Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from August 2004

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from August 2004

Alkaline cleaner can inactive scrapie agent on medical devices.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An alkaline disinfectant can inactive scrapie-causing pathogens on medical devices. In a recent study from Germany, the "capacity of a routinely available alkaline cleaner for medical devices to...

Rapid triple-labeling method devised for developing cells.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel rapid triple-labeling assay may facilitate the study of developing cells. Researchers in the United States devised a method for "combining in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry to...

Laryngeal tube enables rapid and simple ventilation in heart attack patients.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The laryngeal tube (LT) enables rapid and simple ventilation in heart attack patients. "Tracheal intubation (ETI) is considered the method of choice for securing the airway and for providing...

Pulsed-dye laser treatment of reticulohistiocytoma effective.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pulsed-dye laser treatment can be effective for reticulohistiocytoma patients. "Reticulohistiocytoma is a rare non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis," scientists in Germany explained. "On exposed skin...

ChIP microarrays can identify genes silenced in cancer.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel ChIP-based microarrays may help identify genes silenced during malignant disease. "Switching from acetylation to methylation at histone H3 lysine 9 (K9) has recently been shown to contribute...

Proteo-genomics system identifies malignant antibody targets.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A proteo-genomics system can help identify antibody targets in cancer. According to researchers in Massachusetts, "[i]dentification of antibody targets associated with malignant disease is...

Translabyrinthine microsurgery preserves facial nerve function.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Translabyrinthine microsurgery can resolve acoustic neuromas while preserving facial nerve function. In a recent study from the United States, "[f]acial nerve outcomes and surgical complication...

Extended daily dialysis safe and effective.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Extended daily dialysis (EDD) is safe and effective for patients with acute renal failure (ARF). According to recent research from the United States, EDD "is an easily implemented alternative to...

Succinylcholine-induced muscular injury reduced after electroconvulsive therapy.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surprisingly, succinylcholine-induced muscular injury appears to be attenuated in electroconvulsive therapy patients. "Both succinylcholine and seizures cause muscular injury during...

Cosmetic surgery company completes first patient procedure.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Makeover Corp. of America (MMAM) announced its first patient procedure has been performed. Medical Makeover Corp. of America's first client has received the first surgical procedure...

TNF-alpha and TGF-beta genotypes associated with allergic rhinitis and asthma.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TNF-alpha and TGF-beta genotypes are associated with allergic rhinitis and asthma. According to a study from the United States, "The development and expression of allergic rhinitis and asthma may be...

LI-COR Odyssey used for imaging animal models of Alzheimer disease.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The LI-COR Odyssey Infrared Imaging System is being used as a detection platform for non-invasive screening of senile plaques in mice. Brian Bacskai and Jesse Skoch, researchers at Massachusetts...

Protein marker linked to impaired insulin function and faster brain cell death.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) reported new evidence linking neural thread protein (NTP) to impaired insulin functioning and accelerated death in brain cells. The study was...

Johns Hopkins Hospital installs TMR laser system to treat angina.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioGenesis Corporation (CGCP) announced that The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, has installed a CardioGenesis TMR laser system and is using it to treat patients suffering from severe...

Company recalls some drug-coated stents.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corp. says it is recalling 200 of its recently approved drug-coated coronary stents because of a malfunction that has been blamed for at least one death. The medical-equipment...

Adenoviruses suitable for biocide testing identified.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Several adenoviruses suitable for use in biocide testing have been identified. "As it is no longer readily permissible to propagate polioviruses, adenoviruses will probably become more frequently...

Technology promises to help find hard-to-diagnose appendicitis cases.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- About half of the 700,000 annual cases of suspected appendicitis in the United States lack the usual symptoms - pain in the lower right abdomen, fever and a rising white blood cell count - making the...

Crural or pedal artery revascularization is feasible in older patients.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researcher considers quality of life when deciding whether to perform limb-threatening ischemia surgery in frail older patients. According to recent research published in the journal Acta...

VentrAssist pilot trial 12-month update.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical investigators provided an update on Australia's "artificial heart" trial at The Alfred hospital in Melbourne. Chief medical investigators Professors Don Esmore and David Kaye, said this...

Synthetic peptide Aspergillus epitope can improve diagnosis.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel synthetic peptide Aspergillus epitope may facilitate immunodiagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). ABPA "is an immunologically complex allergic disorder caused by the...

Deal signed with Diagnostyx Labs for aspirin resistance test.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AspirinWorks, a division of Creative Clinical Concepts, Inc., has announced that Diagnostyx Labs, Limited of Atlanta, Georgia, has joined its network of affiliated laboratories that offers its new...

