Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from January 2 2005

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from January 2 2005

U.S. FDA expands clearance for Smoothbeam laser.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Candela Corp. (CLZR) announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Smoothbeam diode laser for the treatment of sebaceous hyperplasia, adding to...

Effects of soy 11S protein on liver damage and hyperlipidemia reported in rats.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from South Korea, soy 11S protein displays ameliorative effects on liver damage and hyperlipidemia in alcohol-fed rats. "This study sought to investigate the ameliorating...

Enzymatic activity of dust mite allergen extract characterized.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The activity of dust mite allergen enzymes has been characterized. "Enzymatic activity in the fecal droppings from the house dust mite has been postulated to contribute to the elicited allergic...

Galanin receptor occupancy and Alzheimer disease analyzed.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States have described increased galanin receptor occupancy in Alzheimer disease. "Increased galanin (GAL) may be associated with the cognitive deficits characteristic of...

Novel amyloid plaque imaging agents developed.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pair of novel imaging agents may facilitate monitoring of amyloid plaque in the brains of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. "In vivo imaging of amyloid plaques may be useful for evaluation and...

A novel mu-opioid receptor functions in morphine-induced analgesia.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from the United States elucidates the role of mPKCI, a novel mu-opioid receptor interactive protein, in receptor desensitization, phosphorylation, and morphine-induced analgesia. "The human...

Company signs Novation agreement for anesthesia devices.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Draeger Medical, Inc., a subsidiary of German-based Draeger Medical, AG, & Co., KGaA, has signed an agreement with Novation, the supply company of VHA, Inc., and the University HealthSystem Consortium...

Goal of proposed system is to minimize perioperative complications.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report described the Marburg model for optimization of stratification of the anesthesiological risk. Scientists in Germany report, "The perioperative risk is mostly determined by the...

Frost & Sullivan recognizes ImageCheckerCT CAD System as Product of the Year.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- R2 Technology, Inc., has received the Frost & Sullivan Medical Imaging Product of the Year Award in recognition of its ImageChecker CT system for the computer-aided detection (CAD) of potentially...

Company recognized for market leadership in South Korean PACS market.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Frost & Sullivan's recent study, Asia Pacific Picture Archiving and Communications (PACS) Systems Markets, selected Infinitt as the recipient of the 2004 Market Leadership Award for capturing...

Researchers develop quick bird flu test.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers said December 8, 2004, they have developed a new test that can detect bird flu in humans within hours, compared to up to a week or more for older tests. Early diagnosis is crucial to...

Activation of stress-linked muscle kinases analyzed, role of ceramide revealed.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Netherlands have reported on the role of ceramide in the activation of stress-associated mitogen-activated protein kinases by minimally modified low-density lipoprotein in vascular...

Program launched to establish distribution network for asthma device.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Visiomed Group, Ltd., (VSG) has launched a program to establish a global distribution network for the company's proprietary children asthma spacer known as the Funhaler. The company has...

Positive results reported on non-ozone-depleting HFA propelled "salbutamol" MDI.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inyx, Inc., (BUIYXI) reported positive results from a 2-year stability study for a non-ozone-depleting hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propelled "salbutamol" metered dose inhaler (MDI) for treating asthma and...

Pharma company files application for asthma medication, secures MS patents.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patch International Inc. (PAII: OTCBB, PQG: Berlin Bremen Stock Exchange) reported that Pharmaxis (PXS: Australian Stock Exchange) has announced the filing of an Investigational New Drug (IND)...

Cavitation in monoleaflet valves with electrohydraulic TAH characterized.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cavitation in monoleaflet valves of electrohydraulic artificial hearts has been characterized. "Recently, cavitation on the surface of mechanical heart valves has been studied as a cause of...

Japanese researcher awarded 2-year fellowship to continue brain tumor research.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TGen researcher Mitsutoshi Nakada, MD, PhD, received a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The 2-year $91,743 (10,000,000 yen) fellowship allows Nakada to...

Surgical hand antiseptic wins innovation award.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 3M Avagard (chlorhexidine gluconate 1% solution and ethyl alcohol 61% w/w) surgical and healthcare personnel hand antiseptic with moisturizers, a patented scrubless and waterless method to prepare hands...

Role of polyamines in bacterial cell growth elucidated.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The role of polyamines in bacterial cell growth has been elucidated. Scientists in Japan "reported previously that the synthesis of specific proteins such as OppA, Cya, and RpoS...

Abstracts for PLFT/CoreTherm prostate treatments presented at conference.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the Swedish Society of Medicine's annual general meeting, researchers presented six abstracts addressing the effects of PLFT/CoreTherm, spanning everything from health economics to prostatic...

