Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week articles from October 2001

Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week archives from October 2001

Nitric Oxide-Releasing Materials Might Reduce Infections.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- To varying degrees, medical implants such as catheters, artificial organs and sensors placed under the skin are critical to curing illness or making life better for the infirm, but they also raise...

Busulfan Monitoring With Chromatography-Spectrometry Fast, Accurate.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel method for measuring plasma busulfan concentrations may help reduce treatment-related toxicity in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation,...

Shield Protects Women From Risks Associated With Treatment Scatter Damage.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Specialists at The Cleveland Clinic who provide radiotherapy for women with breast cancer are pioneering use of a shield designed to protect healthy breast tissue from scatter damage that might be...

Lab-On-A-Chip Device Has Many Potential Uses.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Knoxville startup company QGENICS Biosciences is looking for big things from a miniaturized platform technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to quickly diagnose disease, analyze DNA,...

Long-Term Follow-Up Shows Pediatric Cochlear Implantation Safe, Effective.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study measuring speech perception, linguistic and communication performance of a large number of children who have used cochlear implants for five or more years indicates these devices are...

Wearing Cooling Vest Helps Improve Symptoms.(multiple sclerosis )
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Wearing a cooling vest can help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients with muscle strength, fatigue and balance, according to a study published in the September 11, 2001 issue of Neurology, the...

Computerized Tool Helps Predict Outcome Of Treatment.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have pioneered the use of computerized devices to help patients and their physicians decide among the major treatment choices for early stage...

Filtered Cells Show Successful Engraftment.(Hematopoietic stem cells)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Hematopoietic stem cells recovered from cord blood using a collection filter are suitable for transplantation, according to researchers in Japan. Stem...

PrISMedical Corp. Submits 510(k) Application For Sterilized Water System.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PrISMedical Corp. has submitted its 510(k) application to the FDA for MainStream, a device that produces sterile purified water at the point of use. MainStream is intended to generate sterile...

Clopidogrel Beneficial During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of the PCI-CURE study, a companion study of the landmark CURE (Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Events) trial, demonstrate the early and long-term benefits of clopidogrel...

Therapeutic Cooling Clinical Trial Proceeds To Next Phase.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiant Medical, Inc. announced September 5, 2001, that it plans to proceed to the pivotal phase of the company's COOL MI clinical trial (COOLing as an Adjunctive Therapy to Percutaneous...

CardioGenesis Names General Manager Of International Business Unit.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioGenesis Corp. (CGCP), which develops angina-relieving transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) products, has named William von Brendel, a veteran of the international sales and distribution of...

Data Sciences Elects Michael Berman To Board Of Directors.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data Sciences International Inc. (DSI), which specializes in wireless (telemetric) implantable vital sign monitors for biomedical research, has elected Michael Berman to its board of directors for a...

Medivance Announces Two Additions To Sales Force.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medivance Inc., a medical device company specializing in therapeutic noninvasive temperature management, has named Edgar Rey Vice President of Sales and Randall Greene Director of U.S. Sales. Rey...

Micro Companies Alliance Hires New Director Of Business Development.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Terry Harrell has joined Micro Companies Alliance (MCA) in Alabama, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bio-Vascular Inc. (BVAS), as director of business development. Harrell will direct the company's...

Ascension Orthopedics Nearing Final Approval For Joint Replacement System.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ascension Orthopedics Inc. (AOI) has received a recommendation for PMA approval of the Ascension MCP total joint replacement from the FDA Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel. The Ascension...

Update Provided On Left Ventricular Assist System.(LionHeart from Arrow International, Inc.)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arrow International, Inc. (ARRO) announced that during the month of August 2001 there were no additional implants of the Arrow LionHeart, a fully implantable left ventricular assist system (LVAS)....

Artificial Heart Patient Celebrates 60-Day Mark.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Louisville surgeons who implanted an AbioCor totally Implantable Replacement Heart device in Bob Tools at the Jewish Hospital in Kentucky on July 2, 2001, reported that the patient...

Boston Scientific Completes Acquisition Of Cardiac Pathways.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corp. has completed its acquisition of Cardiac Pathways Corp. by merging its wholly owned subsidiary, Adam Acquisition 2001 Inc., with Cardiac Pathways. In connection with the...

Cardiac Science Announces Second Quarter, Six Months Results.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac Science Inc., has completed the transition to a recurring revenue model in the U.S. hospital market, whereby the company places its Powerheart device in hospitals at no cost, in exchange for...

