Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from February 2002

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from February 2002

Hospital Uses Robotically Assisted System To Facilitate Minimally Invasive Procedures.(da Vinci Surgical System)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus, recently became the first hospital in Pennsylvania to perform surgical procedures using the da Vinci Surgical System, the health care industry's most advanced...

Ultrasound Can Help Dissolve Thrombi In Presence of Microbubbles.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Ultrasound can be used to improve blood flow through thrombotically occluded vessels, according to researchers in the United States. Dr. Thomas R. Porter...

Researchers Invent First Technique To Image Alzheimer Onset.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- UCLA scientists have created the first technique to image the earliest evidence of Alzheimer disease in the living brain - before the disorder begins attacking brain cells. The technique will allow...

Electrohydrodynamic Atomizatin May Offer Advantages.(inhalation therapy innovation for the treatment of asthma)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Electrohydrodynamic atomization (EHDA) is a new technique able to produce droplets of a defined size, so it seems a promising technique for small hand-held inhalation devices. Inhalation therapy is...

Laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery Provides Minimal Benefits.(for treating colorectal cancer)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite an increase in the use of laparoscopic-assisted surgery instead of standard open surgery for treating colon cancer, only minimal short-term quality of life (QOL) benefits are found with use of...

FDA OKs Pocket-Size EKG Machine.(PocketView ECG from MicroMedical Industries)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The government has approved the first pocket-size EKG machine, so small that it promises easier, faster heart measurements in ambulances, the emergency room - even a possible heart attack victim's...

Preventative Cranial Radiation Therapy Improves Quality Of Life.(for patients with small cell lung cancer)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prophylactic cranial irradiation is a cost-effective way to improve the quality of life for survivors of small cell lung cancer, according to researchers. Small cell lung cancer is both chemo- and...

VitaGen Names New Vice President of Manufacturing.(Mark J. D'Andrea)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VitaGen, Inc., has appointed Mark J. D'Andrea as vice president of manufacturing. D'Andrea joins VitaGen from Selective Genetics, Inc., where he served as senior director of process development. As...

3M to Manufacture Xopenex HFA Metered-Dose Inhaler.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sepracor, Inc., (SEPR) and 3M Drug Delivery Systems (DDS) Division have initiated a scale-up and manufacturing collaboration for a Xopenex (levalbuterol tartrate) hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) metered-dose...

Bone Graft Device Gets Nod From Advisory Committee.(\nfuse Bone Graft device from Medtronic Inc.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Government scientists have recommended approval of a device that could radically change spinal surgery because it carries a genetically engineered protein to spur bone growth. Medtronic, Inc.'s,...

Effect Of Radiation On Normal Brain Identified In Landmark Study.(effect on pediatric brain tumor patients)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effect of radiation on a child's brain has been measured for the first time in a pioneer study of pediatric brain tumor patients. The study is by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research...

First Module of CTLM Breast Imaging System Gets FDA Acceptance.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (IMDS) has received a letter of acceptance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Module 1 of its CTLM Breast Imaging System as part of the Premarket Approval...

New Noninvasive Test Rapidly Identifies Risk Factors.(Mammary Aspiration Specimen Cytology Test)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nastech Pharmaceutical Company, Inc., announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its noninvasive, patented Mammary Aspiration Specimen Cytology...

PathVysion Test Helps Select Appropriate Candidates For Herceptin Therapy.(breast cancer treatment)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories announced that its Vysis PathVysion HER-2 DNA Probe Kit to detect the HER-2/neu gene in breast cancer patients received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...

Philips Medical Systems Releases Patent For Pediatric Pads.(Heartstream FR2 automated external defibrillator)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Philips Medical Systems, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, announced that it has released for public use a U.S. patent detailing pediatric pads technology designed for the Heartstream FR2 AED...

X Technologies Gets FDA Approval For Dilatation Catheter Study.(FX miniRAIL Coronary Dilatation Catheter)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- X Technologies, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to proceed with the pivotal phase of the clinical study for the FX miniRAIL Coronary Dilatation Catheter. The...

