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Renowned physician highlights digital medical devices at International CES 2010

Dr. Eric J. Topol, chief academic officer of Scripps Health and chief medical officer of the West Wireless Health Institute (WWHI), will join Qualcomm chairman and CEO Dr. Paul E. Jacobs during Jacobs' keynote at International CES on Friday, January 8, 2010, to highlight a variety of digital medical devices that offer physicians and consumers the ability to remotely monitor fitness, sleep, vital signs and pre-natal activity.

9 Jan 2010

Impulse Accelerated Technologies' FPGA compiler used to deploy DNA biotechnology genome search algorithm

Impulse Accelerated Technologies today announced that its CoDeveloper C-to-FPGA compiler has been used to develop and deploy a DNA biotechnology genome search algorithm on a new, modular FPGA acceleration platform created by Pico Computing, of Seattle, Washington. The Xilinx FPGA-accelerated bioinformatics algorithm, written in C, performs sequence analysis and pair-match scoring of DNA runs with lengths of 25 base pairs.

9 Jan 2010

Texas A&M professor studies new medical imaging methods to enhance cancer detection

Thanks to medical imaging techniques such as X-ray CT, ultrasound imaging and MRI, doctors have long been able to see to varying degrees what's going on inside a patient's body, and now a Texas A&M University mathematician is trying to find new and better ways to do so.

9 Jan 2010

TRIA Beauty receives OTC clearance from FDA for hand-held blue light device

TRIA Beauty, the leader in light-based therapeutic beauty devices, today announced it received over-the-counter (OTC) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a hand-held blue light device designed for at-home use.

9 Jan 2010

Mediture implements web-based EHR at Mercy LIFE's Adult Day Health Centers in Philadelphia

Mediture, a leading software developer for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, today announced that they have implemented a web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) for more than 90 staff at Mercy LIFE's Adult Day Health Centers in Philadelphia.

9 Jan 2010

LinkMed’s portfolio company Likvor receives new order for Likvor CELDA

LinkMed’s portfolio company Likvor has received a new order for Likvor CELDA™ ,this time from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. With Likvor CELDA™ the clinical will be able to dynamic measure the most important parameters concerning the patients’ cerebrospinal fluid including pressure and flow in a controlled and safe process.

9 Jan 2010

Straumann becomes exclusive European distributor of iTero digital impressions system

Cadent, the leading provider of 3-D digital and CAD/CAM solutions for orthodontics and dentistry, announced that it finalized an agreement last month with The Straumann Group, a global leader in regenerative, restorative and replacement dentistry, whereby Straumann will become the exclusive European distributor of the iTero digital impressions system.

9 Jan 2010

Tech Roundup: Virtual visits, EMR loans and a new e-prescribing tool

The New York Times: "Telemedicine has the potential to improve quality of care by allowing clinicians in one 'control center' to monitor, consult and even care for and perform procedures on patients in multiple locations," Doctor and Patient columnist Pauline Chen writes. "A rural primary care practitioner who sees a patient with a rare skin lesion, for example, can get expert consultation from a dermatologist at a center hundreds of miles away."

9 Jan 2010

ChiroCode Institute and Avazzia jointly promote advanced technology devices

ChiroCode Institute and Avazzia will jointly promote advanced technology devices that help chiropractors and other caregivers manage their patients' chronic pain. The Avazzia BEST Pro Sport device combines microcurrent transcutaneous stimulation with somatic bio-feedback to provide improved results while making obsolete existing TENS devices.

9 Jan 2010

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care wins contract to develop a pilot of FDA's Sentinel System

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded a contract to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. to develop a pilot of the FDA's Sentinel System, which will use automated health care data to evaluate medical product safety.

9 Jan 2010

Cytori Therapeutics' PureGraft System receives FDA marketing clearance

The FDA has granted Cytori Therapeutics 510(k) marketing clearance for its PureGraft™ System. Cytori will now launch the first and only device in the United States cleared for aesthetic body contouring using autologous fat. PureGraft™ allows a patient’s own fat tissue to rapidly be prepared in approximately 15 minutes for re-injection back into the same patient for aesthetic contouring.

