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Positive results from initial clinical trial of ClariVein catheter

Results from the initial clinical trial of the ClariVein® catheter, used in a new minimally invasive treatment for varicose veins, have been announced. The device combines mechanical and chemical modalities to accomplish vein treatment in an in-office setting.

22 Apr 2010

FDA approves Medtronic's Complete SE Vascular Stent System for PAD

Broadening the scope of innovation for cardiovascular interventions beyond the heart, Medtronic, Inc., announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Complete® SE Vascular Stent System to be used for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the iliac arteries, major blood vessels within the pelvis that supply blood to the lower extremities.

21 Apr 2010

Early tracheotomy does not reduce risk of VAP in mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients

Adult ICU patients who received tracheotomy 6 to 8 days vs. 13 to 15 days after mechanical ventilation did not have a significant reduction in the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a study in the April 21 issue of JAMA.

21 Apr 2010

Touch Bionics wins Queen's Awards for Enterprise in Innovation category for 2010

Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, today announced it is a winner of the prestigious Queen's Awards for Enterprise with an award in the Innovation category for 2010. The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most prestigious awards for business performance.

21 Apr 2010

Clarient Insight Dx Pulmotax assay helps predict response to chemotherapy in lung cancer patients

Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that data from a new study suggest that the Clarient Insight® Dx Pulmotax™ assay may effectively predict which lung cancer patients will respond favorably to chemotherapy. The study, titled "TLE3 expression is predictive of response to chemotherapy in NSCLC," included 368 samples from carcinoma patients.

21 Apr 2010

Surgical treatment for certain injuries helps NFL athletes return to the game faster

The Bonati Spine Institute, the leading center for the patented Bonati Spine Procedures for minimally invasive laser spine surgery, reports that recent studies indicate that surgical intervention is the best treatment option for certain back injuries.

21 Apr 2010

Immunomedics reports study results of antibody-SN-38 conjugates for targeted cancer chemotherapy

Immunomedics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer and other serious diseases, reported today at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) results from two studies aimed at improving the design of antibody-SN-38 conjugates for targeted cancer chemotherapy.

21 Apr 2010

"Destination therapy" for end-stage heart failure patients

Federal approval for an alternative therapy to heart transplantation led to a new lease on life for a UT Southwestern Medical Center patient who suffered from heart failure for nearly a decade.

21 Apr 2010

DSM Biomedical, CID partner on use of ComfortCoat Hydrophilic coating technology

DSM Biomedical, a global leader in biomedical materials science, today announced the extension of its partnership with CID based on the use of DSM ComfortCoat® Hydrophilic coating technology on the Optima Jet Stent Delivery System and the Fluydo PTCA Balloon Catheter, both with CE marked and launched on the European market last month.

21 Apr 2010

Early diagnosis of varicose vein disease leads to simpler treatments and better outcomes

Varicose vein disease is an underappreciated and often misunderstood medical condition, causing many individuals to be misdiagnosed, mistreated - or ignored - resulting in needless suffering and complications from progressively worsening symptoms. Unfortunately, patients typically wait until the disease reaches a more difficult to treat and debilitating stage: they have lifestyle limiting pain, unsightly bulging veins and spider veins, leg swelling or skin ulceration.

21 Apr 2010

Montgomery Breast Center of Montgomery installs GammaLoc system for biopsy procedures

The Montgomery Breast Center of Montgomery, Ala., is the first center in the country to install and use the GammaLoc lesion-localization system. This system is the only FDA-cleared device that enables gamma-guided, minimally invasive needle biopsy of suspicious lesions identified with Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging.

21 Apr 2010

Baptist Hospital extends discount for Lap-Band procedure for self-pay patients

To allow more patients the opportunity of affordable weight loss surgery, the Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital has extended its discount for Lap-Band surgery for self-pay patients. The cost of the Lap-Band procedure has been reduced by 25 percent - from $16,100 to $12,000 - for self-pay patients only.

