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Boston Scientific’s Neuroform EZ Stent System, a fourth-generation intracranial aneurysm stent system designed for use in conjunction with endovascular coiling to treat wide-necked aneurysms is being launched in the USA and Europe. |
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The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting sees Brainlab introduce ExacTrac Infrared Monitoring, an add-on device to existing treatment machines for monitoring patient positioning during radiation therapy treatments. |
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Maquet Cardiovascular is launching its Vasoview Hemopro 2 Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting (EVH) System, which utilises next-generation Hemopro cut-and-seal technology to reduce thermal spread and to achieve optimal conduit quality for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery patients. |
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The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, which is one of the UK's largest radiotherapy departments, is beginning to treat patients using fast and efficient RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems. |
19 July 2010: Varian |
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A 64-year-old female patient with mediastinal metastasis becomes the first in Latin America to receive Elekta VMAT radiotherapy treatment enhanced with Monaco planning software. |
06 July 2010: Elekta |
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Maquet Cardiovascular is to become the exclusive United States distributor of the Intergard family of vascular grafts effective October 1, 2010, when its current distribution agreement with W L Gore Associates Gore) expires. |
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Cerapedics receives the CE Mark for its i-FACTOR Flex bone graft product line which is the company’s second product in the i-FACTOR product platform based on its proprietary small peptide attachment factor technology. |
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Medtronic introduces the company’s new Midas Rex Legend EHS Stylus Touch high-speed electric drill for spinal, cranial and orthopaedic surgical procedures. |
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Covidien launches its proprietary Tri-Staple technology platform for endoscopic stapling which is the first-of-its-kind technology that enables surgeons to use staplers in a wider variety of laparoscopic procedures and in a broader range of tissue thicknesses than ever before. |
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One of the leading cancer centres in the Middle East is among the first in the region to introduce fast and efficient RapidArc radiotherapy treatments from Varian Medical Systems. |
23 June 2010: Varian |
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A 55-year-old female head and neck cancer patient becomes the first person in the world to be treated clinically using a new, advanced radiotherapy delivery device from Varian Medical Systems. |
22 June 2010: Varian |
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Fortis International Oncology Centre, a joint initiative between International Oncology and Fortis Healthcare, is the first in a planned series of new radiotherapy centres aimed at improving access to advanced treatments for millions of Indian cancer patients has been officially opened in Noida, India. |
18 June 2010: Varian |
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Halt Medical’s Halt 2000GI Electrosurgical System for soft tissue ablation using radiofrequency energy. |
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Elekta is launching its latest production release of its Monaco treatment planning system, version 2.03, which is designed to enhance planning for Elekta VMAT. |
14 June 2010: Elekta |
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Cook Medical is submitting its Pre-Market Approval (PMA) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company's polymer-free Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent. |
14 June 2010: Cook |
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Boston Scientific is launching and announcing the first implants of its Taxus Element Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in the European Union and other CE Mark countries. |
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Zimmer is introducing to the European market the Zimmer Natural Nail Cephalomedullary Nail System which is designed to help address fractures of the femur, especially intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures. |
08 June 2010: Zimmer |
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Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in the United Kingdom, the first hospital operated by the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK to acquire the Accuray CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, becomes the 200th CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System to be installed worldwide. |
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The long-term success of Cook Medical's Resonance Metallic Ureteral Stent in providing drainage for patients with both benign and malignant upper urinary tract obstructions is demonstrated by a 29-month clinical study (Ref 1) presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). |
04 June 2010: Cook |
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Clinicians at Institut Catala d'Oncologia (ICO) in Barcelona carry out the first treatment in Spain using RapidArc radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems. |
04 June 2010: Varian |
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Osprey Biomedical, a global spinal allograft bio-implant company, is rolling out its Eagle Cervical Allograft Series being offered in its ATPS Preservation System. |
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The Avera McKennan Cancer Institute is to install a Mobetron from IntraOp Medical for treating breast cancer in its Sioux Falls, South Dakota facility. |
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NMT Medical launches its RT2 septal implant delivery system in France. |
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St Jude Medical's first patient is enrolled in the FAME II (Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Plus Optimal Medical Treatment vs. Optimal Medical Treatment Alone in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease) trial. |
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The first patient is treated with the Medtronic’s Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft with the Captivia Delivery System in Medtronic’s RESCUE Clinical Study. |
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