Grant Enables New Wrist Splint Device To Move To Clinical Trials

A new device that offers a more effective method of splinting for wrist fractures, devised by a Loughborough University designer and a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, has been awarded a grant from the Audi Design Foundation. The grant of ^Alb19, 840 will now allow Loughborough lecturer George Torrens and John Dooley from Hillingdon Hospital to produce a prototype of the device, known as Fit-Splint, and enable an initial series of clinical trials to begin in early 2009.

Hip And Knee Replacement: Canadian Physicians Forced By System Constraints To Become Medical Brokers In Prioritizing

Health-care system constraints combined with a lack of a uniform referral process are leaving Ontario physicians brokering which patients are in greatest need of hip and knee replacement, a study led by a St. Michael's Hospital researcher funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has revealed.

Hand Gesture Recognition System For Use During Medical Procedures

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel have developed a new hand gesture recognition system, tested at a Washington, D.C. hospital, that enables doctors to manipulate digital images during medical procedures by motioning instead of touching a screen, keyboard or mouse which compromises sterility and could spread infection, according to a just released article.

Lantheus Medical Imaging Presents Phase I Study Results Of Novel PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Tracer

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, has presented Phase I data relating to the safety and tolerability in human subjects of BMS747158, its novel fluorine 18-labeled Positron Emission Tomography (PET) tracer for myocardial perfusion imaging.

Philips Completes Installation Phase Of Nationwide Healthcare Infrastructure Modernization Project In The Republic Of Zambia

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) celebrated the completion of the installation phase of a seven-year project to modernize the healthcare infrastructure of the Republic of Zambia. The program, part of the Dutch government's ORET international development initiative, has seen substantial improvements made to 71 hospitals across the country.

Siemens Next Generation Technology May Bring New Hope To Cancer Patients

The Artiste Solution from Siemens recently gone clinical in three of the most prominent cancer centers around the world. Dozens of patients have been treated to date at MAASTRO Clinic in the Netherlands, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Baton Rouge General's Pennington Cancer Center in Louisiana.

Seegene Lab901 Brings A New Detection Platform For Multiple Pathogens To European Hospitals

Seegene and Lab901 announced the availability of a novel automated multi-pathogen walk-away detection platform for European hospitals. Based on the Seeplex(R) multiplexing PCR system and ScreenTape(R) gel electrophoresis detection system, this new Seeplex/ScreenTape detection platform will be introduced to clinical and research laboratories in 10 countries across Europe beginning this month.

Unique Bi-Directional Irrigated Tip Cardiac Catheter For Treatment Of Irregular Heart Rhythms Now Available In The European Union

Patients in the European Union (EU) with arrhythmias, also known as irregular heart rhythms, may now benefit from treatment with a new state-of-the art catheter, designed to reduce char and thrombus formation during ablation and give physicians improved range of motion during procedures to eliminate abnormal heart rhythms.

Leading Catheter Astra Tech's; LoFric R Now An Option For Those On Medicare And Medicaid

A sweeping change in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policy now allows patients on intermittent catheterization up to 200 single-use, disposable catheters per month, including the industry-leading LoFric, manufactured by Astra Tech.

Joint Distraction Promotes Structural Repair In Patients With Severe Knee Osteoarthritis

Joint distraction (the use of a surgical frame around a degenerated joint to strengthen and promote repair) promotes cartilage repair in severe end stage osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, as demonstrated for the first time by data presented at EULAR 2008, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Paris, France.