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Cancer patients in Indonesia will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Varian Medical Systems and Indonesia's first private cancer hospital. |
15 September 2008: Varian |
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The US FDA has granted BSD Medical a 510(k) clearance to market the company’s MicroThermX-100 Microwave Ablation System (MTX-100) in the USA. |
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The Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO), together with international medical-technology group Elekta, has awarded the 2008 CARO-Elekta Research Fellowship to Radiation Oncologist, Dr Scott Carlyle Morgan. |
10 September 2008: Elekta |
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Two leading cancer centres have carried out radiosurgery treatments for multiple brain metastases using new RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems. |
03 September 2008: Varian |
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Novare Surgical Systems announced the successful completion of a series of single port Lap-Band procedures that results in reduced scarring and less postoperative pain for patients. |
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Boston Scientific has released one-year results from the European and Intercontinental launch phases of its global Taxus OLYMPIA registry, the world's largest post-approval, prospective registry for a single drug-eluting stent (DES). |
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Boston Scientific has released one-year data from its landmark SYNTAX trial comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the Taxus Express2 Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System to contemporary coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. |
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CMS, an Elekta company, has delivered clinical treatments to three sites utilising Monaco, its next-generation Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment planning system. |
29 August 2008: Elekta |
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The Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center (CBCC) - one of the USA's largest freestanding, physician owned and operated comprehensive cancer centres - has purchased a CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System from Accuray for its seven-acre campus in Bakersfield, California, USA. |
29 August 2008: Accuray |
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Cook Medical has announced the first-in-man placement of its innovative Zenith AAA Iliac Flex Legs and Z-Trak Introduction System. |
28 August 2008: Cook |
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Elekta has received CE mark clearance to distribute Elekta Compact, the latest addition to its range of treatment systems, offering clinicians an easy to implement, more affordable solution for radiation therapy. |
27 August 2008: Elekta |
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Clinicians from the Image Guided Radiation Therapy programme at Community Care Physicians in Latham have started to treat cancer patients using Varian Medical Systems’ RapidArc radiotherapy technology. |
26 August 2008: Varian |
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Cook Medical’s Zenith Branch Iliac Endovascular Graft has passed major landmark for advanced interventional technology to treat aortic disease by being used to treat the world's 1,000th patient undergoing endovascular treatment for an aorto-iliac or iliac aneurysm. |
22 August 2008: Cook |
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LifeNet Health has released the OsteoCleanse Service, a novel method of salvaging cranial bone flaps. |
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The first US patient implanted with a DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) from Terumo Heart has been discharged homefrom the University of Michigan Health System, 15 days after receiving the device. |
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St Jude Medical has received European CE Mark approval and US Food and Drug Administration clearance for the Epicor LP Cardiac Ablation System, which is a second generation technology that uses HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) to surgically ablate cardiac tissue to disrupt abnormal electrical impulses in the heart. |
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Skagit Valley Hospital has purchased an Elekta Axesse system to add the latest generation of Elekta technology to its group cancer treatment systems. |
12 August 2008: Elekta |
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The last patient has been dosed in the first of three ongoing phase 2 clinical trials sponsored by Innocoll’s wholly owned subsidiary, Innocoll Technologies, to investigate CollaRx Bupivacaine Surgical Implant for the management of post-operative pain. |
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A physician at Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand has successfully implanted several of Flexible Stenting Solutions’ third generation arterial stents for the treatment of peripheral vascular lesions involving the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. |
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The Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery in Moscow has purchased a CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System from Accuray. |
08 August 2008: Accuray |
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KLS Martin has implanted the Sternal Talon, which is an alternative method of closure for midline sternotomies used in many heart procedures and utilises rigid orthopaedic-style fixation, in its 500th patient. |
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Terumo Heart has announced that the first US implant of the DuraHeart Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) took place on July 30, 2008 at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. |
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Nexgen Spine has received CE mark approval to market the Physio-L Lumbar Artificial Disc in the European Union. |
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Accuray has announced that the first patients have been treated using the next generation CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System recently installed at the Oklahoma CyberKnife in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. |
06 August 2008: Accuray |
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Cambridge Endo has been granted a CE Mark for its innovative Autonomy Lapro-Angle Articulating Laparoscopic Instruments. |
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