Home Editor's Blog News Special Reports Directory Events Advertise Submit Your News About Us Guides News by Zone I News by Date I News by Category   Home News By Zone Medical Device Technology Free Newsletter Register for our Free Newsletters Zones Analysis, Inspection and Laboratory Assisted/Independent Living Clinical and Nursing Equipment Design and Manufacture of Medical Equipment Diagnostics Equipment, Monitoring and Test Education, Training and Professional Services Health Education and Patient Management Health Estates Management Healthcare Support and Information Services Hygiene and Infection Control IT and Communications in Healthcare Materials Medical Device Technology Research and Development Safety and Security View All Other Carouselweb publications   Medical Device Technology St Jude Medical gains FDA approval of smaller ICD Cardiac devices and equipment : 11 May, 2012 St Jude Medical receives US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Ellipse implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).   [ View Detail ] ICDs that reduce inappropriate shocks receive FDA approval Cardiac devices and equipment : 10 May, 2012 St Jude Medical receives US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds).   [ View Detail ] Boston Scientific reports first US implant of devices to treat bradycardia Pacemakers : 09 May, 2012 Boston Scientific receives US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and is launching the company's INGENIO and ADVANTIO pacemakers and INVIVE cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-P).   [ View Detail ] Medical Vision launches new arthroscopy pump with RF compatibility Pumps and dispensers : 08 May, 2012 Medical Vision is launching of the company's new technology Double Pump RF, an arthroscopy pump that adjusts flow and pressure automatically when a shaver or an RF system is in use.   [ View Detail ] Hansen Medical unveils new robotic catheter system Catheters : 08 May, 2012 Hansen Medical plans to showcase the Sensei X Robotic Catheter System at the Heart Rhythm Society's 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions from May 9-12, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.   [ View Detail ] Angioslide receives FDA 510(K) clearance for new below the knee device Balloons : 07 May, 2012 Angioslide receives FDA 510(K) clearance for the company's new 3 X 100mm PROTEUS device for treating Peripheral Artery Disease in below the knee (BTK) vasculature.   [ View Detail ] Masimo signs dual-source pulse oximetry deal with Novation Pulse oximeters : 07 May, 2012 Masimo signs a three-year, dual-source agreement with Novation, the healthcare contracting services company of VHA and the University Health System Consortium (UHC).   [ View Detail ] Nonin Medical awarded Novation contract for pulse oximeters Pulse oximeters : 07 May, 2012 Novation, the largest health care supply contracting company in the USA, awards a 36-month contract to Nonin Medical for its pulse oximeters and sensors.   [ View Detail ] Trial shows renal denervation system shows blood pressure reduction benefits Cardiac devices and equipment : 30 April, 2012 Medtronic is reporting six month pooled outcomes from randomized and crossover patients in the Symplicity HTN-2 clinical trial following renal denervation with the Symplicity renal denervation system showing significant, sustained blood pressure reduction in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension.   [ View Detail ] UKE installs Barco's clinical review displays for dental exams Displays and monitors : 26 April, 2012 The Center for Dental and Oral Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany, installs Barco's MDRC-2124 clinical review displays to ensure they retain the outstanding image quality throughout the imaging chain - from modality to display.   [ View Detail ] Boston Scientific receives CE Mark for Emerge PTCA dilatation catheter Catheters : 26 April, 2012 Boston Scientific receives CE Mark and plans the European market launch of the Emerge PTCA Dilatation Catheter.   [ View Detail ] CareFusion and Cerner integrate smart pump technologies to improve safety Pumps and dispensers : 25 April, 2012 CareFusion and Cerner are announcing the live limited commercial release of a new infusion pump connectivity solution at Oklahoma Heart Hospital, one of the USA's first all-digital hospitals exclusively focused on heart care.   [ View Detail ] Omnetics releases panel mounted latching micro-D connectors Connectors : 24 April, 2012 Omnetics Connector is launching the company's Latching Micro-D connectors with a new squeeze-latch system that offers significant advantages in making quick cable connections to rack and panel equipment.   [ View Detail ] Accent MRI pacemaker and Tendril MRI lead achieve first implant Pacemakers : 20 April, 2012 St Jude Medical achieves the first implant of the company's Accent MRI Pacemaker and Tendril MRI Lead IDE Study (MRI Study).   [ View Detail ] Stryker's DVT device delivers fiscal benefits Endovascular medical devices : 20 April, 2012 Stryker's Sustainability Solutions division is introducing Restep, the company's pioneering deep vein thrombosis (DVT) solution.   [ View Detail ] OmniGuide unveils next generation CO2 laser surgery system Laser systems : 18 April, 2012 OmniGuide, a Cambridge, Massachusetts medical device company specializing in advanced energy surgical instruments, is launching the company's new FELS-25A Intelliguide, the next generation laser system for minimally invasive CO2 laser surgery.   [ View Detail ] Medtronic begins landmark US drug-eluting balloon study Balloons : 17 April, 2012 Medtronic is starting the Medtronic IN.PACT SFA II study, the company's first US clinical trial for its line of IN.PACT drug-eluting balloons.   [ View Detail ] Smaller ICD with physician-Inspired shape receives CE Mark Cardiac devices and equipment : 17 April, 2012 St Jude Medical receives CE Mark approval of the company's Ellipse implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) which was designed with feedback from more than 200 physicians from around the world.   [ View Detail ] Excelitas unveils White COB LED package for medical applications LED technology : 16 April, 2012 Excelitas Technologies introduces the company's newest model in the ACULED Family of Chip-On-Board LED packages, which has been designed to meet the rigorous performance requirements of medical applications such as surgical operating room lights, examination lights, and dental operatory lights.   [ View Detail ] Abiomed's Impella cVAD device receives CE Mark Cardiac devices and equipment : 13 April, 2012 Abiomed receives CE Marking approval in the European Union to market the Impella cVAD device, a new percutaneous Impella heart pump that provides peak flow of approximately four litres of blood per minute.   [ View Detail ] Boston Scientific launches steerable sheath in the USA Catheters : 13 April, 2012 Boston Scientific is launching the company's Z Flex-270 Steerable Sheath in the USA which is a device that is intended for use in a wide range of electrophysiology (EP) procedures to facilitate the introduction and placement of diagnostic and therapeutic catheters within the heart.   [ View Detail ] Ultra-compact image sensor enables Ambu's single-use intubation scope Sensors : 13 April, 2012 OmniVision Technologies' OV6922 CMOS image sensor is being designed into Ambu's aScope 2, a single-use intubation scope intended for medical procedures such as difficult intubation and percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT).   [ View Detail ] Medtronic CRT-D receives FDA approval Cardiac devices and equipment : 12 April, 2012 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves an expanded indication for Medtronic's cardiac resynchronization therapy with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (CRT-D) devices.   [ View Detail ] Boston Scientific launches new family of pacemakers in Europe Pacemakers : 12 April, 2012 Boston Scientific receives CE Mark approval and European market launch of its INGENIO and ADVANTIO pacemakers and INVIVE cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers (CRT-P).   [ View Detail ] Biotronik REPLACE study sets new benchmarks for CIED replacement Cardiac devices and equipment : 11 April, 2012 The Biotronik sponsored REPLACE study is the first prospective, multicentre trial to examine a broad range of complications related to replacement of all companies' cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) which includes both pacemakers and ICDs (implantable cardiac defibrillators).   [ View Detail ] Covidien prepares to acquire Oridion Systems Pulse oximeters : 11 April, 2012 Covidien signs a definitive agreement to acquire Oridion Systems.   [ View Detail ] Abiomed reports first patient supported with Impella cVAD Cardiac devices and equipment : 05 April, 2012 Abiomed is reporting the successful first human use of the Impella cVAD device, a new, percutaneous Impella heart pump that provides peak flow of approximately four litres of blood per minute.   [ View Detail ] Ablation catheter with MVG technique provides optimal clinical results Catheters : 30 March, 2012 Biotronik's AlCath Gold ablation catheter, together with the maximum voltage-guided (MVG) technique for radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial flutter, is shown to provide optimal clinical results following post-hoc analysis data from the AURUM 8 clinical study which was published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (JCE) (Ref 1).   [ View Detail ] CTAF reveals bronchial thermoplasty assessement results Catheters : 29 March, 2012 Boston Scientific announces the first published technology assessment in support of the safety, efficacy and long-term positive health outcomes of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) as delivered by the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System, a catheter-based device designed to treat patients 18 years or older with severe persistent asthma.   [ View Detail ] New study finds pacemakers reduce fainting in patients Cardiac devices and equipment : 28 March, 2012 Medtronic reveals results of a double-blind, randomized study, ISSUE-3, which found that patients who suffered from fainting due to neurocardiogenic syncope had fewer fainting occurrences when treated with a Medtronic pacemaker.   [ View Detail ] St Jude Medical selects PHRI to analyse ICD leads registry data Cardiac devices and equipment : 27 March, 2012 St Jude Medical appoints Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), an academic health science research institute, to analyse data from three combined registries on the Riata ST Optim and Durata implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads.   [ View Detail ] New guidewire for FFR measurement improves handling performance Guidewires : 26 March, 2012 St Jude Medical receives US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for multiple enhancements to its PressureWire Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) measurement guidewire.   [ View Detail ] Cardiac Mapping software release improves workflow efficiencies in EP labs Cardiac devices and equipment : 23 March, 2012 St Jude Medical is launching worldwide the company's EnSite Velocity System Version 3.0 software which is designed to help shorten procedure times for patients undergoing electrophysiology (EP) procedures guided by a cardiac mapping system and improve workflow efficiencies in the EP lab.   [ View Detail ] Covidien releases new respiration rate monitoring software Sensors : 22 March, 2012 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants 510(k) clearance to Covidien to market the Covidien Nellcor Respiration Rate Version 1.0 software and the Adult Respiratory Sensor.   [ View Detail ] Blue Medical releases new drug eluting balloon Balloons : 22 March, 2012 Blue Medical is launching globally the company's CE approved drug eluting balloon (DEB) Protege as well as its CoCr stent on DEB Pioneer.   [ View Detail ] Bridge-to-transplant clinical trial adds additional patients Cardiac devices and equipment : 20 March, 2012 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves an IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) Supplement that allows HeartWare International to enroll a fourth allotment, of 54 additional patients, in its ADVANCE bridge-to-transplant clinical trial under a Continued Access Protocol (CAP).   [ View Detail ] UPMC pathology study scores Barco Coronis Fusion display highly Displays and monitors : 20 March, 2012 A scientific study conducted by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's (UPMC) pathology department ranks Barco's Coronis Fusion 6MP DL medical display as number one in image quality and diagnostic confidence, outscoring other display modalities in a side-by-side comparison that also included consumer displays and medical displays, when viewing whole slide images.   [ View Detail ] pSivida enters tech evaluation deal with Neuron Systems Drug delivery equipment : 15 March, 2012 pSivida is entering into a technology evaluation agreement for its bioerodible Durasert drug delivery technology in ophthalmology with Neuron Systems, an ocular drug development company based in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.   [ View Detail ] Philips enhances monitor/defibrillator for EMS Cardiac devices and equipment : 13 March, 2012 Philips is introducing the tactically enhanced HeartStart MRx Monitor/Defibrillator for emergency medical services (EMS).   [ View Detail ] Boston Scientific to acquire Cameron Health Cardiac devices and equipment : 12 March, 2012 Boston Scientific is exercising its option to acquire Cameron Health, a privately held company based in San Clemente, California, USA.   [ View Detail ] Stryker launches heavy duty surgical power tools Power supplies and devices : 09 March, 2012 Stryker is releasing its System 7 - the next generation of heavy duty surgical power tools for use in total joint procedures, such as hip and knee replacements.   [ View Detail ] Pacemaker lead expands patient access to MRI technology Cardiac devices and equipment : 09 March, 2012 Medtronic receives the CE Mark for the CapSure Sense MRI SureScan pacing leads, which are approved for use during Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).   [ View Detail ] Covidien launches ablation catheter to treat Barrett's oesophagus Catheters : 08 March, 2012 Covidien is launching the HALO60 Ablation Catheter, the latest addition to the HALO family of catheters for the endoscopic treatment of Barrett's oesophagus.   [ View Detail ] Excelitas Technologies acquires Carsan Engineering Power supplies and devices : 08 March, 2012 Excelitas Technologies completes the acquisition of the business of privately-held Carsan Engineering, a Golden, Colorado-based engineering design company and world leader in the manufacture of arc lamp power supplies for the medical and dental markets.   [ View Detail ] Covidien revascularization device receives FDA clearance Endovascular medical devices : 07 March, 2012 Covidien's Solitaire FR revascularization device receives clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration.   [ View Detail ] Artificial pancreas meets efficacy endpoints Pumps and dispensers : 01 March, 2012 In the next step toward the development of an artificial pancreas, Medtronic, reports results of the in-clinic ASPIRE (Automation to Simulate Pancreatic Insulin REsponse) study have been published online and in the March edition of Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics.   [ View Detail ] Digital isolator technology supports new wireless comms devices Electronic components : 29 February, 2012 Lantronix selects Analog Devices' iCoupler digital isolator technology to enable its new EDS-MD family of wireless communication network servers which features multiport medical device servers that represent the latest in healthcare communications by providing remotely controlled system-level management of multiple medical devices in a compact, secure and lightweight plastic enclosure.   [ View Detail ] Haselmeier creates new pen injector assembly facility in India Drug delivery equipment : 29 February, 2012 Haselmeier, a leading designer and manufacturer of pen injection systems, plans to set up a new manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India to produce and supply high-quality, competitively priced pen injectors for the pharmaceutical industry in India.   [ View Detail ] Implantable defibrillator sees first implants in China Cardiac devices and equipment : 27 February, 2012 Boston Scientific is reporting the first implants of a TELIGEN implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in China which were performed by Farong Shen, MD, in Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou and Wei Hua, MD, in Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China.   [ View Detail ] Avinger enrolls first European PAD patient in CONNECT II trial Catheters : 27 February, 2012 Avinger, a medical device manufacturer of innovative, multi-functional catheters for treating patients with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), is reporting the enrollment of the first European patient in the CONNECT II global clinical trial.   [ View Detail ] First | Prev  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10  | Next  | Last

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