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New Integra Flow Regulating Valve, Mini featured at 2010 neurological surgeons congress

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp will feature the new Integra™ Flow Regulating Valve, Mini, a smaller version of the Integra NPH™ Low Flow Valve, at the 2010 Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, October 16-21, 2010. The Integra™ Flow Regulating Valve, Mini is Integra's newest implantable shunt valve used in the management of hydrocephalus and was designed with a lower profile than the Integra NPH™ valve to accommodate various patient populations, particularly patients with thin, fragile skin.

19 Oct 2010

UPM's LIA group creates new DNA-based biological sensor for applications in genetic diagnostics

The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's Artificial Intelligence Group (LIA), based at the Facultad de Informática, has created a new DNA-based biological sensor that has potential applications in the field of genetic diagnostics. The basic sensor design was presented at the 2010 Conference on Unconventional Computation.

19 Oct 2010

Medworxx highlights new opportunities in Patient Flow solution

Medworxx Solutions Inc announced today that it has issued an update to its strategy roadmap, highlighting new opportunities in the Patient Flow area internationally.

19 Oct 2010

New challenges and opportunities for medtech industry

The US and European medical technology industry struggled to sustain historic rates of revenue growth in 2009 but managed to improve overall net income by nearly 11% as companies realigned to achieve improved financial discipline. While medtech has fared better than many industries in the current economic downturn, new challenges will put increasing strain on the industry's long-standing business model.

19 Oct 2010

DOD awards grant to develop ‘lab-on-a-chip’ device for monitoring patients with severe brain injury

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a $5 million grant to The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the University of Cincinnati to further develop a "lab-on-a-chip" device used for monitoring patients suffering from severe brain injury.

19 Oct 2010

New website provides access to hospice care

Hospice Care of South Carolina, the largest hospice care provider in South Carolina, recently launched a new website designed to help people facing an advanced illness and their loved ones gain earlier access to hospice care.

19 Oct 2010

UC awarded $2.1 million technology award to develop next generation brain monitors

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) a $2.1 million Advanced Technology/Therapeutic Development Award to develop the next generation of brain monitors.

19 Oct 2010

Study reveals diagnostic strategies eliminate ionizing radiation exposure in IBD patients

At the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 75th Annual Scientific meeting in San Antonio, Texas, several studies of the effectiveness of non-X-ray techniques to evaluate Crohn's disease revealed that diagnostic strategies such as capsule endoscopy (CE) and magnetic resonance enteroscopy (MRE) are useful in managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and avoiding ionizing radiation.

19 Oct 2010

Annals of Vascular Surgery publishes Endologix's Powerlink System clinical trial results for AAA endovascular repair

Endologix, Inc. developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, announced today the publication of results from its pivotal, multicenter, prospective clinical trial of the Company's Powerlink System for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) using an anatomical fixation technique with a suprarenal aortic extension.

19 Oct 2010

Micronics to advance PanNAT system for molecular diagnosis of infectious pathogens

Micronics, Inc., a development-stage company, today announced that the Department of Defense has awarded the company an Applied Research and Technology Development Award under the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's Polytrauma and Blast Injury project for advancement of its PanNAT system for point-of-care molecular diagnosis of infectious pathogens.

19 Oct 2010

Robot-assisted surgery effective for five-year prostate cancer control: Study

A first-ever, long-term study of patients who underwent robot-assisted surgery to remove their cancerous prostates found that nearly 87 percent of them had no recurrence of the disease after five years.

19 Oct 2010

Researchers to test nanoparticle-based theranostics for pancreatic cancer treatment

Researchers from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), the radiology department at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are preparing to test a combined approach for diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer with a specially engineered nanoparticle.

19 Oct 2010

International investors take interest in Australia's biotechnology industry at ALSIS 2010

AusBiotech has kicked off its annual conference with a hugely successful Australasian Life Sciences Investment Summit 2010 in Melbourne today. The premier life science investment conference for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region attracted 150 investors from more than 100 organisations to hear 39 selected Australian biotechnology companies.

