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Breast-conserving therapy is viable treatment option for African-American women: Researchers

Breast-conserving therapy is a viable treatment option for African-American women, although they tend to have more advanced breast cancer at diagnosis, according to researchers from Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak, Mich. The study is available online now and will be in the July 15 issue of the journal Cancer.

26 May 2010

PIONEER trial evaluates new safe concept of stent-drug combination

Blue Medical today announced a major step forward in its quest to improve the quality of life of patients with cardiovascular disease, with the start of the PIONEER trial, in which a new safe concept of stent-drug combination is evaluated.

26 May 2010

Boston Scientific initiates study to compare PROMUS Element Stent to XIENCE PRIME Stent System

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the initiation of the PLATINUM PLUS clinical trial, an investigator-sponsored research (ISR) study designed to compare the performance of the PROMUS® Element™ Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System to the XIENCE PRIME™ Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System.

26 May 2010

Visually-guided laser-balloon catheter stops abnormal electrical pulses in patients with irregular heartbeats

A new treatment known as a visually-guided laser-balloon catheter successfully interrupted abnormal electrical pulses in patients and pigs with intermittent, irregular heartbeats, in a study reported in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, a journal of the American Heart Association.

26 May 2010

NEVO Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent demonstrates safety and efficacy outcomes at 12 months

At 12 months the NEVO™ Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent has continued to demonstrate excellent safety and efficacy outcomes compared to Taxus® Liberte® according to new data presented today from the NEVO™ RES-I clinical trial. These results were presented as a late breaking trial at EuroPCR, the leading medical conference in Europe for physicians specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine.

26 May 2010

Applied Spine Technologies awarded U.S. patents for 'Dynamic Spine Stabilizer' and 'Spring Junction'

Applied Spine Technologies, Inc., a medical device company focused on motion preservation of the lumbar spine, was awarded two new patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 11, 2010.

25 May 2010

MAQUET Cardiovascular commences enrollment in trial of FUSION and FUSION BIOLINE Vascular Grafts

MAQUET Cardiovascular LLC today announced enrollment of the first patient in FINEST (FUSION Vascular Graft, FUSION Vascular Graft with BIOLINE and EXXCEL SOFT ePTFE). This prospective, randomized, single-blind, three-arm, parallel group, multi-center study is evaluating the safety and efficacy of MAQUET's investigational FUSION Vascular Graft and FUSION BIOLINE Vascular Graft, compared with its commercially available EXXCEL Soft ePTFE Vascular Graft in peripheral artery bypass surgery.

25 May 2010

Anaheim Regional Medical Center uses Arctic Sun cooling device to protect a patient from brain damage

A day after delivering her fourth child at Anaheim Regional Medical Center in Anaheim, California last December, 34-year-old Brynn Ervin suffered a cardiac arrest, the result of massive blood clots lodged in the main arteries that take blood to her lungs. Desperate to save the life of the young mother, the cardiac arrest team performed 95 minutes of CPR.

25 May 2010

PMI's CAAS software integrated with Ziehm Imaging's mobile cardiovascular imaging solutions

Ziehm Imaging and Pie Medical Imaging BV have joined forces to make the CAAS quantification software available on mobile C-arms dedicated for cardiovascular procedures. This capability is the result of Ziehm Imaging's strategic partnership with Pie Medical Imaging BV (PMI, Maastricht, the Netherlands), a leading developer of quantitative analysis software for cardiology and radiology.

25 May 2010

Boston Scientific collaborates with Philips, Siemens to offer integrated imaging systems

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced collaborations with Philips Healthcare and Siemens Medical Solutions to enable the use of its iLab® Ultrasound Imaging System with the Philips Allura™ Xper and the Siemens AXIOM™ Artis and Artis™ zee interventional X-ray systems. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) technology is designed to provide physicians a 360-degree view inside the heart and coronary vessels to assist with diagnosis and to generate a more accurate image of the diseased vessels than is possible with angiography alone.

From Philips Healthcare 25 May 2010

DAPT Study expands into seven countries in the EU: HCRI

The Harvard Clinical Research Institute announced today that the DAPT Study has expanded into seven countries in the European Union. John Irving, MBChB, MRCP, M.D., consultant cardiologist at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, United Kingdom, was the first European investigator to enroll patients into the study.

