor die with a 10mbar full-scale rating. Expanding the low-pressure end of Acuity's piezoresistive pressure sensor product offerings to 10 mbar full-scale, the AC3050-010 complements the existing AC3030 series 20 to 100 mbar full-scale MEMS pressure sensor family. The AC3050-010 is targeted at low-pressure instrumentation in industrial measurement, medical and HVAC applications.

11 May 2010

Study reveals association between cardiac vagal activity and functional somatic symptoms

A study in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics outlines some novel insights between cardiac vagal activity [heart rate variability in the high-frequency band (HRV-HF)] and symptoms that do not find an organic explanation.

11 May 2010

TWA opens new 40,000 square foot service center at Gardena, CA

Trans World Alloys (TWA), one of the country's premier titanium sheet plate and forging distributors, proudly announces the grand opening of their state-of-the-art, 40,000 square foot service center at 249 East Gardena Blvd., Gardena, CA.

11 May 2010

Rosetta Genomics announces USPTO notice of allowance for Sanger hsa-miR-451

Rosetta Genomics, Ltd., a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostic tests, announced today the receipt of a new notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") for U.S. patent application 11/418,870, including claims related to Sanger hsa-miR-451. miR-451 is used in the Company's miRview™ mets test, which accurately identifies the primary tumor site in patients with metastatic cancer and Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP).

11 May 2010

Unotron keyboards prevent sample contamination, germ spread at UNC Gene Therapy Center

The Gene Therapy Center at the University of North Carolina (UNC) asserts that Unotron's ruggedly designed, airtight SpillSeal® technology offers an optimal solution for use where a sterile environment is critical. Unotron, creator of hermetically-sealed, dishwasher safe, medical grade washable computer keyboards, scroll wheel mice, and smartcard readers, announced today that its keyboards provided to the UNC Gene Therapy Center offer an optimal solution for preventing contamination to samples and the spread of the germs.

11 May 2010

RIKEN OSC to purchase CLC bio's high-throughput sequencing analysis solution

Today, RIKEN and CLC bio Japan announced an agreement for the purchase of CLC bio's enterprise platform software by RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC). CLC bio's high-throughput sequence analysis infrastructure will empower both OSC's scientists and OSC's Genome Network Analysis Service (GeNAS) with a user-friendly and fast workflow to efficiently manage and analyze large quantities of genomics data.

11 May 2010

CINJ nurses to present at Oncology Nursing Society's 35th Annual Congress

Florence Nightingale once stated that nursing is an art that requires as much devotion and preparation as any painting or sculpture. This sentiment is echoed in the work of today's nurses and their pursuit of both clinical knowledge and technical expertise. Nurses from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and throughout the country, will be doing their part in contributing to the art of nursing when presenting at the Oncology Nursing Society's 35th Annual Congress being held this week in San Diego, California.

11 May 2010

Device / Technology News

Phakic IOLs safer than laser surgery for correcting moderate short-sightedness

Microfluidics International first-quarter revenue up 21%

DNA Medicine Institute awarded Grand Challenges Explorations grant to develop finger scanner for malaria

$2.8 billion U.S. peripheral vascular device market to grow to over $5.3 billion by 2016

Amorfix, Epitomics collaborate to develop high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against cancer targets

Viking Systems to demonstrate 3DHD Vision System prototype at Hospital Build Asia 2010

NeuroMetrix first-quarter total revenues decrease to $3.7 million

A.D.A.M. first-quarter license revenues increase 5% to $6.5 million

Health Evolution Partners releases 2010 Health Industry Landscape Report

BSD, ProZyme partner to redefine biotherapeutic glycan analysis workflow

Isolite Systems to launch LED Smart Stick for dryfield illuminator at "The Art & Science of Dentistry" meeting

New study to send microorganisms into space

Hothead Technologies, Shafer partner to develop normothermia monitoring and management system

Acuity launches AC3050-010 low pressure sensor die with 10mbar full-scale rating

Study reveals association between cardiac vagal activity and functional somatic symptoms

TWA opens new 40,000 square foot service center at Gardena, CA

Rosetta Genomics announces USPTO notice of allowance for Sanger hsa-miR-451

Unotron keyboards prevent sample contamination, germ spread at UNC Gene Therapy Center

RIKEN OSC to purchase CLC bio's high-throughput sequencing analysis solution

CINJ nurses to present at Oncology Nursing Society's 35th Annual Congress

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