Ellipse Technologies, Inc. (“Ellipse”) announced today that it has received CE-Mark approval of the Company’s PRECICETM Limb Lengthening device. Limb Lengthening procedures are used to treat a number of medical conditions, including…
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DENTSPLY, DIO enter strategic partnership for dental implant production
DENTSPLY International Inc. (Nasdaq:XRAY) announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DIO Corporation (KOSDAQ – 039840), based in Busan, South Korea. DIO operations include a state-of-the art manufacturing facility…
Exergen’s TemporalScanner demonstrates accuracy in temperature assessment for surgical patients
Temperatures taken orally or by temporal artery thermometry “are an accurate means of temperature assessment for adult patients undergoing colorectal or gynecology surgery,” according to analysis published by the Journal of PeriAnesthesia…
St. Jude Medical announces advanced technologies for streamlined workflow in EP lab
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced several new products that provide physicians and hospitals with the opportunity for improved efficiency and information connectivity in the electrophysiology…
Research into hospital bed technology could soon represent giant leap forward in patient care
A University of New Hampshire professor’s research into hospital bed technology could soon represent a giant leap forward in patient care. John LaCourse, professor and chair of UNH’s Department of Electrical and…
Agilent, UC Davis to develop MassCode PCR technology for identifying food-borne pathogens
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it is collaborating with the University of California, Davis in the area of food safety. The research collaboration will focus on the development of a new…
Creation of functional human arterial grafts through NovoGen MMX Bioprinter
Organovo, Inc., a regenerative medicine company focused on bioprinting technology, today announced the release of data on the first fully bioprinted blood vessels. Data was presented at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative…
AltheaDx partners with Compendia Bioscience to launch Breast Cancer Segregation Panel Assay
AltheaDx, Inc. today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Compendia Bioscience to combine their respective core capabilities in assay development, validation and bioinformatics. The two companies will jointly create novel…
Audax Medical licenses novel TBL technology to fix broken bones from Brown
Technology licensed to Audax Medical. Here’s the vision: an elderly woman comes into the emergency room after a fall. She has broken her hip. The orthopaedic surgeon doesn’t come with metal plates…
Detection of blood biomarker cTnT associated with structural heart disease
With the use of a highly sensitive test, detection of the blood biomarker cardiac troponin T, a cardiac-specific protein, is associated with structural heart disease and an increased risk of all-cause death,…
ART’s stent superior than other bioresorbable stents
Arterial Remodeling Technologies (“ART”) disclosed today new data related to its bioresorbable stent platform—additional data that further validates the Company’s innovative approach to simultaneously balance biocompatibility, biomechanics and bioresorption within a bioresorbable…
New stretcher initiative by American Medical Response
In an effort to further improve patient care and reduce lifting injuries, American Medical Response (AMR) has started a nationwide initiative to replace its manual stretchers with state-of-the-art Stryker-PRO XT powered stretchers…
BioMimetic Therapeutics to assess safety, clinical utility of Augment Rotator Cuff Graft
BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMTI) today announced it initiated enrollment in a pilot clinical trial to assess the safety and clinical utility of AugmentTM Rotator Cuff Graft for the repair of large…
Information Technology Could Improve Prevention, Treatment Of Depression
Could information technology and data mining techniques be used to improve the diagnosis and treatment of depression? That’s the question scientists in Australia hope to have answered in a forthcoming issue of…
Interference with biofilm detachment mechanisms may prevent biofilm-associated infections
Patients in hospitals and healthcare facilities can develop infections as a result of contamination of indwelling medical devices such as catheters with bacteria that are normal inhabitants of the skin of the…