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New Siemens Software Helps To Correct Cardiac Fibrillations
Categorie : Medical DevicesWorldwide, five percent of all people over the age of 65 suffer from atrial fibrillation. While cardiac arrhythmia can be treated with medication, patients have to take it for the rest of their lives. Ablation therapy offers an alternative: myocardial cells in the left atrium are obliterated to inte ...
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Fri Jun 2007
VivoMetrics Launches The VivoChampionTrainer(TM) System, The World's Most Advanced, Real-Time, Athletic Performance Monitoring System
Categorie : Medical DevicesVivoMetrics Inc. today announced the launch of VivoChampionTrainer(TM) with LifeShirt(R) technology, a revolutionary lightweight, compact, and non-invasive physiologic monitoring system. Specifically designed to monitor athletic performance during training and competition, the VivoChampionTrainer(TM ...
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Fri Jun 2007
Siemens Is The First Company To Develop Complete ASL Solution For Non-contrast Perfusion Imaging
Categorie : Medical DevicesSiemens is the first company to develop a complete commercial ASL (Arterial Spin Labeling) solution with the University of Pennsylvania. ASL is an application which enables perfusion imaging without the use of contrast agents. With this patent, Siemens will introduce syngo ASL*, powered by Tim (Tota ...
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Fri Jun 2007
Medicare To Deny Coverage Of Artificial Spinal Disks
Categorie : Medical DevicesFederal regulators on Friday announced that Medicare planned to deny coverage of artificial disks implanted in the lower spines of beneficiaries older than age 60, the New York Times reports. [click link for full article] ...
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Thu May 2007
SenseWear(R) Shown To Be Effective Behavioral Modification Tool For Weight Loss
Categorie : Medical DevicesBodyMedia, Inc., the pioneer in metabolic assessment and behavioral therapy solutions, announced today the first ever study results demonstrating that by incorporating the SenseWear(R) body monitoring system into weight loss intervention programs physicians can improve treatment outcomes. [click lin ...
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Thu May 2007
Advanced Electrical Stimulation Technology Gives Stroke Patients Control Of Their Foot And Leg Muscles
Categorie : Medical DevicesAmong stroke survivors, one common difficulty is foot drop, a partial leg paralysis that prevents the foot from lifting -- causing instability and difficulty walking. Now, a new high-tech rehabilitation device -- available in the New York City-area only at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell ...
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Thu May 2007
Tuning Nanostructures For New Drug Delivery Systems
Categorie : Medical DevicesIn the paper Tuning Curvature and Stability of Monoolein Bilayers by Designer Lipid-Like Peptide Surfactants, new strategies for the encapsulation and the delivery of biological active materials are shown up. In particular, A. Yaghmur, M. Rappolt, and P. Laggner (Institute of Biophysics and Nano ...
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Thu May 2007
Automated Biochip Array Technology For Simultaneous Multianalyte Testing
Categorie : Medical DevicesBiochip Array Technology from Randox allows multiple results from a single patient sample, minimising biological variation and resulting in a more rapid and accurate diagnosis. The FDA cleared Biochip Array Technology was designed by Randox Laboratories and was granted the prestigious Mac Robert Aw ...
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Tue May 2007
Cook Urological Marks Thirty Years Of Innovation
Categorie : Medical DevicesToday, Cook Urological proudly marks its thirtieth year in the urology field. Over the past three decades, Cook Urological has been instrumental in the research, development and design of breakthrough medical devices that have advanced the diagnosis and treatment of prevalent adult and pediatric uro ...
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Sat May 2007
Fast And Cost-effective Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Technique Has Applications In Testing Of Tobacco-specific Nitrosamines In Urine
Categorie : Medical DevicesMIP Technologies AB and Supelco, a division of Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ: SIAL), a leading USD 1.7 billion Life Science and High Technology company, announced today the launch of a new solid phase extraction (SPE) product for the selective extraction of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs). The SupelMI ...
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Thu May 2007
Aspire Medical Announces First Implant In US And Start Of Clinical Trial To Treat Sleep Apnea
Categorie : Medical DevicesAspire Medical, Inc., announced today the initial clinical trial use in the United States of its Advance(TM) System, an implantable, minimally invasive medical device designed to treat tongue base obstruction for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The first patient to receive the treatment ...
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Wed May 2007
Cepheid's Xpert(TM) MRSA Test Categorized As 'Moderate Complexity' By FDA
Categorie : Medical DevicesCepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD), a multi-national company defining on-demand molecular diagnostics, today announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) categorized Cepheid's Xpert(TM) MRSA test for the rapid detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as "Moderate Complexity" under the Cli ...
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Wed May 2007
House Panel Considers Reauthorization Of Medical Device User Fees
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Wednesday held a hearing in preparation for the reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act, which will expire on Sept. 30, CQ HealthBeat reports. [click link for full article] ...
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Mon May 2007
Two Piece Mouth Device Can Help Stifle Out Snoring, Reduce Sleep Apnea Events
Categorie : Medical DevicesWearing a mouth appliance designed to move the lower jaw forward can be an effective way to reduce snoring and improve sleep apnea symptoms, according to a May 2007 study in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. The study found that patients who used the two-piece device, known as the Thornton Adjus ...
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Sun May 2007
How Semiconducting Nanowires Grow And Behave, UCSD Researcher Honored
Categorie : Medical DevicesFor his work on how semiconducting nanowires grow and behave, Shadi A. Dayeh, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, has recently earned a series of awards.As LEDs, photovoltaics, biological and chemical sensors, na ...
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Sat May 2007
Nanotechnology Pioneer At Berkeley To Receive $500,000 Waterman Award
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen Peidong Yang, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, to receive the 2007 Alan T. Waterman Award. A nanotechnology expert, Yang has pioneered research on nanowires, strings of atoms that show promise for a range of high-technology devices ...
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Sat May 2007
House Members Introduce Bill To Fund Comparative Effectiveness Studies On Medications, Medical Devices
Categorie : Medical DevicesLegislation (HR 2184) introduced on Tuesday by Reps. Tom Allen (D-Maine) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) would provide $3 billion over five years to fund comparative effectiveness studies conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on drugs, medical devices and treatments, [click link fo ...
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Fri May 2007
Mediware's Transfusion Management Software Adopted By Major Florida Health System
Categorie : Medical DevicesMediware Information Systems (Nasdaq: MEDW) announced today that Gainesville, Fla.-based Shands HealthCare has licensed Mediware's HCLL(TM) Transfusion Management software system, which provides automated support for highly regulated blood-related processes to reduce transfusion errors, improve pat ...
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Fri May 2007
Counting Down To RoboCup 2007 Atlanta
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe countdown begins for RoboCup 2007 Atlanta. The world's most renowned competition for research robotics, RoboCup 2007 Atlanta will be held at Georgia Tech July 3-10. Approximately 2,000 students and faculty from leading universities, high schools and middle schools from more than 20 countries wil ...
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Thu May 2007
When Computed Tomography Systems Call - Information Security Of The Remote Service Platform Certified By TÜV Süd
Categorie : Medical DevicesSiemens Medical Solutions is one of the first manufacturers of medical systems worldwide to implement an internationally valid information security management system (ISMS) for the remote service of medical devices. This has been certified by TÜV Süd in Germany according to the international stand ...
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Wed May 2007
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