Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from April 2002

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from April 2002

Device allows low-risk balloon trip to the heart.
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients who are at high risk of having a heart attack or who require a bypass must undergo a coronary angiography. A new balloon catheter, recently presented at the MEDTEC exhibition, allows this to...

'Visible Mouse' project will allow research on morphologic effects of genetic engineering.
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced imaging technologies have enabled researchers to produce 3-D magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) images of mice at more than 250,000 times greater resolution than MRI scans used to diagnose...

Freezing relieves painful foot neuromas.
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A mainstay of medical care that dates back to ancient times - ice - is being used by podiatric foot and ankle surgeons to perform a precise, minimally invasive surgical procedure to relieve painful...

Minocycline-EDTA prevents catheter colonization.
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States recommend a combination of minocycline and EDTA (M-EDTA) for preventing catheter-related nosocomial outbreaks. Dr. Issam...

FDA clears ICN's NLite Aesthetic Laser System for treatment of wrinkles.(ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ICN), a research-based global pharmaceuticals company, announced that its subsidiary, ICN Photonics, Ltd., has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Early surgery corrects flat feet in kids.
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long thought by many as a relatively benign foot problem, flat feet in children can lead to serious foot conditions later in life if left untreated. However, research presented at the annual meeting of...

NovoLog rapid-acting insulin analog offers good glycemic control in pump therapy.
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NovoLog (insulin aspart [rDNA origin] injection), a rapid-acting insulin analog, maintains good glycemic control when used in continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII or pump therapy) to treat...

Accuray elects new CEO to lead further CyberKnife product market share development.(Euan S. Thomson)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Accuray, Inc., the world leader in advanced Image-Guided Radiosurgery, announced the election of Euan S. Thomson, PhD, as chief executive officer. Thomson replaces John R. Adler, MD, who will continue...

Lumenis names new chief financial officer.(Kevin R. Morano)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lumenis, Ltd., (LUME) announced the appointment of Kevin R. Morano to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. Morano brings to Lumenis over two decades of accounting,...

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy to buy Instrument Makar's assets.
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew, Inc., Endoscopy Division, a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew, plc, (SNN) announced that the company finalized an asset purchase agreement with Instrument Makar, Inc., a specialty...

MammoMark available for breast biopsy site identification.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Artemis Medical, Inc., announced the commercial release of the MammoMark Biopsy Site Identifier for breast biopsy site identification. The MammoMark is specifically designed to facilitate more accurate...

AMDL announces new distributor for Taiwan, Hong Kong.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AMDL, Inc., (ADL), developer and marketer of tests for the early detection of cancer and other serious diseases, announced that it has named a new distributor for DR-70, its noninvasive cancer blood...

Physiometrix files 510(k) with FDA; announces fourth quarter, year-end results.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physiometrix, Inc., (PHYX) announced that it has submitted its 510(k) application for the commercial clearance of its PSArray2 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The PSArray2 is the...

Arrow International announces agreement to sell its implantable drug infusion pump business, LionHeart update.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arrow International, Inc., (ARRO) announced that it has agreed to sell its implantable drug infusion pump business. The closing is expected in April 2002. Although implantable drug pumps represent...

Encore Medical reports improved earnings for 2001.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Encore Medical Corp. (ENMC) released its results for the fourth quarter and full 2001 fiscal year. These results highlight the strong sales growth that Encore has accomplished during the year, both as...

Instrumentarium reports 2001 sales increases.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Instrumentarium (INMRY) reported that net sales for 2001 totaled EUR 1,025.4 million for 2001, an increase of 12% compared with the previous year. Net sales increased in all business segments....

Lincare Holdings, Inc., announces increased revenues for fourth quarter and year ended 2001.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lincare Holdings, Inc., (LNCR), a provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, announced that for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, revenues were $215.6 million,...

CardioTech awarded subcontract to develop Rapamycin-eluting stent graft.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioTech International, Inc., (CTE) which develops products for the cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology marketplaces, announced that it has been awarded a subcontract from Implant Sciences...

Boston Scientific: Medinol's attempt to terminate contract is improper, invalid.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) announced that it has received from Medinol, Ltd., its supplier of NIR stents, a letter purporting to terminate the supply agreement between the two companies. In its...

BSD Medical acquires NIH license rights following success with MRI treatment monitoring.(National Institutes of Health)(magnetic resonance imaging)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BSD Medical Corp. (BSDM) announced the successful integration of a powerful Siemens MRI system with its advanced deep phased-array microwave hyperthermia system, the BSD-2000/3D. The company added...

ChoiceTel Communications, Sontra Medical to merge.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ChoiceTel Communications, Inc., (PHON) announced today that it has entered into a merger agreement with Sontra Medical, Inc., a company in the business of developing ultrasound-based skin permeation...

