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EPIC Study Finds New Embolic Protection Device Had 97.5 Percent Success Rate During Carotid Artery Stenting
Categorie : Medical DevicesA multicenter EPIC (FiberNet® Embolic Protection System in Carotid Artery Stenting Trial) study found that the FiberNet Embolic Protection System (EPS) had a 97.5% success rate when used in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS)... ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Symptom Checker And Meditation Apps Offer Mayo's Health And Wellness Expertise Anywhere, Anytime
Categorie : Medical DevicesMayo Clinic is launching two research-based consumer applications (apps) for iPhone and iPod Touch this quarter, the first in a variety of mobile health products and services supporting the goal of making Mayo's expertise available to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Mayo Clinic Symptom Checker provides u ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Corgenix Medical Corp. Announces Launch Of Products For Automated Systems
Categorie : Medical DevicesCorgenix Medical Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CONX), a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, has announced the availability of its new automation friendly anti-phospholipid assay format. The new format offers high-volume testing labs the same performance as the currently avai ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Technological Advances Provide A Fillip To The European IV Therapy And Enteral Nutrition Devices Market
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe European intravenous (IV) therapy and enteral nutrition devices market currently offers a highly dynamic and lucrative environment. Advances in pharmacology and a wider range of blood products have substantially increased the number of possible drug therapies, which can be used with IV therapy d ...
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Fri Mar 2010
SDI Reports: Nearly A Third Of Physicians Use Handheld And Smartphone Devices To Access Medical Information
Categorie : Medical DevicesAccording to SDI's Mobile & Social Media Study: Physicians' Views of Emerging Technology, approximately 30% of physicians access medical information using a handheld device or smartphone. The most popular handheld device or smartphone is the Apple iPhone, with 31% of respondents owning one... ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Tantaline Gains Approval From FDA
Categorie : Medical DevicesTantaline®, the world's leading producer of surface alloys for valves, fittings, instrumentation, and custom products in highly corrosive and/or hot acid environments, announced that it has been approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA approval was granted to Tanta ...
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Fri Mar 2010
$5.6 Million Contract For Heart Assist Device For Infants And Toddlers
Categorie : Medical DevicesResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh and their collaborators have been awarded a $5.6 million federal contract to pursue the continued development of an implanted ventricular assist heart pump for infants and small children with congenital or acquired heart disease... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Frank Semcer Is First To Be Honored With Stevens' Award For Innovation And Entrepreneurship
Categorie : Medical DevicesAt Micro Stamping headquarters in Somerset, New Jersey, it is largely what is not visible that gives the metal-forming company its edge in the highly competitive world of precision component manufacturing. Chairman Frank Semcer, Sr... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
FDA Issues Guidance To Help Streamline Medical Device Clinical Trials
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance on Bayesian statistical methods in the design and analysis of medical device clinical trials that could result in less costly and more efficient patient studies. The Bayesian statistical method applies an algorithm that makes it possible for com ...
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Wed Feb 2010
New CATCH Rule To Determine Need For CT Scans In Children With Minor Head Injury
Categorie : Medical DevicesA new tool may help standardize the use of computed tomography (CT scans) in children with minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Siemens Healthcare Wins Biggest Single Order Contract, In The Middle East
Categorie : Medical DevicesSiemens Healthcare will supply state-of-the-art diagnostics imaging equipment to all Ministry of Health hospitals (around 100) across Iraq. The recently signed contract has a value of around $70 million and is the biggest single order contract to be awarded to Siemens Healthcare in the Middle East.. ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Vertec To Market Siemens Healthcare X Class Ultrasound Systems In The UK
Categorie : Medical DevicesSiemens Healthcare and Vertec Scientific have announced a distribution partnership that will see Vertec exclusively market the X Class range of ultrasound systems in the markets of emergency medicine, GP practices, rheumatology, orthopaedics, acute medicine, chest medicine and anaesthetics... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Children's Hospital Boosts Paediatric Services
Categorie : Medical DevicesRoyal Manchester Children's Hospital, part of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, provides an integrated paediatric service to Greater Manchester and North West England, offering the latest diagnostic medical equipment to its patients. Siemens Healthcare was selected to su ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Phone App To Improved Stroke Rehab
Categorie : Medical DevicesA UQ study will employ a unique mobile phone application to improve the "communicative fitness" and lifestyle of brain-injured patients... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Medical Radiation Exposure Safeguards Should Be Tighter Says FDA
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says safeguards for avoiding unnecessary exposure to medical radiation should be tightened and announced a new three-pronged initiative on Tuesday to increase oversight of the biggest contributors: computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine studies, and f ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Excelsior Medical's New Catheter Lock Solution Approved By Health Canada
Categorie : Medical DevicesExcelsior Medical Corporation, one of the leading manufacturers of pre-filled catheter flush syringes, today announced that it has received a Medical Device License from Health Canada for its new, pre-filled catheter lock syringe to be sold in the Canadian marketplace... ...
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Wed Feb 2010
Welch Allyn Advances Healthcare Delivery By Converging Traditional Diagnostics Devices With Latest In Electronic Connectivity Technology
Categorie : Medical DevicesArab Health Congress-Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, will showcase its newest suite of core diagnostics product offerings that feature next-generation electronic connectivity technology this week at the 2010 Arab Health Congress in Dubai, U.A.E ...
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Thu Jan 2010
ASCP Foundation Awarded Grant For Medication Optimization Study Using Monitor-RX
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Foundation has been awarded a grant in the amount of $93,465 from the Center for Technology and Aging for a research project utilizing Monitor-Rx to optimize the medication regimens of older adults... ...
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Thu Jan 2010
FDA Announces Class I Recall Of Certain Infusion Set Needles
Categorie : Medical DevicesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a Class I recall of Exel/Exelint Huber needles, Exel/Exelint Huber Infusion Sets and Exel/Exelint "Securetouch+" Safety Huber Infusion Sets, manufactured by Nipro Medical Corporation for Exelint International Corporation... ...
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Thu Jan 2010
NHS In The UK And The Cost-Benefit Dilemma
Categorie : Medical DevicesNew research by health economists at the University of York has raised concerns over any move to broaden the range of costs and economic benefits considered in the analysis of new NHS treatments... ...
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Thu Jan 2010
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