Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from August 2002

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from August 2002

Researchers create tiny cancer drug delivery device.(biodegradable polymer rod)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomedical engineers and physicians at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) have created an innovative drug delivery device, a biodegradable polymer rod...

New 'fuzzy' polymers could improve the performance of electronic brain implants.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A newly developed polymer surface could improve the interface between electronic implants and living tissue, helping to advance a technology that may one day enable the blind to see and the paralyzed to...

Four new studies show TMR effective in relieving severe pain.(transmyocardial revascularization)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioGenesis Corporation (CGCP), the market leader in angina-relieving transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) and percutaneous myocardial revascularization (PMR), announced that new clinical data from...

FDA clears Accu-Chek Pocket Compass diabetes care software.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche Diagnostics recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its new Accu-Chek Pocket Compass Diabetes Care Software. The new software program, which is designed to help...

FDA approves cochlear implant designed for individuals with ossified cochlea.(Nucleus 24 Double Array from Cochlear Americas)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cochlear Americas announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Nucleus 24 Double Array cochlear implant for use in patients with ossification (bone growth) in their cochlea...

Selective plasma filtration can improve utility for patients with liver failure.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Selective filtration of plasma used to treat fulminant liver failure could improve patient outcome, researchers in Hong Kong say. "Plasma exchange may be...

First procedure performed in U.S. trial for SprayGel Adhesion Barrier.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Confluent Surgical, Inc., announced the commencement of its pivotal U.S. trial for the SprayGel Adhesion Barrier in Prevention of Pelvic Adhesions In Laparoscopic Surgery, the PREVAIL Study. Confluent...

New solid form antimicrobial - BST 1870 - to be marketed worldwide.(by BioShield Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioShield Technologies, Inc., (BSTI) announced the development of a new molecular formulation of the trymethoxysilil family in a solid form, high concentrate active ingredient, designed to be used in...

Med-Design hires new COO, creates new position.(David Dowsett)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Med-Design Corp. (MEDC) has hired David Dowsett as an executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective June 1, 2002. Dowsett will be responsible for all operations including research...

Seasoned cardiovascular executive added to board of directors.(HeartStent Corp. elects Steven J. Healy to board)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (ISMICS) annual meeting, HeartStent Corporation announced that its board of directors elected Steven J. Healy as a company director....

SurgiLight names Colette Cozean CEO, Stuart Michelson CFO, Timothy Shea president.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The board of SurgiLight, Inc., (SRGL) announced that Colette Cozean, PhD, and Stuart E. Michelson, PhD, have agreed to assume the responsibilities of CEO and CFO, respectively. Both individuals will...

First PolyLok Lumbar Interbody Fusion device implanted to start clinical study.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cortek, Inc., announced the enrollment of the initial patient into an FDA-approved clinical investigation of the PolyLok Lumbar IBF Device. The PolyLok Device is a proprietary next-generation interbody...

Auto Suture introduces new devices for use in minimally invasive weight loss surgery.(ENDO GIA Universal XL surgical stapler and VersaStep Long access device)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Auto Suture, a division of United States Surgical, a division of Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, announced the release of the ENDO GIA Universal XL surgical stapler and the VersaStep Long access device. ...

Pivotal data on Urologix's Cooled ThermoTherapy presented at AUA meeting.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Urologix (ULGX) announced that seven papers on the benefits of its Cooled ThermoTherapy treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) were presented at the American Urological Association (AUA)...

Metaproterenol Sulfate Inhalation Solution USP 0.4% and 0.6% cleared for market.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (MGP) of Morton Grove, Illinois announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared for market Metaproterenol Sulfate Inhalation Solution USP 0.4% (10...

FDA OKs first module of PMA application for Freezor.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoCath Technologies, Inc., the world leader in cryotherapy products to treat cardiovascular disease, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted and closed the first of five...

