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Prosurgics sells FreeHand laparoscopic camera controller to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights

St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights, Illinois and surgical robotics company Prosurgics announce today the first U.S. sale of a FreeHand® laparoscopic camera controller for gynecologic surgery.

29 Oct 2009

Interleukin Genetics and Amway Global sign partnership agreement

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. announced today it has entered into an agreement with Amway Global. With this agreement, Amway Global Independent Business Owners will be able to sell Interleukin Genetics' Inherent Health(TM) brand of genetic tests, including the new Weight Management Genetic Test.

29 Oct 2009

Gen-Probe receives FDA emergency use authorization for its Prodesse ProFlu-ST test

Gen-Probe Incorporated today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an EUA (emergency use authorization) for its test, the Prodesse ProFlu-ST(TM), to be used in CLIA high complexity laboratories for the diagnosis of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection, aided by an algorithm that relies on seasonal influenza A/H1 virus and seasonal influenza A/H3 virus results, from a single sample in individuals who are diagnosed with influenza A by currently available FDA-cleared or authorized devices.

29 Oct 2009

GeneGo to launch new web site with high quality pathway content

GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that they will be launching a new web site with FREE high quality pathway content. On www.genego.com, anyone can now search for genes, proteins, compounds, processes and diseases and access high quality manually curated pathway maps for human, mouse and rat signaling and metabolism.

29 Oct 2009

Tool to support the development of age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs developed

Scientists at LSTM have developed a tool to support the development of appropriate age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs. Weight-based dosing is challenging in many malaria endemic countries because access to formal health services is limited, functioning scales may be scarce and many treatments are given at home using antimalarials bought from shops and street vendors.

29 Oct 2009

Prospera Technologies presents data on its Gauze vs. Foam based NPWT research

Prospera Technologies announced today that, at the Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care in San Antonio, Texas, Oct 22-25, 2009, Malin Malmsjo MD., Ph.D. of Lund University in Lund, Sweden, presented significant new research comparing the differences and quality of granulation tissue in foam versus gauze based NPWT.

29 Oct 2009

GeckoSystems first annual conference to discuss its extensible low-level hierarchal architecture

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that during their first annual "Mobile Robots in Motion" conference November 4-5, 2009 attendees will be able to observe and discuss GeckoSystems' extensible low-level hierarchal architecture.

29 Oct 2009

Applied Spine Technologies announces first patient surgery to test safety and effectiveness of Stabilimax system

Applied Spine Technologies (www.appliedspine.com) announces the first patient surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as part of their FDA approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Stabilimax® Dynamic Spine Stabilization System.

29 Oct 2009

New nanoelectronics technologies for healthcare applications to be unveiled at UK NanoForum conference

New nanoelectronics technologies for healthcare applications including blood-testing kits which can be mass produced using nanowires, will be unveiled next week at UK NanoForum & Emerging Technologies 2009.

29 Oct 2009

Residents can serve a vital role in promoting CT colonography awareness

Residents can serve a vital role in educating Congress, the medical community, and the general public regarding the efficacy of cutting-edge technologies like CT colonography (CTC) as well as the importance of radiologists' training and education and the role that radiologists serve in the provision of quality health care, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).

29 Oct 2009

Sweep Technology, a new way for adjusting hearing aids

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., one of the world’s leading hearing technology companies, is excited to introduce Sweep™ Technology – providing a completely new way to adjust hearing aids.

29 Oct 2009

Fresenius Kabi to license its proprietary HESylation Technology to Octapharma

Octapharma Group and Fresenius Kabi have signed a License, Development and Supply Agreement regarding the use of Fresenius Kabi's HESylation® Technology to develop a HESylated recombinant protein.

29 Oct 2009

Cordis recalls its CROSSOVER Sheath Introducer

Cordis Corporation announced today a nationwide voluntary recall of all lots of the CROSSOVER™ Sheath Introducer due to complaints about stretching or fracture of the sheath during use.

29 Oct 2009

Drug delivery device companies need to rethink their strategies to remain competitive

With increasing decentralization, new cell, gene and RNAI therapies, and a growing emphasis on patient self-care, many drug delivery device companies will need to rethink their strategies in order to remain competitive.

29 Oct 2009

FDA Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel recommends approval for Asthmatx' Alair System

Asthmatx Inc., announced today that the Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to recommend that the Alair® System, a device utilized in bronchial thermoplasty for the treatment of severe persistent asthma in patients 18 years and older, be found approvable with conditions.

29 Oct 2009

Premier healthcare alliance offers new program to help physicians provide quality care

The Premier healthcare alliance is offering a new program to bridge the gap between clinical and business processes by helping hospitals and health systems improve quality and outcomes, control costs and increase profitability.

29 Oct 2009

Praxis Version 5 featuring Datum released

Infor-Med Corporation, makers of Praxis Electronic Medical Records (EMR), announced today the beta release of Praxis Version 5 featuring Datum, a tool that allows physicians to use free text to create, store, and share discrete clinical data.

29 Oct 2009

Routine use of HRT increases longevity in postmenopausal women

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency has been in widespread use for over 60 years. Several observational studies over the years showed that HRT use by younger postmenopausal women was associated with a significant reduction in total mortality; available evidence supported the routine use of HRT to increase longevity in postmenopausal women.

29 Oct 2009

Study shows 62.2 percent of women turn to alternative therapies before medical treatments for infertility

In a recent study from the Ohio State University Medical Center, 62.2 percent of those surveyed turned to alternative therapies before turning to more invasive medical treatments for infertility and getting pregnant.

29 Oct 2009

Interpreters at UNC Hospitals carry iPod Touch to stay connected

Pagers are ubiquitous in the hospital setting. They are so familiar and common, in fact, that they are even used for comic effect on medically themed TV dramas such as "House M.D."

29 Oct 2009

Device / Technology News

Prosurgics sells FreeHand laparoscopic camera controller to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights

Interleukin Genetics and Amway Global sign partnership agreement

Gen-Probe receives FDA emergency use authorization for its Prodesse ProFlu-ST test

GeneGo to launch new web site with high quality pathway content

Tool to support the development of age-based dosing regimens for malaria drugs developed

Prospera Technologies presents data on its Gauze vs. Foam based NPWT research

GeckoSystems first annual conference to discuss its extensible low-level hierarchal architecture

Applied Spine Technologies announces first patient surgery to test safety and effectiveness of Stabilimax system

New nanoelectronics technologies for healthcare applications to be unveiled at UK NanoForum conference

Residents can serve a vital role in promoting CT colonography awareness

Sweep Technology, a new way for adjusting hearing aids

Fresenius Kabi to license its proprietary HESylation Technology to Octapharma

Cordis recalls its CROSSOVER Sheath Introducer

Drug delivery device companies need to rethink their strategies to remain competitive

FDA Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel recommends approval for Asthmatx' Alair System

Premier healthcare alliance offers new program to help physicians provide quality care

Praxis Version 5 featuring Datum released

Routine use of HRT increases longevity in postmenopausal women

Study shows 62.2 percent of women turn to alternative therapies before medical treatments for infertility

Interpreters at UNC Hospitals carry iPod Touch to stay connected

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