Medical Devices News

Grant Enables New Wrist Splint Device To Move To Clinical Trials

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:20:03 GMT

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.

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

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:20:03 GMT

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.

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Hand Gesture Recognition System For Use During Medical Procedures

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:08 GMT

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel have developed a new hand gesture recognition system, tested at a Washington, D.

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

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:07 GMT

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.

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

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:04 GMT

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.

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Siemens Next Generation Technology May Bring New Hope To Cancer Patients

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:03 GMT

The Artiste Solution from Siemens recently gone clinical in three of the most prominent cancer centers around the world.

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

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:40:03 GMT

Seegene and Lab901 announced the availability of a novel automated multi-pathogen walk-away detection platform for European hospitals.

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

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:40:02 GMT

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.

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

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00:28 GMT

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.

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Joint Distraction Promotes Structural Repair In Patients With Severe Knee Osteoarthritis

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:40:06 GMT

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.

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