Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from March 2003

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from March 2003

Breathing device may help spare normal tissue from radiation side effects.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A special breathing technology may help spare healthy lung, heart, and liver tissue from the effects of radiation during treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Kolby Sidhu, MD, an instructor in...

Sublingual system first to measure carbon dioxide.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nellcor has unveiled the new Nellcor CapnoProbe Sublingual (SL) System for measuring sublingual carbon dioxide (PSLCO[subscript]2). The CapnoProbe system, the first of its kind, was unveiled at the...

Standardizing the measurement of the value of health care interventions.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "It is not clear if spending more on tests that enhance the accuracy of Pap smears would lead to a greater reduction in cancer incidence than if the money...

First report using subject ignorance, sham intervention published in 1784.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "The single-blind or double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial is considered the gold standard for evaluating the potential efficacy...

HHS approves widespread use of new 20-minute HIV test.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson announced that HHS has approved a Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) waiver for the new 20-minute rapid HIV test. AIDS...

Novel mass spectrometry-based test reveals sulfated metabolites.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of California have developed a novel mass spectrometry-based method for studying the metabolic products of mycobacteria and other microorganisms. "The study of the...

Collaboration to increase research opportunities and biocompatibility testing services.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MicroTest Laboratories (MTL) announced that it has recently initiated an alliance with the Hartford Hospital Research Group, which is designed to be of mutual benefit for both in their efforts to...

Vasconnect's sutureless blood-vessel connector used in humans for first time.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vasconnect, Inc., a developer of automated, sutureless blood-vessel connectors, announced its SmartLink Anastomosis System was used for the first time to create a vascular access in patients with...

One-year and 10-year results in two knee replacement designs.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Caroline Helwick, NewsRx, correspondent - Anterior knee pain persists in 30% of previously symptomatic patients after total knee replacement and develops in 10% of previously asymptomatic knees,...

Intraoperative TEE exam needed to find problems during mitral valve replacement.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of prosthetic aortic valve function is made more difficult by the presence of a mechanical mitral valve prosthesis because echocardiographic views...

Nardi named as chief scientific officer.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PDI, Inc., (PDII) has named Ronald Nardi, PhD, to the newly created position of chief scientific officer. Nardi most recently served as chief scientific officer and executive vice president of...

Scientific board to guide development of SonoPrep skin permeation technology.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sontra Medical Corp. (SONT) announced the formation of a five-member scientific advisory board. The board will be chaired by Sontra cofounder and director Robert S. Langer, ScD, who is also a...

Vision Sciences announces executive management changes.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vision-Sciences, Inc., (VSCI) announced that Ron Hadani has been selected to serve as president and CEO and a member of the board of directors effective February 1, 2003. The company also announced...

Drainage systems are useful options in complicated glaucoma surgery.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "Glaucoma drainage devices, also known as aqueous shunts (AS) are widely used in the, USA. "They consist of a silicone tube that is inserted into the...

Paracelsian announces Asian developments in environmental business.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paracelsian, Inc., (PK) announced it has signed two significant agreements with DR. Chip Biotech, Inc., a company based in Taiwan. Paracelsian signed a license agreement that assigns to DR. Chip the...

VeriScan 3000 prototype complete.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Protiveris, Inc., a bionanotechnology company commercializing proprietary bioMEMS technologies to facilitate protein research and the discovery of new pharmaceuticals, announced the completion of the...

Success rates for second attempts were similar to those for first attempts.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Wales, "In a randomized crossover study, 20 anesthetists attempted to place a multiple- or single-use bougie in the trachea of a manikin, in which a grade 3 Cormack and Lehane...

Invasive components of small tumors can be treated using cryotherapy.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "The aim of this study was to investigate the potential and feasibility of ultrasound-guided cryotherapy in breast cancer. "Fifteen female patients with...

Sleeve resection to main bronchus for postlobectomy broncho-pleural fistula.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "In this case report, we present a novel treatment for bronchial fistula after lobectomy," researchers in Turkey report. "The patient had right upper lobectomy for T1 NO MO peripheral...

CNS responds to immune attacks by activating its own defense and repair genes.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Using gene microarray technology, we found that inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS) not only induced the expression of many immune-related genes, but also significantly altered the gene...

Surgical repair of lipomatous hypertrophy of the heart.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "Lipomatous hypertrophy of the heart is a benign rare abnormality characterized by large fatty tissue deposits in the interatrial septum. "An increased incidence...