21 Apr 2010

New research indicates patients may develop anemia after gastric bypass surgery

Morbid obesity is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in Western countries. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has become a common procedure for achieving short- and long-term weight loss. It has gained great popularity among surgeons and patients in recent years. Long

21 Apr 2010

Cochlear implantation improves comprehension and spoken language expression in children under 5

Children under 5 years of age with severe hearing loss who underwent cochlear implantation experienced greater improvement in comprehension and expression in spoken language than would be predicted from their pre-implantation language scores, with younger age at implantation associated with greater improvements, according to a study in the April 21 issue of JAMA.

21 Apr 2010

Celsion's ThermoDox Phase I trial data presented at 9th IHPBA World Congress

Celsion Corporation today announced that Dr. Thanjavur S. Ravikumar, from the Geisinger Health System and a principal investigator of the Phase I ThermoDox® dose escalation trial, gave an oral presentation at the Liver Tumors Panel session of the 9th World Congress of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

21 Apr 2010

Endosense releases TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter

Endosense, a medical technology company focused on improving the efficacy, safety and reproducibility of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, has announced the commercial release of its next generation TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter. Recently granted CE mark and unveiled this month at the DGK 2010 - German Cardiac Society meeting in Mannheim, Germany, the second generation product includes an elegantly enhanced catheter along with a feature-rich supporting system called the TactiSys™.

20 Apr 2010

Platelet rich plasma helps speed healing and bone formation following tooth removal

The use of platelet rich plasma (PRP) following tooth removal appears to speed healing and bone formation, according to an article in the Journal of Oral Implantology.

20 Apr 2010

ATS Medical announces first ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis commercial implant in China

ATS Medical, Inc., manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services today announced the first commercial implant of the ATS 3f® Aortic Bioprosthesis was recently completed by Liu Zhi Gang, MD at Fu Wai Hospital in Beijing, China. Fu Wai Hospital is the largest cardiac surgery center in Asia and a full line of ATS products are utilized by their surgeons. ATS received permission from the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to market the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis in March.

20 Apr 2010

Temporary occlusion of portal vein may help avoid I/R-related complications in liver surgery

Liver surgery has become a safe procedure in the past years and is mainly done because of malignant tumors. A common strategy to reduce blood loss during surgery is to temporarily shut down the blood supply to the liver [pringle maneuver], which, however may be associated with severe hepatocellular injury and consequent enhanced morbidity.

20 Apr 2010

Weight gain near time of prostate surgery doubles risk of cancer recurrence

Johns Hopkins epidemiologists say that prostate cancer patients who gain five or more pounds near the time of their prostate surgery are twice as likely to have a recurrence of their cancer compared with patients whose weight is stable.

20 Apr 2010

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Positive results from initial clinical trial of ClariVein catheter

FDA approves Medtronic's Complete SE Vascular Stent System for PAD

Early tracheotomy does not reduce risk of VAP in mechanically ventilated adult ICU patients

Touch Bionics wins Queen's Awards for Enterprise in Innovation category for 2010

Clarient Insight Dx Pulmotax assay helps predict response to chemotherapy in lung cancer patients

Surgical treatment for certain injuries helps NFL athletes return to the game faster

Immunomedics reports study results of antibody-SN-38 conjugates for targeted cancer chemotherapy

"Destination therapy" for end-stage heart failure patients

DSM Biomedical, CID partner on use of ComfortCoat Hydrophilic coating technology

Early diagnosis of varicose vein disease leads to simpler treatments and better outcomes

Montgomery Breast Center of Montgomery installs GammaLoc system for biopsy procedures

Baptist Hospital extends discount for Lap-Band procedure for self-pay patients

New research indicates patients may develop anemia after gastric bypass surgery

Cochlear implantation improves comprehension and spoken language expression in children under 5

Celsion's ThermoDox Phase I trial data presented at 9th IHPBA World Congress

Endosense releases TactiCath force-sensing ablation catheter

Platelet rich plasma helps speed healing and bone formation following tooth removal

ATS Medical announces first ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis commercial implant in China

Temporary occlusion of portal vein may help avoid I/R-related complications in liver surgery

Weight gain near time of prostate surgery doubles risk of cancer recurrence

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