ResMed board of directors authorizes share repurchase.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ResMed, Inc., (RMD) announced that the board of directors has authorized the company to repurchase up to 4 million shares of its outstanding common stock for cash in the open market, or in negotiated or...

Boston Scientific submits application for CE Mark for stent system.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) announced that it has submitted an application for a CE mark for its Taxus paclitaxel-eluting stent system. The company also announced that after receiving...

MicroMed Technology submits the MicroMed DeBakey VAD to FDA.
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MicroMed Technology, Inc., has submitted an IDE application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the MicroMed DeBakey VAD to provide destination therapy for end-stage heart failure patients who...

Implantable glucose sensor intended for diabetics.(from Cybersensors Ltd.)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cybersensors, Ltd., a pioneering U.K. company, is pleased to announce its participation in the Medtech Insight Event in San Francisco, in June 2002, "Investment in Innovation - A Preview of Early Stage...

Enrollment started for postmarket clinical study of Matrix Detachable Coils.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) announced the start of enrollment in the ACTIVE (Acceleration of Connective Tissue Formation in Endovascular Aneurysm Repair) postmarket clinical study, which plans...

CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc., announces initial public offering of its common stock.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CTI Molecular Imaging, Inc., (CTMI) announced that it priced its initial public offering of 10,720,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $17 per share. Ten million shares are being offered by...

Fossa Medical enters device market with funding from angel investors.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fossa Medical, a new and vigorous medical device development company, announced it has received funding from private individuals to bring its first product through U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Stryker begins clinical evaluation on minimally invasive total knee project.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stryker Corp. (SYK) announced that it is initiating clinical evaluations of the Howmedica Osteonics Scorpio Total Knee instrumentation for minimally invasive surgery. Developed to complement the...

Cell-based tissue engineering looks promising by end of decade.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nascent, global cell-based tissue engineering market is $47 million (2001) and growing rapidly, driven particularly in the U.S., where recent regulatory approvals have cleared the way for a number...

Respironics acquires Fuji, RC.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Respironics, Inc., (RESP) announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in Fuji, RC Co., Ltd., a provider of homecare and hospital products and services for respiratory impaired patients in...

Smith & Nephew, Medtronic, announce computer-assisted surgery and open platform strategy.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew (SNN) has announced an agreement with Medtronic Surgical Navigation Technologies to jointly develop orthopedic computer assisted surgery (CAS) software and instrumentation for an open...

Patent granted covering I-CORE reaction vessel.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,403,037 covering a novel reaction vessel for use in the company's I-CORE DNA amplification and detection modules. Designed to allow for...

Puritan Bennett introduces KnightStar 330 Bilevel Ventilator.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Puritan Bennett, part of Tyco Healthcare, announces the introduction of the KnightStar 330 Bi-Level Ventilator. Expanding on Puritan Bennett's line of CPAP and ventilator products, the KnightStar 330...

Next generation surgical tool introduced ahead of schedule.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gyrus Group PLC has introduced, ahead of plan, its new Gyrus ENT Diego System for the surgical removal of diseased tissues in the nasal cavity and sinuses. The Diego System is the next generation of...

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy launches 3-chip endoscopic camera system.(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew, Inc.'s, endoscopy division announced the introduction of the Dyonics Vision 337 Autoclavable Camera System. The system, which consists of an autoclavable 3-chip endoscopic camera...

Clinic exceeds expected survival rates in patients undergoing heart transplantation.(the Cleveland Clinic)(Brief Article)
August 4, 2002... 2002 AUG 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Cleveland Clinic was the only 1 of 168 U.S. heart transplantation programs to achieve better than expected patient survival rates at three different time periods after transplant, according to data...

Heart defect repaired nonsurgically.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It looks like a yo-yo, but it can stretch, flatten out, "swell up," or even "self-center," depending on what it needs to do to adjust itself to plug holes in the heart that make up some of the most...

Molecular analysis can distinguish viral hemorrhagic fevers.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Molecular analysis methods can be used to find and distinguish viruses responsible for deadly hemorrhagic fevers, researchers in Germany report. "Viral...