FDA issues approvable letter for Albuterol HFA in breath-activated inhaler.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IVAX Corporation (IVX) has received an approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its New Drug Application (NDA) for albuterol sulfate using non-ozone-depleting, CFC-free...

Novel propellant suitable for use in metered dose inhalers.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel propellant is suitable for use in asthma inhalers. In a recent study from Japan, a "new hydrofluoroalkane (HFA 227) propellant was evaluated for the replacement of traditional...

Phenytoin effects are independent of HDL-cholesterol levels.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The anti-atherogenic effects of phenytoin (PHT) are independent of its effects on HDL-C levels. According to scientists in Spain, PHT "increases high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and...

New procedure repairs heart without opening chest.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoracic surgeon Daniel Bethencourt, MD, one of the few cardiac surgeons to cure atrial fibrillation (rapid, irregular heartbeat) without opening the patient's chest, performed endoscopic microwave...

Chairman of Renal Solutions finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pete Decomo, chairman and chief executive officer of Renal Solutions, was named a finalist by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004 Awards in...

SurroMed wins best practice award.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SurroMed, Inc. and Spotfire Inc. announced that SurroMed has won Bio-IT World magazine's 2004 Best Practices Award for its use of Spotfire's software in the development of new "personalized medicines"...

GreenLight PVP treatment honored with technology innovation award.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Laserscope (LSCP) announced that in a recent Frost and Sullivan Study entitled, "The U.S. Medical Lasers Market," the company was honored with the 2004 Technology Innovation Award for its GreenLight PVP...

Journal reports beneficial effects of TUNA therapy for enlarged prostate.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men coping with enlarged prostate problems and the threat of more serious urinary complications received reassurance about a convenient and less costly treatment alternative in a newly reported,...

Curcumin may inhibit in-stent restenosis.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Curcumin should inhibit in-stent restenosis, a major complication of coronary stenting. According to published research from the United States, "A major complication of coronary stenting is...

Nano-porous silicon enhances biocompatibility of microelectrodes.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nano-porous silicon enhances biocompatibility of microelectrodes. "Many different types of microelectrodes have been developed for use as a direct Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) to chronically...

Researchers seek to improve telemetry-linked brain-machine interface.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers seek to improve telemetry-linked brain machine interface by reducing queuing-based transmission delays. According to a study from Duke University, "To be clinically viable, a...

Leica RM2265 high-performance microtome launched.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leica Microsystems has launched the Leica RM2265, a state-of-the-art high-performance microtome designed primarily for customers in industry and biomedical research. The world-wide market launch of...

LF-ASD enables spinal cord injured patients to operate ABS like the able-bodied.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low-frequency asynchronous switch design (LS-ASD) helps spinal cord injured patients rise above their injuries. "The LF-ASD was introduced as a direct brain-computer interface (130) technology for...

Hadamard transform microchannel electrophoresis shows promise.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hadamard transform (HT)-based microchannel electrophoresis may provide superior results compared to signal-averaged detection techniques. Scientists in the United States presented a novel HT...

Novel multipurpose microfluidic device designed.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel multipurpose microfluidic device has been designed. Researchers in Japan presented a "concept for assembling various chemical functions onto a single microfluidic device." "The concept,...

Bead-based electrochemical immunoassay developed for detecting bacteriophage MS2.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A bead-based electrochemical immunoassay was developed for the detection of bacteriophage MS2. According to a study from the United States, "Viruses are one of four classes of biothreat agents, and...

Monitoring system launched for airborne biowarfare agents.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Akers Biosciences, Inc., is pleased to announce that it has developed and introduced the Biosniffer, a continuous monitoring detector designed to provide real-time information on the airborne release of...

Clinically autogenous bone remains the ideal defect filler.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinically autogenous bone remains the ideal defect filler despite tests combining it with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bovine collagen. According to published research from Germany, "In order to...

Chemoradioimmunotherapy may hold promise for advanced disease.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A successful novel technique to kill metastatic breast cancer cells by circumventing their chemo- and radioresistant mechanisms was by presented on July 6, 2004, at the 18th Annual Meeting of the...

HER-2/neu independent prognostic factor for survival in metastatic breast cancer.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HER-2/neu serum levels are an independent prognostic factor for survival in metastatic breast cancer. "The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of serum HER-2/neu level dynamics during...

Lack of diagnostic follow-up may reduce mammography screening effectiveness.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If a woman has an abnormal mammogram, but receives no diagnostic follow up, what's the point of her having a mammography at all? In a U.S. national study of 1,901 women age 30 and older who...

