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Orthofix International sells to Covidien the assets of Orthofix’s vascular business, including its AV-Impulse mechanical compression technology. |
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Replication Medical receives a CE mark for its GelFix Posterior Spinal Distraction implant. |
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Researchers in the US and Denmark are claiming a breakthrough in image-guided targeting of prostate tumours during arc radiotherapy treatments. |
08 March 2010: Varian |
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The ADM X3 Mobile Bearing Acetabular System, a next-generation technology for hip replacement surgery designed to minimise the risks associated with total hip replacement surgery is released by Stryker Orthopaedics. |
08 March 2010: Stryker |
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NovoStent receives the CE Mark for its SAMBA Stent and Delivery System for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. |
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Spineology is partnering with Captiva Spine as a non-exclusive US distributor for Captiva’s capLOX Pedicle Screw System. |
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Small Bone Innovations (SBi) receives 510(k) pre-market clearance notifications from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Mini-Rail Fixation System (‘Mini-Rail System’) and large Cannulated Screw System for use in lower limb reconstruction and repair procedures. |
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Just one year after it began clinical use of Elekta’s Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion radiosurgery system, Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri., USA) is poised to offer the benefits of Gamma Knife surgery to several new patient groups. With Elekta’s Extend programme for Gamma Knife Perfexion, |
26 February 2010: Elekta |
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Roseville Radiation Oncology Center (ROC) at Radiological Associates of Sacramento (RAS). RAS, a large private medical group, includes diagnostics as well as therapy in its centres is treating 30-35 patients per day, mainly with prostate and breast lesions. |
23 February 2010: Elekta |
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Anulex Technologies, a privately held medical device manufacturer focusing on spinal disc preservation and anular repair products, introduces the Xclose Plus Tissue Repair System at the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA. |
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Maquet Cardiovascular signs a three year contract with HealthTrust Purchasing Group to provide woven and knitted textile vascular grafts to the HealthTrust membership. |
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Wolters Kluwer Health announces that Avamar Center for Endoscopy has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. |
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OrbusNeich enrolls the first patient in a randomized clinical trial of the Genous Bio-engineered R stent in China. |
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Given the intricacies surrounding the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Elekta expands its STRATEGIQ Services programme to help cancer care centres take advantage of the financial incentives available from the federal government. |
08 February 2010: Elekta |
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St Jude Medical receives CE Mark approval and has seen the first implants of its Fortify and Fortify ST implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and Unify cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D). |
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Results of a clinical study presented at the annual Triological Society meetings in Orlando, Florida, USA, suggest a sterile barrier sheath system has distinct advantages over germicidal immersion processes used to prevent contamination of fiberoptic nasopharyngolaryngoscopes (flexible ENT scopes). |
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St Jude Medical receives an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin enrollment in the IRASE AF (IRrigated Ablation System Evaluation for AF) trial, a multicentre, randomized, single-blind study evaluating the safety and efficacy of the company's Duo 12 port open irrigated catheter ablation system for treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF). |
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Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division receives a three-year contract from HealthTrust Purchasing Group as a supplier of arthroscopic shaver blades to its membership nationwide. |
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Maquet Cardiovascular is initiating the OPTION (Optimal Improvement of Vein Graft Patency Long Term by the Implementation Of Novel Endoscopic Harvesting Techniques) study. |
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ATS Medical announces the first commercial implants of the ATS 3f Enable Aortic Bioprosthesis were recently performed at the University of Berne Hospital, Berne, Switzerland by Lars Englberger, MD, Mario Stalder, MD, and Professor Thierry Carrel. |
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Moving to expand its impact on peripheral vascular disease, Medtronic signs a definitive agreement to acquire Invatec, a developer of innovative medical technologies for the interventional treatment of cardiovascular disease, and two affiliated companies: Fogazzi, which provides polymer technology to Invatec; and Krauth Cardiovascular, which distributes Invatec products in Germany. |
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The Radiation Oncology Department at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney becomes the first in Australia to be formally accredited by Varian Medical Systems, the world leader in radiotherapy, as a teaching facility for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). The hospital will hold four IGRT courses in 2010 and there are plans to extend this accreditation to other advanced techniques such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and RapidArc in the future. |
25 January 2010: Varian |
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LifeNet Health is launching the CardioGRAFT decell pulmonary patch with Matracell technology at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA, on January 24 2010 |
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The Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) in Beijing, China has ordered a Mobetron intraoperative electron-beam radiation therapy (IOERT) system from IntraOp Medical for its cancer care facility. |
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Boston Scientific enrolls the first patient in a clinical trial to evaluate its WallFlex Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent for the treatment of benign bile duct strictures. |
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