CryoCor announces treatment of first U.S. patient.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoCor, Inc., a development stage medical technology company, announced that the first U.S. patient was successfully treated for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, under an...

Study: Abnormalities revealed with Cardiolite imaging predictors of heart attack and mortality.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of two research studies reveal that patients with atrial fibrillation or left ventricular enlargement who show even mild abnormalities on stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with...

Cholesterol 1,2,3 not subject to CLIA regulations.(Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IMI International Medical Innovations, Inc., (TSX:IMI) announced that it has received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that Cholesterol 1,2,3, the world's first noninvasive cholesterol...

Echelon Biosciences advances fight against cancer with new screening technologies.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Echelon Biosciences, Inc., is proud to announce the release of a new proprietary nonradioactive phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-K) drug discovery tool. This screening tool is the first commercially...

CardioGenesis submits PMR data to FDA.(percutaneous myocardial revascularization )(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioGenesis Corporation (CGCP), the market leader in angina-relieving transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) and percutaneous myocardial revascularization (PMR), announced it has submitted new...

Volcano Therapeutics names Scott Huennekens president and CEO.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Volcano Therapeutics, Inc., an early stage medical device company announced it has hired medical industry executive Scott Huennekens as president and CEO. Huennekens brings over 10 years of...

Ekips Technologies receives grant for development of asthma detection, treatment technology.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patrick McCann, founder and president of Ekips Technologies, Inc., announced the company has received a $100,000 phase I grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for support of hardware and...

Cincinnati-based company receives $21M in funding.(AtriCure Inc., Ohio)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In its second round of financing, AtriCure, Inc., has received a $21 million infusion from several East and West Coast venture capital firms. The deal was led by new investors Camden Partners,...

$1.3M in defibrillators, patient monitors sold to hospitals in Middle East.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB) announced that it has been selected to outfit hospitals in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, and Iran with 138 Artema-brand patient monitors and 50 emergency defibrillators....

Roche Diagnostics introduces new quality control strips for the Roche CARDIAC Reader.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Today Roche Diagnostics announced the availability of CARDIAC Reader IQC for use with the Roche CARDIAC Reader. CARDIAC Reader IQC is a set of reusable control strips for fast, easy verification...

L.O.M. develops retractable syringe.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- L.O.M. Medical International, Inc., (L.O.M.) has developed what, the company says, is the world's only retractable syringe; it uses patented gas cell retraction technology thus eliminating the risk of...

AccuTech ships health products to Target pharmacies.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AccuTech, LLC, manufacturer of the first and only FDA-cleared noninstrumented, quantitative home cholesterol test is pleased to announce initial shipment of cholesterol health products, CholesTrak, (it...

Corgenix, Genesis Bioventures collaborate to develop, commercialize breast cancer test.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corgenix Medical Corporation (CONX) announced the establishment of a major strategic collaboration with Genesis Bioventures, Inc., (GBI) to develop, in ELISA format, products from GBI's patented...

CardioOptics raises $3M in first round of financing.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioOptics, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of its proprietary Trans-Blood Vision technology that allows physicians to see directly through blood, announced that it has...

Confluent Surgical raises $20M in Series-C financing.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Confluent Surgical, Inc., announced that it has completed a $20 million Series C round of venture funding, led by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures. Other venture investors participating in this...

Spiration successfully closes $22 million Series D financing.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spiration, Inc., a developer of medical devices for the treatment of lung disease, announced it has raised $22 million in a series D round of funding, bringing the total raised by the company to $36...

Edwards Lifesciences receives FDA approval for bioprosthesis.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW), the world's leading heart valve company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted premarket approval for its Carpentier-Edwards S.A.V....

MDS Nordion forms new business unit focused exclusively on oncology software solutions.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MDS Nordion has created a new business unit named Oncology Software Solutions reflecting the increased focus and specialization in the development and marketing of its oncology software applications....

