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Muscle Flex gets ready for National commercial release of its Beagle StepFit Pedometer

Muscle Flex Inc. announced today that it is ready to go for a Monday, December 7 National commercial release for its Beagle StepFit Pedometer.

4 Dec 2009

FDA clears TSO3's STERIZONE 125L Sterilizer for expanded use

TSO3 Inc., an innovator in low temperature sterilization technology for medical devices in healthcare settings through the use of ozone, today announced that the Company has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to expand the intended use claims for its TSO3 STERIZONE(R) 125L Sterilizer.

4 Dec 2009

FUJIFILM to interface Raytheon BBN Technologies' SDM technology with its Aspire HD FFDM system

Raytheon BBN Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Company, has licensed its patented, award-winning stereo digital mammography (SDM) technology to FUJIFILM Corp.

4 Dec 2009

Mitral valve repair by experienced surgeons improves the survival rate of patients

Superior surgical techniques used in centres such as the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) to fix a faulty heart valve flap, eliminate severe blood leakage and other serious cardiac conditions are highlighted as an expert guide to physicians and featured today in one of medicine's most prestigious journals.

4 Dec 2009

GetWellNetwork experiences positive momentum for its IPC solutions across major hospitals

GetWellNetwork, Inc., the leading provider of Interactive Patient Care (IPC) solutions, today announced that major hospitals and healthcare providers selected its award-winning IPC solutions to improve patient engagement and quality. Additionally, hospitals already using GetWellNetwork's IPC solutions chose to expand and renew their projects to continue reaping performance improvements and affecting positive outcomes for their patients.

4 Dec 2009

FDA approves St. Jude Medical's MultiSteering Technology software for optimizing neurostimulation therapy

St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its next-generation MultiSteering Technology software for Rapid Programmer™, a programming platform used to optimize neurostimulation therapy for chronic pain patients.

4 Dec 2009

PACS injection-record integration capabilities demonstrated at RSNA

Radiology imaging leader MEDRAD, Inc. demonstrated PACS injection-record integration capabilities at the November 2009 Radiology Society of North America in Chicago.

4 Dec 2009

CDEX felicitates recipients of the 2009 ASHP Literature Award for Pharmacy Practice Research

CDEX Inc. extends its congratulations to Dr. Jim Stevenson and members of his staff at the CS Mott Children's Hospital of the University of Michigan Health System, among the best in the nation, recipients of the 2009 ASHP Literature Award for Pharmacy Practice Research.

4 Dec 2009

RevMed introduces its proprietary suite of MRI software products at RSNA 2009

Revolutions Medical Corporation ("RevMed" or the "Company"), producers of the RevVac safety syringe, RevColor, RevDisplay and Rev3D MRI Technology, today announced that it introduced its proprietary suite of MRI software products at this week's Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting with great success.

4 Dec 2009

InVivo Therapeutics files an Investigational Device Exemption application with the FDA

InVivo Therapeutics Corporation has filed an Investigational Device Exemption application with the Food and Drug Administration requesting permission to advance to human clinical studies. InVivo is currently conducting its third primate study and expects to receive approval to begin a human study in 2010.

4 Dec 2009

Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics sign agreement for next-generation sequencing projects at Ambry

Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics today announced the signing of an agreement to provide extended bioinformatics genomics services using SoftGenetics' NextGENe software for next-generation sequencing projects performed at Ambry.

4 Dec 2009

Osseon Therapeutics' Osseoflex and Osseoflex DR systems receive Canadian Medical Device Licenses

Osseon Therapeutics announced today that its Osseoflex (steerable and curvable bone cement delivery needle) and Osseoflex DR (steerable and curvable bone drill) systems for percutaneous vertebral augmentation received Canadian Medical Device Licenses from Health Canada for marketing and clinical use in Canada.

4 Dec 2009

New weight management charts and screening tools for childhood obesity devised

A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians and parents can use to help combat the increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the United States.

