Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from August 2001

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from August 2001

Jet Injectors Capable Of Transmitting Blood-borne Pathogens.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Jet injectors may be ideal for mass immunization programs but not until design refinements eliminate their capacity to transmit blood-borne infections, say...

EMS Workers Reduce Injury Risk With Switch To Self-Retracting Device.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A University of Arizona investigator proposes that by switching to self-retracting lancets, emergency medical system (EMS) workers can reduce their risk...

Real-Time Assay Developed For Finding Human Cells In Transplanted Mice.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Germany have developed an extremely rapid test for determining the amount of human genetic material in mice, which should be useful for...

Certain Herbal Medications May Cause Surgery Complications.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Commonly used herbal medications may cause serious problems in patients during and after surgery. Therefore, physicians should be aware of potential side effects of herbal medications and should...

Electric Stimulation Aids In Healing Foot Wounds.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Carol K. Kohn, MS, ELS(D), senior medical writer - Diabetes patients who suffer from foot ulcers could find that electrical stimulation speeds healing for those who also practice good wound care...

Amniotic Exchange Procedure Has Potential To Treat Fetal Disorder.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have begun a study to halt the adverse effects of gastroschisis, a fetal abnormality seen in one in 4,000 births. The study involves...

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Helps Heart Beat More Effectively.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heart failure is a debilitating illness that afflicts nearly five million Americans, with 400,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Once the disease reaches advanced stages, approximately half its...

Device Induces Hypothermia From Inside Out, Reduces Heart Damage.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new therapy that cools down the body of heart attack patients to reduce the amount of tissue damage that occurs during a heart attack is under evaluation. The procedure is being tested by...

Transmyocardial Catheterization Feasible for Angiogenic Therapy.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - After studying two myocardial catheterization procedures, researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts have reported radiofrequency...

New Pump A "Technological Leap" Over Earlier Mechanical Models.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The world's first self-contained artificial heart was implanted in a male patient by University of Louisville, Kentucky, surgeons in early July 2001. The battery-powered device, the size of a...

Regulatory Approval Obtained For New Thermotherapy.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BSD Medical Corp. (BSDM) announced that TherMatrx, Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin marketing its TMx-2000(TM) transurethral microwave thermotherapy...

New Immunohistochemistry Applications Found For Tissue Testing.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applied Imaging Corp. (AICX) announced that it has introduced several new applications for its MDS(TM) platform to assist pathologists in their review of key breast cancer tests. These...

Device Provides Real-Time Blood Flow Information.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Florence Medical, Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and CE Mark for SmartFlow(TM), a device that provides real-time blood flow information during cardiac...

Test Strip Provides Improved Accuracy, Convenience In Glucose Monitoring.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories, MediSense Products announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing clearance for its newest test strip for blood glucose monitoring, utilizing...

Innovative Food Intolerance Test Now Screens More Foods.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- York Nutritional Laboratories announced it has increased the number of foods screened for immunoglobulin G (IgG)-mediated food allergy in its FoodSCAN Food Intolerance Test from 93 to 113 foods,...

Cardiac Support Device Trial Expands To 20 Centers.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its request for expansion of its CorCap(TM) Cardiac Support Device (CSD) clinical trial from six...

Fully Implantable Ventricular Assist Pump Installed.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgeons at Loyola University Medical Center, Illinois, were the first in the midwestern United States to install a new type of fully implantable heart assist pump in a patient suffering from...

Drug Protects Infants With High-Risk Heart Defect From Neurologic, Cardiac Injury After Heart Surgery.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A drug used to treat gout in adults also helps protect infants from neurological and cardiac injury after heart surgery for a high-risk birth defect, according to researchers at The Children's...

Imaging Agent Helps Locate Sites Of Infection.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics, Inc. (IMMU) reported that its infectious disease imaging agent, LeukoScan(R) (sulesomab) is useful for finding pockets of infection that are missed by other methods. New data...

Peritoneal Dialysis May Have Wider Application.
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented from the largest randomized, controlled clinical trial ever completed in dialysis patients suggest that peritoneal dialysis (PD), a flexible home-based dialysis treatment for people...