CardioDynamics Launches GMI Initiative Program To Penetrate Government Market.(Government Market Initiative )
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioDynamics International Corp. (CDIC) has launched its Government Market Initiative (GMI) Program. Recently, the company, which markets Impedance Cardiography (ICG) technology and manufactures...

Patent Allowance Allowed Monoclonal Antibody-Based Technology.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Qualigen, Inc. announced that it has received notice from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that its patent application covering a monoclonal antibody-based technology for rapid separation of...

Natural Pharmaceuticals To Supply Boston Scientific With Paclitaxel.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corp. has entered into an agreement with Natural Pharmaceuticals Inc., under which Natural Pharmaceuticals will exclusively supply Boston Scientific paclitaxel for use with a wide...

Advanced Bionics Launches New Web Site.(www.bionicear.com offers information on bionic ear and cochlear implant technologies)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advanced Bionics Corp. announced the launch of www.bionicear.com - a new web site featuring information on bionic ear and cochlear implant technologies - to enable people with severe-to-profound...

Phase I Data Of Antrin Photoangioplasty Are Promising.(Pharmacyclics Inc.)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacyclics, Inc., announced preliminary results of its ongoing Phase I clinical trial of photoangioplasty with Antrin (motexafin lutetium) injection, indicating the treatment is feasible and well...

Restenosis Blocked By Use Of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cordis reported results from a landmark European clinical trial suggesting the Cypher Sirolimus-eluting Stent dramatically reduces late loss and the incidence of restenosis (reblockage of arteries)...

Cook And Guidant Reach Agreement On Distribution Of New Paclitaxel-Coated Systems.(paclitaxel-coated coronary stents for the treatment of restenosis)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cook Inc., has established a strategic alliance with interventional device manufacturer Guidant Corp. to further develop and distribute paclitaxel-coated coronary stents to reduce restenosis. Under...

Nycomed Amersham Extends Human Antibody Agreement With Affitech AS.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nycomed Amersham Imaging, which specializes in medical diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy products, and Affitech, Oslo, Norway have entered into a research agreement for the discovery of fully...

Gastric Bypass Strips Credited For Bio-Vascular Revenue Growth.(Peri-Strips)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bio-Vascular Inc. (BVAS) reported that its consolidated net revenue increased 12% to $7,087,000 in its third quarter ending July 31, 2001, from $6,354,000 in the same period of fiscal 2000, at least...

LifePoint Announces First-Quarter Losses.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LifePoint Inc. (LFP) reported a net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2001 of $2,503,194 ($0.08 per share) as compared with $1,447,384 ($0.05 per share) for the quarter ended June 30, 2000....

LifePoint Inc. Completes Private Placement Worth More Than $13 Million.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- LifePoint Inc. (LFP) has announced the completion of the final round of an equity private placement offering. The terms of the financing were adjusted and include a fixed-price conversion for the...

FDA Approves Cochlear Implant Technology.(COMBI 40+ cochlear implant system from MED-EL Corp.)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MED-EL has received U.S. FDA approval for the advanced COMBI 4O+ cochlear implant system, which allows severe to profoundly hearing impaired people to gain immediate access to the advances of MED-EL...

Symphonix, Siemens Offer Targeted Outreach Program To U.S. Audiologists.(Symphonix Devices Inc.)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Building on a series of joint business initiatives that began in 1999, Symphonix Devices Inc. (SMPX), a hearing technology company, and Siemens, which develops hearing instruments, have begun a...

CryoLife Files Premarket Approval Application For Aortic Heart Valve.(CryoLife-O'Brien stentless porcine heart valve)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoLife Inc. (CRY), has filed a premarket approval application (PMA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the CryoLife-O'Brien stentless porcine heart valve. The CryoLife-O'Brien heart...

MedicalCV Gets Premarket Approval For Aortic, Mitral Prostheses.(Omnicarbon cardiac valve)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued premarket approval (PMA) for the MedicalCV's Omnicarbon cardiac valve. With the PMA, the Omnicarbon aortic and mitral valves are now available in the...

Alliance Submits Documentation For Imavist In Response To FDA Approvable Letter.(Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. (ALLP) has submitted documentation to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding Imavist (AF0150), an ultrasound contrast agent being developed jointly by...

Cancer Center Fuses PET With Radiotherapy CT Planning Images.(Cancer Therapy and Research Center)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC), through its medical physics team, is now able to overlay high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET) onto Marconi CT planning images for NOMOS...