United Therapeutics Subsidiary Contracts With International Space Station.(Medicomp Inc.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medicomp, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of United Therapeutics Corp. (UTHR) has been awarded a contract to supply cardiac monitoring equipment to the International Space Station. For the...

First Catheter With AgION Antimicrobial Compound to be Marketed in UK.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AgION Technologies has signed a license agreement with Vygon SA. The announcement follows Vygon's introduction of its Multicath Expert central venous catheter with AgION antimicrobial in the United...

Medicare Agrees to Reimburse Cell Robotics' Lasette and Disposable.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has determined reimbursement allowances on Cell Robotics International's Lasette and Home-Use...

Scientists To Present Next Generation Of Cancer Detection Technology.(upcoming American Association for Clinical Chemistry conference)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) is offering a two-day annual conference, providing critical information on new advances in cancer detection and monitoring, on April 25-26, 2002 at...

Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Improves Outcomes In Diabetics.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of a new study show that a noninvasive imaging technique, called stress myocardial perfusion imaging (or stress MPI), can help to more accurately detect crucial warning signs of future...

Girls Fare Better Than Boys Following Heart Surgery.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study published in Critical Care examined the role of molecules, known as cytokines, in the recovery of children following heart surgery. The study found that girls had higher levels of...

REPEL-CV Clinical Trial Goes Forward With FDA Approval.(Life Medical Sciences Inc.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Life Medical Sciences, Inc., (CHAI) has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to conduct a multicenter feasibility clinical trial on its REPEL-CV bioresorbable adhesion barrier....

P.E.T.Net and Concorde Microsystems to Conclude Worldwide Marketing Agreement.(P.E.T.Net Pharmaceutical Services L.L.C.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- P.E.T.Net Pharmaceuticals has signed a letter of intent for an exclusive worldwide agreement with Concorde Microsystems, Inc., to market and distribute Concorde's full line of dedicated small animal...

Study Results For New GelTx Interstitial Chemo-Gel Treatment Are Encouraging.(InjecTx Inc.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InjecTx, Inc., announced that it has developed a proprietary Chemo-Gel technology for interstitial tissue ablation treatment using real time imaging guidance. The clinical study results of...

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, Body1 Extend Strategic Relationship.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew, Inc., Endoscopy Division, a subsidiary of Smith & Nephew, (SNN) and Body1, Inc., have extended their Internet partnership through a new three-year agreement. Under this new...

New Technology Helps Examine Children's Brain Development.(University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development's Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development chooses AUDIOscreener hearing screening technology)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development has chosen the latest in hearing screening technology - the AUDIOscreener -...

Phakic Lens Able To Reduce Astigmatism And Provide Visual Correction For Myopia.(Toric Implantable Contact Lens from STAAR Surgical Co.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued conditional approval for an investigational device exemption (IDE) for STAAR Surgical Company's Toric Implantable Contact Lens (TICL). ...

Quest Gets FDA Clearance for Bio-Intact PTH Parathyroid Hormone Test Kit.(Quest Diagnostics Inc.'s Nichols Institute Diagnostics receives marketing approval)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quest Diagnostics, Inc.'s, test manufacturing unit, Nichols Institute Diagnostics, received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new Bio-Intact PTH (1-84) proprietary...

Raymedica Receives FDA Approval to Expand U.S. Clinical Study.(of PDN prosthetic disc nucleus device)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Raymedica, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a second U.S. clinical evaluation of the PDN prosthetic disc nucleus device, designed to treat low-back...

Molecular Devices Gets Exclusive Rights to Bayer Reagent Kit Technology.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular Devices Corp. and Bayer AG have entered into an agreement granting Molecular Devices exclusive rights to certain Bayer technology for use in reagent kits developed and sold by Molecular...

SkyePharma Signs Development Deal with AstraZeneca for Pulmicort.
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SkyePharma (SKYE, SKP) has signed exclusive agreements with AstraZeneca (AZ) to develop the next generation of AstraZeneca's Pulmicort Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI). SkyePharma will apply its inhalation...

HealthTronics Submits Investigational Device Exemption Supplement for OssaTron.(HealthTronics Surgical Services Inc.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc., has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an Investigational Device Exemption supplement to the OssaTron device for the treatment of Patellar...