Repetitive pinched injection strategy devised for microfluidic device.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel strategy has been devised for repetitive pinched injections on microfluidic devices. In a study from the United States, a "microfluidic valve was fabricated with a cross intersection and two...

Positive results reported from European study of retina implants.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Retina Implant developed by IIP Technologies, which is designed to restore a degree of sight to blind people suffering from certain retinal degenerations, has successfully been put through a...

Daxor gets blood banking contract for Idant Laboratories division.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Idant Laboratories, a subsidiary of Daxor Corp. (DXR), has received a corporate blood banking contract from Taglich Brothers, a brokerage firm in New York State. The contract provides for blood...

Monocyte counts predict optimal BM harvest time in absence of CD34 results.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Monocyte counts predict the optimal bone marrow harvest time in the absence of CD34 results. According to a study from Canada, "CD34 enumeration, although established as the gold standard for...

Two surgical devices for shoulder repair launched by medical technology company.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Smith & Nephew's (SNN) Endoscopy division announced the launch of the Bioraptor 2.9 suture anchor and the Elite Pass Premium Arthroscopic Suture Shuttle that expand its suite of shoulder repair...

FDA clears topical antimicrobial product Investigational New Drug application.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NovaCal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for NVC-101, a novel topical antimicrobial...

Anti-rPA IgG ELISA for measuring antibody response in mice evaluated.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have evaluated an anti-rPA IgG ELISA for measuring the antibody response in mice. According to a study from the United States, "A recombinant protective antigen (rPA)-based...

FDA tests effects of anthrax sterilization methods.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After the anthrax scare in Washington, DC, in 2001, questions arose regarding damage to various items after sterilization. To find the answers, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) researchers...

Endorectal flap advancement repair is effective treatment for some patients.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In challenging cases of anorectal fistulas, endorectal flap advancement repair is an effective treatment, indicates a review of such surgeries. "Although the majority of anorectal fistulas may be...

Study evaluated whether impaired pulsatility was normal after coarctation repair.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have investigated impaired poststenotic aortic pulsatility after hemodynamically ideal coarctation repair in children. According to published research from Switzerland, "Using...

Method has advantages in patients with atheromatous disease of ascending aorta.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arterial graft extension with radial artery is a method of total arterial revascularization. Scientists in Spain report, "A method of total arterial revascularization is presented. This technique...

External jugular vein cannulation improves catheterization in infants.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report described a prospective analysis of percutaneous central venous catheterization in infants According to recent research published in the journal Pediatric Cardiology, "Our previous...

U.S. FDA clears Comet and Polaris DS Systems for permanent hair reduction.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Syneron Medical, Ltd., (ELOS), and its North American subsidiary Syneron, Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510k marketing clearance to Syneron's Comet and...

Amphetamine levels in hair of confirmed users evaluated.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amphetamine levels in hair samples from confirmed users have been elucidated. "In a study of volunteer subjects from drug rehabilitation programs" conducted by scientists in California,...

Acupuncture inhibits ethanol-induced dopamine release in rats.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acupuncture inhibits ethanol-induced dopamine release in rats by modulating GABA[subscript]B receptor activity. "Clinical trials are currently underway to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture...

Real-time RT-PCR assay monitors DEK-CAN fusion transcripts in AML.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A real-time RT-PCR assay monitors DEK-CAN fusion transcripts in acute myeloid leukemia. According to recent research from Denmark, "We have developed a real-time quantitative RT-PCR (RQ-PCR) assay...

Modified processing system slightly improves voice pitch perception.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A modified processing system for cochlear implants provides a slight but significant improvement in voice pitch perception. "The limited spectral resolution of cochlear implant systems means that...

Radiation-guided drug delivery to tumor microvasculature effective in mice.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiation-guided drug delivery to tumor microvasculature is feasible and effective in a murine cancer model. "Tumor blood vessels are biological targets for cancer therapy," oncologists in...

Novel method facilitates [superscript]99mTc-radiopharmaceutical preparation.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An novel technique facilitates [superscript]99mTc-radiopharmaceutical preparation. In a recent study from South Korea, an "efficient method for preparing [superscript]99mTc-complexes of...

Novel motor speed controller improves AnyHeart performance.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel motor speed control system can improve artificial heart performance. "The Moving Actuator type artificial heart (AnyHeart) as well as many other artificial hearts uses a motor as its power...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation may prevent relapse.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) increases dopamine (DA) release from the nucleus accumbens shell in a rat model of drug addiction. "Recent studies in rodents have shown that...

