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Freescale Semiconductor expands its 8-bit microcontroller portfolio

Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with devices ideal for personal diagnostic and portable health care products that require low-power operation and advanced display capabilities.

19 Nov 2009

Medspira to manufacture and market Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies

Medspira, and Mayo Clinic have entered into an agreement to commercialize, manufacture and market several Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies invented by Mayo physicians and scientists.

19 Nov 2009

Researchers develop new device with nano-sized features to grab cancer cells

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

19 Nov 2009

PaxScan digital image detectors and X-ray tubes of Varian Medical Systems to be exhibited

Varian Medical Systems, Inc., a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, will exhibit its PaxScan digital image detectors and its line of X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging at the MEDICA 2009 International Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 18-21, 2009.

19 Nov 2009

Lathian Health announces the availability of proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies

After aggregating and mining physician responses to ePromotion campaigns spanning more than 115 brands, 64 therapeutic conditions and 30 specialties, Lathian Health today announced the availability of its proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies.

19 Nov 2009

Spineology's Capture Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

Spineology Inc., developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive spinal surgery devices, announced today that it has received FDA clearance for its minimally invasive surgery (MIS) Capture™ Facet Screw System.

19 Nov 2009

iCAD and AdMeTech Foundation sign a strategic partnership agreement

iCAD, Inc., an industry-leading provider of advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early identification of cancer, today announces a strategic partnership with the AdMeTech Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission to end prostate cancer as a patient care crisis and socio-economic problem.

19 Nov 2009

Radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day arrives at CTCA

A radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day, as opposed to the current average of six weeks, has arrived at Cancer Treatment Centers of America(R) (CTCA) in Philadelphia. CTCA will become the first in the country to offer this treatment option using the Novac7 technology from Rome, Italy.

19 Nov 2009

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

NYU Langone Medical Center is the first hospital in the Northeast to offer one of the world's fastest and most radiation dose efficient computed tomography (CT) scanner.

19 Nov 2009

BeamOne announces its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center

BeamOne LLC announces that it will locate its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Ground breaking will begin on the new facility in Q4 2009, and it is anticipated to be operational during Q4 2010.

19 Nov 2009

Horizon Health International announces its two new websites

HORIZON HEALTH INTERNATIONAL CORP. (PINK SHEETS:HZHI) (The Company) is pleased to announce its two new websites.

19 Nov 2009

Endologix receives IDE conditional approval from FDA

Endologix, Inc., developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, announced today that it has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) conditional approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to begin a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial for a bilateral percutaneous approach to endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) utilizing the Company's IntuiTrak(TM) endovascular delivery system for the Powerlink® family of stent grafts.

19 Nov 2009

CareRadius suite, a first-ever care management system from Landacorp

Landacorp today announced the public release of CareRadius suite, the only care management application of its kind to successfully achieve a large-scale, live implementation.

19 Nov 2009

Update on FDA's review of BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System for patients with cervical carcinoma provided

BSD Medical Corporation (www.bsdmedical.com) today provided an update on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) review of the Company's Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) marketing submission for the Company’s BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System.

18 Nov 2009

GTS, the first company to develop and commercialize a unique form of ultrasound technology

Guided Therapy Systems, LLC (GTS), a leading medical technology company, is the first company in the world to develop and commercialize products that employ a unique form of ultrasound technology, Intense Therapeutic Ultrasound (ITU).

18 Nov 2009

BioMed Central and Quertle team up to introduce innovative semantic search tool for researchers

BioMed Central, the world's largest open access publisher with over 200 peer-reviewed journals has teamed up with Quertle LLC to add over 60,000 published articles into the latest version of their innovative online biomedical search tool.

18 Nov 2009

Fully integrated human genome sequencing and data processing service launched

Knome, Inc., a recognized pioneer in the personal genomics field, today announced the launch of KnomeDISCOVERY, the first fully integrated human genome sequencing and data processing service for researchers. The new offering meets rapidly emerging demand from biomedical researchers for a one-stop service that bundles affordable, research-tailored access to a broad range of next-generation sequencing platforms with discovery-supportive data management and analysis.

18 Nov 2009

Click4Care receives prestigious Healthcare IT Innovation Award

Click4Care, a leading provider of care management software for payors, today announced that its revolutionary software platform was voted Solution with the Greatest Market Potential in the insurer category by the hundreds of senior industry executives that attended the Healthcare IT Summit last week in La Quinta, Calif.

18 Nov 2009

St. Jude Medical announces implantation of the first patient in China with its Eon rechargeable neurostimulator

St. Jude Medical, Inc. announced today that a 62-year-old man from Shenzhen, Guangdong province has become the first patient in China to be implanted with the Eon™ neurostimulator, a rechargeable device used to help manage chronic pain. Despite prior back surgeries, the patient suffered from chronic back pain for more than a decade.

18 Nov 2009

Ionian Technologies receives supplemental funding from the Gates Foundation

Ionian Technologies, Inc., will continue its efforts to develop a rapid point-of-care diagnostics platform for use in the developing world with supplemental funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This grant from the Foundation will extend the total commitment to this program, which was initiated in November 2008, to $3 million over two years.

18 Nov 2009

Device / Technology News

Freescale Semiconductor expands its 8-bit microcontroller portfolio

Medspira to manufacture and market Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies

Researchers develop new device with nano-sized features to grab cancer cells

PaxScan digital image detectors and X-ray tubes of Varian Medical Systems to be exhibited

Lathian Health announces the availability of proprietary longitudinal data assets to life science companies

Spineology's Capture Facet Screw System receives FDA clearance

iCAD and AdMeTech Foundation sign a strategic partnership agreement

Radiation breakthrough to treat breast cancer patients in one day arrives at CTCA

New CT scanner offers quality diagnostic images and emits minimum radiation

BeamOne announces its newest electron beam medical device sterilization service center

Horizon Health International announces its two new websites

Endologix receives IDE conditional approval from FDA

CareRadius suite, a first-ever care management system from Landacorp

Update on FDA's review of BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System for patients with cervical carcinoma provided

GTS, the first company to develop and commercialize a unique form of ultrasound technology

BioMed Central and Quertle team up to introduce innovative semantic search tool for researchers

Fully integrated human genome sequencing and data processing service launched

Click4Care receives prestigious Healthcare IT Innovation Award

St. Jude Medical announces implantation of the first patient in China with its Eon rechargeable neurostimulator

Ionian Technologies receives supplemental funding from the Gates Foundation

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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