FDA Panel Will Review Thoratec PMA Supplement for Destination Therapy.(premarket approval)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoratec Corp. (THOR) has been notified that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel's review of the company's Premarket Approval (PMA) Supplement based on...

RF Gel Electrosurgical Probes and Devices Get U.S. Marketing Clearance.(Prosurg Inc.)
February 3, 2002... 2002 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prosurg, Inc., has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for RF gel electrosurgical probes and devices. Prosurg developed the RF gel electrosurgical...

Quantitative PCR Testing Enables Rapid Screening For Rift Valley Fever Virus.(polymerase chain reaction)(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in France have developed a novel technique for detecting Rift Valley fever virus in patients living in underdeveloped areas. "The Rift Valley...

Novel Method Sensitively Detects Chimerism In Sex-Mismatched Recipients.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Japan have devised a novel technique for finding chimerism in female recipients of hematopoietic stem cells from male donors. "In...

Corus Pharma Licenses Asthma Technology From Mayo Clinic.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corus Pharma has licensed an inhalation technology and patent portfolio from Mayo Clinic for the treatment of asthma and other associated respiratory diseases. After finding that lidocaine causes...

New Method Of Treatment Using LASIK Technology Developed.(laser in situ keratomileusis)(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nidek Co., Ltd., announced January 18, 2002, that the United States Patent and Trademark Office had issued Patent No. 6,315,771 for the refractive correction of astigmatism with myopia and hyperopia...

Cardiac Science Signs OEM Agreement With Nihon Kohden of Japan.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB) and Nihon Kohden Corp., Japan's largest medical device manufacturer, have formed a strategic OEM distribution agreement under which Nihon Kohden will market Cardiac...

Computational Subtraction Detects Foreign Microbes.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A powerful new method called computational subtraction detects foreign bacteria and viruses in human tissue samples even if the organisms haven't previously been encountered. The microbe-hunting...

FDA Approves Medafor's Technology for Control of Bleeding.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medafor, Inc., has received regulatory clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its technology as a topical hemostat for the local management of bleeding wounds. ...

Dermabond Approved To Seal Out Bacteria From Wounds.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethicon Products has announced that Dermabond Topical Skin Adhesive (2-octyl cyanoacrylate) can act as a barrier against bacterial microbes. The microbial barrier provided by Dermabond Adhesive...

First Remote Monitoring Via The Internet Achieved.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TeleVital, Inc., achieved a significant milestone when it announced that its VitalWeb browser-based vital sign monitoring software enabled the first reported anesthesiological monitoring of a surgical...

Given Imaging Appoints Vice President Of Regulatory And Medical Affairs.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Given Imaging, Ltd., (GIVN) has hired Shosh Friedman as vice president of regulatory and medical affairs. Friedman brings a rich regulatory background to Given, manufacturer of the M2A Capsule...

John H. Wheeler Joins GlobeImmune as President and Chief Executive Officer.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlobeImmune, Inc., has hired John H. Wheeler as president and chief executive officer. Wheeler replaces Richard C. Duke, PhD, who will continue to serve as chief scientific officer and chairman of...

Medwave Expands Research Agreement With Children's Hospital of Boston.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children's Hospital of Boston will expand its clinical study of Medwave, Inc.'s, Vasotrac APM205A continual noninvasive blood pressure monitor on children. In April 2001, Medwave entered into an...

Imaging Diagnostic Patents Aspects of CT Laser Mammography System.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Robert Wake and Richard Grable a patent for the "Detector Array With Variable Gain Amplifiers for Use in a Laser Imaging Apparatus," which was assigned to...

Irvine Biomedical Gets CE Mark for Luma-Cath.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Irvine Biomedical, Inc., (IBI) has received the European CE Mark for the Luma-Cath line of steerable and fixed lumen catheters. Luma-Cath catheters enable clinicians to diagnose cardiac...

BioArchive System Enables Production Of Cell Therapy Products.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ThermoGenesis Corp. announced it has received an order for a BioArchive System from Shenzhen Cord Blood Bank (SCBB) in China. SCBB plans to store 10,000 placental/cord blood (PCB) samples over the...

