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78% of physicians do not agree with government recommendations for mammography: HCD study

Results from a new media study among 600 physicians revealed that the majority (78%) reported that they do not agree with the new guidelines released by the Preventive Services Task Force of the Department of Health and Human Services recommending against regular mammography tests for women under 50 years old.

20 Nov 2009

VerifyNow System, a rapid platelet function assessment platform, evaluated at AHA's Scientific Sessions

Accumetrics, Inc., developer of the VerifyNow System, the first point-of-care method for measuring platelet reactivity, announces that its market-leading VerifyNow P2Y12 Test was one of multiple methods evaluated in the POPular study, which was presented during a Late Breaking Clinical Trials session at the American Heart Association's annual Scientific Sessions.

20 Nov 2009

UCH introduces RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems

Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT.

20 Nov 2009

ONI reports successful execution of MRI platform to GE Healthcare

ONI Medical Systems Inc. announced today that it successfully closed the sale of its MRI technology platform to the GE Healthcare division of General Electric Company on November 6, 2009. With the purchase of ONI’s high performance, low-cost dedicated purpose MRI technology, GE Healthcare is expanding its product line of comprehensive healthcare solutions to enhance its customers’ ability to deliver patient-centered healthcare.

20 Nov 2009

"Micro-endoscopes" to detect tumors at earlier stages being developed

Traditional endoscopes provide a peek inside patients' bodies. Now, a University of Florida engineering researcher is designing ones capable of a full inspection.

19 Nov 2009

American Diabetes Association launches redesigned diabetes website

To meet the changing needs of people affected by this growing epidemic, the American Diabetes Association has launched a completely redesigned www.diabetes.org in English and Spanish. Even though diabetes is a growing epidemic, a recent survey conducted by the Association showed that Americans received a failing grade in diabetes awareness.

19 Nov 2009

New technology to investigate sleep disorders developed

Virtanen has developed a method for analysing snoring sounds by using a PC with a microphone connection and a wireless microphone. The objective was to create an application that could be used at home to monitor snoring. By utilizing this technology, researchers from Tampere University of Technology and the University of Helsinki have investigated sleep disorders and further refined related screening technologies.

19 Nov 2009

CleveMed to distribute its products in Europe and Canada following receipt of the CE Mark and CMDCAS

CleveMed recently received ISO 13485 certification issued by BSI Management Systems America Inc., one of the foremost auditing bodies in the world. CleveMed has also received the CE Mark and CMDCAS allowing its products to be distributed to the large European and the Canadian markets which will strengthen its worldwide market presence.

19 Nov 2009

NIMS’ Exer-Rest acceleration therapeutic platform awarded Japanese patent

Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. announced that the Nogawa Patent Office in Japan issued Patent number 4391595 to NIMS on October 16, 2009. This patent, entitled “Reciprocating Movement Platform for Shifting Subject To and Fro In Headwards-Footwards Direction,” relates to the comprehensively researched technology underlying NIMS’ Exer-Rest acceleration therapeutic platform.

19 Nov 2009

Aware to introduce its new AccuRad ImageShare Platform at the 2009 RSNA meeting

Aware, Inc., a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, today announced it will showcase its new AccuRad ImageShare Platform, a standards-based cross-enterprise image sharing platform for health information exchange (HIE), at the RSNA 2009 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting.

19 Nov 2009

AcroMetrix introduces the OptiQual HPV Genotype Panel

AcroMetrix, a leading manufacturer of quality control material for clinical diagnostic and blood testing laboratories, announced today the launch of its OptiQual HPV Genotype Panel. Designed to help clinical laboratories comply with CLIA guidelines for qualitative molecular assays that detect Human Papillomavirus (HPV), this addition to AcroMetrix’s line of women’s health products can assist laboratorians with the validation and verification of their molecular HPV tests.

19 Nov 2009

SPG establishes a nationwide sales force to meet demand for its Zip-Outs

StreamWorks Products Group, Inc. (SPG), renowned for developing innovative consumer products across several industries, has announced that its new PlugsSafety™ division, a cutting-edge line of hearing protection solutions, has contracted with seven regional sales groups across the country to establish a nationwide sales force following the tremendous debut of the company’s newest product, Zip-Outs™.

19 Nov 2009

Vicor Technologies' PD2i nonlinear algorithm and software: a promising diagnostic for in-field trauma triage

David H. Fater, CEO of Vicor Technologies, Inc., today announced that Andriy Batchinsky, MD, a researcher with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR), identified Vicor's proprietary PD2i® nonlinear algorithm and software as the most promising diagnostic for in-field trauma triage during a presentation before several hundred attendees at the American Heart Association's Resuscitation Science Symposium 2009 on November 14, 2009 in Orlando, Florida.

19 Nov 2009

Anika Therapeutics' "ELEVESS Light" receives European CE Mark approval

Anika Therapeutics, Inc., a leader in products for tissue protection, healing and repair based on hyaluronic acid (“HA”) technology, today announced that it has received European CE Mark approval for “ELEVESS™ Light,” the Company’s latest aesthetic product used for the treatment of fine lines and facial wrinkles. ELEVESS Light will be distributed in the European market by the Company’s current aesthetic dermatology distributors.

19 Nov 2009

Kansas pilot program to use electronic medical records to coordinate care

A health information technology project "may revolutionize how health care is managed" by using medical records to coordinate patients' records.

19 Nov 2009

VisEn Medical launches two new agents for imaging quantification

VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new OsteoSense® 800 imaging agent for targeting areas of bone turnover and microcalcification in vivo. The new 800 nm OsteoSense agent complements VisEn's OsteoSense 680 and 750 products, and is expected to further expand the utilization of this agent family in enabling in vivo detection, measurement and monitoring of skeletal changes in a wide range of disease states, including arthritis, osteoporosis, and cancer metastasis.

19 Nov 2009

Emerging trends fuelling the US market for reprocessed electrophysiology diagnostic catheters

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the US market for reprocessed electrophysiology diagnostic catheters will grow at a rate of over 15% through 2014. MRG's new US Markets for Electrophysiology Mapping and Ablation Devices 2010 report finds that although reprocessed catheters have existed for a number of years, it is only recently that this device type has begun to play a larger role in the electrophysiology diagnostic market.

19 Nov 2009

Positive results from Echo Therapeutics' Symphony tCGM System study

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a company developing its needle-free Symphony(TM) tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude(TM) SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery, today announced positive results of a clinical study of its Symphony tCGM System in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

19 Nov 2009

Cardiovascular Systems commences patient enrollment in CALCIUM 360° clinical trial

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., announces the first patient enrollment in its prospective, randomized CALCIUM 360° clinical trial, part of the company’s 360° Clinical Series. The CALCIUM 360° study will evaluate the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) behind and below the knee using CSI’s Diamondback 360® PAD System, a minimally invasive catheter for treating PAD anywhere in the leg.

19 Nov 2009

Dicom Systems' latest API improves the Teleradiology network experience for healthcare professionals

Dicom Systems, consolidating their reputation for continued and groundbreaking innovation, are preparing to launch the latest addition to their DCMSYS family: API for Advanced Statistical reports and graphs, and for monitoring.

19 Nov 2009