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Medtronic's AneuRx AAAdvantage Stent Graft on the new Xcelerant Hydro Delivery System is to be launched in the USA.
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The first procedures using the Zimmer DTO Implant have been completed in the USA. |
09 January 2008: Zimmer |
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Elekta is negotiating 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. |
08 January 2008: Elekta |
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Boston Scientific has completed the sale of its Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery businesses to the Swedish Getinge Group for $750 million. |
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The first of two phase 3 clinical trials sponsored by Innocoll’s wholly owned subsidiary, Innocoll Technologies, that will investigate CollaRx Gentamicin surgical implant for the prevention of surgical site infections, has commenced dosing. |
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Varian Medical Systems' RapidArc radiotherapy technology has received US FDA 510(k) clearance. |
02 January 2008: Varian |
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Boston Scientific’s Taxus Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system has received European CE Mark approval for use in patients with diabetes (Ref 1). |
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Medtronic and Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer have agreed to form a joint venture to market therapies in the spine and orthopaedics sector with Medtronic also acquiring a 15 percent equity interest in Weigao. |
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Medtronic has started the first human study of its Endurant Stent Graft System, an investigational treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). |
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Varian Medical Systems has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a new proton scanning dose algorithm that gives clinicians more control over how proton beams are used to target tumours and other abnormalities. |
17 December 2007: Varian |
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Zimmer has received FDA Premarket Approval for the company’s NexGen LPS-Flex Mobile Knee. |
14 December 2007: Zimmer |
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Boston Scientific and Avista Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, have signed a definitive agreement under which Avista will acquire from Boston Scientific its Fluid Management and Venous Access businesses for $425 million in cash. |
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Brandon Medical has launched the company’s first high definition medical lighting units using its new HD LED technology. |
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Two new Swiss private cancer centres have been equipped by Varian Medical Systems with state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines to enable local cancer patients to receive advanced treatments. |
13 December 2007: Varian |
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Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division has launched a re-designed and expanded family of Clear-Trac Disposable Cannulas, with a new, triple-seal system that reduces fluid leakage and helps surgeons manage sutures during arthroscopic surgery. |
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Smith & Nephew’s Orthopaedic Reconstruction business has welcomed the release of six-year clinical data that confirms the clinical superiority of the company’s Birmingham Hip Resurfacing system (BHR). |
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The Sorin Group has completed the first commercial implant of the Mitroflow Aortic Pericardial Heart Valve in the USA, performed by the Cardiovascular Surgery Division at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. |
06 December 2007: Sorin |
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Varian Medical Systems has been selected to provide state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment for the new Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, England. |
03 December 2007: Varian |
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Medtronic has filed the final module of its Pre-Market Approval (PMA) application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company's Talent Abdominal Stent Graft System. |
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Boston Scientific has welcomed a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel's recommendation to approve with conditions the Promus/ Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system. |
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LifeNet Health has announced a strategic partnership with IMS (Integrated Medical Systems International), the InstrumentReady company, to create new software tools for LifeNet Health customers, improving the tracking of allograft bio-implants. |
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The US Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) marketing clearance to Amedica's Valeo Pedicle Screw system. |
27 November 2007: Amedica |
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The Hua Shan Hospital in Shanghai has installed Accuray’s CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System for its Pudong District facility. |
27 November 2007: Accuray |
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval of St Jude Medical’s Epic Stented Tissue Valve with Linx AC Technology. |
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Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division has announced the sale of its vascular business to InaVein, a Boston-area investor group led by Jonathan Donaldson and Patrick Maley, longstanding members of the medical device marketplace. |
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