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CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery treatment offers new option for cancer patients in Ontario

Ontario marks a milestone with the announcement of the province's first CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery treatment option for cancer patients at Juravinski Cancer Centre. The technology will offer many cancer patients an effective alternative to surgery for some cancers.

26 Nov 2009

Study on response to breast cancer radiotherapy

Scientists are closer to discovering why some people respond to breast cancer radiotherapy better than others, according to Breast Cancer Campaign.

26 Nov 2009

GE Healthcare, MTL partner to manufacture diagnostic imaging products in Russia

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, and a leading Russian medical imaging manufacturer Medical Technologies Limited (MTL), today announced a strategic partnership to manufacture diagnostic imaging products in Russia, starting with GE Healthcare’s CT BrightSpeed™ Elite system, in line with GE’s healthymagination strategy. The partnership will see Russia’s first locally manufactured advanced 16-slice computed tomography (CT).

26 Nov 2009

GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD system installed in Moscow

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced the installation of Russia’s first high-definition computed tomography (CT) scanner, GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD, at the Center of Medical Rehabilitation by the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow led by Professor Konstantin V. Lyadov.

26 Nov 2009

UCLA engineers and physicians develop PAD treatment device to prevent thrombosis

A fortuitous discovery that grew out of a collaboration between UCLA engineers and physicians could potentially offer hope to the nearly 10 million Americans who suffer from peripheral arterial disease.

26 Nov 2009

DeHiGate develops prototype box for emergency services

On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, tackled fires and evacuated as many people as they could in an area which contained an estimated 17,000 people.

26 Nov 2009

Free, confidential HIV testing at Northern California ‘Out of the Closet’ locations

To commemorate World AIDS Day 2009, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), together with local partners, will offer free, confidential HIV testing at all five of its popular Bay Area “Out of the Closet” Thrift Stores on Tuesday, December 1st, from 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m. The events are part of AHF’s World AIDS Day 2009 “Testing Millions” campaign which seeks to test several million people for HIV in conjunction with this year’s observance of World AIDS Day.

26 Nov 2009

Three high risk indicators that aid mammography screening

Mammography Reporting System, Inc. (MRS) will demonstrate their newest high risk indicator at RSNA 2009, in Chicago. MRS is the only company in the industry offering three separate high risk indicators to alert radiologists of potentially at-risk patients at the very point they interpret a mammogram.

26 Nov 2009

AAFP EHR User Satisfaction Survey ranks Praxis EMR top in essential categories

Praxis Electronic Medical Records received first place rankings in the American Academy of Family Physicians' (AAFP) Family Practice Management (FPM) 2009 EHR User Satisfaction Survey for improving medical quality, health maintenance, and disease management, all critical for new ARRA Stimulus legislation. Praxis also ranked #1 among doctors indicating their EMR had a positive effect in determining their salary.

26 Nov 2009

Low-temperature plasma prototype devices as bactericidal cocktails

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and unfailing bactericidal cocktails.

26 Nov 2009

TomTec Imaging Systems to present new technology for radiologic ultrasound at upcoming RSNA conference

TomTec Imaging Systems, the leading innovator for cardiac image analysis and image management will present its new technology for radiologic ultrasound at the upcoming RSNA conference in Chicago.

26 Nov 2009

UT Southwestern Medical Center to offer NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System implantation

Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center soon will begin implanting a new device designed to improve breathing in patients with upper spinal-cord injuries or other diseases that keep them from breathing independently.

26 Nov 2009

China Sky One Medical passes the ICPBP examination for two of its new products

China Sky One Medical, Inc. ("China Sky One Medical" or "the Company"), a leading fully integrated pharmaceutical company developing and producing over-the-counter drugs in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), today announced that the Company recently passed the Chinese National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products ("ICPBP") examination for two of its new products: its Diagnostic Kit for Human Prostate Specific Antigen (Colloidal Gold) and its Determination Kit for Luteinizing Hormone (Colloidal Gold).