Endocare to acquire Timm Medical.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocare, Inc., announced that it will acquire Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Timm Medical Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device manufacturer and distributor, for approximately $11 million...

Japanese firm recalls 14,000 bronchoscopes over possible bacterial contamination.(Olympus Optical Co.)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Japanese manufacturer of a medical device suspected of spreading potentially deadly bacteria at a U.S. hospital said Wednesday that faulty cleansing of the equipment was likely the cause for any...

OraMetrix, Inc., adds George K. Anderson to board.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OraMetrix, Inc., a provider of innovative oral healthcare technologies announced the addition of George K. Anderson, MD, MPH, to the board of directors. Anderson is currently the company's CEO. ...

Zassi Medical receives U.S. patent for Ostomy Port System pad.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zassi Medical Evolutions, Inc., announced today the United States Patent Office has awarded the company patent number 6,350,255 entitled "Pad for Use with a Continent Ostomy Port." This patent augments...

CDC purchases Cardiac Science automated external defibrillators.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB), a leading developer and manufacturer of life-saving, automated public access defibrillators (AEDs), was selected to outfit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

Puritan Bennett introduces new KnightStar 330 bilevel ventilator.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Puritan Bennett, part of Tyco Healthcare, announced the introduction of the KnightStar 330 Bi-Level Ventilator. Expanding on Puritan Bennett's line of CPAP and ventilator products, the KnightStar 330...

Endocardial Solutions sells $10 Million in common stock.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocardial Solutions, Inc., (ECSI) announced the sale of approximately $10 million of common stock in a private placement to institutional investors through US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, as agent. "We...

Clinical trial to begin on synthetic dural sealant.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Confluent Surgical, Inc., has begun a single site clinical trial of a synthetic dural sealant product in a major European clinical center. Confluent Surgical's dural sealant product is indicated for...

Decision Resources report finds room for growth in tight imaging agents market.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2002... 2002 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Analysts often characterize the imaging market as mature and possessing little opportunity for growth. However, this situation is changing: demand and development focus are shifting to noninvasive,...

Scientists may eventually use light to detect metastases.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgeons of the future may use light to tell whether breast cancer has spread, clinical research fellow Andrew Lee told a news briefing at the March 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona....

Molecular TB typing can improve resource allocation.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Molecular typing of tuberculosis strains enables more effective targeting of scarce public health resources, according to researchers in the United States. ...

Implantable heart device reduces deaths by one-third.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Of the thousands of heart attack survivors each year, half remain at risk for sudden death - despite the best medical care. Yet in this group of patients, preventive therapy with an implantable...

Coronary artery stent design plays key role in preventing blood clots.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore researchers have found that the type of coronary artery stent placed in a patient may make a difference in the prevention of blood clots. Results of the study were...

Novel test detects early post-transplant cytomegalovirus infection.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in England say that a novel molecuar assay can quickly and easily detect cytomegalovirus infection after bone marrow transplantation. "Bone...

ATEC breast biopsy system launched.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suros Surgical Systems, Inc., based in Indianapolis, Indiana, has launched a patented new breast biopsy device, the ATEC system (automated tissue excision and collection). The device, cleared by...

Newer procedure has limited effectiveness in preventing cognitive decline.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newer procedure that avoids placing patients on an artificial heart pump during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery does not reduce cognitive decline as measured 1 year postsurgery, according...

Light Sciences enters development and services agreement.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Light Sciences Corp. has signed a development and services agreement with Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A). Agilent will provide Light Sciences with optoelectronic design and fabrication services...

Optical laser tweezers play role in development of new antibiotics.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bimonthly OpticsReport, in its coverage of investment opportunities in optics, explains how laser tweezers are being used by researchers in experiments that will lead to more sophisticated antibiotics....

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery names medical advisory board.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) announced the appointment of a medical advisory board to oversee the organization's laser eye surgery education initiative, scheduled to...

Ocular Sciences appoints vice president of global marketing.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ocular Sciences, Inc., has appointed Gary Paladin to the new position of vice president of global marketing. Paladin brings to Ocular more than 16 years of marketing experience within the...

Solomon Aronson, MD, joins Medwave's advisory board.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medwave, Inc., has named Solomon Aronson, MD, to Medwave's medical advisory board. Dr. Aronson is presently professor and associate chair in the department of anesthesia and critical care at the...

Urologix initiates U.S. IDE trials of Cooled ThermoCath.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Urologix, Inc., (ULGX) announced that it has begun clinical trials under an investigational device exemption (IDE) in the United States for its new Cooled ThermoCath treatment catheter. Trials...

