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MedPro Safety Products to acquire product development rights for passive safety intravenous catheter

MedPro Safety Products, Inc., a leading developer of transformational technologies that enable safer medication delivery and blood collection, has agreed to acquire product development rights for a unique, fully passive safety intravenous catheter from a company owned by Hooman Asbaghi and Don Millerd.

13 Jan 2010

Spectros expands T-Stat product line with new Continuum Cerebral Sensor

Spectros announced today that the T-Stat® Tissue Oximeter sensor line will be expanded to include the new Continuum™ Cerebral Sensor line upon receipt of FDA marketing approval anticipated in 2010.

13 Jan 2010

PositiveID Corporation to add complementary non-invasive glucose-level testing technologies to Healthid division

PositiveID Corporation announced today that it plans to expand its HealthID division by adding products and tools for the daily management of diabetes. In addition to the continued development of its in vivo glucose-sensing RFID microchip to detect glucose levels in the human body, the Company is planning to broaden its technology platform by adding complementary non-invasive glucose-level testing technologies.

13 Jan 2010

Zassi Medical Evolutions forms new company to develop electrical stimulation technology

Zassi Medical Evolutions, a privately held organization that innovates, designs and develops high technology medical devices and software announced today that it has successfully spun out and formed a new company with Tucson, Arizona based Research Corporation Technologies (RCT) to pursue the continued development of a novel electrical stimulation technology for the gastrointestinal continence control market.

13 Jan 2010

The Automation Partnership announces the US launch of Cell-IQ

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, today announced the US launch of Cell-IQ® - a live cell observation and analysis system.

13 Jan 2010

GeckoSystems continue to better understand the benefit of personal care robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today that they continue to better understand the benefit of personal care robots, such as their CareBot™, to the family as their in home evaluation trials continue.

13 Jan 2010

GE Healthcare selects PTC’s PLM software to replace its legacy data management and MCAD software

PTC, The Product Development Company®, today announced that GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, has selected Windchill, PTC’s PLM software, and Pro/ENGINEER to replace its legacy data management and MCAD software.

13 Jan 2010

Emory University researchers invent a new weapon to monitor mosquito-borne diseases

Emory University researchers believe they have come up with the cheapest, most efficient way yet to monitor adult mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry, from malaria to West Nile Virus. Emory has filed a provisional patent on the Prokopack mosquito aspirator, but the inventors have provided simple instructions for how to make it in the Journal of Medical Entomology.

13 Jan 2010

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center expands use of clinical components in Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise solutions

Eclipsys Corporation®, The Outcomes Company®, announced today that Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (Bronx Lebanon), the largest voluntary, not-for-profit healthcare system in south and central Bronx, NY, has quickly expanded its use of integrated clinical components of Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise™ suite of solutions.

13 Jan 2010

New search and data mining tools used to find information held by UKPMC launched

The British Library has showcased a range of new search and data mining tools which can be used to find information held by UK PubMed Central (UKPMC).

13 Jan 2010

Florida Hospital selects HealthPort’s ROI Partner Program

HealthPort, a top-25 company in the healthcare information technology industry, today announced that Florida Hospital, a 2,188 bed hospital system with eight locations across Central Florida, has begun deployment of their release of information (ROI) technology and service solution alongside the organization’s Cerner® Millennium electronic health record (EHR).

13 Jan 2010

Theragenics signs agreement with Core Oncology for distribution of TheraSeed palladium-103 brachytherapy seeds

Theragenics Corporation, a medical device company serving the surgical products and prostate cancer treatment markets, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Core Oncology, Inc. for the distribution of TheraSeed® palladium-103 brachytherapy seeds.

13 Jan 2010

Pisgah Labs files its eighth patent application for technology to prevent prescription drug abuse

According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, prescription drug abuse is more prevalent than abuse of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. In fact, in the past year, prescription drug abuse ranked second only to marijuana use. In the face of this growing problem, Pisgah Labs, Inc. has just filed its eighth patent application on a technology that promises to curb prescription drug abuse.

13 Jan 2010

NexMed's NexACT technology enhances Taxol's bioavailability through oral administration

NexMed, Inc., a specialty CRO and a developer of products based on the NexACT® technology, today announced that pre-clinical results from its research and development group at Bio-Quant successfully demonstrated the ability of the NexACT technology to deliver an oral formulation of Taxol® (paclitaxel) and to enhance the drug’s bioavailability by approximately ten-fold through this oral administration. Taxol, a first line chemotherapy drug used to treat breast, lung and ovarian cancers, is currently administered through an intravenous infusion that can take up to 24 hours to complete.

13 Jan 2010

DASH formable absorbent retractor improves patient safety

The risk of retaining a foreign object during surgery is well documented. Efforts to reduce its incidence may include the use of fewer laparotomy pads. Now there is a clinically proven device that is designed to improve surgical outcomes -- The DASH™ (Disposable Absorbent Secure Hold) formable absorbent retractor, addresses the challenges of unintentional soft tissue trauma and retained foreign objects after surgery, enhancing patient safety.

13 Jan 2010

Pathway Genomics launches new campaign to highlight the benefits of genetic testing services

Pathway Genomics™ (www.PATHWAY.com), a privately held, venture-backed company, today launched a new campaign designed to facilitate discussions around consumer genetic testing services. Called ‘DNA Conversation Starters,’ Pathway will address a range of topics about genetic testing, further educating members of the media, the genetic testing community, and consumers about the benefits of genetic testing services and the depth of information obtained from Pathway’s Genetic Health and Ancestry tests.

13 Jan 2010

ProtoKinetix’ AAGP raises hope for treatment of diabetes

Independent studies done by universities and corporations have illustrated a remarkable increase in the yield of viable stem cells after cryopreservation using AAGP™ in the freeze-thaw process. One future approach to increasing diabetics’ insulin production is related to an ability to convert their stem cells into islet cells for transplantation. The feasibility of this procedure is dependent upon the amount of functioning islet cells that can be derived from the patient’s stem cells. This is where AAGP™ can make a very beneficial contribution.

13 Jan 2010

Device / Technology News

MedPro Safety Products to acquire product development rights for passive safety intravenous catheter

Spectros expands T-Stat product line with new Continuum Cerebral Sensor

PositiveID Corporation to add complementary non-invasive glucose-level testing technologies to Healthid division

Zassi Medical Evolutions forms new company to develop electrical stimulation technology

The Automation Partnership announces the US launch of Cell-IQ

GeckoSystems continue to better understand the benefit of personal care robots

GE Healthcare selects PTC’s PLM software to replace its legacy data management and MCAD software

Emory University researchers invent a new weapon to monitor mosquito-borne diseases

Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center expands use of clinical components in Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise solutions

New search and data mining tools used to find information held by UKPMC launched

Florida Hospital selects HealthPort’s ROI Partner Program

Theragenics signs agreement with Core Oncology for distribution of TheraSeed palladium-103 brachytherapy seeds

Pisgah Labs files its eighth patent application for technology to prevent prescription drug abuse

NexMed's NexACT technology enhances Taxol's bioavailability through oral administration

DASH formable absorbent retractor improves patient safety

Pathway Genomics launches new campaign to highlight the benefits of genetic testing services

ProtoKinetix’ AAGP raises hope for treatment of diabetes

FDA, Biovista to collaborate in analysis of drug side effects

DIIG: CTS signs new agreement to provide Teleradiology services to a hospital in south-western Ontario

Denmark's digital health system could pave way for U.S.

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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