Porous alginate/hydroxyapatite scaffolds developed for bone tissue engineering.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Porous alginate/hydroxyapatite scaffolds were developed for bone tissue engineering. "In this study a series of alginate/hydroxyapatite (HAP) composite scaffolds was prepared by phase separation....

U.S. FDA grants orphan drug status to monoclonal antibody for brain cancer.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- YM BioSciences Inc. (YMI), a cancer drug development company, and its subsidiary CIMYM Inc., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development has granted...

Conservation surgery is an option in ILC cases with clearly defined margins.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast conservation surgery is a treatment option in cases of infiltrating lobular carcinoma (ILC) where clear margins can be obtained, endocrinologists say. J.G. Molland and colleagues, Repatriat...

Digital mammography system provides benefits.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study reveals that integrating digital mammography with DR Systems' PACS creates major benefits for users, said Michael Trambert, MD, the study's lead author. In the study, mammograms were...

MRI useful for detection, but doesn't eliminate need for biopsy.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A multicenter study of 821 patients referred for breast biopsy based on prior examinations that suggested cancer found that while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) distinguishes between benign and...

MammoSite Radiation Therapy System distributor announced.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Proxima Therapeutics announced that Nucletron will be the exclusive distributor of the MammoSite Radiation Therapy System in Australia and New Zealand. MammoSite was developed by Proxima and cleared...

Market release of breast biopsy device announced.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sanarus Medical, Inc., announced the market release of the Cassi Rotational Core Biopsy Device, which is based on the company's proprietary Stick Freeze Technology. More than 1.6 million breast...

Medical imaging systems developer receives Frost & Sullivan technology award.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hologic, Inc., (HOLX) has received the Frost & Sullivan 2004 Technology Leadership of the Year Award in the field of women's health. The award recognizes Hologic for its work in the detection of...

Golden Hand Resources changes name.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Golden Hand Resources, Inc., an emerging company in the cell-therapy space, has announced that it has changed its company name to BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (BrainStorm) to more accurately...

Healthcare company enters HealthRamp's CarePoint Companion program.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ramp Corporation (RCO) announced that its HealthRamp subsidiary has executed an agreement with Novo Nordisk (NVO) under which HealthRamp's CarePoint point-of-prescribing technologies will be deployed to...

Healthcare equipment distributor announces achievements for 2004.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Now entering its third year since the company was merged to form SourceOne Healthcare Technologies announced milestones and achievements for 2004, including improved financial performance, signing of...

ICVS 2004 inspires future direction for research, care, and treatment.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hundreds of thousands of dogs across the world die of canine mitral valve disease (MVD) every year. Over 180 cardiologists, research experts, and veterinarians from 17 countries recently convened...

Method is similar to a heart-cutting approach, but without a coupling device.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have investigated heart-cutting two-dimensional electrophoresis in a single capillary. Scientists in France report, "The possibility of performing two-dimensional capillary...

Study shows defibrillators don't save lives right after heart attack.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Implanting defibrillators in patients just weeks after a heart attack does not improve their chances of survival, according to an international study. The researchers instead suggested that patients...

Data Exchange Network launched for cardiology monitoring.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomedical Systems' Data Exchange Network answers doctors' requests for real-time access to cardiology testing data. The Data Exchange Network is specifically designed to work with the Biomedical...

U.S. medical devices company gets approval from Japan for launch of pacemakers.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ) has received reimbursement approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare in Japan for its Identity ADx pacemaker family, and will launch the family of...

Healthcare products company opens office in Beijing, China.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PTS, Inc. (OTCBB:PTSN) announced they have opened an office in China for the primary purpose of marketing the Glove Box product there. Peter Chin, CEO of PTS, Inc., stated, "We are delighted that...

Perfusion-technology company reports activities during third-quarter 2004.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a quarterly report to shareholders, Delcath Systems, Inc., (DCTH) said patients with inoperable cancer of the liver are continuing to be enrolled and treated with the company's drug-delivery...

Pharmaceutical company receives milestone payment for studies from AstraZeneca.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TransForm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TransForm) announced that it received an initial milestone payment in connection with having successfully concluded a series of crystallization studies under its...

Pharmacy healthcare consulting company enters partnership with Script Strategies.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Systems Xcellence Inc., (SXC), a provider of healthcare information technology software for the pharmaceutical industry, announced that its wholly owned U.S.-based subsidiary SXC Health Solutions has...

Microarray-based diagnostic test has reached level 3 in evidence-based medicine.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Agendia, a genomics company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, collaborating with the TRANSBIG translational research network, announced at the San Antonio Breast Cancer conference that the 70-gene...

Peer-reviewed journal includes articles on breast ductoscopy product.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lifeline Biotechnologies, Inc., (OTC:LBTN) announced that the International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine contains several articles authored by doctors who have been involved in research in...