FDA clears use of new clinical data further supporting accuracy of Vysis UroVysion Test.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories (ABT) announced that it received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include new data from a multicenter longitudinal study in the labeling of its Vysis...

First pediatric patient receives GliaSite radiation therapy.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A 2-year-old patient with a rare, recurring brain tumor is the first pediatric patient treated with the GliaSite RTS, a new device that delivers radiation directly to the area most likely for tumor...

FDA approves PMA application for SIR-Spheres.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sirtex Medical, Ltd., announced that it has received final approval for its PMA application from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow marketing of SIR-Spheres in the USA. ...

Mallinckrodt and Proxima sign distribution agreement for the therapeutic radiopharmaceutical.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tyco/Healthcare/Mallinckrodt and Proxima Therapeutics, Inc., have signed a distribution agreement under which Mallinckrodt will provide unit-dose distribution of Iotrex, the radioactive therapeutic...

Jostra acquires American competitor in heart surgery products.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One of the leading companies in the field of medical technology for open-heart surgery, Jostra AG, announced the acquisition of the main fields of business of the American competitor LifeStream...

Subsidiary completes purchase of Emtech.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synovis Interventional Solutions (IS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bio-Vascular, Inc., (BVAS), has completed the purchase of the stock of Emtech, Inc., a privately held company with manufacturing...

FDA panel recommends approval of PMA supplement For Thoratec HeartMate.(premarket approval)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoratec Corp. (THOR), a world leader in products to treat cardiovascular disease, said that the FDA Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel has recommended that the agency approve, with conditions,...

New pacemaker reduces risk of worsening heart failure, researchers say.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers say heart failure victims who get a new kind of pacemaker have only half the usual risk of being hospitalized with worsening heart trouble. The device, Medtronic's InSync pacemaker, has...

FDA clears Novare's Enclose Anastomotic Assist Device for marketing.(Novare Surgical Systems Inc.)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novare Surgical Systems, Inc., announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Enclose Cardiac Anastomosis Assist Device. The device,...

MedicalCV reports 2002 third quarter and 9-month results.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedicalCV, Inc., a heart valve manufacturer, reported net sales for the third quarter ended January 31, 2002, of $735,260 compared with $833,442 in the third quarter of 2001, primarily due to...

Medrad achieves 14% sales growth in 2001.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical device manufacturer Medrad, Inc., announced sales revenues of $217.5 million in 2001, a 14% increase over the previous year and another chapter in the company's history of steady growth. ...

STAAR Surgical reports 4th quarter and fiscal 2001 results.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- STAAR Surgical Company (STAA) reported results for the fourth quarter and year, ended December 28, 2001. Revenues and earnings excluding restructuring and other one-time charges were in line with...

Thermo Electron to buy its own securities.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thermo Electron Corp. (TMO) has announced that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase, through March 6, 2003, of an additional $100 million of its own debt and equity securities in the...

Q3DM, Inc., receives Small Business Innovation Grant from NIH.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Q3DM, Inc., announced it has been awarded a phase II, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support development of its high throughput...

FDA issues international warning on possibly dangerous instruments.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government sent doctors an urgent warning March 14, 2002 that a Georgia-based manufacturer may not have sterilized numerous devices used in births, infertility treatments and other gynecology...

Clinical study results for Electroporation therapy to be announced at major cancer conference.(by Genetronics Biomedical Corp.)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetronics Biomedical Corp., San Diego, (GEB) announced that an abstract submitted recently was accepted for the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando,...

McGill performs Canada's first heart pump implant for long-term use.(McGill University Health Centre)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) announced that it has performed Canada's first heart pump implant for long-term support of patients with heart failure. Dr. Renzo Cecere, surgical...

Fifth implantable replacement heart patient continues to have lung-related problems.(James Quinn; AbioCor implantable heart)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Louis Samuels, surgical director of the cardiac transplant team at MCP Hahnemann University, operated by Drexel University, announced that James Quinn, the fifth recipient of the AbioCor implantable...

Galichia Heart Hospital selects OptiMed Technologies' system.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OptiMed Technologies, Inc., announced the installation of an image management and archival system at Galichia Heart Hospital, a state-of-the-art private heart hospital located in Wichita, Kansas. The...

Ocular Sciences to purchase assets of Seiko Contact Lens.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ocular Sciences, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Tokyo-based Seiko Contact Lens, Ocular's distributor in Japan. In addition, the company provided updated...

First in Canada - Elekta's Leksell Gamma Knife expands into new healthcare market.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Elekta announced the first acquisition of Leksell Gamma Knife in Canada. The purchase decision of Leksell Gamma Knife by Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is important for the Health Sciences...

