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Labcyte to receive $5.5 million from Hercules Technology Growth Capital

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTGC), the leading specialty finance company providing venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity-backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development, today announced that it has committed to provide Labcyte, Inc. (www.labcyte.com) $5.5 million in credit facilities.

9 Nov 2009

Black Diamond Video’s Integrated Digital Surgical Suites to be installed at the Yale-New Haven Hospital

Black Diamond Video, Inc. announces that Yale-New Haven Hospital has selected BDV to install their state-of-the-art Integrated Digital Surgical Suites (IDSS) into their neurosurgical suite and gastrointestinal suites in the new Smilow Cancer Center.

9 Nov 2009

LifeNet Health launches the Vertigraft Cervical Bio-Implant with Preservon Technology

LifeNet Health, a leading allograft bio-implant company, announces the launch of Vertigraft Cervical Bio-Implant (VG2C) with Preservon® Technology

9 Nov 2009

Netezza's TwinFin appliance to address Marshfield Clinic's research database and computation needs

Netezza Corporation, the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, today announced that Marshfield Clinic, one of the largest private, multispecialty medical systems in the United States, has selected the Netezza® TwinFin™ appliance to address the research database and computation needs of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation.

9 Nov 2009

Press Ganey Associates selects RAVEN to improve their requirements definition process

Press Ganey Associates, Inc. today announced it has selected RAVEN to improve their requirements definition process.

9 Nov 2009

FDA grants marketing approval for Wright Medical Group's CONSERVE Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System

Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval to the Company to market its original CONSERVE® Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System. Now available in the United States, this innovative total surface arthroplasty system provides surgeons and their patients a bone-conserving alternative to traditional total hip replacement.

9 Nov 2009

Prescient Medical to showcase its vProtect Luminal Shield and the vPredict Optical Catheter System

Two products from Prescient Medical -- the vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield and the vPredict(TM) Optical Catheter System -- will be featured at the 3rd Annual Canaccord Adams Cardiovascular Conference. The conference will take place on Tuesday, November 10th in San Francisco, California, and will bring together a select group of med-tech and biotech companies focused on the most important markets in cardiovascular medicine.

9 Nov 2009

Positive study data from Zosano Pharma's ZP-PTH transdermal patch for treating osteoporosis

Zosano Pharma, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical company developing products using a novel transdermal delivery technology, announced publication in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism of results from a positive phase 2 study of its rapid-delivery transdermal patch (ZP-PTH) for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

9 Nov 2009

Covisint and Carefx partner to market an integrated workflow solution for health information exchange

Addressing the burgeoning demand for health information exchange (HIE) to coordinate and better leverage patient information, two health IT industry leaders - Covisint, a subsidiary of Compuware Corporation, and Carefx - have partnered to market an integrated workflow solution that ties together the full spectrum of care, from physician offices to labs and pharmacies, to multiple information systems within hospitals.

9 Nov 2009

Chicago Prostate Cancer Center offers free prostate cancer guide

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men. One in six men will be diagnosed during his lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.

9 Nov 2009

Thomson Reuters releases CareFocus 2.0 clinical surveillance solution

Thomson Reuters today announced the newest release of Clinical Xpert(TM) CareFocus, a leading clinical surveillance solution that enables hospitals to identify at-risk patients in real-time and respond immediately to improve clinical quality and reduce total cost of treatment.

9 Nov 2009

CIPA selects eClinicalWorks' unified EMR and PM software

eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Buffalo, New York’s Catholic Independent Practice Association (CIPA) has selected eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) software for the Catholic Health System’s network of ambulatory care offices and for select community physicians, purchasing 150 licenses. eClinicalWorks will also work with the IPA to connect into HEALTHeLINK, the local Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO).

9 Nov 2009

ZeOmega announces alliance with Eldorado Computing to offer integrated care management solution

ZeOmega, a premier provider of care management software solutions and services, today announced its strategic alliance with Eldorado Computing Inc. (ELDORADO), an MphasiS Company and a leading provider of health benefit and claims management platforms, to offer an integrated care and benefits management solution.