Higher Laser Energy Opens Artery That May Have Required Bypass Surgery.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Spectranetics Corp. announced the first successful use in the United States of higher laser parameters with the POINT 9 X-80 catheter to open a difficult-to-treat coronary lesion. After...

Needle-Free Injection System To Be Evaluated In Study.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc., announced that it has signed an agreement with the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York to study the enhanced efficacy for the Biojector 2000 (B-2000)...

BrushPicks Better Than Floss For Gingivitis And Bleeding.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Newly published clinical research demonstrates that BrushPicks significantly reduce gingivitis and bleeding better than a leading floss (Glide) although both products reduced plaque. Drs. Samuel...

Invisalign Treats Broader Range Of Patients With Malocclusions.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Align Technology, Inc., announced that clinical studies of complex malocclusions with the company's Invisalign have broadened the range of dental patients whose malocclusions can be treated using the...

Blood-Comparable Results Obtained From Saliva Analysis.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LifePoint, Inc., announced that it has been granted approval from the United States Patent Office for a patent entitled "Device for Detecting Analytes Related to Sample pH" that provides...

Technology Allows Conversion Of Peptide Drugs Into Small Molecules For Oral Administration.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that it has obtained an exclusive worldwide license to a novel technology known as small integrated building-blocks (SIB), for the conversion of peptides and...

CardiacAssist Opens European Headquarters in Morges, Switzerland.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardiacAssist, Inc., a provider of ventricular assist devices for the treatment of acute heart failure, has opened the company's European headquarters in Morges, Switzerland. "Europe is a very...

Given Secures Group Purchasing Agreement With Premier To Market Capsule Endoscope.(Given Imaging Inc., Premier Inc.)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Given Imaging, Inc., and Premier, Inc., have signed an agreement to market the Given Diagnostic System, including the M2A Capsule Endoscope, to Premier's nationwide network of hospitals and health care...

Xenogen Grants Chiron Commercial License to In Vivo Imaging Technology.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Xenogen Corp. has entered into a commercial licensing agreement with Chiron Corp. for its real-time in vivo imaging technology. This agreement grants Chiron access to Xenogen's proprietary suite of...

Spectranetics Receives FDA Approval For PELA III Registry.(Peripheral Excimer Laser Angioplasty)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Spectranetics Corporation announced that it received approval to continue its PELA (Peripheral Excimer Laser Angioplasty) study, without the need to randomize patients. The study extension,...

IGEN Awarded $505 Million in Roche Lawsuit.(Igen International, Inc.)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Igen International, Inc., (IGEN) has been awarded $505 million in damages in its case against Roche Diagnostics, a division of F. Hoffmann-La Roche (RHHBY). The jury also confirmed Igen's rights to...

Invivo Corp. Positioned for Growth in MRI Monitoring Business.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Invivo Corp. (SAFE) has announced the publication of a New England Journal of Medicine study on coronary magnetic resonance angiography that could have positive implications for the MRI market served...

Finn Appointed As New Chair of the MR Frontier Council.(Paul Finn)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paul Finn, MD, has been appointed to chair of the MR Frontier Council for 2002. Finn is the director of magnetic resonance research at Northwestern University Medical School. "The MR Frontier...

FDA Approves RODA Patient Monitoring System.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metracor Technologies, Inc., announced the receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval to commence marketing of the RODA Patient Monitoring System, a medical device intended to...

Sparta Surgical and Shepard Medical Products Agree to Merge.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sparta Surgical Corp. (SPSG) has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to merge with Shepard Medical Products, Inc. Sparta will be the surviving corporation. Shepard designs, manufactures and...

Weston Medical Signs Manufacturing Agreements With Bespak and SP Technology.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Weston Medical Group (WMG) has entered into manufacturing agreements with Bespak (BPK) and SP Technology, Ltd., for the commercial-scale assembly of the "actuator" unit of Weston Medical's novel...

HealthTronics Submits IDE Supplement for OssaTron Shock Wave Device.(Investigational Device Exemption )
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc., (HTRN) has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an Investigational Device Exemption supplement to the OssaTron device for the treatment of...

