Device / Technology News

RSS

Cancer overtreatment raises concern; Physicians tend to use new technology even before solid evidence backs it

The Associated Press/Arizona Republic: "It's an unthinkable notion for a generation raised on the message that early cancer detection saves lives, but specialists say more tumors actually are being found too early. That is raising uncomfortable questions about how aggressively to treat early growths -- in some cases, even how aggressively to test -- along with a push for more of the informed-choice programs.

16 Jun 2010

BIOCIUS Life Sciences, BlueSky Biotech collaborate to offer Sirtuin pre-validated assay solution

BIOCIUS Life Sciences Inc., developers of the RapidFire® high-throughput mass spectrometry system, and BlueSky Biotech, service provider of discovery biologicals, today announced their collaboration to offer the industry's only Sirtuin (SIRT, silent mating type information regulation homolog) enzyme preparations fully-validated in a label-free functional assay.

16 Jun 2010

WellPoint to begin offering 'electronic' house calls

The Indianapolis Star: "Indianapolis-based health insurance giant WellPoint unveiled a new program to give its members access to doctors and other health-care providers via the Internet. The house call would be initiated by a patient logging in for a video chat from work to describe a sore throat, or a parent at home texting about a child with poison ivy.

16 Jun 2010

Cytokine PharmaSciences completes misoprostol vaginal insert Phase II study

Cytokine PharmaSciences, Inc. today announced the completion of a Phase II study of the misoprostol vaginal insert (MVI), a proprietary, controlled-release and retrievable polymer chip containing prostaglandin E(1) (PGE1). Results of the dose-finding study in pregnant women at term gestation confirm the efficacy and safety of this investigational product and suggest that the MVI may reduce time to delivery after induction, support more natural labor, and reduce the rate of cesarean delivery.

16 Jun 2010

FDA clears Halt 2000GI Electrosurgical System for soft tissue ablation

Halt Medical, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Halt 2000GI™ Electrosurgical System for soft tissue ablation using radiofrequency energy. "This clearance to market is a major milestone for our customers, employees and investors," said Russ DeLonzor, President and Chief Operating Officer.

16 Jun 2010

eHGT announces eHealth Access Indexing

eHealth Global Technologies, Inc. (eHGT) announces eHealth Access Indexing™. This latest service further simplifies the way physicians obtain clinical records using eHGT's already successful eHealth AccessTM Record Retrieval Service. Having patients' records fully indexed and organized, by date and type of report, and delivered in digital format, saves valuable staff time. This provides physicians the ability to quickly and easily access critical clinical data in minutes instead of hours.

15 Jun 2010

TYRX successfully implants AIGISRx device in 10,000 patients in the U.S.

TYRX, Inc. announced today that it has successfully implanted its AIGISRx device in 10,000 patients in the United States. The AIGISRx device is an antibacterial mesh technology that securely holds a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator in place to create a stable environment, while delivering antimicrobial agents, rifampin and minocycline. These antimicrobial agents have been shown to reduce infections associated with medical devices in multiple randomized controlled trials.

15 Jun 2010

BIOTRONIK announces commercial availability of new ProMRI Pacing Systems

BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, a leading manufacturer of high-quality implantable cardiac devices and pioneer of wireless remote monitoring technologies, announced today the commercial availability of its new ProMRI Pacing Systems — Evia pacemaker series and Safio pacing leads — providing European patients the first portfolio of bradycardia systems that are compatible with Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans under specific conditions.

15 Jun 2010

Epocal receives FDA marketing clearance for new lactate test on epoc Blood Analysis System

Epocal, Inc., a leading edge provider of point of care technology, announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its new lactate test on the epoc Blood Analysis System. Lactate measurements from the epoc System are used to evaluate acid-base status and for diagnosis and treatment of lactic acidosis (abnormally high acidity of the blood).

15 Jun 2010

CLC bio headed molecular diagnostics project receives $2M grant

CLC bio, Ion Torrent, and Aarhus University Hospital - Departments of Molecular Medicine and Clinical Genetics, have received a 2 million USD grant from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation.

15 Jun 2010

U.S. video, high-tech and integrated OR equipment market to exceed $2 billion by 2016

According to a new report by iData Research, the leading global authority in medical device and pharmaceutical market research, the overall U.S. video, high-tech and integrated operating room (OR) equipment market was worth $1.49 billion in 2009. This market, which experienced a strong decline during the economic recession, is expected to recover, exceeding $2 billion by 2016.

15 Jun 2010

Kendle offers BNA imaging technology for monitoring brain electro-physiological network activity

Kendle, a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced it now offers Brain Network Activation imaging providing a non-invasive platform for mapping, monitoring and understanding brain electro-physiological network activity in response to cognitive or physiological stimuli. The BNA imaging technology was developed by ElMindA, a medical technology development company based in Herzliya, Israel.

