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Delta Dental launches updated website for Spanish-language speakers

Spanish-language speakers can now more easily find up-to-date oral health information and personal benefit details, thanks to an updated website launched by a group of Delta Dental companies.

31 Jul 2010

Idaho Technology signs licensing agreement with E. I. du Pont de Nemours

Idaho Technology, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement with E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company acting through its DuPont Qualicon Business covering reagents or methods using SYBR® Green I technology and post-PCR melting curve analysis.

31 Jul 2010

Blumenthal defends hew health IT rules to Utah leaders

David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "defended the administration's new plans against critics who say the watered-down rules miss an opportunity to lower costs and improve patient care," The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

31 Jul 2010

QPharma releases qSpend Web-based aggregate spend solution

QPharma, Inc., the industry leader in FDA Regulatory and Compliance Solutions, announced today the official release of their aggregate spend solution, qSpend. This tool assists Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device companies in complying with countless state and federal laws, regulations, and industry guidelines governing sales and marketing. qSpend is QPharma's cost-efficient, aggregate spend solution for tracking, evaluating, and reporting sales and marketing expenditures in a regulatory compliant manner.

31 Jul 2010

Microsulis launches Acculis percutaneous microwave tissue ablation system at ECIO

Microsulis Medical Ltd (MML), the leading company in microwave technology for medical devices, has successfully launched the Acculis percutaneous microwave tissue ablation system, Accu2i pMTA, at the second European Conference on Interventional Oncology (ECIO) in Florence, Italy. A revolutionary new device for destroying tumours, the system is a 1.8mm diameter closed water-cooled needle, with performance matching the existing Acculis open surgery MTA system.

31 Jul 2010

Functional MRI can be used to assess tumor viability

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (the disease commonly referred to as pancreatic cancer) carries the worst prognosis of any cancer. As current treatments offer minimal benefit, entirely new approaches are needed. Given the success of local therapies, as opposed to intravenous systemic therapies, for liver diseases (such as hepatocellular carcinoma), it is thought that similar local therapies may benefit patients with pancreatic cancer. To develop such therapies, it would be useful to devise targets that are easy to obtain and can indicate the efficacy of these new therapies in models of pancreatic cancer.

31 Jul 2010

FDA clears ZOLL's new Propaq MD Monitor/Defibrillator

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market and begin distribution of the new Propaq® MD Monitor/Defibrillator that was developed specifically to meet the special needs of military customers and air medical operations worldwide. Development of this product was a joint undertaking between the Department of Defense and a cooperative arrangement between Welch Allyn and ZOLL.

30 Jul 2010

Opportunity in European embolization coil market leads to major acquisitions in 2010: MRG

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, high market opportunity in the European embolization coil market has led to several major acquisitions in 2010. The European market alone was valued at approximately $100 million in 2009, making successful niche competitors in this market attractive acquisition targets.

30 Jul 2010

VAPAHCS acquires 15 Zargis Cardioscan systems

Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp., today announced that the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, a northern California based hospital group that is part of The Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide network of hospitals, recently purchased 15 Zargis Cardioscan systems.

30 Jul 2010

Down the silk road of the future

The Science paper notes that the development of silk hydrogels, films, fibers and sponges is making possible advances in photonics and optics, nanotechnology, electronics, adhesives and microfluidics, as well as engineering of bone and ligaments. Because silk fiber formation does not rely on complex or toxic chemistries, such materials are biologically and environmentally friendly, even able to integrate with living systems.

30 Jul 2010

FDA clears Hotspur's new balloon dilatation and embolectomy catheters

Hotspur Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received FDA clearance for the first three commercial products in its portfolio. These products are based on Hotspur's unique and groundbreaking technology that makes dialysis access interventional and peripheral vascular procedures that open blood vessels less expensive, more efficient, and less invasive for patients.

30 Jul 2010

Exoskeletons, powered prostheses and optical sensory devices market to exceed $877 million in 2020: Study

Lockheed Martin announced recently that it has received a $1.1-million contract from the US Army for human trials and evaluation of its advanced ruggedized Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC) exoskeleton, "designed to augment soldiers' strength and endurance, as well as reduce load carriage injuries."

30 Jul 2010

Gen-Probe second-quarter 2010 product sales up 14%

Gen-Probe Incorporated today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2010, highlighted by 14% growth in product sales, 15% growth in total revenues, and 16% growth in non-GAAP earnings per share.

30 Jul 2010

Computer game to help nursing students pass exams

A specially made computer game, developed at the University of Stavanger (UiS), is set to help Norwegian nursing students pass a vitally important exam.

30 Jul 2010

Buckyball Discovery Conference to be held Oct. 10-13 at Rice University

The biggest names in nanotechnology are preparing to gather this fall at Rice University, and everyone is welcome to join them.

30 Jul 2010

Hitachi High-Tech releases HT7700 transmission electron microscope

Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation has announced the development and release of the HT7700, a new type of transmission electron microscope (TEM) that integrates previously complex system operation onto a single monitor screen, and allows for sample observation even under normal room light conditions. Sales of the HT7700 will begin outside of Japan in August 2010.

30 Jul 2010

FDA approves two SCS leads for use with Boston Scientific's Precision Plus Spinal Cord Stimulator System

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of two spinal cord stimulation (SCS) leads for use with its Precision Plus™ Spinal Cord Stimulator System, the world's first rechargeable SCS device for the management of chronic pain of the trunk and/or limbs. The Linear™ 3-4 and Linear™ 3-6 Percutaneous Leads offer wider contact spacing to expand the lead choices available to physicians. The Company plans to launch the products immediately in the U.S.; they were launched in Europe and other international markets earlier.

30 Jul 2010

VitaPath Genetics launches VitaTrack Folate Tracker

VitaPath Genetics, the Spina Bifida Association and the National Council on Folic Acid today announced the launch of the free iPhone application—the VitaTrack Folate Tracker— which allows women to track their daily intake of folate and folic acid. Maintaining an adequate level of folic acid prior to and during pregnancy can reduce the risk of serious birth defects like Spina Bifida by up to 70%. Studies show that folic acid may also help prevent congenital heart disease, pre-term labor, and cleft lip and palate.

30 Jul 2010

MSP announces enhancements to EHR Selector

Medical Strategic Planning announces enhancements to the widely-used EHR Selector, which empowers Regional Extension Centers to quickly qualify EHR products and individually track thousands of practices deploying critically-vetted electronic health record solutions.

30 Jul 2010

ISMPP and MPIP initiative launches new web page

On July 29, 2010 the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) and the Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) initiative launched a new web page highlighting various MPIP initiatives (http://www.mpip-initiative.org). The web page is a valuable resource providing information on the overall MPIP initiative, updating viewers on new or planned activities, and providing access to previous MPIP publications and resources.

30 Jul 2010