Tiny, easy to insert heart pump aids critically ill patients
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Devices/Technology Cardiologists from the Heart Center at Wake Forest ...
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Devices/Technology Cardiologists from the Heart Center at Wake Forest ...
Flexible Stenting Solutions Announces Successful Completion Of First-in-Man Study Of Third Generation Peripheral Arterial Stent
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Flexible Stenting Solutions Inc., a leading developer of third generation peripheral arterial stents, announced that a physician at Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand successfully implanted several of its third generation arterial stents for the treatment of peripheral vascular lesions involving the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. Patients with lesion ...
Recombinant Drugs And The Economics Of Prefilled Syringes
Monday, August 11th, 2008The administration of therapeutic drugs via injection is an indispensable delivery method for numerous drugs critical to patient health and well-being. Now this segment is evolving in response to changing patient populations, new classes of powerful therapeutic drugs, and healthcare administration initiatives. Population demographics and efforts by managed care providers ...
New Type Of Scanning Electron Microscope - Hitachi High-Tech Launches The SU8000
Monday, August 11th, 2008Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (President: Hidehito Obayashi)(TOKYO:8036) has developed the SU8000, a new type of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) that features a newly developed top detector. The SU8000 was introduced on August 1. Hitachi SEMs contribute to research and development in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, and advanced nanotechnology ...
Sorin Group Announces FDA Approval And First U.S. Implant Of The World’s Smallest Implantable Dual Chamber Pacemaker
Monday, August 11th, 2008The Sorin Group (MIL:SRN), the largest European cardiovascular company and world leader in medical technologies for cardiac surgery, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval to market the REPLY™ family of dual and single chamber pacemakers. The REPLY pacemaker, the world's smallest dual chamber pacemaker at 8cc's, is ...
Kodak Digital Innovations Enhance Experiences At Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Monday, August 11th, 2008Through advanced digital imaging technologies, Eastman Kodak Company will support attendees' security, athletes' health, and photojournalists' images at the 2008 Olympic Games. Kodak is the Official Imaging Sponsor of the Olympic Games, taking place Aug. 8-24. In , Kodak's most advanced imaging technologies will be employed to ...
Expanding Fields Of Vision - New Virtual Reality Goggles Create An Equal Opportunity Eye Test
Monday, August 11th, 2008Visual field tests are widely used by eye doctors and neurologists. By determining the health of the retina, optic nerve and the visual pathway throughout the brain, the test can uncover glaucoma and conditions such as optic neuritis or brain damage. Essential to undergo before one can drive a car ...
Cryoservice And Medical Research Council Put Safety First In Definitive Publication On Liquid Nitrogen, UK
Monday, August 11th, 2008Two leading UK organisations have joined forces to develop and launch a ground-breaking new publication which is set to provide a benchmark for safety and operating practices associated with liquid nitrogen. Worcester-based CryoService, the leading UK provider of cryogenic gases and gas storage solutions, and the Medical Research Council (MRC), ...
Robotics Research: Enhancing The Lives Of People With Disabilities - NSF Sponsored Project Improves Quality And Flexibility Of Rehabilitation Robotics
Monday, August 11th, 2008Robots may be the solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to regain the use of their limbs, thanks to a research team that includes engineers and students from Rochester Institute of Technology. The study utilizes physiological information, or bio-signals, produced by the human body, to improve the performance ...
Philips New Handheld Ultrasound System Offers Premium Image Quality In A Portable System
Friday, August 8th, 2008Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) announced the launch of its advanced handheld ultrasound system, the Philips CX50 CompactXtreme. Designed to meet the needs of cardiologists for clear diagnostic data at the bedside, the new compact system combines the image quality expected of a traditional, premium, full-size system with ...
Cook Medical Receives FDA Approval To Market Improved Zenith(R) AAA Iliac Flex Legs And Z-Trak(TM) Introduction System
Friday, August 8th, 2008Further innovating the field of advanced aortic disease repair technologies, Cook Medical announced approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its improved Zenith Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Iliac Flex Legs and Z-Trak Introduction System, made for use with the Zenith Flex AAA Endovascular Graft. The products ...
Patient Who Needed Heart And Kidney Transplant Borrowed Time With Heart Assist Device
Friday, August 8th, 2008Seven years after Joaquin Lucio's kidneys shut down, he had a heart attack and was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital where doctors performed an angioplasty to clear his coronary arteries. He also was suffering from idiopathic congestive heart failure - a condition in which the heart becomes weak ...
New therapeutic platform technology tackles major diseases
Friday, August 8th, 2008Devices/Technology A spin out company from basic structural biology, ...
Scientists develop high-performance, hemispherical “eye” camera
Friday, August 8th, 2008Devices/Technology By combining stretchable optoelectronics and biologically inspired design, ...
BioNanomatrix awarded NIH grant for nanoscale platform for single-molecule DNA mapping
Friday, August 8th, 2008Devices/Technology BioNanomatrix, Inc. has announced receipt of a grant ...