Radioactive Glass Beads To Be Evaluated For Efficacy.(treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma)(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors are evaluating the effectiveness of treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with TheraSphere(R), a system which delivers millions of microscopic glass beads embedded with the radioactive...

Radiosurgery Technology Successfully Used In 25 Patients.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Accuray Incorporated announced the successful treatment of the first 25 lung tumor patients using non-invasive CyberKnife ablation technology. The procedure, currently performed under IDE...

Amniotic Membrane Transplantation To Cornea Reduces Healing Time And Scarring.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amniotic Membrane (AM) transplantation appears to shorten healing time and, in some cases, prevents scarring in those afflicted with certain, potentially blinding, corneal conditions. These are the...

LASIK Patients At Risk For Long-Term Eye Irritation, Study Says.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients considering the LASIK (laser-assisted intrastromal in-situ keratomileusis) procedure should be informed of the risk of developing ongoing ocular irritation symptoms similar to dry eye,...

System Rapidly And Comfortably Removes Ear Wax.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Welch Allyn, Inc., announced the introduction of the Welch Allyn(R) Ear Wash System, an enclosed tap water-based system. This new cerumen (ear wax) removal system is the first to offer water...

Preliminary Results Using Subcutaneous Implant Are Promising.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DURECT Corp. (DRRX) announced that improved pain control and reduced side effects, in comparison to conventional opioid therapies, are realized when opioids are delivered from a continuous infusion...

Cryosurgery Successful In Patients Who Failed Radiation Therapy.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocare, Inc. (ENDO) announced that, effective July 1, 2001, men with prostate cancer who have unsuccessfully attempted to halt the disease through radiation therapy now have a new, effective...

Real-Time Planning For Radiation Implants Successful.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nucletron announced the first clinical treatments of prostate cancer in the United States using SPOT(TM) (Sonographic Planning of Oncology Treatment). The SPOT system uses intra-operative...

Spanish Hospital Pioneers Radiation Therapy.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nucletron B.V. announced the first clinical treatment combining the advanced inverse planning features of the PLATO treatment planning system with a Siemens linear accelerator equipped to modulate...

'His-and-Hers' Fertility Test Kit Developed.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists and doctors in the United Kingdom have developed the world's first 'his-and-hers' home fertility test kit, known as Fertell. It is intended to measure natural levels of fertility in...

Noninvasive, Neuro-Prosthetic Device Helps With Hand Rehabilitation.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Systems, Ltd. (NESS) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) 510(k) clearance of their noninvasive, neuro-prosthetic device, the Handmaster, for...

Trial Of Radiation Therapy To Prevent Restenosis Completes Enrollment.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved study of peripheral vascular radiation, Nucletron B.V. announced the completion of enrollment of patients in a study using the...

New Transducers May Simplify Treatment Of Prostate Conditions.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2001... 2001 AUG 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois are developing transducers to improve the performance of ultrasound surgical beams used to treat both prostate cancer - the second leading cause of cancer...

Novel Assay Superior For Subtyping African Strains.(HIV infection)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel assay for determining HIV strain subtypes may make it easier to study African strains of the virus, researchers in Georgia report. "The gp120...

New Device Speeds Recovery.(liposuction)(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new liposuction device that varies the amount of ultrasound used is enabling plastic surgeons to help patients recover with less bruising and discomfort than traditional ultrasound-assisted...

Right-Heart Catheterization Shows No Benefit For Reducing Postoperative Complications.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An invasive procedure used to monitor the heart functioning of patients undergoing non-cardiac elective surgery is not associated with reduced cardiac or non-cardiac postoperative complications,...

Radiation Doses Can Be Halved In Some Computed Tomography Procedures.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The radiation dose used in some chest computed tomography (CT) examinations can be reduced by 50% without jeopardizing the radiologist's ability to make a diagnosis, a new study shows. The...

Knee Injuries May Benefit From Space-Station Experiments On Artificial Cartilage.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Persistent knee problems cropping up at the most inconvenient times may become a thing of the past thanks to artificial cartilage developed through research planned by the European Space Agency on...

Multiple Tests Can Preselect Embryo Sibling Donors.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Genetic and human leukocyte (HLA) antigen testing for embryos can be used to help parents and doctors select healthy children who can also serve as stem...