15 Jun 2010

Viking's Next Generation 3DHD Visualization System presented at Laparoscopy and Robotics congress

Viking Systems, Inc. announced today that its Next Generation 3DHD Visualization System was presented June 10th at The European Congress of Laparoscopy and Robotics by Dr. Gunter Janetschek, Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Medical University Salzburg, as part of his talk "Is there a future beyond 'da Vinci'?"

15 Jun 2010

Oakwood Healthcare selects RL Solutions as partner for infection control and prevention

RL Solutions, makers of innovative and easy-to-use healthcare quality and safety software, today announced that Oakwood Healthcare has selected RL Solutions as its partner for infection control and prevention. A long-time client, Oakwood is currently using RL Solutions products for risk management, patient feedback and medical claims management.

15 Jun 2010

ATMI introduces new range of single-use bioprocess vessels

ATMI, Inc. today unveiled an important extension to its Integrity™ product line for the biopharmaceutical and biotechnology industries with the introduction of a new range of single-use bioprocess vessels (BPVs). The Integrity BPVs were launched at the IBC Single-Use Applications for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing event, taking place now through Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

15 Jun 2010

DATATRAK premieres Safety Case Manager at 46th Annual DIA Meeting

DATATRAK International, Inc., a technology and services company focused on global eClinical solutions for the clinical trials industry, premiered the release of its safety system Monday at the 46th Annual DIA Meeting. The DATATRAK Safety Case Manager™ collects individual case safety report (ICSR) data and exports the data in E2B XML format for transmission to regulatory authorities.

15 Jun 2010

CDI, Promega enter collaboration for toxicity testing in drug discovery process

Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) and Promega have entered into a research collaboration with the goal of bringing more relevant and highly predictive toxicity testing to the drug discovery process. Pharmaceutical discovery scientists will now be able to combine bioassays with human cardiomyocytes to improve prediction of unintentional, detrimental side effects that have previously remained undetected until late in the development process or after release of the drug to the general public.

15 Jun 2010

Sonomax licenses V4 technology to Creare

Sonomax Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed its first licensing deal whereby its groundbreaking V4 technology has been licensed to Creare Inc. (Creare) for use in a Research and Development (R&D) project being executed on behalf of the United States Navy. If the synergy of Creare and Sonomax produces a product or technology that can be commercialized, then it is agreed that both parties will work together to explore opportunities to jointly license the combined technology.

15 Jun 2010

Endosense launches ProForce Registry Study of TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter

Endosense, a medical technology company focused on improving the efficacy, safety and reproducibility of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, has announced enrollment of the first patients in its ProForce Registry. The news marks the launch of the ProForce Registry Study, an international, single arm, multi-center, post-market trial of Endosense's TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter.

15 Jun 2010

BioClinica releases MCC Clinical Trial Performance Metrics reporting solution

BioClinica™, Inc.,, a global provider of clinical trial management services, is the first clinical technology provider to offer a reporting solution that incorporates the industry-standard performance metrics for clinical trials as defined by the Metrics Champion Consortium (MCC).

From Clario 15 Jun 2010

Device / Technology News

Cancer overtreatment raises concern; Physicians tend to use new technology even before solid evidence backs it

BIOCIUS Life Sciences, BlueSky Biotech collaborate to offer Sirtuin pre-validated assay solution

WellPoint to begin offering 'electronic' house calls

Cytokine PharmaSciences completes misoprostol vaginal insert Phase II study

FDA clears Halt 2000GI Electrosurgical System for soft tissue ablation

eHGT announces eHealth Access Indexing

TYRX successfully implants AIGISRx device in 10,000 patients in the U.S.

BIOTRONIK announces commercial availability of new ProMRI Pacing Systems

Epocal receives FDA marketing clearance for new lactate test on epoc Blood Analysis System

CLC bio headed molecular diagnostics project receives $2M grant

U.S. video, high-tech and integrated OR equipment market to exceed $2 billion by 2016

Kendle offers BNA imaging technology for monitoring brain electro-physiological network activity

Viking's Next Generation 3DHD Visualization System presented at Laparoscopy and Robotics congress

Oakwood Healthcare selects RL Solutions as partner for infection control and prevention

ATMI introduces new range of single-use bioprocess vessels

DATATRAK premieres Safety Case Manager at 46th Annual DIA Meeting

CDI, Promega enter collaboration for toxicity testing in drug discovery process

Sonomax licenses V4 technology to Creare

Endosense launches ProForce Registry Study of TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter

BioClinica releases MCC Clinical Trial Performance Metrics reporting solution

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

Latest News