Cyberonics announces new model 102 VNS therapy product family.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyberonics, Inc., (CYBX) announced that it has received market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new VNS Therapy product family including the Model 102 Pulse Generator, the...

CardioTech publishes progress report on coronary artery bypass graft.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioTech International, Inc., (CTE) announced that it has electronically published a paper entitled "CardioPass Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: A Progress Report" authored by Michael Szycher. This...

ChoiceTel Communications completes merger with Sontra Medical.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ChoiceTel Communications, Inc., (PHON) announced that it has completed its merger with Sontra Medical, Inc., a development stage medical device company engaged in the research and development of...

Cryomedical Sciences announces close of cryosurgery asset transaction.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cryomedical Sciences, Inc., (CRYM) (CMS) announced that it has completed the sale of its cryosurgery product line and related intellectual property assets to Irvine, California-based Endocare, Inc.,...

MP TotalCare acquires Express-Med, Inc.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MP TotalCare, Inc., announced that it has completed the purchase of Express-Med, Inc. The combined company is one of the largest privately held businesses serving the COPD and diabetes markets. ...

Vanguard Medical Concepts acquires Medical Instruments Technology.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RoundTable Healthcare Partners announced that Vanguard Medical Concepts, Inc., has acquired the assets of Medical Instruments Technology, Inc., (MIT) a Utah-based medical device reprocessor. ...

Fluvastatin reduced risk of serious cardiac events in patients following first angioplasty.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of the landmark Lescol Intervention Prevention Study (LIPS) published in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated that cholesterol-lowering medication fluvastatin 80 mg...

OsteoGram approved in China.(CompuMed Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CompuMed, Inc., (CMPD) a medical informatics company serving the medical community by providing diagnostic software solutions, announced that the State Drug Administration (SDA) of the People's...

Cardiac Science granted patent covering core defibrillation technology.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB) announced that it had been granted an additional U.S. patent covering its biphasic waveform technology, a core defibrillation technology embedded in all the company's...

Spectranetics names acting chief operating officer and acting chief financial officer.(Guy Childs)(Emile Geisenheimer)(Bruce Ross)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emile Geisenheimer, chairman and acting CEO of Spectranetics Corp. (SPNC), announced two executive promotions: * Bruce Ross to acting chief operating officer. He will report to Geisenheimer....

Raymedica announces first patient implants of the PDN-SOLO.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Raymedica, Inc., a Minneapolis-based developer and manufacturer of medical devices, announced the first patient implants of the PDN-SOLO prosthetic disc nucleus device by surgeons in Europe and Latin...

CryoLife updates actions of FDA.(Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoLife, Inc., (CRY), a life-science company involved in the development and commercialization of cryopreserved and tissue-engineered implantable heart valves, vascular and orthopaedic grafts, and...

Medamicus enters supply agreement.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medamicus, Inc., (MEDM) announced that it has entered into an exclusive, multiyear supply agreement with Bard Endoscopic Technologies, a division of C. R. Bard, Inc., for distribution of its Axia RSN...

New research shows brain abnormalities appear early in psychoses.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early brain scans may offer best chance of detecting people likely to develop schizophrenia New brain imaging research shows clear abnormalities in the brains of people experiencing their first...

Medinol completes enrollment of NIR TOP trial.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medinol, Ltd., a stent technology company, has completed enrolling patients in its NIR TOP clinical trial; total of 305 patients were enrolled in 15 sites in Canada, Europe, and Israel. Patient...

Majority shareholder of Antares converts short-term loan into common stock at market price.(Antares Pharma Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antares Pharma, Inc., (ANTR) announced that its major shareholder, Dr. Jacques Gonella, has converted the $2 million term note from the company into Antares Pharma common stock at the market price as...

Smith and Nephew introduces new Oxinium metal femoral components.(Smith and Nephew Inc. Medical)(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew (SNN) announced the introduction of the first variations on its Oxinium metal femoral components for total knee arthroplasty. The femorals, made out of the orthopedic division's...

