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Medtronic has launched the Talent Abdominal Stent Graft on the new Xcelerant Hydro Delivery System to the European market. |
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Abbott has received CE Mark approval for a 2.25mm version of its Xience V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System, offering physicians a smaller stent based upon the proven efficacy, positive safety results and deliverability of Xience V. |
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) marketing clearance to Life Spine’s Lynx, a new cross connector system designed for use in surgical lumbar fusion procedures. |
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Brandon Medical celebrated a double triumph at the Yorkshire Forward Innovator/08 Awards that were presented by the Rt Hon. Michael Portillo in Leeds on March 5, 2008. |
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Smith & Nephew’s Orthopaedic Reconstruction business has launched the R3 Acetabular System, an advanced multi-bearing acetabular cup system used in total hip replacement procedures. |
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Stryker Orthopaedics has added Triathlon PKR, a partial knee resurfacing system, to the Triathlon Knee System family. |
06 March 2008: Stryker |
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Stryker has launched its Triathlon TS Revision System, which is designed to provide Triathlon Knee System family performance in a streamlined revision procedure. |
06 March 2008: Stryker |
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Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division has launched the Bioraptor 2.3 PK Suture Anchor for repair of instability in the hip or shoulder joint. |
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Medline Industries and 3M Health Care have signed an exclusive license and supply agreement for 3M's electrosurgical patient plates in the USA. |
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A study has reported that Starion Instruments’ patented Tissue Welding technology minimised intraoperative blood loss, postoperative complications and may reduce the development of facial paresis in parotidectomy procedures. |
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Two devices from the Aesculap Division of B. Braun Melsungen have been selected the iF product design award 2008, which has become one of the world’s most coveted design awards. |
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Medtronic has announced results of a study that shows in one of the longest-running studies on nasal obstruction, patients treated with a microdebriding turbinoplasty technique had excellent resolution of their nasal obstruction. |
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Three of Xograph Healthcare’s Ziehm Vision Ortho C-arms are to be installed at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil and Manor Hospital in Walsall. |
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EndoGastric Solutions has revealed the results of a one-year follow-up on GERD patients in the phase 2 multi-centre study of the first generation transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF 1) procedure and first-generation EsophyX device. |
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Medtronic has announced the first human use of the company’s new investigational bifurcation stent, which employs an innovative Y-shaped design to match the anatomy of lesions that form at the junctions of coronary arteries. |
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Harris has teamed up with Cancer Treatment Services International (CTSI) to advance the quality and delivery of radiation oncology. |
26 February 2008: Harris |
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Elekta is to deliver Elekta Neuromag, the world-leading equipment for non-invasive registration of nerve cell activity using magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology to the new Le Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA) facility - NeuroSpin in Saclay, France, one of the largest research sites for brain imaging in Europe. |
25 February 2008: Elekta |
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A study performed at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center has confirmed for the first time the positive economic impact of successfully restoring blood flow with Concentric Medical’s Merci Retriever. |
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The second of two phase 3 clinical trials sponsored by Innocoll Technologies to investigate CollaRx Gentamicin Surgical Implant for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs), has commenced dosing. |
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Varian Medical Systems is organising a series of educational symposia about its RapidArc radiotherapy technology for faster and more precise cancer treatments. |
20 February 2008: Varian |
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Ranier Technology has secured £8 million funding from new and existing investors to develop and commercialise the company’s range of motion preserving spinal implant products. |
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Siemens Healthcare is strengthening its computer-assisted surgery portfolio with the acquisition of CAS innovations. |
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Elekta has signed a purchase agreement to acquire CMS, a worldwide leader in the development, sales and support of advanced radiation therapy planning solutions, supporting over 1,500 sites in clinical operation throughout the world, for $75million. |
18 February 2008: Elekta |
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General Hospital Vienna has successfully completed its first Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) treatment making it one of the first hospitals in the world to carry out the innovative cancer treatment option. |
14 February 2008: Elekta |
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A new radiotherapy centre in Hospital General de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain has opened that allows cancer patients in northern Spain to have access to advanced image-guided radiotherapy treatments from Varian Medical Systems. |
12 February 2008: Varian |
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