Mastascope introduced for early detection of breast abnormalities.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jim Holmes, chief executive officer Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc., (LBTT) announced that its MastaScope System, for the early detection of breast abnormalities that can become cancerous, was introduced...

New 2D segmentation method applied to CAD in mammography.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiologists in The Netherlands have experimented with a new two-dimensional segmentation method that they've applied to computer-aided diagnosis in mammography. "Mass segmentation plays a crucial...

Quantitative ultrasound can help determine mammary tumor type.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel ultrasound assay can be used to determine mammary tumor type in rats. In a recent study from the United States, "[s]catterer properties like the average effective scatterer diameter and...

Technology could enhance biopsy accuracy.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new technology, developed by University of Wisconsin, Madison, scientists, will be a "third eye" during breast biopsies and can increase the chance for an accurate clinical diagnosis of breast cancer....

Titanium coated polymers do not improve biocompatibility.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polymers coated with titaniumcarboxonitride do not improve biocompatibility in vivo, researchers say. "The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of titanium-coated polymers on the...

33% ownership interest in Scient'x S.A. acquired.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthPoint Partners L.P., the private equity affiliate of HealthpointCapital, and Scient'x S.A., the spinal implant subsidiary of the French company, Ideal Medical Products, announced that a...

Air purification system kills 100% of bacteria in tests.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- StrionAir, Inc. announced that independent testing shows its germicidal air purification technology kills airborne pathogens by killing 100% of bacteria. A specialized filtration testing laboratory...

Clinical research organization acquires majority interest in medical imaging CRO.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ICON plc (ICLR) and Beacon Bioscience, Inc., announced that ICON has acquired a majority interest and invested new equity in Beacon Bioscience, Inc. Founded in November 2000, Beacon has a strong...

Eisenhower Medical Center renews help desk, network monitoring contract.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eisenhower Medical Center has entered into a new contractual relationship with Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation (SUPC). Under the new agreement, Superior will continue to supply Eisenhower with...

Image and patient data management system for echocardiography introduced.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced a new image and patient data management system for entry level digital echocardiography. Called the Image-Arena, the software and hardware are used for...

Natus announces restructuring and plans to divest Neogenesis.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Natus Medical Incorporated (BABY) provided financial guidance for the second half of 2004. The company expects to report third quarter fully-diluted earnings per share of $0.03 to $0.04 on revenue...

PolyHeme developer joins Russell 3000 Index.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Northfield Laboratories Inc. has been added to the Russell 3000 Index according to the final list of additions issued by Russell Investment Group. Membership in the Russell 3000 means automatic...

Sixty-four slice computed tomography scanner for heart examinations introduced.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced the SOMATOM Sensation Cardiac 64, the first 64-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner optimized for cardiac, thoracic and vascular imaging. With a standard...

Technology expands to independent imaging centers.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A magnetic resonance (MR) system has been installed for the first time at an independent imaging center. The MR technology traditionally is available only at large medical centers. The MAGNETOM...

Board appoints new director, approves one-year extension of Class A warrants.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The board of directors of Paradigm Medical Industries, Inc., (OTCBB: PMED.OB/PMEDW.OB) announced the appointment of John C. Pingree as a director. "We're excited about John Pingree joining the...

Cancer diagnostics firm hires regulatory consultant.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomoda, Inc., has contracted with Triangulum Consulting Services, Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, to provide guidance with regulatory approvals and to accelerate "time to market" for...

IDC appoints Lomaen Medical as South African distributor.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd. (IDC) announced the appointment of Lomaen Medical (Pty) Ltd. as its official distributor of DR solutions for the South African market. The relationship and business...

Matria Healthcare to sell pharmacy and supplies business.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Matria Healthcare, Inc., (MATR) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell its diabetes and respiratory supplies and medications fulfillment business, operated by the company's wholly owned...

Patterson Dental Company changes name.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patterson Dental Company (Nasdaq:PDCO) announced that it has changed its corporate name to Patterson Companies, Inc. Patterson will retain its existing Nasdaq stock symbol. The new corporate...

Response submitted to FDA on approvable letter for Combidex.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Magnetics, Inc., (AVM) and Cytogen Corporation (CYTO) announced that Advanced Magnetics submitted a response to the approvable letter received from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

CellSearch Epithelial Cell Control Kit receives 510(k) clearance from FDA.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunicon Corporation (IMMC) was informed by Veridex, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, that the CellSearch Epithelial Cell Control Kit received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for in...