4 Dec 2009

KFDA approves RPC's Onko-Sure in Vitro Diagnostic cancer test

US-based pharmaceutical company Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (RPC) announced today the Korean Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) has approved RPC's Onko-Sure™ in Vitro Diagnostic cancer test for routine clinical testing and government reimbursement throughout Korea.

4 Dec 2009

Study on Helicos BioSciences' single molecule sequencing technology published

Helicos BioSciences Corporation today announced the publication of a landmark study by Dr. Bradley Bernstein of the Massachusetts General Hospital describing the use of Helicos’ single molecule sequencing technology for the performance of genome-wide, epigenomic experiments using minute amounts of nucleic acid.

4 Dec 2009

Guidepoint Global launches Sleep Apnea Tracker

Guidepoint Global, LLC, a leading primary research firm, today announced the launch of their Sleep Apnea Tracker, a monthly longitudinal data release that monitors and projects trends and market share in the worldwide Sleep Apnea market.

4 Dec 2009

Multi-Lumen MammoSite device to treat breast cancer now available at Jupiter Medical Center

Women fighting breast cancer after a lumpectomy have a new weapon in the battle, now available at Jupiter Medical Center's Foshay Cancer Center. Today, the hospital began treating patients with the Multi-Lumen MammoSite(R) device, just approved in September by the FDA.

4 Dec 2009

Advantages of Helicos BioSciences' single molecule sequencing technology presented

Helicos BioSciences Corporation announced today that, as previously disclosed, it has posted a presentation on its website regarding the advantages of Helicos’ single molecule sequencing technology in clinical diagnostics.

4 Dec 2009

Usefulness of heart rate variability as a diagnostic for identifying dysfunction established

According to Dr. Daniel Weiss, a recent study of heart rate autonomic markers, and cardiac mortality published in the November issue of Heart Rhythm provides additional support for the usefulness of heart rate variability as a diagnostic for identifying dysfunction (neuropathy in diabetics and others) and cardiovascular mortality, including fatal arrhythmia or sudden cardiac death.

4 Dec 2009

Instacare announces initial parallel marketing strategy for its cell phone centric products

Instacare Corp., a leading provider of life-saving prescription drugs, home testing products for the chronically ill, a leading fulfillment provider of direct to patient diabetes programs and a leading developer of e-health technology and revolutionary cell phone centric technologies and products announced today its intent to file multiple updated and enhanced patent and trademark applications covering its cell phone centric technologies with the United States Patent and Trademarks Office.

4 Dec 2009

Device / Technology News

Muscle Flex gets ready for National commercial release of its Beagle StepFit Pedometer

FDA clears TSO3's STERIZONE 125L Sterilizer for expanded use

FUJIFILM to interface Raytheon BBN Technologies' SDM technology with its Aspire HD FFDM system

Mitral valve repair by experienced surgeons improves the survival rate of patients

GetWellNetwork experiences positive momentum for its IPC solutions across major hospitals

FDA approves St. Jude Medical's MultiSteering Technology software for optimizing neurostimulation therapy

PACS injection-record integration capabilities demonstrated at RSNA

CDEX felicitates recipients of the 2009 ASHP Literature Award for Pharmacy Practice Research

RevMed introduces its proprietary suite of MRI software products at RSNA 2009

InVivo Therapeutics files an Investigational Device Exemption application with the FDA

Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics sign agreement for next-generation sequencing projects at Ambry

Osseon Therapeutics' Osseoflex and Osseoflex DR systems receive Canadian Medical Device Licenses

New weight management charts and screening tools for childhood obesity devised

KFDA approves RPC's Onko-Sure in Vitro Diagnostic cancer test

Study on Helicos BioSciences' single molecule sequencing technology published

Guidepoint Global launches Sleep Apnea Tracker

Multi-Lumen MammoSite device to treat breast cancer now available at Jupiter Medical Center

Advantages of Helicos BioSciences' single molecule sequencing technology presented

Usefulness of heart rate variability as a diagnostic for identifying dysfunction established

Instacare announces initial parallel marketing strategy for its cell phone centric products

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