Exactech awarded U.S. patent for modular hip stem prosthesis.
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exactech, Inc., (EXAC), maker of orthopedic joint implants, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company U.S. Patent No. 6,319,286 B1 for its AcuMatch M-Series modular...

Orbus introduces 2.0- and 2.25-mm diameter stents.(Orbus Medical Technologies)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Orbus Medical Technologies, a leading technology company in the field of vascular disease treatment, announced CE mark approval of the R stent small vessel system (SVS). The R stent, currently...

Medinol receives European regulatory approval for Nirflex.(stents)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medinol, Ltd., announced that it has received European regulatory approval to independently market the company's next generation Nirflex stents across Europe. This marks the first time Medinol...

LI-COR announces breakthrough in true two-color western analysis.(LI-COR Biosciences)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time, superior quantification accuracy can be achieved with two-color Western blot analysis using a new system from LI-COR Biosciences and Alexa Fluor 680 dye-labeled antibodies from...

W.L. Gore & Associates receives clearance for stent graft.(will market the Viabahn Endoprosthesis stent graft)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the Viabahn Endoprosthesis. The Viabahn Endoprosthesis is indicated for the treatment...

MicroMed develops physiologic algorithm, prepares to launch clinical trial.(MicroMed Technology Inc.)
April 14, 2002... 2002 APR 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MicroMed Technology, Inc., announced the completion of a 2-year waveform analysis involving more than 100 patients to determine the most efficient control of a continuous flow VAD [ventricular assist...

Serotype testing suitable for large-scale use.
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antigen-based serotype testing for HIV may be feasible for use in developing areas, researchers in Brazil argue. Dr. Jorge Casseb and colleagues at the...

Short tandem repeats suitable for genetic engraftment tests.
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Short tandem repeats (STR) may be useful as genetic markers to measure hematopoietic stem cell engraftment after bone marrow transplantation, researchers in...

New medical system could improve screening success.(virtual colonoscopy)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With funding from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) and other agencies, Professor Arie Kaufman, chair and leading professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook Computer Science...

Aurora Health Care offers gentler approach to hemorrhoid surgery.
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new technique to treat advanced hemorrhoids is welcome news for patients who otherwise face a proven but painful traditional hemorrhoidectomy. James Klas, MD, a colorectal surgeon on staff at St....

Children's Hospital of Michigan performs groundbreaking computer-assisted, robot-enhanced surgery.(using technology from Computer Motion Inc.)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors at Children's Hospital of Michigan have performed the nation's first advanced computer-assisted, robot-enhanced surgical procedure at a children's hospital. Working in partnership with...

Medical devices study series debuts with global data on catheters.("The Worldwide Market for Catheters" study)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new, innovative series of reports focusing on medical device markets debuted with a thorough accounting of global catheter markets. According to the highly quantitative study, the mostly mature...

Axon releases OpusXpress Parallel electrophysiology screening workstation.(Axon Instruments Inc.)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Axon Instruments, Inc., (AXN) a developer of instrumentation and software for cellular neuroscience, cell-based screening, and microarray scanning applications, announced that it has released the...

Dr. Charles J. Dillman named chairman of the board of Innovation Sports.
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Innovation Sports, a global manufacturer of sports medicine and knee bracing products, has appointed Dr. Charles J. Dillman chairman of its board of directors. James Castillo, the company's...

Jay D. Miller named president and chief executive officer.(of Vital Images Inc.)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vital Images, Inc., (VTAL) has named Jay D. Miller president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. He succeeds Albert Emola, who joined Vital Images in December 1999 and leaves after...

Diametrics receives FDA 510(k) clearance for lactate test.(Diametrics Medical Inc.)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diametrics Medical, Inc., (DMED) announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a lactate test for the company's IRMA'S Blood Analysis System. ...

CardiacAssist receives approval for phase II FDA trials for TandemHeart pVAD.
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardiacAssist, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate phase II of the investigative trials for its TandemHeart percutaneous ventricular assist device...

Trials begin on high-tech screening test.(Tripler Army Medical Center to host the HyperSpectral Diagnostic Imaging equipment test)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A technology developed to enhance images from space and locate submarines from the air is being used to screen for the early stages of cervical cancer in women. The first U.S. clinical trials have...

Botox injection is top cosmetic treatment.
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Botulinum toxin injection (BTX), commonly known by the product names Botox and Myobloc, was the top cosmetic procedure among the nearly 8.5 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures...

Biolase receives first FDA clearance for laser dental bone procedures.(BioLase Technology Inc.)
April 21, 2002... 2002 APR 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biolase Technology, Inc., (BLTI), a medical technology company focused on the dental laser market, announced that it has obtained the first ever clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...