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AllOne Health partners with Connectyx Technologies Holdings to provide health information on the Web

AllOne Health(SM) and Connectyx Technologies Holdings Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CTYX) today announced a partnership that will allow consumers to view and manage health information on the Web, via portable USB storage devices and through their mobile phones, with one, secure step. A package including both companies' products will be sold in retail stores across the U.S. in December.

2 Nov 2009

John C. Lincoln Hospital first to use commercially-available LungPoint system

Broncus Technologies, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing minimally-invasive innovations for lung diseases, announced today at the American College of Chest Physicians CHEST 2009 meeting that John C. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix is the first hospital in the U.S. to use the commercially-available LungPoint system.

2 Nov 2009

New glucose monitoring system from Edwards Lifesciences and Dexcom receives the CE Mark

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, the leader in the sciences of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, and DexCom, Inc., a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring systems, today announced the receipt of CE Mark for an automatic glucose monitoring system.

2 Nov 2009

Click4Care releases next-generation Utilization Management module for health plan users

Click4Care, a leading provider of care management software for payors, today announced the next-generation Utilization Management (UM) module for its industry leading software platform. By leveraging the UM solution’s extensive configurability, payors and providers can achieve greater levels of productivity while improving clinical, administrative and financial performances.

2 Nov 2009

NIH awards $1.2 million to GE Global Research to develop a low-cost transducer

In the quest to expand access to high quality prenatal care to communities with limited healthcare services, GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company, has been awarded a two-year, $1.2 million project under the federal stimulus program from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a low-cost transducer for portable ultrasound systems that maintains the highest degree of image quality.

2 Nov 2009

Cyberonics to develop medical devices with cutting edge technology for persons suffering from epilepsy

Cyberonics, Inc. today announced another in a series of collaborations around seizure detection technology aimed at advancing its development of new and more efficacious medical devices for persons suffering from epilepsy.

2 Nov 2009

Aribex alleges patent infringement of its handheld X-ray, files a complaint against Bio-Ray Prox

Aribex, Inc., of Orem, Utah, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint for unspecified damages against manufacturer DigiMed Co., Ltd (of Seoul, Korea), Sigma Biomedics (of Buffalo Grove, Illinois), and Dentalaire Products (of Fountain Valley, Calif.). Sigma and Dentalaire distribute the Bio-Ray Prox, a portable X-ray device which is manufactured in Korea by DigiMed.

2 Nov 2009

2009 EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award to Clear Catheter Systems for its PleuraFlow system

Clear Catheter Systems, a private medical device company pioneering proprietary medical catheter anti-occlusion technologies, has been awarded the 2009 EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award for its PleuraFlow Active Tube Clearance System. The Techno-College Award is a worldwide competition to identify innovations with the potential to change the standard of care in heart and lung surgery.

2 Nov 2009

DSPA chooses SAS Solutions OnDemand as a technology platform for clinical development

SAS announced today that Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (DSPA), a U.S. pharmaceutical company, has selected SAS Solutions OnDemand: Drug Development as a technology platform for clinical development. With SAS OnDemand, DSPA will have a globally accessible, fully regulatory compliant repository for all of its clinical data.

2 Nov 2009

Online interactive pancreatic cancer awareness campaign launched

In recognition of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is issuing a challenge to increase the number of people aware of the deadly disease through an online interactive campaign "Pancreatic Cancer: Know it. Fight it. End it."

2 Nov 2009

SQI Diagnostics' SQiDworks automated platform and IgXPLEX RA assay receive FDA marketing clearance

SQI Diagnostics Inc., a medical systems automation company focused on evolving laboratory-based biomarker testing, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company's automated SQiDworks(TM) Diagnostics Platform and its multiplexed IgXPLEX(TM) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) assay for marketing in the United States.

2 Nov 2009

ZirMed forges alliance with Raintree Systems to jointly market their combined solutions

ZirMed®, a national provider of revenue cycle management services for healthcare practices, and leading integrated healthcare technology company Raintree Systems Inc. today announced a working partnership to jointly market their combined solutions to current and prospective customers. As a result of the partnership, ZirMed's flagship revenue cycle management platform will be integrated with Raintree's practice management and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) products, giving users state-of-the-art technology with which to better manage their daily operations.

