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Technology to help elderly people stay healthy at home

In a collaboration between Kaiser Health News and The Washington Post, Elizabeth Olson writes about how emerging technology is helping older people stay in their homes and can, in some instances, offer mechanisms to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs.

17 Nov 2009

Capsugel to have exclusive rights to Appian Labs' AppiForm Modular Release System technology

Appian Labs, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in advanced therapeutic design and delivery, has announced an exclusive Development and Commercial License Agreement for the company’s AppiForm™ Modular Release System with Capsugel, the world's leading provider of dosage form solutions to the pharmaceutical and related healthcare industries. The agreement provides for Capsugel to utilize the AppiForm Modular Release System for customizable drug delivery profiles.

17 Nov 2009

Startling new mammogram guidelines incite debate about risk, cost

The Washington Post: "Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms and older women should cut back to one scheduled exam every other year, an influential federal task force has concluded, challenging the use of one of the most common medical tests" (Stein, 11/17).

17 Nov 2009

New technology drives therapies for older patients, those with Alzheimer's

Technology advances are making life better for the elderly and those with Alzheimer's disease by allowing the older to stay in their homes and giving the ill a way to interact with society again.

17 Nov 2009

Ellipse Technologies' MAGEC Technology for spinal deformity treatment receives CE Mark

Ellipse Technologies, Inc. announced today it has received CE Mark (Conformité Européenne) for its MAGECTM Technology for the treatment of spinal deformity. The first application for this technology is for the treatment of spinal scoliosis in young children and teenagers. The CE Mark allows the Company to market the MAGEC System in the European Union and other countries that recognize the CE Mark for commercial distribution purposes.

17 Nov 2009

RAE Systems' gamma radiation detector granted U.S. patent

RAE Systems Inc., a leader in delivering innovative sensor solutions to serve energy, hazardous material management, industrial safety, government safety and environmental markets worldwide, was granted U.S. Patent 7,592,603 B2 for a gamma radiation detector that can perform both rate and dose measurements simultaneously.

17 Nov 2009

Helicos Genetic Analysis System to be installed at the Leiden Genome Technology Center

Helicos BioSciences Corporation, today announced the sale of a Helicos® Genetic Analysis System to a collaborative Dutch research group led by the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), further including the medical centers of Amsterdam (AMC) Groningen (UMCG) and Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and funded by a grant from NWO, the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research.

17 Nov 2009

CONMED Linvatec produces the smallest Biocomposite Interference screw for fixation of ACL and PCL grafts

CONMED Corporation's CONMED Linvatec arthroscopy unit today announced the release of new sizes of its Matryx™ Biocomposite Interference Screw. These new screws represent the latest advance in biocomposite material technology that allows CONMED Linvatec to produce the smallest Biocomposite Interference screw available on the market today for primary fixation of ACL and PCL grafts.

17 Nov 2009

IMIX Americas launches new TFT-based Slimline DR detectors

IMIX Americas Inc., an innovative provider of high-value digital radiography (DR) systems, has expanded its product line with the addition of a thin detector option. The new TFT-based Slimline detectors join the company’s proprietary IMIXhorizon™ high-resolution CCD-based detectors, resulting in a comprehensive line of affordable, high-quality DR systems that meet a wide variety of imaging needs.

17 Nov 2009

Atrium Medical presents interim results from its COBEST clinical study at the 2009 VIVA meeting

Atrium Medical Corporation is proud to announce the release of the interim results from the COBEST clinical study. This study is to evaluate the use of bare metal stents vs. balloon expandable covered stents for the treatment of aorto-iliac occlusive disease. Prof. Patrice Mwipatayi of Royal Perth Hospital, Australia, presented interim data on the Covered versus Balloon Expandable Stent Trial known as COBEST at the 2009 VIVA (Vascular InterVentional Advances) meeting in Las Vegas.

17 Nov 2009

American Biotech Labs' ASAP Antibacterial Silver Gel receives FDA 510(k) medical device clearance

American Biotech Labs, LLC (ABL), developer of a new class of products based on the company's patented nano-catalytic SilverSol Technology(R), today announced that the company has obtained clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its ASAP Antibacterial Silver Wound Dressing Gel as a prescription 510(k) medical device throughout the United States. Clifton Mining Company is a major shareholder in American Biotech Labs.

17 Nov 2009

United Regional Health Care System selects INX to deliver unified communications and wireless solution

INX, Inc., announced today that it has begun deployment of a unified communications and wireless solution for United Regional Health Care System in North Texas.