19 Oct 2010

New LED device may help advance photodynamic therapy for skin cancer

Can skin cancer be treated with light? Scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), believe so. They're exploring new ways to image cancerous lesions using LEDs that might advance a technique for treating cancer called photodynamic therapy (PDT) -- work that they will describe at the Optical Society's (OSA) 94th annual meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2010 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center in Rochester, N.Y., from Oct. 24-28.

19 Oct 2010

JPO issues patent grant for Apricus's Femprox

Apricus Biosciences, Inc., backed by a revenue generating CRO business and seeking to leverage its multi-route NexACT drug delivery technology and internal pipeline through out-licensing partnerships, today announced that the Japanese Patent Office has issued a Decision to Grant a Patent for the Company's application on Femprox entitled, Compositions and Methods for Amelioration of Human Female Sexual Dysfunction.

19 Oct 2010

CoAxia presents SENTIS clinical trial for ischemic stroke at 2010 Congress in Seoul

CoAxia Inc. of Maple Grove, MN, announced today that the results of the SENTIS clinical trial a worldwide, multi-center, randomized study of its NeuroFlo catheter were presented on Saturday, October 16th, by SENTIS Principal Investigator, Professor Ashfaq Shuaib at the 2010 World Stroke Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

19 Oct 2010

New motion management software enables clear visualization of moving tumors in lung cancer

A 67-year-old female patient with lung cancer presented physicians with a difficult challenge: her tumor was small and it rode up and down with her breathing. During her treatment set up, all doctors saw on their therapy system's imaging equipment was a blur of motion. Fortunately, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was able to utilize its Symmetry motion management software; new imaging technology from Elekta that enables clear visualization of moving targets.

From Elekta 19 Oct 2010

Althea installs INOVA H3-5 high-speed syringe filling line

Althea Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of development and manufacturing services for biopharmaceuticals and parenteral drug products, announced today that it has completed the installation of a new INOVA H3-5 high-speed syringe filling line.

19 Oct 2010

Halt Medical's Tulip RFVTA probe granted Canadian approval for treatment of uterine fibroids

Halt Medical, Inc. announced today that it has been approved to market the Tulip™ Radiofrequency Volumetric Thermal Ablation (RFVTA) probe in Canada. "The license we just received from Health Canada brings us an important step closer to our goal of making our uterine sparing procedure available to the millions of women in North America who suffer with uterine fibroids", said Russ DeLonzor, President and COO of Halt Medical.

19 Oct 2010

Visiting biotech leader urges policymakers to support Australian innovation

The future of the Australian biotechnology industry relies on support from policymakers to ensure an economic environment and public policy regime that encourages innovation, says Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). Speaking ahead of AusBiotech 2010, Mr Greenwood believes that strong government support is needed to ensure the continued success of Australian biotech.

18 Oct 2010

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New Integra Flow Regulating Valve, Mini featured at 2010 neurological surgeons congress

UPM's LIA group creates new DNA-based biological sensor for applications in genetic diagnostics

Medworxx highlights new opportunities in Patient Flow solution

New challenges and opportunities for medtech industry

DOD awards grant to develop ‘lab-on-a-chip’ device for monitoring patients with severe brain injury

New website provides access to hospice care

UC awarded $2.1 million technology award to develop next generation brain monitors

Study reveals diagnostic strategies eliminate ionizing radiation exposure in IBD patients

Annals of Vascular Surgery publishes Endologix's Powerlink System clinical trial results for AAA endovascular repair

Micronics to advance PanNAT system for molecular diagnosis of infectious pathogens

Robot-assisted surgery effective for five-year prostate cancer control: Study

Researchers to test nanoparticle-based theranostics for pancreatic cancer treatment

International investors take interest in Australia's biotechnology industry at ALSIS 2010

New LED device may help advance photodynamic therapy for skin cancer

JPO issues patent grant for Apricus's Femprox

CoAxia presents SENTIS clinical trial for ischemic stroke at 2010 Congress in Seoul

New motion management software enables clear visualization of moving tumors in lung cancer

Althea installs INOVA H3-5 high-speed syringe filling line

Halt Medical's Tulip RFVTA probe granted Canadian approval for treatment of uterine fibroids

Visiting biotech leader urges policymakers to support Australian innovation

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