NIKON BECOMES SLEE’S EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTOR FOR PATHOLOGY SPECIMEN PREPARATION EQUIPMENT.
Nikon Instruments Europe: 05 January 2009
Nikon Instruments Europe and SLEE Medical have agreed a distribution partnership that appoints Nikon as the official European distributor of SLEE’s pathology specimen preparation equipment. |
NOVARAD UNVEILS SYSTEM TO CAPTURE AND CONVERT LIVE MOTION STUDIES INTO A DICOM STANDARD
NovaRad: 05 January 2009
NovaRad has released NovaMotion to help eliminate the demands of transporting and keeping track of DVDs and videos for live motion studies. |
MEDTRONIC BEGINS ENROLLMENT IN CLINICAL TRIAL OF ITS SELF‑EXPANDING (SE) COMPLETE SE STENT
Medtronic: 05 January 2009
Medtronic has announced the first enrollment in the company’s FDA‑approved clinical trial of its self‑expanding (SE) Complete SE stent for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery (SFA). |
MEDTRONIC LAUNCHES SURGICAL POWER CONSOLE FOR USE IN SPINAL, CRANIAL, AND ENT SURGERIES
Medtronic: 05 January 2009
Medtronic has launched the Integrated Power Console (IPC) platform which is the company’s first multispecialty surgical power console for use in spinal, cranial, and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeries. |
XSTOR UNVEILS IMAGE MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE SOLUTION FOR ADVANCED CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
XStor Medical Systems : 02 January 2009
XStor Medical Systems has introduced its flagship Imaging Platform for advanced clinical applications and collaborative patient care. |
SORIN SELLS OFF RENAL CARE BUSINESS TO EUROPEAN INVESTMENT CONSORTIUM
Sorin: 02 January 2009
Sorin Group has completed the divestment of its Renal Care Business to an investment consortium led by Argos Soditic, an independent European private equity firm, and MPS Venture SGR, on behalf of the closed-end fund ‘Emilia Venture’. |
PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS SET TO CHANGE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS MARKET IN THE USA
Kalorama Information: 31 December 2008
A new report from Kalorama Information, 'US Markets for EMR (Electronic Medical Records) Technology', has highlighted the new trend of internet-based Personal Health Records (PHR)and examines how the focus of ownership of medical records is shifting from one that is distributed among various healthcare providers to one that is shared and controlled by both the patient and the provider. |
DEVON INTERNATIONAL GROUP ACQUIRES CHINESE RIGHTS TO CYTOCARE AND IVSTATION ROBOTS
Health Robotics: 30 December 2008
Health Robotics has signed a definitive agreement with the Devon International Group (DIG), whereby DIG has acquired the exclusive rights to Health Robotics' CytoCare and ivSTATION robots in the People's Republic of China. |
ROSETTA GENOMICS UNVEILS MESOTHELIOMA DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Rosetta Genomics: 30 December 2008
Rosetta Genomics has introduced its third diagnostic test, miRview meso, which is now commercially available through Rosetta Genomics CLIA-certified lab in Philadelphia. |
NIHON KOHDEN ACQUIRES NEUROTRONICS TO BOOST SLEEP-RESPIRATORY PORTFOLIO
Nihon Kohden America: 30 December 2008
Nihon Kohden has announced the acquisition of a 100 percent share of Neurotronics based in Gainesville, Florida, USA, with Neurotronics becoming a subsidiary of Nihon Kohden on December 31, 2008. |
MEDTRONIC ACQUIRES INFLUENT MEDICAL’S REPOSE GAHM SOLUTION FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Medtronic: 29 December 2008
Medtronic has acquired InfluENT Medical’s Repose GAHM product range for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). |
LBNH DEMONSTRATES SHARING OF CLINICAL DATA BETWEEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Long Beach Network for Health : 29 December 2008
The Long Beach Network for Health (LBNH), a participant in the National Health Information Network (NHIN), has demonstrated the ability to securely share a patient's laboratory results and other clinical data among community health care providers. |
BANK OF CYPRUS ONCOLOGY CENTRE BUYS TWO ELEKTA NON-INVASIVE CANCER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Elekta: 24 December 2008
The Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre (BOCOC, Nicosia, Cyprus) has acquired two Elekta Synergy systems and an Elekta Synergy Platform for the non-invasive treatment of cancer. |
BECKMAN COULTER UNVEILS CELLULAR ANALYSIS SOLUTION FOR HAEMATOLOGY MEASUREMENTS
Beckman Coulter Clinical Diagnostics: 24 December 2008
Beckman Coulter has introduced in a new cellular analysis solution with the release of the UniCel DxH 800 Coulter Cellular Analysis System. |
HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY USES HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY SYSTEM FOR PAEDIATRIC TREATMENTS
BSD Medical: 24 December 2008
The first patient, a 13-year old boy, has been treated using BSD Medical’s BSD 2000/3D/MR Hyperthermia System at the Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf. |
GOOD PRODUCTS CREATES NEW UK HEADQUARTERS TO SUPPORT EXPANSION PLANS
Good Products: 24 December 2008
Good Products is expanding to new UK headquarters in Nottingham, UK to support the company’s business growth in delivering electronic document management solutions to the pharmaceutical and medical industries in 2008. |
ONCOLOGICO DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA ADOPTS IMRT SYSTEM TO TREAT HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA
Varian: 23 December 2008
A Swiss cancer clinic is among the first in the world to use a new, faster radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems to treat a 12-year-old girl with Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS SET TO SEE DOUBLE-DIGIT ANNUAL GROWTH THROUGH TO 2012
Kalorama Information: 23 December 2008
A new report from market analysts, Kalorama Information, suggests that molecular medicine will soon transform the entire spectrum of disease management, from assuring the early detection of disease, to defining the prognosis of disease evolution and predicting a patient’s response to specific therapies. |
BECKMAN COULTER OFFERS NEW SERIES OF INTEGRATED CHEMISTRY-IMMUNOASSAY WORK CELLS
Beckman Coulter Clinical Diagnostics: 23 December 2008
Beckman Coulter has launched three new systems, completing the company's family of integrated chemistry-immunoassay work cells. |
ROSETTA GENOMICS UNVEILS DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO IDENTIFY 25 DIFFERENT TUMOUR TYPES
Rosetta Genomics: 23 December 2008
Rosetta Genomics has introduced its second diagnostic test, miRview mets. The test is now commercially available through Rosetta Genomics CLIA-certified lab in Philadelphia, USA. |
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