9 Nov 2009

Single reimbursement code for NPWT devices: Smith & Nephew endorses decision

The Advanced Wound Management division of Smith & Nephew, Inc., a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew plc, applauded the federal government's decision last week to maintain the current, single reimbursement code for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) devices.

9 Nov 2009

SonoSite offers SonoAccess iPhone application for musculoskeletal physicians

SonoSite, Inc., the world leader and specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for point-of-care medicine, today announced the expansion of the SonoAccess™ iPhone® application to include musculoskeletal specialties. SonoAccess is the first iPhone application to provide physicians with a comprehensive multimedia database of ultrasound resource materials.

9 Nov 2009

Merge Healthcare signs distribution agreement with PANGAEA Technology

Merge Healthcare, a leading medical imaging solutions provider, today announced that its Merge China business unit has signed a Distribution Agreement with PANGAEA Technology Limited, a distributor of CCD detectors, which are an economical alternative to digital detectors, for DR systems in the Greater China area.

9 Nov 2009

Chinese SFDA approves China Medical Technologies' Leukemia BCR/ABL fusion gene detection FISH Probe

China Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading China-based medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets advanced in-vitro diagnostic products, today announced that the Company has received approval for its Leukemia BCR/ABL fusion gene detection FISH Probe (the "Leukemia BCR/ABL FISH Probe") from the State Food and Drug Administration of China (the "SFDA").

9 Nov 2009

Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services receives a $1.8M funding commitment for the EPA's ToxCast program

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of tools and services for drug discovery and life sciences research, today announced that its Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services (CDAS) unit has been awarded a new funding commitment for $1.8 million under its contract with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the EPA's ToxCast screening program.

9 Nov 2009

Breast Fest Film Festival to focus on storytelling as part of the healing process

After a successful inaugural year, the world's first breast cancer film festival is back and bigger than ever. Along with a new selection of inspiring films that cover the emotional spectrum of the breast cancer journey, Rethink Breast Cancer's 2009 Breast Fest Film Festival is unveiling a new three-day program to include additional workshops to further engage and educate audiences.

9 Nov 2009

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, today announced that it has enhanced its cardiac safety capabilities for early phase clinical development through an alliance with Mortara Instrument, Inc., which manufactures and distributes electrocardiogram (ECG) devices and related technology worldwide.

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Device / Technology News

Labcyte to receive $5.5 million from Hercules Technology Growth Capital

Black Diamond Video’s Integrated Digital Surgical Suites to be installed at the Yale-New Haven Hospital

LifeNet Health launches the Vertigraft Cervical Bio-Implant with Preservon Technology

Netezza's TwinFin appliance to address Marshfield Clinic's research database and computation needs

Press Ganey Associates selects RAVEN to improve their requirements definition process

FDA grants marketing approval for Wright Medical Group's CONSERVE Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System

Prescient Medical to showcase its vProtect Luminal Shield and the vPredict Optical Catheter System

Positive study data from Zosano Pharma's ZP-PTH transdermal patch for treating osteoporosis

Covisint and Carefx partner to market an integrated workflow solution for health information exchange

Chicago Prostate Cancer Center offers free prostate cancer guide

Thomson Reuters releases CareFocus 2.0 clinical surveillance solution

CIPA selects eClinicalWorks' unified EMR and PM software

ZeOmega announces alliance with Eldorado Computing to offer integrated care management solution

Single reimbursement code for NPWT devices: Smith & Nephew endorses decision

SonoSite offers SonoAccess iPhone application for musculoskeletal physicians

Merge Healthcare signs distribution agreement with PANGAEA Technology

Chinese SFDA approves China Medical Technologies' Leukemia BCR/ABL fusion gene detection FISH Probe

Caliper Discovery Alliances and Services receives a $1.8M funding commitment for the EPA's ToxCast program

Breast Fest Film Festival to focus on storytelling as part of the healing process

PAREXEL International forms an alliance with Mortara Instrument, enhances cardiac safety capabilities

Achieving and maintaining ISO 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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