FDA Grants Clearance To Home Bone Measurement Device.(Ostex International Inc.'s Rx Home-Use monitors bone resorption changes during osteoporosis therapy)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rx Home-Use, a disposable, commercially available test that delivers a quantitative bone breakdown result in five minutes, has been granted clearance and CLIA Waiver status by the U.S. Food and Drug...

Promising Early Results From Laser Assisted Liposuction Trial.
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Currently 10 members of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery from around the United States are engaged in a study of low-level, laser-assisted liposuction. Preliminary results indicate that...

Conventional Contact Tracing Inferior To Genetic Testing For Clusters.(tuberculosis transmission tracing)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Conventional methods of tracing the spread of tuberculosis should be validated against more accurate genetic analyses, researchers in Barcelona argue. ...

Positive Clinical Results Indicate Procedure Is Highly Effective.(intracoronary radiation to unclog blocked stents)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of the 1,098 patient European registry trial (RENO) support the routine use of intracoronary radiation for primary treatment of blocked stents. Novoste Corporation announced the results...

SynerGraft Ready For Marketing In Europe.(CryoLife Inc. receives product certification)
October 7, 2001... 2001 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoLife Inc. (CRY) has received a CE (product certification) Mark allowing the commercial distribution of its SynerGraft Model 100 tissue-engineered vascular graft within the European Community....

Vacuum-Assisted Circuit Can Reduce Pediatric Transfusion Needs.(during cardiopulmonary bypass)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Children undergoing heart bypass surgery can benefit from the use of vacuum-assisted bypass circuits, according to researchers in Japan. "Open-heart...

Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube Suitable For Use.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The fully automatic BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) 960 system is a fast, simple, and accurate method for tuberculosis screening,...

Portable Device Detects Abnormal Brain Activity.(NeuroGraph from Thuris Corp.)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- What do pilots, divers and pharmaceutical trial participants have in common with people being screened for Alzheimer disease or other ailments affecting the brain such as strokes? The answer is...

Microvolume Laser Scanning Effective For Whole Blood Platelet Analysis.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that microvolume laser scanning cytometry (MLSC) is an effective technique for studying platelets in whole blood...

Physicians Unveil New Technique For Stroke Analysis.(perfusion-weighted CT scan)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new imaging technique described in the September issue of Stroke will allow physicians to quickly administer the appropriate treatment to a patient who has suffered a stroke and to predict...

Hip Implants Recalled For Potential Fracture Problem.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- FDA has announced that eight U.S. firms that make hip implants are or will be voluntarily recalling certain of their hip implants due to a potential problem with a component. The component, a...

Harmonic Scalpel Is More Effective In Extirpation Of Thyroid.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A New York head and neck surgeon has conducted a study that indicates that the harmonic scalpel is more effective in extirpation of the thyroid. Thyroidectomy is an established procedure for...

Semiautomatic Defibrillator Introduced.(the AccessAED from Access CardioSystems)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Access CardioSystems has introduced the AccessAED, a semiautomatic defibrillator delivering defibrillation in a small, light, and affordable unit. Access CardioSystems focuses on cardiac...

Heart Laser Demonstrates Long-Term Relief For Cardiac Patients.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardiac patients who have received carbon dioxide (CO[2]) transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) using PLC Systems' Heart Laser are experiencing excellent long-term clinical benefits. The...

Humanitarian Device Exemption For Joint Implant Obtained.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Avanta Orthopaedics Corporation announced that on August 28, 2001, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted it Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) status for its Avanta...

South Carolina Woman First In State To Undergo New Treatment.(catheter-based radiation treatment for brain tumors)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jean McKenzie has three grandchildren on the way and, after undergoing a new procedure for treating brain tumors at the Medical University of South Carolina, new hope. "I'm a lot more...

Edward, Cardiologists Donate 40 AEDs To Local Communities.(Edward Cardiovascular Institute, automated external defibrillators)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People who suffer sudden cardiac arrest outside the hospital have only a 5% chance of survival, but automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are helping change this alarming statistic by bringing...

Second Abiocor Implant Performed In 70-Year-Old Patient.(artificial heart)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Louisville, Kentucky, surgeons who implanted the world's first totally implantable heart at Jewish Hospital on July 2, 2001, announced September 13, 2001, that they have performed...

