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Cook Medical has introduced the Surgisis Biodesign Umbilical Hernia Graft for umbilical hernia repair that is designed specifically to fit the individual anatomy of a patient. |
11 February 2008: Cook |
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The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, USA has ordered an Elekta Neuromag system that is designed for non-invasive measurement of brain activity using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology.
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11 February 2008: Elekta |
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Boston Scientific has been enrolled the first patient in its PROENCY (Promus, ENdeavor and CYpher) European registry to observe different 'Olimus'-eluting coronary stents |
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) marketing clearance to Life Spine’s Kinetic-SL, a new internally dynamised anterior cervical plating system. |
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The world’s first image guided intensity modulated arc therapy patient treatments using commercially released product solutions have been completed by the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton UK and Allgemeines KrankenHaus / Medical University of Vienna in Austria. |
07 February 2008: Elekta |
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Medtronic has announced the distribution of Nanostim Synthetic Bone Paste for use in surgical procedures in the European Union and other markets outside the USA. |
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Zimmer is expanding the company’s global manufacturing network by adding a 100,000ft2 plant in Shannon, Ireland. |
06 February 2008: Zimmer |
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Tryton Medical has received CE Mark approval for its Side Branch Stent, which is a high performance cobalt chromium balloon-expandable coronary stent specifically developed for the complete treatment of the entire spectrum of coronary artery bifurcation disease. |
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Medtronic has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Endeavor Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System to be used in the treatment of coronary artery disease. |
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Palomar Medical Technologies will be unveiling two new fractional handpieces at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) in San Antonio, Texas, USA from February 2 to 4, 2008. |
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Small Bone Innovations (SBi) has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Link America d/b/a LINK Orthopaedics, The Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement system, known as the STAR Ankle. |
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Concentric Medical's Merci L4 and Merci L6 Retrievers have obtained regulatory clearance in the European Union. |
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Medtronic and Arbor Surgical Technologies have made an exclusive global licensing agreement that will see Medtronic manufacture, market and distribute Arbor’s bovine pericardial tissue heart valve technologies. |
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An independent clinical trial has shown the Epicor Cardiac Ablation System, which is manufactured and distributed by St Jude Medical, is effective in treating atrial fibrillation (AF) when treated concomitantly to corrective heart surgery. |
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A new treatment planning service has been introduced to new and existing CyberKnife customers that will allow them to access a dedicated team of remote scientists specialising in CyberKnife radiosurgery treatment planning. |
25 January 2008: Accuray |
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Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB have booked fourteen orders for the new Novalis Tx radiosurgical platform, which combines technologies from both companies to offer non-invasive treatment solution options for patients. |
24 January 2008: Varian |
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ProCure Treatment Centers has selected IMPAC Medical Systems (IMPAC), an Elekta company, as a preferred provider of oncology information systems (OIS) for ProCure'a IBA-equipped proton beam therapy centres. |
24 January 2008: Elekta |
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Cardica has launched its new C-Port xA X-CHANGE Distal Anastomosis System, now commercially available in the USA. |
23 January 2008: Cardica |
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Biosensors International Group’s BioMatrix drug-eluting stent system has received CE Mark approval enabling commercialisation of the product in the European Union and the countries in Asia and Latin America that recognise the CE Mark. |
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Two European sites are utilising Elekta technology to implement clinical treatments with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) following the recent CE designation of VMAT in Europe, the way has been cleared for The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton, UK and General Hospital Vienna in Austria to treat cancer using Elekta’s VMAT solution. |
21 January 2008: Elekta |
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Elekta has been selected as a main partner by CHU (University Hospital Center) de Poitiers in a programme to improve radiation therapy treatment capacity in the Poitou-Charente region of France. |
21 January 2008: Elekta |
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Ablation Frontiers has expanded enrollment in the first ever US Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial for interventional treatment of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF). |
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By using Cambridge Endo's Autonomy Laparo-Angle scissors and dissectors a 17-year-old boy has three small scars to show for his life-saving operation because the newly enabled technique allowed his surgeons to avoid a highly invasive procedure. |
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AtriCure has reported published results on an 83 patient study of AtriCure's Isolator endoscopic bipolar ablation system, which physicians have adopted to treat atrial fibrillation (AF). |
15 January 2008: AtriCure |
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Treatments have commenced on the new Elekta Synergy S at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). |
11 January 2008: Elekta |
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