Molecular testing can distinguish between treatment failure and reinfection.(Brief Article)
August 11, 2002... 2002 AUG 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Molecular assays should be used to distinguish between ineffective tuberculosis therapy and TB reinfection, researchers argue. Annika Kruuner and...

FDA approves new indication for implantable cardioverter defibrillators.(Food and Drug Administration )(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for Guidant Corp.'s implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) that expands the target population to include patients with...

FDA announces the destruction of unsafe medical devices.(Food and Drug Administration )(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in July that products manufactured by A&A Medical, Inc./Rocket USA/LifeQuest Medical, Inc. of Alpharetta, Georgia, were destroyed on July 11, 2002,...

Doctors discuss test results, evaluation of conjoined Egyptian twins.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors recently discussed a battery of tests and evaluations on 1-year-old conjoined twin boys Ahemed and Mohamed Ibrahim at Medical City Dallas Hospital. The infants, who came here from Cairo,...

HMP announces launch of LifeGuard safety infusion set.(Horizon Medical Products Inc.)(drug infusion pumps)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Atlanta-based medical device manufacturer Horizon Medical Products, Inc., (HMP) announced the launch of its LifeGuard Safety Huber infusion set. Infusion sets are commonly used in the area of...

rhBMP-2 revolutionizes spinal fusion.(recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- With its recent FDA approval, the use of rhBMP-2 for spinal fusion surgeries is now available at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in Manhattan. rhBMP-2 or recombinant human bone morphogenetic...

The GlucoWatch Biographer improves glucose control, increases detection of hypoglycemia.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from a clinical trial studying the use of the GlucoWatch Biographer in 40 children and adolescents ages 7-17 with type 1 diabetes show that use of the device led to a significant, sustained...

Zimmer launches self-centering cemented hip stem.(Zimmer Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc., (ZMH) announced that it has launched the VerSys Advocate Hip Prosthesis to address surgeon requirements for a product that aids in proper centralization within the femoral canal....

Medline E*Kits now available with ChloraPrep Antiseptic.(Medline Industries Inc. (Mundelein, Illinois))(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medline recently signed a Diamond Alliance supply agreement with Medi-Flex Hospital Products, Inc., in which Medline becomes a preferred supplier of ChloraPrep for Medline's E*Kits (efficiency kits),...

Gary Oppedahl hired as president and CEO; Ronald Lohrding remains as chairman.(chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Robotics International, Inc., (CRII) announced the appointment of Gary Oppedahl as president and CEO effective July 15, 2002. Ronald K. Lohrding will remain in his current position as chairman of...

Volcano Therapeutics names Scott Huennekens as president and CEO.(Volcano Therapeutics Inc.)(chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Volcano Therapeutics, Inc., an early stage medical device company announced it has hired medical industry executive Scott Huennekens as president and CEO. Huennekens brings over 10 years of...

Cardiac Science granted additional patent covering defibrillation technology.(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB) announced that it had been granted an additional U.S. patent covering its biphasic waveform technology, a core defibrillation technology embedded in all the company's...

ICU Medical notifies B. Braun Medical that contract will not be extended.(ICU Medical Inc.)(B. Braun Medical Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ICU Medical, Inc., (ICUI), the San Clemente-based maker of safe medical connectors, announced that it would not extend the contract under which B. Braun Medical, Inc., has been purchasing CLAVE...

FDA warns of chemical in plastic.(Food and Drug Administration)(phthalates in medical plastics affect male reproductive organ development)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sick baby boys may be at highest risk from a chemical used to soften such plastic medical devices as blood bags and i.v. tubes, the government said in advising hospitals to consider using devices made...

GlobalCare secures $11M in venture capital.(GlobalCare Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 18, 2002... 2002 AUG 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlobalCare, Inc., a leading healthcare technology and medical services company announced closure on a private equity financing totaling $11 million. The funding was led by Insight Venture Partners...