Sample fixation procedure does not affect MIB-1 immunostaining.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sample fixation procedure does not affect the accuracy of MIB-1 immunostaining. Researchers in Slovenia conducted a study "to evaluate the effect of fixation procedures on MIB-1 immunostaining on...

Genes expressed in head and neck cancer identified.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A series of genes expressed in head and neck cancer have been identified through microarray analysis. In a recent study, scientists in the United States "applied a robust combinatorial (multi-test)...

[superscript]9C ion beam shows promise.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The [superscript]9C ion beam shows promise as a potential cancer therapy. "A radioactive ion beam like [superscript]9C serves as a double radiation source and may be useful in cancer treatment,...

FDA clears manufacture of disposable surface dosimeter.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sicel Technologies, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of implantable sensors and surface dosimeters has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to manufacture and market OneDose, a...

In situ tumor ablation creates antigen source for antitumor immunity induction.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In situ tumor ablation creates a source of antigens useful for induction of antitumor immunity. "Tumor-destruction techniques, like radiofrequency ablation (RFA), allow eradication of large...

UF surgeons remove cancer from liver outside the body.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgeons at the University of Florida recently performed a rare "ex-vivo" liver operation, in which they removed a cancerous tumor from a liver while it was outside the body. Doctors then put the...

Candida in concentrated oral rinse cultures detected by real-time PCR.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Candida in concentrated oral rinse cultures is detected by real-time PCR. According to a study from Wales, "The incidence of oral candidosis has increased in recent years, largely as a result of the...

Company launches system for managing of atrial fibrillation.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ) announced the launch of the Telesheath Left Atrial Introducer System. This sheath-in-sheath, telescoping introducer allows 3-dimensional movement and stability during...

FDA gives nod to begin clinical study for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoCor, Inc., a development-stage medical technology company, has received conditional approval to begin a U.S. pivotal clinical study to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation under an investigational...

Biphasic studies further demonstrate clinical benefit.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zoll Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of non-invasive resuscitation devices and software solutions, announced that four clinical studies presented at Cardiostim 2004, a major cardiac...

FDA approves high-voltage CRT-D device system.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. Jude Medical, Inc., (STJ) announced approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of its high-voltage cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) device system, including the Epic HF and...

Novel polyvinyl alcohol cryogel tri-leaflet heart valve prosthesis developed.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a one-piece, tricuspid heart valve prosthesis. According to recent research from Canada, "Although current artificial heart valves are life sustaining medical devices,...

Heparin-coated circuits improve pulmonary function.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Heparin-coated cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuits improve postoperative pulmonary function. "Reduction of the inflammatory reaction with the use of heparin coating has been found during and...

INR self-management improves efficacy of oral anticoagulation treatment.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patient self-management of prothrombin time (INR) improves the efficacy of oral anticoagulation treatment after cardiac valve replacement surgery. "Thromboembolic complications after valve...

Pitavastatin inhibits post-stenting neointimal hyperplasia.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pitavastatin inhibits neointimal hyperplasia in a murine model of coronary artery stenting. "Neointimal hyperplasia plays a crucial role in restenosis after stenting," cardiologists in Japan...

Serum creatinine predicts prognosis in patients after cardiothoracic surgery.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Minimal decrease or large increase in serum creatinine of patients after cardiothoracic surgery is predictive of greater mortality. According to published research from Austria, "Acute renal...

Imaging technology differentiates lesions, provides tumor biology insight.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the University of London Imperial College Science & Technology used magic angle spinning (MAS) techniques to get H-1 magnetic resonance spectra (MRS) from punch biopsies of preinvasive and...

Phase 2 trial in acute peripheral arterial occlusion enrollment completed.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nuvelo, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUVO) announced completion of enrollment of its Phase 2 trial with lead product candidate, alfimeprase, showing that alfimeprase restored blood flow in the limbs of patients with...

Alliance signed with SonoSite for distribution of ultrasound system in Japan.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aloka Co., Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer and distributor of ultrasound systems announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for Japan with SonoSite, Inc., (SONO). The agreement names Aloka...

American Shared Hospital Services signs deal for Gamma Knife center.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Shared Hospital Services (AMS), a provider of Gamma Knife radiosurgery services, has signed a contract with Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for its 21st Gamma Knife center. ...

Applied Biosystems to collaborate on human gene study with Spotfire.
August 1, 2004... 2004 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spotfire Inc. announced an agreement with Applied Biosystems (ABI), an Applera Corporation business, to streamline the study of human gene expression by combining Spotfire data visualization and guided...