17 Nov 2009

Perceptive Informatics announces the expansion of its medical imaging capabilities for cardiology clinical trials

Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation, today announced that it has expanded its leading medical imaging capabilities with advanced nuclear imaging functionality for cardiology clinical trials.

From Parexel 17 Nov 2009

IntelGenx completes first successful human study of an anti-migraine film

IntelGenx Corp. is pleased to announce the results of a clinical pilot study that suggests IntelGenx has successfully developed a product that is bioequivalent to a leading branded anti-migraine therapy. The product (INT008) has been developed using IntelGenx's proprietary immediate release film "VersaFilm" drug delivery technology. VersaFilm provides a patent-protected method of formulating in a convenient and discrete dosage form.

17 Nov 2009

Smith & Nephew launches new operative hysteroscopy device

Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division announced the launch of the TRUCLEAR(TM) System, an operative hysteroscopy device, which is now widely available in the United States.

17 Nov 2009

New website for senior care from A Softer Place

A Softer Place, LLC has announced the completion of Stage I of www.asofterplace.com. Refreshingly easy to use, straightforward, and timely, this Dallas-based website is the ultimate in online local advertising. It brings together only the very best senior care facilities, professionals and service providers in the area, in one comprehensive and informative directory; a “go to” place, where those who need help can find it quickly and easily with “two clicks” of the mouse.

17 Nov 2009

First phase of new electronic health record system launched at Trinity Center

NYU Langone Medical Center launched the first phase of its new electronic health record system last week at their multi-disciplinary faculty group practice at Trinity Center in lower Manhattan. The integrated system, powered by software from Epic Systems Corporation, provides a single platform from which physicians, staff and patients themselves can access and manage medical information.

17 Nov 2009

MEMS: Sensors made for automobiles are being used for healthcare devices

MEMS industry execs attending the annual MEMS Executive Congress last week were rapt by presentations and panel discussions by leading innovators in automotive, bio/medical, consumer electronics, mobile communications and energy. Buoyed by optimistic forecasts for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices such as accelerometers and multi-axis gyros—increasingly used in mobile handsets and video games—they engaged with keynote speaker Dr. Mauro Ferrari, professor and director of The Division of NanoMedicine and Deputy Chairman of The University of Texas Department of Biomedical Engineering, whose proteomic NanoChips and multi-stage drug-delivery systems may one day ‘cure cancer.’

17 Nov 2009

New rapid screening methods for BPA using Waters ACQUITY UPLC published in ASTM International

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today hosted Dr. Lawrence Zintek, National Organic Methods Development Expert, United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Central Regional Laboratory in Chicago, and author of two new rapid screening methods for Alkylphenols and Bisphenol A (BPA) using Waters® ACQUITY UPLC®/Quattro Premier(TM) XE (UPLC/MS/MS) recently published in American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International. Dr. Zintek was the keynote speaker at a Waters' breakfast seminar held in conjunction with the Water Quality Technology Conference sponsored by the American Water Works Association in Seattle.

17 Nov 2009

Healthcare reform legislation ignores obesity and unwanted pregnancies

The following blog post was published November 8, 2009, by Shafeen Charania, author of the synthesis blog, winner of the 2008 Weblog award for best new blog, and Time.com's 25 best blogs of 2009.

17 Nov 2009

Device / Technology News

Technology to help elderly people stay healthy at home

Capsugel to have exclusive rights to Appian Labs' AppiForm Modular Release System technology

Startling new mammogram guidelines incite debate about risk, cost

New technology drives therapies for older patients, those with Alzheimer's

Ellipse Technologies' MAGEC Technology for spinal deformity treatment receives CE Mark

RAE Systems' gamma radiation detector granted U.S. patent

Helicos Genetic Analysis System to be installed at the Leiden Genome Technology Center

CONMED Linvatec produces the smallest Biocomposite Interference screw for fixation of ACL and PCL grafts

IMIX Americas launches new TFT-based Slimline DR detectors

Atrium Medical presents interim results from its COBEST clinical study at the 2009 VIVA meeting

American Biotech Labs' ASAP Antibacterial Silver Gel receives FDA 510(k) medical device clearance

United Regional Health Care System selects INX to deliver unified communications and wireless solution

Perceptive Informatics announces the expansion of its medical imaging capabilities for cardiology clinical trials

IntelGenx completes first successful human study of an anti-migraine film

Smith & Nephew launches new operative hysteroscopy device

New website for senior care from A Softer Place

First phase of new electronic health record system launched at Trinity Center

MEMS: Sensors made for automobiles are being used for healthcare devices

New rapid screening methods for BPA using Waters ACQUITY UPLC published in ASTM International

Healthcare reform legislation ignores obesity and unwanted pregnancies

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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