Mercy Medical Center implements CardioNow's system.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioNow, Inc., announced that Mercy Medical Center (Clinton, Iowa) has selected and successfully implemented its Cardiology Image and Information Management Service (IMS). CardioNow's...

Anastomotic assist device cleared for multiple-vessel CABG.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novare Surgical Systems, Inc., announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Enclose Cardiac Anastomosis Assist Device for use with multiple vessels...

FDA approves Powerheart AED for use on young children.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science, Inc., (DFIB) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company 510(k) clearance to market its Powerheart AED for use on children under 8 years old. ...

LI-COR Biosciences enters agreement to promote IRDye800.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LI-COR Biosciences and BD Biosciences Pharmingen announced they have entered into a relationship to promote the LI-COR Odyssey Infrared Imaging System in combination with BD Pharmingen antibodies...

Addition, removal of NO caused no changes in kids anesthetized with desflurane.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Canada, "The aim of this study was to determine the effect of nitrous oxide on cerebral blood flow velocity in children anesthetized with desflurane. "Eighteen...

Companies announce agreement to develop and commercialize MDTurbo.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TEAMM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, and Respirics, Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina-based pulmonary delivery and development technology company, announced that they have...

Sample size crossovers usually result in decreased power.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from France, "Sample size determination in randomized clinical trials usually relies on the determination of survival, rates at the time of analysis in both groups, under...

Frequency dependence of CM/AC due to both middle ear, inner ear.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Previously a third-order polynomial equation characterizing mechano-electric transduction was obtained from a nonlinear system identification...

Two electrode placement revisions have significantly reduced threshold levels.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The design of the placement of the Clarion cochlear implant's intracochlear electrode array has undergone two revisions since its introduction, each to improve modiolar proximity, researchers in the...

Agreement allows GeneChip technologies to be used for diagnostic product development.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche and Affymetrix, Inc., (AFFX) have announced an agreement in which Affymetrix grants Roche access to its patented GeneChip brand technologies to develop and commercialize diagnostic products in a...

Alliance with Japanese company targets commercialization of reagents.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cepheid (CPHD) announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Takara Bio, Inc., of Shiga, Japan, under which Cepheid will package and distribute a dry-formulated version of Takara's...

AmeriNet signs agreement with Medline for closed suction catheters.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AmeriNet, Inc., a healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), has entered into a 3-year agreement with Medline Industries, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies, for closed...

Companies to develop and market device to aid CNS diagnosis.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thuris, a privately held biomedical and drug development company, and RGM, SPA, an Italian manufacturing and marketing company, announced the initiation of a marketing and scientific collaboration. ...

Screening intervals for colonic neoplasia.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Surveillance examinations after detection of an adenoma are one of the largest contributors to the cost of colorectal cancer screening. ...

CASTS awarded grant by California HealthCare Foundation to report graft surgery data.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The California Society of Thoracic Surgeons (CASTS) has been awarded a grant by the California HealthCare Foundation to provide Internet-based collection and reporting of coronary artery bypass graft...

Study needed to show that cognitive changes significantly impact health status.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Several studies have demonstrated that a sizeable proportion of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) demonstrate persistent...

Clinical exam equal to MRI in ACL and meniscal tears.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Caroline Helwick, NewsRx, correspondent - In the diagnosis of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures and meniscal tears, clinical examination by experienced orthopedic surgeons is at least as...

A novel, ultrasonically activated chemotherapeutic delivery system.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Systemic delivery of anticancer agents is accompanied by many unwanted side effects that can be mitigated by encapsulation of antineoplastic agents. ...

Company launches pharmaceutical process chemistry scale-up reactor.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Argonaut Technologies, Inc., (AGNT) announced the introduction of the Advantage Series 4100 process scale-up reactor for pharmaceutical compound development. The Advantage Series 4100 reactor...

FLIPR Calcium 3 Assay Kit launched.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular Devices Corp. (MDCC), a leader in innovative solutions for drug discovery and life-sciences research, announced the launch of the FLIPR Calcium 3 Assay Kit. This kit, using technology...

Xenogen grants commercial license for imaging technology.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Xenogen Corp. announced that it has entered into a commercial licensing and lease agreement with Organon. Under the multiyear agreement, Organon will use Xenogen's biophotonic imaging technology...

Lipid panel assays approved by FDA.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abaxis, Inc., (ABAX) announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for three assays: Total Cholesterol, High Density Lipoprotein (HDL), and Triglycerides. In...