Paclitaxel-Coated Coronary Stent Implanted In First U.S. Patient.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the first time in the United States, a patient with coronary artery disease has been treated with a unique new coronary stent coated with the anticancer drug paclitaxel to help prevent...

New Global Society Created To Advance Spine Arthroplasty Procedure.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An open, global society has been formed for physicians and scientists dedicated to advancing spine arthroplasty as a means of restoring natural mobility and comfort in spine function. The...

Red Blood Cell Infusions Do Not Aid Mechanical Ventilation Weaning.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Extensive blood transfusions do not shorten the process of removing patients from mechanical ventilation, researchers in Canada report. "Correcting...

FDA Advisory Panel OKs Pacer, Rejects Other Device.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted to approve a pacemaker for people with congestive heart failure but rejected a different device that included a defibrillator. ...

Enrollment Completed In Clinical Trials.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Orbus Medical Technologies, Inc. has reached a significant stage in two clinical studies involving its coronary stent platform, the R stent(TM): Enrollment is completed in both studies. Stents...

Endoscopic Surgery Improves Outcomes And Reduces Costs.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Mayo Clinic study is the first to show that laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery for Crohn's disease both improves outcomes and reduces costs. In the study, 33 laparoscopic patients were...

Breakthrough Noninvasive Technology Avoids Cardiac Catheterization.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new noninvasive diagnostic device facilitates diagnosis of heart conditions and helps improve patient outcomes. It was 2:05 a.m. when an ambulance brought a Mr. Jacobs and his daughter to...

Surgically Implanted Drainage Device Receives FDA Approval.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- STAAR Surgical Company (STAA) announced that it has received Pre-Market Approval (PMA) from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AquaFlow(TM) Collagen Glaucoma Drainage...

New Device Offers Heart Patients Multiple Advantages.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare became the first center in Illinois to perform open-heart surgery using a revolutionary connecting technology that replaces the traditional suture in the procedure....

U.S. Nuclear Medicine Markets Boosted By Growing Use Of PET In Functional Imaging.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As molecular imaging disciplines strengthen, so does the importance of positron emission tomography (PET) for functional medical imaging. Reimbursement of over 12 medical indications by the Centers...

FDA Approves Camera-In-A-Pill.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a tiny camera-in-a-capsule that patients can swallow to give doctors a close-up view of their small intestine. The camera painlessly winds...

Testing Begins On Diagnostic Software Used In Cancer Detection.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HTTP Technology, Inc. (HTTP), a U.S. company based in London, United Kingdom, announced the commencement of hospital testing of its newly developed Medicsight software system. The Medicsight...

Versatile Assessment Device For Widespread Clinical Use Introduced.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the world of medical devices, the most powerful tools are often used for research rather than everyday, practical applications. With the introduction of its MyoSystem1400 surface...

New Device Enhances Surgeon Control, Reduces Procedure Time.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew, Inc., endoscopy division, a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew, plc (SN), announced the introduction of the Dyonics Control RF (radiofrequency) System, an innovative approach to bipolar...

New Device Removes Blood Clots In Hemodialysis Patients.(Brief Article)
August 19, 2001... 2001 AUG 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacchus Vascular, Inc., announced that it has recently obtained regulatory approvals for the Solera Thrombectomy Catheter. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510k clearance to...

Implant Monitors And Records Inner-Eye Pressure.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Together with the companies Mesotec and Acritec, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg, Germany, have developed a measuring system, which...

New Device Might Make Finger Prick Test Obsolete.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Maryland Joslin Diabetes Center will be one of 10 centers in the U.S. studying a potential new tool that, if effective, would be "music to the fingertips" of anyone diagnosed with...

Device Reduces Risk Of Stroke As Complication Of Carotid Procedure.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ArteriA Medical Science, Inc. announced it has received an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a clinical evaluation of the Parodi...

Developments In Laser Therapy Provide New Options For The Treatment Of Darker Skin.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lasers are an important treatment option for many skin, hair, and nail conditions. Until recently, individuals with darker skin have been unable to benefit from this treatment because early lasers...