9 Jan 2010

Svelte Medical Systems initiates European clinical trial for SOAW delivery system

Svelte Medical Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has initiated its European clinical trial at the Thoraxcenter Research Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for its “Stent-on-a-Wire” (SOAW) cobalt–chromium Bare Metal Stent.

9 Jan 2010

Boston Scientific's PROMUS Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System receives Japanese marketing approval

Boston Scientific Corporation announced today that it has received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to market its PROMUS® Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The Company plans to launch the product as soon as reimbursement approval is granted, which is expected in the coming weeks.

9 Jan 2010

Misonix signs new distribution agreement with Thimar Al Jazirah Health Care

Misonix, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of tumors and worldwide for other acute health conditions, has entered into a new, three year distribution agreement with Thimar Al Jazirah Health Care, based in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for the distribution of the SonaStar(TM) Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator and the BoneScalpel(TM) Ultrasonic Bone Cutter.

9 Jan 2010

Luna Innovations extends its development and supply agreement with Intuitive Surgical

Luna Innovations Incorporated announced today that it will be extending its development and supply agreement with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) to continue integrating Luna’s shape sensing technology into Intuitive’s products.

8 Jan 2010

FDA grants unconditional approval for World Heart's Levacor VAD BTT study

World Heart Corporation, a developer of mechanical circulatory systems, announced today that it has received unconditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for the bridge-to-transplant ("BTT") study of the Levacor Ventricular Assist Device ("VAD"). Study enrollment will encompass 160 subjects, a reduction from the approximately 200 subjects of the original statistical plan. As previously announced, the BTT study will begin initially at ten clinical sites.

8 Jan 2010

Health Canada clears Zargis Cardioscan device for sale in Canada

Zargis Medical Corp., a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp. (Nasdaq: SPDE), today announced that Health Canada, the Canadian equivalent of the U.S. FDA, has cleared the Zargis Cardioscan(TM) device for sale in Canada.

8 Jan 2010

Sybaritic to stop production and distribution of medical devices

Sybaritic Inc., a medical device maker, has agreed to stop producing and distributing its medical products used in laser surgery, dermatology, and spa treatments until it is in compliance with FDA quality standards.

8 Jan 2010

IMRIS obtains regulatory approval to market surgical imaging systems in South Korea

IMRIS Inc. ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced that it has gained regulatory approval from the Korea Food & Drug Administration permitting the Company to immediately begin marketing its 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla IMRISneuro systems in South Korea.

8 Jan 2010

Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System

Abbott announced today that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved its XIENCE V® Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

8 Jan 2010

Device / Technology News

Renowned physician highlights digital medical devices at International CES 2010

Impulse Accelerated Technologies' FPGA compiler used to deploy DNA biotechnology genome search algorithm

Texas A&M professor studies new medical imaging methods to enhance cancer detection

TRIA Beauty receives OTC clearance from FDA for hand-held blue light device

Mediture implements web-based EHR at Mercy LIFE's Adult Day Health Centers in Philadelphia

LinkMed’s portfolio company Likvor receives new order for Likvor CELDA

Straumann becomes exclusive European distributor of iTero digital impressions system

Tech Roundup: Virtual visits, EMR loans and a new e-prescribing tool

ChiroCode Institute and Avazzia jointly promote advanced technology devices

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care wins contract to develop a pilot of FDA's Sentinel System

Cytori Therapeutics' PureGraft System receives FDA marketing clearance

Svelte Medical Systems initiates European clinical trial for SOAW delivery system

Boston Scientific's PROMUS Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System receives Japanese marketing approval

Misonix signs new distribution agreement with Thimar Al Jazirah Health Care

Luna Innovations extends its development and supply agreement with Intuitive Surgical

FDA grants unconditional approval for World Heart's Levacor VAD BTT study

Health Canada clears Zargis Cardioscan device for sale in Canada

Sybaritic to stop production and distribution of medical devices

IMRIS obtains regulatory approval to market surgical imaging systems in South Korea

Japanese MHLW approves Abbott's XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System

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