26 Nov 2009

Aegis Breast 3.0 that offers powerful real-time 4D image processing to be launched

Sentinelle Medical Inc., a leading manufacturer of breast MRI coils and advanced visualization software launches a suite of new leading edge clinical applications on its Aegis(TM) medical imaging software platform at this year's Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago, Nov. 30 - Dec. 5, 2009 (Booth 5800, Hall A).

26 Nov 2009

Del Medical Imaging product lines sold to UMG

Del Global Technologies Corp. and UMG, INC. have completed the transaction to sell certain assets and the product lines of Del Medical Imaging from Del Global to UMG. The transfer of ownership was finalized on November 24, 2009. The name of the new entity is Del Medical, Inc. and will remain at its current location in Roselle, IL.

25 Nov 2009

Advanced radiation delivery techniques can reduce TomoTherapy treatment time

TomoTherapy Incorporated announced today that a research study published in the November 11, 2009 International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics -- commonly known as the Red Journal -- indicated that TomoTherapy(SM) treatment times could be reduced by up to 66 percent using advanced radiation delivery techniques.

25 Nov 2009

Simulations Plus launches new version of GastroPlus

Simulations Plus, Inc., a leading provider of simulation and modeling software for pharmaceutical discovery and development, announces the release of GastroPlus Version 6.1, the latest version of its state-of-the-art software used by pharmaceutical research scientists for simulation of oral absorption, intravenous dosing, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics.

25 Nov 2009

Agfa HealthCare establishes a healthcare technology institute in Canada

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, today introduced the Agfa HealthCare Institute - a new initiative leveraging collaborative partnerships with world-class vendors, academic institutions, government and healthcare providers throughout North America to help facilitate innovation in the healthcare technology space.

25 Nov 2009

Gestion Univalor, Cognitive Sensing to commercialize Prof. Jocelyn Faubert's four products

Cutting-edge technologies are about to enter the marketplace, thanks to a new partnership between Gestion Univalor, Limited Partnership (Univalor) and Cognitive Sensing Inc. (CSI), a privately owned technology company based in Montreal.

25 Nov 2009

Unilife Medical Solutions files a patent application for its Unifill Select ready-to-fill syringe

Unilife Medical Solutions Limited today announced the filing of patent applications in the United States ("US") for a new ready-to-fill syringe product to be marketed as the Unifill™ Select. Unilife is confident that this new pipeline product, which is to be primarily targeted for use with vaccines, can further expand the Company's ability to penetrate the pharmaceutical market for prefilled syringes.

25 Nov 2009

Device / Technology News

CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery treatment offers new option for cancer patients in Ontario

Study on response to breast cancer radiotherapy

GE Healthcare, MTL partner to manufacture diagnostic imaging products in Russia

GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD system installed in Moscow

UCLA engineers and physicians develop PAD treatment device to prevent thrombosis

DeHiGate develops prototype box for emergency services

Free, confidential HIV testing at Northern California ‘Out of the Closet’ locations

Three high risk indicators that aid mammography screening

AAFP EHR User Satisfaction Survey ranks Praxis EMR top in essential categories

Low-temperature plasma prototype devices as bactericidal cocktails

TomTec Imaging Systems to present new technology for radiologic ultrasound at upcoming RSNA conference

UT Southwestern Medical Center to offer NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System implantation

China Sky One Medical passes the ICPBP examination for two of its new products

Aegis Breast 3.0 that offers powerful real-time 4D image processing to be launched

Del Medical Imaging product lines sold to UMG

Advanced radiation delivery techniques can reduce TomoTherapy treatment time

Simulations Plus launches new version of GastroPlus

Agfa HealthCare establishes a healthcare technology institute in Canada

Gestion Univalor, Cognitive Sensing to commercialize Prof. Jocelyn Faubert's four products

Unilife Medical Solutions files a patent application for its Unifill Select ready-to-fill syringe

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 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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