Ictal SPECT can improve postsurgical outcome in children.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "In order to validate the ability of ictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to localize the epileptogenic zone (EZ) in children, we compared in 20 patients aged from 10 months to 17...

Suros designs improved needle guide for Lorad stereotactic tables.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Suros Surgical Systems, Inc., has designed and patented a new needle guide for use with its ATEC breast biopsy and excision system and Lorad stereotactic tables, which virtually eliminates the long-time...

Allograft implant company announces 2002 fourth quarter, year end results.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Regeneration Technologies, Inc., (RTIX) the Florida-based processor of orthopedic, cardiovascular, and other allograft implants, reported results of its operations for the fourth quarter and year-end...

Assay kit maker reports revenues and earnings.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular Devices Corp. (MDCC) announced its revenues and earnings for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. Revenues and earnings per share for the quarter were within management's...

Biological products manufacturer releases unaudited second quarter results.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Techne Corp.'s (TECH) consolidated net sales for the quarter and 6 months ended December 31, 2002 were $33,300,214 and $67,848,450, respectively. This was an increase of $2,163,303 or 7%, and...

Board of directors authorizes $500M share-repurchase program.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The board of directors of Cardinal Health, Inc., (CAH) authorized the purchase by Cardinal Health of up to $500 million of its common shares. The share-repurchase authorization permits the company...

Catheter maker reports 11.3% decrease in fourth quarter revenue.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocardial Solutions, Inc., (ECSI) reported net sales for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, of $26,265,155, compared with $22,893,306 for fiscal year ended December 31, 2001. Revenue for...

Catheter maker reports fourth quarter net loss of $3.2M.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Curon Medical, Inc., (CURN) announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2002. For the fourth quarter of 2002, Curon Medical reported net sales of $841,000 compared to net...

Medwave closes on $1.75 million of additional capital.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medwave, Inc., (MDWV) announced that it has closed on an additional $1.75 million of capital to help further fund the company's growth and continued market development. The terms of the financing...

Owens & Minor reports strong earnings for 2002.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Owens & Minor (OMI) reported that sales for the year ended December 31, 2002, were $3.96 billion, up 4% from sales of $3.81 billion in 2001. Earnings per diluted common share (EPS) for the year were...

RITA announces fourth-quarter, year-end results.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RITA Medical Systems, Inc., (RITA) announced results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2002. U.S. sales for the 2002 fourth quarter increased 7% when compared to the year-earlier...

Schick Technologies reports fiscal 2003 third quarter results.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schick Technologies, Inc., reported its financial results for the third fiscal quarter, ended December 31, 2002. Net revenues for the quarter were $8.8 million, an increase of $1.8 million, or 26%,...

Stryker reports operating results for quarter and year ended December 31, 2002.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stryker Corp. (SYK) reported that net sales were $829.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2002, representing a 17% increase over net sales of $709.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2001, and $3,011.6...

Sybron reports 27% income increase, 15% internal revenue growth in Q1.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc., (NSYD), a manufacturer of value-added products for the dental and orthodontic professions and products for use in infection prevention, announced its financial results...

TheraSense announces estimated fourth quarter and full year 2002 results.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TheraSense, Inc., (THER), a leader in glucose monitoring and maker of the popular, virtually pain-free FreeStyle system, will present estimated financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended...

Thoratec reports record quarterly revenues.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoratec Corp. (THOR), a developer of products to treat cardiovascular disease, reported record quarterly revenues for the fourth quarter of 2002. Product sales for the quarter ended December 28,...

Tissue repair and regeneration device maker reports record product sales, announces merger.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cohesion Technologies, Inc., (CSON) reported financial results for the 3 months and year ended December 31, 2002. Fourth quarter 2002 product sales of $2.1 million increased 162% compared with...

TriPath Imaging announces strong finish to 2002.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TriPath Imaging, Inc., (TPTH) reported fourth quarter revenues of $11.0 million, a 73% increase from the $6.3 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2001 and a 12% increase from the $9.8 million...

Urologix reports fiscal second quarter 2003 financial results.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Urologix, Inc., (ULGX) reported its 2003 fiscal second quarter and 6-month financial results for the period ended December 31, 2002. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 was $4.6 million,...

E. coli O157 test receives AOAC certification.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Igen International, Inc., (Igen) announced that its Pathigen E. coli O157 test, based on the company's proprietary Origen technology, has earned the Performance Tested Method certificate of the AOAC...

Normal or near-normal conversation-level outcome from phonosurgical treatment.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Phonosurgical management of early glottic cancer has evolved considerably, but objective vocal outcome data are sparse," researchers in the United States report. "A prospective clinical trial was...

OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 antibody test available.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and OraSure Technologies, Inc., announced the availability of the recently approved rapid HIV-1 antibody test, OraQuick, to hospitals, physician offices, and other healthcare...

mtDNA mutation should screened for because of maternal transmission.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from France, "Hearing impairment is the most frequent sensory defect in children, with a genetic basis in about 50% of cases. "Several point mutations and deletions in...

Alumina-on-alumina ceramic bearing a safe option, may provide durable prosthesis.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The ideal bearing surface for total hip arthroplasty still is being sought. This bearing would be durable, cost-effective, easy to implant, inert, and produce minimal wear debris," wrote B.E. Bierbaum...

Orthopedics device maker announces launch of minimally invasive instruments.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Centerpulse Orthopedics, Inc., a subsidiary of Centerpulse, announced the availability of new instrumentation that enables orthopedic surgeons to perform total hip replacements through a single incision...

Study: Forehead sensor detects hypoxemia sooner than ear and finger sensors.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nellcor, part of Tyco Healthcare, announced that a study presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 32nd Critical Care Congress demonstrates that the Nellcor MAX-FAST Adhesive Forehead Sensor...

TriPath signs tissue-based image analysis agreement.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TriPath Imaging, Inc., (TPTH) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) to provide quantitative tissue-based image analysis in support of clinical trials for...

Minocycline-ethylenediaminetetraacetate promising lock solution.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "In this prospective cohort study, minocycline-ethylenediaminetetraacetate (M-EDTA) was used as a lock solution in indwelling ports inserted in 14 children with cancer," researchers in the United States...

Alliance to market quality control products.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AcroMetrix Corporation announced that they have signed an exclusive agreement with Nabi Biopharmaceuticals to offer ViroSurequality control products for infectious disease testing to clinical...

Genomic diversity of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157 revealed.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 is one of the leading worldwide public health concerns, causing large outbreaks of hemorrhagic colitis as well as numerous small outbreaks and sporadic cases,"...

Surgical debris precipitates cleanup reactions aimed at bone resorption.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "There is compelling evidence that the most important factor in late periprosthetic bone resorption is an inflammatory reaction to debris. Based on results...

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty with AcuNav ultrasound catheter.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "During the past 10 years, there has been a trend toward and an interest in the use of catheter-based interventions to perform procedures that were...

Polyethylene wear is unavoidable in prostheses using metal contact.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Taiwan, "Five patients with late rotational dislocation of the rotating platform bearing in the New Jersey Low-Contact Stress total knee arthroplasty are reported. "The...

Antibiotic-loaded cement reduces infection risk in diabetics having knee replacement.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Caroline Helwick, NewsRx correspondent - In persons with diabetes, the risk of infection after total knee arthroplasty can be minimized with antibiotic-loaded bone cement, but aseptic loosening...

Distribution rights obtained for two patented surgical instruments.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Haemacure Corporation (HAE) announced that it has concluded a 3-year exclusive distribution agreement with Instruments medicaux G.B., Inc., whereby Haemacure will distribute two innovative patented...

New study investigates regenerating healthy muscle in damaged hearts.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PLC Systems, Inc., (PLC) announced that a new carbon dioxide (CO[subscript]2) transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) laser therapy study has been initiated. The study will evaluate CO[subscript]2...

High-throughput screening has capacity to obtain patch clamp measurements.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Sweden, "This paper presents a microfluidics-patch clamp platform for performing high-throughput screening and rapid characterization of weak-affinity ion channel-ligand...

Procedure aids plantar fasciitis.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Caroline Helwick,, NewsRx correspondent - Extracorporeal shock wave application can be an effective nonsurgical treatment modality for chronic plantar fasciitis in runners, according to German...

Two-step strategy for flow-induced enlargement of donor artery safe.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from France, "The median arcuate ligament is a tendinous arch joining the two medial borders of the diaphragm crura together. In 10% - 50% of subjects it is responsible for...

Retrograde ejaculation more likely after transperitoneal approach.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Caroline Helwick, NewsRx correspondent - The risk of retrograde ejaculation is 10 times greater with a transperitoneal versus a retroperitoneal approach to the lumbar spine at L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels,...

Most interstitial diseases may be classified into patterns.
March 2, 2003... 2003 MAR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "The chest radiographic evaluation of interstitial lung diseases is among the most difficult tasks in radiology. "This article reviews one...