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Health Robotics launches global Beta installation of 3 i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine automation modules

Health Robotics today announced the successful global launch of the Beta Installation kick-off for its 3 latest i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine software automation modules [Assist, Label+ and Profile] in Nice [France], the 2010 venue for the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists. i.v.SOFT helps Pharmacy Technicians, I.V. Room Supervisors, and Pharmacy Directors to compound and manage the safe and efficient manual production of IV Admixtures according to hospital-defined sterile compounding guidelines, and to help bring the pharmacies into compliance with USP 797 regulations in the United States and GMP guidelines elsewhere.

29 Mar 2010

FDA grants IDE approval for Urovalve's Surinate Bladder Management System

Urovalve, a medical device company focused on creating superior products for urinary flow and control, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for the Company's Surinate® Bladder Management System, allowing Urovalve to conduct a clinical study for the Company's lead device in the United States.

29 Mar 2010

HealthCare.com launches new online resource for Medicare Supplemental information and quotes

HealthCare.com, Inc. the leader in online health insurance information and plan quotes, today announced the launch of MedicareSupplemental.com, a new website aimed to be the premier online resource for Medicare Supplemental information and quotes. The website provides extensive information to help consumers understand the complexities of Medicare Supplemental or "Medigap" coverage as well as a search tool to obtain quotes and connect with multiple brokers and agents.

29 Mar 2010

GEA Niro selects engineering simulation software from ANSYS

GEA Niro has selected engineering simulation software from ANSYS to optimize equipment design and reduce development time and costs. Based in Denmark, GEA Niro is a world market leader in drying technology for the dairy, food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries and is a core technology center in the GEA Process Engineering business segment in GEA Group.

29 Mar 2010

Bodhtree Consulting enters into Middle East and North African Healthcare Market

Bodhtree Consulting Ltd., an IT Services Innovator, Data Management and Integration Company, announced its entry into the Middle East and North African Healthcare Market to expand its global data cleansing services business.

29 Mar 2010

Three new hospitals utilize PureWellness' comprehensive online employee wellness platform

PureWellness, Inc., a leading provider of online wellness solutions, announced it has signed agreements with three new hospitals; Northeast Georgia Health Systems, McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, and Fletcher Allen Health Care.

29 Mar 2010

Helmholtz Zentrum München, SIRION BIOTECH partner to develop new therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors

Helmholtz Zentrum München has launched a new cooperative project with SIRION BIOTECH GmbH in Martinsried to develop new therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors. With a two-year grant from the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology, the two partners will seek to further develop lentiviral vector systems to better understand the disease mechanisms of this cancer form and to devise approaches for treatment.

29 Mar 2010

APP adds eClinicalWorks' EMR system to CI Program

In its continuing efforts to enhance patient outcomes and create efficiency in a challenging economic and regulatory climate, Advocate Physician Partners, has added the power of an electronic medical record system to its award-winning Clinical Integration Program. APP, the largest network of independent physicians in the Midwest, is partnering with eClinicalWorks® in one of the biggest EMR implementations in the country.

29 Mar 2010

AGA Medical Holdings announces settlement of patent infringement lawsuit with Medtronic

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. today announced the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit between the company and Medtronic, Inc. This dispute relates to the January 2007 patent infringement action against the company, filed by Medtronic, Inc., alleging that substantially all of AGA Medical's AMPLATZER® occluder and vascular plug devices infringe three of Medtronic's method and apparatus patents on shape memory alloy stents (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,190,546, 6,306,141 and 5,067,957, collectively known as "the Jervis patents").

29 Mar 2010

Ten best practices for implementing statewide HIEs

With approximately $400 million in federal stimulus dollars being funneled into local governments to develop statewide health information technology programs, states are rapidly developing Health Information Exchanges to streamline information sharing and the continuity of patient care.

29 Mar 2010

Cardima announces CE Mark approval for Surgical Ablation Probe in Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Cardima, Inc., a medical device company focused on the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) and manufacturer of the Cardima Surgical Ablation System, today announced that it has received CE Mark approval with an Indication for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation for its Surgical Ablation Probe. All components of the Cardima Surgical Ablation System are now approved for marketing for the treatment of AF in European countries recognizing CE Mark approval.