First Robot-Assisted Atrial Septal Defect Repair In U.S. Performed.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Once the stuff of science fiction, robots may now become standard fixtures in hospital operating rooms. Cardiac surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian's Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center have...

Light-Based Acne Clearance Technology Presented At Meeting.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new photothermal technology currently being studied offers hope for a fast, safe, and effective approach to coping with acne and avoiding the scarring associated with severe forms of the...

Computer Monitors Respiratory Sounds.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A researchers with the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO, is working on a computer program to evaluate the respiratory sounds made by asthma patients. It seems that a...

Ultrasound Ablation System Used Successfully In China.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Irvine Biomedical, Inc. announced that a team of investigators in China has successfully used its Ultrasound Ablation System to treat the pulmonary veins of patients diagnosed with paroxysmal...

Unique Management Program Aids Children, Parents During Medical Procedures.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, has developed a unique management program to help autistic children, their parents, and medical staff cope with any distressful...

Smart Card System Reduces Need For Phenotype Matching.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A "smart" identity card system could reduce or eliminate the need to perform antibody tests on blood product recipients, researchers in Hong Kong say. ...

Expansion Of Trial Enrollment Requested In REMATCH Study.(Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoratec Corporation (THOR) said that, based on a review of the preliminary data from the REMATCH trial, it has submitted an IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) Supplement to the U.S. Food and...

Noninvasive Solution To Heart Monitoring Reduces Complications Risk.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioDynamics International Corporation (CDIC) Impedance Cardiography (ICG) technology and BioZ(R) noninvasive digital cardiac function monitoring systems are diagnostic alternatives that bypass...

Hepatitis C Outbreak Traced To Gynecological Surgery.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Four women in Italy appear to have contracted the hepatitis C virus (HCV) while undergoing gynecological surgical procedures in the same operating room on the same day in 1998. The cases,...

Performance Of Flu Vaccine Needle-Free System Equal To Injection.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc. (BJCT) announced the results of a study investigating the delivery of the influenza vaccine with the Biojector 2000 needle-free injection system in elderly...

Continuous Data Sent Over The Internet By Wireless Process.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an informatics breakthrough that will give diabetic patients more control in managing their disease, Kivalo, Inc. has transmitted continuous and contiguous measurements of glucose levels over...

WHO Calls On Private Sector To Provide Affordable Hearing Aids In Developing World.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hearing aid manufacturers, service providers, and donors came together for a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, during July 2001 to evaluate the possibility of private-public partnerships to provide...

Psychological Factors Contribute To Recipients' Quality Of Life.(patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Picture this: a battery-operated device is about to be implanted in your chest to monitor your heartbeat. At any moment, it could sense something amiss and zap you with a powerful 750-volt shock to...

Surgery Patients Have Better Outcomes At High Volume Hospitals.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Yet another study confirms that undergoing a particular type of surgery at a facility that has conducted a large number of such procedures yields better patient outcomes. In the most current...

No Drugs, No Surgery: New Dental Device Prevents Pain.(migraine)(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing allowance for the NTI Tension Suppression System (NTI-tss) indicated for the prevention and treatment of medically diagnosed...

Combined Cataract And Glaucoma Surgery Lowers Intraocular Pressure More Than Cataract Surgery Alone.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Performing surgery for coexisting glaucoma and cataract at the same time results in lower intraocular pressure (IOP) than cataract surgery alone, according to a report released by the U.S. Agency...

New Screw System May Offer Improved Capacity For Bone Integration.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew, Inc., Endoscopy Division, a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew, plc (SNN) announced the introduction of BioRCI(R)-HA (or hydroxylapatite), the next evolution of bioabsorbable screws for...

Risk Of Postoperative Bed Sores Cut In Half By Warming Therapy.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A clinical trial has established a correlation between body temperature and postoperative pressure ulcers and found the incidence of pressure ulcers is cut nearly in half through the use of warming...

FDA Approves Second Generation Hemostatic Sealant.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fusion Medical Technologies, Inc. (FSON) announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a second-generation FloSeal(R) Matrix Hemostatic Sealant...

New Product Helps Chronic Wounds.(Brief Article)
August 26, 2001... 2001 AUG 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HydroCision, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the company's UlcerJet(TM) system, a device used for the debridement of chronic...