25 May 2010

Rush University Medical Center uses Mini TightRope procedure to treat bunions

A less invasive, surgical treatment for bunions known as the Mini TightRope procedure is being used at Rush University Medical Center to correct bunions, or hallux valgus, a common, often painful deformity in which the big toe is angled in toward the smaller toes.

25 May 2010

Stentys receives CE Marking for drug-eluting stent

Stentys announced today that it has received CE Marking for its drug-eluting stent.

25 May 2010

NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter receives CE Mark and FDA approval

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced CE Mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of its NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter. The Company plans to launch the product in European markets this week and in the U.S. next month.

25 May 2010

Data from MiDAS I trial of mild for treatment of LSS to be released

Medical device company Vertos Medical, Inc. has announced the release of additional patient outcomes data from the MiDAS I trial, a prospective, 75-patient study of mild for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. As presented at the Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting in Orlando on May 23, investigators found that study participants reported statistically significant improvement in both their physical and mental well-being six weeks following the mild procedure.

24 May 2010

Europe's leading stem cell bank launches innovative service for liposuction market

Cryo-Save today announced the European introduction of Cryo-Lip, a new product that allows the collection, processing and storage of a rich mixture of adult stem cells from liposuction aspirate (fatty tissue that is normally discarded).

24 May 2010

Axis Three announces availability of new XS-400 scanner for face, breast and body procedures

Axis Three, the leader and pioneer of 3D surgical simulation tools for aesthetic consultations, today announced the availability of its new XS-400 scanner, a turnkey system designed to address face, breast, and body procedures. The only 4-position 3D scanner on the market, the elegant XS-400 captures anatomically-accurate, 3D images of a patient's face or body, and serves as a vehicle to extend Axis Three's unrivaled simulation platform to an even broader range of cosmetic procedures.

21 May 2010

New technique may improve treatments for heart disease

Spanish researchers have employed for the first time adult cells extracted from a human heart to turn stem cells from adipose tissue into cardiac myocytes. In other words, they achieved to "reprogram" adult stem cells, which might improve treatments for heart disease therapeutical.

21 May 2010

Data on retreatment experiences with brentuximab vedotin in clinical trials to be presented at 2010 ASCO

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company today announced that data regarding retreatment experiences with brentuximab vedotin in phase I and phase II clinical trials will be presented during a poster session at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) being held June 4-8, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois.

21 May 2010

New therapy program serves as foundation for ongoing clinical development

The researchers of the University of Helsinki, and Oncos Therapeutics, the biotech company developing new cancer therapeutics based on the next generation oncolytic viruses, published initial results from their Advanced Therapy Access Program in Cancer Research.

21 May 2010

Medical Procedure News

Breast-conserving therapy is viable treatment option for African-American women: Researchers

PIONEER trial evaluates new safe concept of stent-drug combination

Boston Scientific initiates study to compare PROMUS Element Stent to XIENCE PRIME Stent System

Visually-guided laser-balloon catheter stops abnormal electrical pulses in patients with irregular heartbeats

NEVO Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent demonstrates safety and efficacy outcomes at 12 months

Applied Spine Technologies awarded U.S. patents for 'Dynamic Spine Stabilizer' and 'Spring Junction'

MAQUET Cardiovascular commences enrollment in trial of FUSION and FUSION BIOLINE Vascular Grafts

Anaheim Regional Medical Center uses Arctic Sun cooling device to protect a patient from brain damage

PMI's CAAS software integrated with Ziehm Imaging's mobile cardiovascular imaging solutions

Boston Scientific collaborates with Philips, Siemens to offer integrated imaging systems

DAPT Study expands into seven countries in the EU: HCRI

Rush University Medical Center uses Mini TightRope procedure to treat bunions

Stentys receives CE Marking for drug-eluting stent

NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter receives CE Mark and FDA approval

Data from MiDAS I trial of mild for treatment of LSS to be released

Europe's leading stem cell bank launches innovative service for liposuction market

Axis Three announces availability of new XS-400 scanner for face, breast and body procedures

New technique may improve treatments for heart disease

Data on retreatment experiences with brentuximab vedotin in clinical trials to be presented at 2010 ASCO

New therapy program serves as foundation for ongoing clinical development

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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