29 Mar 2010

Glue ear: Bacterial nasal spray may help children

Many children have long-term problems with fluid in the middle ear, and sometimes surgery is the only way to shift it. However, a bacterial nasal spray can have the same effect in some children, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

29 Mar 2010

Pacemaker in stomach can help treat severe stomach disorders and chronic vomiting

People with severe stomach disorders can sometimes suffer from chronic vomiting. This symptom can be treated with electrical impulses from a pacemaker in the stomach. A new method enables patients who could benefit from this treatment to be identified, and electrical stimulation leads to reduced nausea and fewer days in hospital, shows a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

29 Mar 2010

Medical communications expert honored with 2010 "40 Under Forty" award

Medical communications expert Alicia Lane-Outlaw has been recognized in part for her rare expertise in making websites accessible to people with disabilities as well as mobile phone users.

29 Mar 2010

SMARTube technology helps physicians create index to get accurate picture of HIV infection

New data presented at the Center for Disease Control -sponsored 2010 HIV Diagnostics Conference suggests that an assay based on SMARTube™ technology may prove useful in developing a standardized measure for estimating what proportion of those infected with HIV have become recently infected.

29 Mar 2010

Researchers develop tiny chemical sensors to diagnose disease and track its progress

Tiny chemical sensors implanted into patients could help diagnose disease and track its progress, following a development by scientists.

29 Mar 2010

Bonis project develops multimedia system to identify dengue plague and febrile illnesses in Paraguay

Xabier Basogain Olabe (Donostia-San Sebasti-n, 1962), lecturer at the Higher Technical School of Engineering in Bilbao, is leading this project, known as Bonis. It involves developing a multimedia system in order to undertake visual monitoring of epidemiology in isolated areas of Paraguay and thus avoid the dengue plague and other febrile illnesses.

29 Mar 2010

ForeverGreen Worldwide completes in-house information systems

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp. announces the completion of its in-house fully functional information systems.

27 Mar 2010

Federal Circuit affirms validity of Pressure Products’ patent infringement case against Greatbatch Medical

In the most recent development concerning Pressure Products’ patent infringement case against Greatbatch Medical’s valved, peelable introducer product line, The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the rulings of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that Pressure Products’ patents are valid and enforceable. In a split decision, the Federal Circuit remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings concerning Greatbatch’s infringement of Pressure Products’ patents.

27 Mar 2010

LSI's upcoming Emerging Medical Technologies Spotlight: 30 device companies to be showcased

Life Science Intelligence (LSI) announced today that more than 30 medical device companies with emerging technologies will be showcased at their upcoming Emerging Medical Technologies Spotlight – an online meeting being held on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. Eastern, sponsored by Rutan, Orange Coast Medical Ventures, and Medical Capital Advisors.

27 Mar 2010

Device / Technology News

Health Robotics launches global Beta installation of 3 i.v.SOFT Workflow Engine automation modules

FDA grants IDE approval for Urovalve's Surinate Bladder Management System

HealthCare.com launches new online resource for Medicare Supplemental information and quotes

GEA Niro selects engineering simulation software from ANSYS

Bodhtree Consulting enters into Middle East and North African Healthcare Market

Three new hospitals utilize PureWellness' comprehensive online employee wellness platform

Helmholtz Zentrum München, SIRION BIOTECH partner to develop new therapeutic approaches against lymphoid tumors

APP adds eClinicalWorks' EMR system to CI Program

AGA Medical Holdings announces settlement of patent infringement lawsuit with Medtronic

Ten best practices for implementing statewide HIEs

Cardima announces CE Mark approval for Surgical Ablation Probe in Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Glue ear: Bacterial nasal spray may help children

Pacemaker in stomach can help treat severe stomach disorders and chronic vomiting

Medical communications expert honored with 2010 "40 Under Forty" award

SMARTube technology helps physicians create index to get accurate picture of HIV infection

Researchers develop tiny chemical sensors to diagnose disease and track its progress

Bonis project develops multimedia system to identify dengue plague and febrile illnesses in Paraguay

ForeverGreen Worldwide completes in-house information systems

Federal Circuit affirms validity of Pressure Products’ patent infringement case against Greatbatch Medical

LSI's upcoming Emerging Medical Technologies Spotlight: 30 device companies to be showcased

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