Boston Scientific Receives IDE Approval for Stent Trial.(Investigational Device Exemption)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) has received IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin its SYMBIOT III pivotal trial using the Symbiot Covered...

Study Of Breakthrough Prevention Therapy Initiated.(preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation)
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Appriva Medical, Inc., announced the start of a U.S. study for their landmark therapy to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The PLAATO (Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage...

New Electrosurgical Technology Improves Procedures.
February 10, 2002... 2002 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Seedling Enterprises has developed a novel technology that has been found to decrease procedural time during tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A) procedures. The IsoCool ENT electrosurgery...

ELISPOT Testing Can Help Determine Cellular Response.(enzyme-linked immunospot can measure HIV and other vaccine effectiveness)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) testing can be used to measure the effectiveness of HIV and other vaccines, researchers in the United States report. ...

Virtual Reality System Provides Effective Hand-Impairment Therapy.("Virtual Reality-based Post-Stroke Rehabilitation")
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rutgers University researchers have filed a patent application for a PC-based virtual reality system that works alone to provide stroke patients effective, intensive, nontedious hand-impairment therapy...

Abiomed Removes Heart Part.(plastic cage removed)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The maker of the world's first self-contained artificial heart said on January 24, 2002, it has removed a piece of the device because of fears it may cause clotting. Deposits that can cause...

'Zapping' Heart Can Eliminate Source Of Irregular Heart Beat.(radiofrequency ablation)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Smart" technology is being used by heart experts to target and destroy cells that trigger the irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation, reports the journal Circulation. In atrial...

Maimonides Medical Center Reports Dramatic Results From Use of ADEs.(Powerheart from Cardiac Science Inc.)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, the third largest independent teaching hospital in the United States, has experienced significantly improved outcomes in its hospitalized patients who suffered a...

Researchers See Farther and Faster With Terahertz (Thz).(breakthrough in diagnostic imaging technology)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are the first to image biological tissue using single pulses of terahertz (THz or T-ray) radiation. This single-pulse approach will improve diagnostic...

Navy Medics Go Digital.(with NavMedWatch computer network)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Figuring there had to be a better way of keeping track of available beds, medical equipment and blood supplies in the field, rather than depending on information relayed by phone and then scribbled on...

Partnership to Develop Corrective, Preventive Measures for Device Manufacturers.(Camstar and AssurX combine technologies)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Camstar and AssurX have formed a technology partnership to deliver a fully integrated quality solution for medical device manufacturers. This new solution links Camstar's plant-level InSiteLive...

Different Ways Of Assessing Early Treatment Response Yield Discordant Results.(response to chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Different techniques for assessing the early response to chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) can produce results that are at odds...

Endocardial Solutions Names Mark Wagner Director.
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocardial Solutions, Inc., (ECSI) has named Mark Wagner, currently the chief executive officer of cMore Medical, a health care software company that serves the medical billing and logistics arena, to...

Micro Therapeutics Names New VP.(Kenneth Sumner)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Micro Therapeutics, Inc., (MTIX) has named Kenneth Sumner, PhD, vice president, regulatory/clinical affairs and quality assurance. "Ken brings more than 25 years of regulatory, clinical, and...

VirtuRad Adds To Advisory Board.(Henry N. Wagner, Jr. appointed to VirtuRad Scientific Advisory Board)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD, a preeminent Nuclear Medicine physician, joins Eliot Siegel, MD and Jonathan Levy, MD, two experts in filmless radiology along with Richard Collins, MD, a orthopedic surgeon...

Fifth Artificial Heart Patient Released From Hahnemann University Hospital.(AbioCor recipient James Quinn released from hospital)
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- James Quinn, the fifth patient to receive an AbioCor artificial heart, has been discharged from Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Quinn was released on Monday, January...

Tripath Imaging Signs Agreement With Dynacare on Screening.
February 17, 2002... 2002 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TriPath Imaging, Inc., (TPTH) has entered into an agreement with Dynacare, Inc., (DNCR, DNA) to provide liquid-based, thin-layer preparation technology for gynecologic and nongynecologic cytology and...