Shortening standard radiation therapy course following lumpectomy under study.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Pennsylvania, researchers have presented preliminary results of a clinical trial in which women received a 2-week shorter course of radiation therapy than the current standard...

Stat3 upregulates MEK5 expression in breast tumor cells.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stat3 upregulates MEK5 expression in breast tumor cells. "The constitutive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) is frequently detected in breast cancer cell...

Vacuum-assisted biopsy system, MRI-guided breast biopsy device unveiled.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suros Surgical Systems, Inc. has introduced its new breast biopsy unit. The ATEC Sapphire is an all-in-one vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system compatible with the primary diagnostic imaging modalities...

Criteria for breast implant removal without replacement outlined.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A scientist reports 'out points' criteria for breast implant removal without replacement and criteria to minimize reoperations following breast augmentation in a recent issue of Plastic and...

Fungi can grow and cause infection inside saline-filled implants.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Turkey, "Infection is a serious complication of breast augmentation and tissue expansion with inflatable devices. "Several reports have shown that fungi may be able to...

Management algorithms to address breast implant concerns developed.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed decision and management algorithms to address patient and Food and Drug Administration concerns regarding breast augmentation and implants. According to recent research...

PMA submitted for next-generation silicone gel-filled breast implants.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inamed Corporation (NASDAQ:IMDC) announced on December 6, 2004, two significant events affecting its Breast Aesthetics franchise: 1) it has submitted a premarket approval application (PMA) with the...

Surgeons recommend FNAC or core biopsy to confirm diagnosis.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Breast surgery specialists in Denmark recommend fine-needle aspiration cytology or core biopsy to confirm the clinical diagnosis of breast lipoma. "Lipoma of the breast often causes diagnostic and...

Healthcare indoor positioning systems closes financing.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radianse, Inc., announced the final close on its $11 million series A financing round with a $2 million investment. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. and The Permanente Federation LLC-Series D, and...

Medical billing company now covered by ManageSource.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Omni Medical Holdings, Inc., (OTCBB:ONMH) announced that ManageSource Research, Inc., is initiating coverage of Omni Medical with a Speculative Buy rating. ManageSource also set an intrinsic value...

Business of cardiac rhythm management poised for growth, market analysis shows.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cardiac rhythm management (CRM) market is poised for phenomenal growth with about 22 million cardiac patients worldwide and more people dying of sudden cardiac arrest than from lung/breast cancer...

Companies enter marketing agreement for FastPack System.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthTronics, Inc., (HTRN) has entered into a marketing agreement with Qualigen, Inc., to co-market Qualigen's patented FastPack System and its PSA and Testosterone FastPack test kits. According...

Device firm exercises right to obtain paclitaxel license from Angiotech.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) announced that it had exercised its right under an existing licensing agreement with Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ANPI, ANP) to obtain an exclusive license for...

Device firm launches German website.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biophan Technologies, Inc., (BIPH) has launched a German language website to serve its large population of investors based in Germany. The announcement was made by Michael Weiner, CEO of Biophan....

Fort Wayne, Indiana, medical equipment parts company to add 100 jobs.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A plant that makes parts for medical products will begin accepting applications for 100 new production and supervisory jobs, officials said. Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp. announced over...

Company files IND with U.S. FDA for T-cell clinical trials.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stem-cell biotechnology and immunotherapy company CyGenics, Ltd., (CYN) announced that it had filed an investigational new drug application (IND) with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). ...

Low-frequency human antigen-specific CD4+ T cells detected.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a method to detect low-frequency human antigen-specific CD4+ T cells using MHC class II multimer bead sorting and immunoscope analysis. "MHC class II tetramers are...

Ambulatory impedance cardiography gives useful values of stroke volume.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report on stroke volume and systolic time intervals described a beat-to-beat comparison between echocardiography and ambulatory impedance cardiography in supine and tilted positions. ...

Cardiac pacing is poised to help millions of patients worldwide to live better.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent report focused on the state of the art in cardiac pacing. According to the report from the United States, "Permanent cardiac pacing remains the only effective treatment for chronic,...

China approves marketing of Freezor and Arctic Circler.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoCath Technologies, Inc., (CYT) announced that it has received regulatory approval from the People's Republic of China to market both the Freezor CryoAblation System as well as Arctic Circler...

Rick Gallisa named VP of cardiac safety monitoring company.
January 2, 2005... 2005 JAN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gentiae Clinical Research, a provider of centralized cardiac safety monitoring, analysis, and global logistical services, announced the addition of Rick Gallisa to its executive team, as vice president,...