2 Nov 2009

Artificial Medical Intelligence releases enhanced EMscribe CAC software

Artificial Medical Intelligence (AMI) today announced its newly enhanced EMscribe™ Computer Assisted Coding (CAC) software, version 4.0.

2 Nov 2009

PDI selects Veeva System’s CRM suite of multi-tenant SaaS applications

PDI, Inc., a leading provider of sales and marketing support to U.S. pharmaceutical companies, selected Veeva System’s VBioPharma CRM Primary Care and Special Care Editions, VMobile, and VInsights – all part of the Veeva CRM suite of multi-tenant SaaS applications. This marks PDI’s continued commitment to the technology advances in the world of cloud computing where business spending on SaaS/Cloud applications is expected to rise 22% this year to $9.6 billion, according to Gartner.

2 Nov 2009

Court upholds AGA Medical’s patent, grants injunction against Occlutech's Figulla Flex occluders

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. today announced that the German Regional Court in Düsseldorf, Germany has granted a preliminary injunction against the manufacture, possession and sale of the Figulla® Flex occluders manufactured by Occlutech GmbH in Jena, Germany.

2 Nov 2009

Arrayit Corporation joins federal government in their efforts to help control health care costs

Arrayit Corporation is pleased to join the federal government in their efforts to help control health care costs by leveraging Arrayit's leading edge health care platform.

2 Nov 2009

New on-line job resource center launched by NAWC

The National Alliance of Wound Care (NAWC(®)), the largest, multi-disciplinary, wound care credentialing and association organization, announced today, the launch of their wound care specialty on-line Job Resource Center in conjunction with their newly redesigned website at, www.nawccb.org.

2 Nov 2009

First human robot assisted aortic valve replacement to implant the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis performed

ATS Medical, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services, announced the first human robot assisted endoscopic aortic valve replacement using the daVinci® Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical to implant the ATS 3f® Aortic Bioprosthesis. The procedure was performed by Allen Raczkowski, M.D., at Banner Baywood Health Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.

2 Nov 2009

Virtual world solution to address the unique needs of military amputees

Virtual worlds can provide military amputees with an opportunity to enhance their overall quality of life, expedite their reintegration into society, and improve their physical and mental wellness.

2 Nov 2009

Optics industry reinventing itself through personalized service logistics solutions

GfK Asia releases its Pan Asia optical retailers and consumers preference survey information in line with the 17th Hong Kong Optical Fair, hosted by Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The five key regions surveyed in October 2009 include China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. The survey shows that 70% of optical retailers indicate business will be better or the same in 2010.

2 Nov 2009

Device / Technology News

AllOne Health partners with Connectyx Technologies Holdings to provide health information on the Web

John C. Lincoln Hospital first to use commercially-available LungPoint system

New glucose monitoring system from Edwards Lifesciences and Dexcom receives the CE Mark

Click4Care releases next-generation Utilization Management module for health plan users

NIH awards $1.2 million to GE Global Research to develop a low-cost transducer

Cyberonics to develop medical devices with cutting edge technology for persons suffering from epilepsy

Aribex alleges patent infringement of its handheld X-ray, files a complaint against Bio-Ray Prox

2009 EACTS Techno-College Innovation Award to Clear Catheter Systems for its PleuraFlow system

DSPA chooses SAS Solutions OnDemand as a technology platform for clinical development

Online interactive pancreatic cancer awareness campaign launched

SQI Diagnostics' SQiDworks automated platform and IgXPLEX RA assay receive FDA marketing clearance

ZirMed forges alliance with Raintree Systems to jointly market their combined solutions

Artificial Medical Intelligence releases enhanced EMscribe CAC software

PDI selects Veeva System’s CRM suite of multi-tenant SaaS applications

Court upholds AGA Medical’s patent, grants injunction against Occlutech's Figulla Flex occluders

Arrayit Corporation joins federal government in their efforts to help control health care costs

New on-line job resource center launched by NAWC

First human robot assisted aortic valve replacement to implant the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis performed

Virtual world solution to address the unique needs of military amputees

Optics industry reinventing itself through personalized service logistics solutions

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