Extensive Animal Trial Completed On Distal Protection Device.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scion Cardio-Vascular Inc. has received two U.S. patents covering the company's Sci-Pro Distal Protection Device, a guidewire-based filter designed to provide protection during interventional...

Enrollment Completed In Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Trial.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cordis Corporation reported the completion of enrollment in SIRIUS, a multicenter, prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical study of patients with blockages reopened in diseased...

Bayer Diagnostics Announces Expanded Agreement On Blood-Gas Systems.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bayer Corp. has signed an agreement for its Diagnostics Division with Premier Inc. to provide Premier's members with its full line of blood gas products. Premier is among the largest not-for-profit...

NovoRapid Insulin Approved For Pump Therapy In Europe.(NovoLog in the US)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novo Nordisk A/S announced that the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) approved the insulin analogue NovoRapid (insulin aspart [rDNA origin]) for continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion...

Clinical Trial Examines Sonotherapy For Reducing In-Stent Restenosis.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PharmaSonics, Inc. has initiated SPLASH, a new Phase II trial to study the Intravascular Sonotherapy System for the reduction of the rate of restenosis in patients with failed coronary stenting,...

4-D Neuroimaging Named One Region's Fastest Growing Technology Companies.(Orange County/San Diego, California)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 4-D Neuroimaging ("4-D") (FDNX) has been named to Deloitte & Touche's "2001 Orange County/San Diego Technology Fast 50" program, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the...

Cygnus Receives $750,000 Grant To Advance Research On Biosensors.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cygnus Inc. has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the U.S. National Institutes of...

New Device Helps Improve Diabetes Management.(InDuo System from Novo Nordisk A/S and LifeScan combines blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The world's first device that combines blood glucose monitoring and insulin delivery, designed to help people better manage their diabetes was launched at the 37th Annual Meeting of European...

Long-Term Benefits Of Vibrant Soundbridge Reported.(implantable middle ear hearing device from Symphonix Devices, Inc.)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a study on the long-term effects of the Vibrant Soundbridge were presented September 10, 2001, at the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO) Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO confirming that...

Intravascular Ultrasound System Introduced.(the Galaxy System from Boston Scientific Corp.)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX) has launched the Galaxy System, its next-generation intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging. It is now available in the United States and Canada and is scheduled for...

Opticon Medical Seeks To Patent Valve Designs.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Opticon Medical Inc. (OPMI) has completed several strategic milestones in continuing its development of intellectual properties. Referencing its objective to build upon its existing patent...

New Technology For Tendon Repair Being Developed.(Teno Fix system from Ortheon Medical)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ortheon Medical is developing what it believes to be a major breakthrough in the repair of tendon injuries of the hand. Ortheon's proprietary Teno Fix system will be targeted to orthopedic and...

Noninvasive System Helps Optimize Implanted Devices.(BioZ Impedance Cardiography from CardioDynamics International)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CardioDynamics International, the innovator of Impedance Cardiography (ICG) technology and manufacturer of BioZ noninvasive digital cardiac function monitoring systems, announced September 18,...

New, Noninvasive Medical Device Electronically Blocks Pain.(Biowave )
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biowave has developed a noninvasive medical device that electronically blocks pain in the body. Brad Siff, Biowave Corporation of Norwalk, Connecticut, presented the device at the 2001 IHS...

Mechanical Heart Assist Pump Buys Girl Time.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On August 31, 2001, doctors at Children's Hospital of Michigan implanted a mechanical heart pump assist device into an 11-year-old girl to buy her time while she waits for a donor heart. Sarah...

Breakthrough In Treatment Of Heart Disease Announced.(drugs incorporated into stents can lower the rate of re-stenosis)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The use of these new drug-coated stents, which employ polymers to deliver the active ingredient, is expected to drastically reduce the number of bypass surgeries, eliminate extended hospital stays...

MEDIQ PRN Pays $16.7 Million To Rent Needle Destruction Unit.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomedical Disposal Inc. has signed a two-year, $16.7 million agreement with MEDIQ PRN for the rental of BioMed's Sharpx needle destruction unit to the U.S. acute care market. The deal is...

Clinical Study Of New Prevention Therapy Starts In Europe.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Appriva Medical, Inc. announced the commencement of a European multicenter registry of their breakthrough technology to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The novel...

Intrathecal Baclofen May Address Muscle Hypertonia Without Side Effects.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Continuous infusion of Baclofen directly to the spine can reduce involuntary, abnormal muscle movement common to patients following a stroke, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham...

World's First Delivery System For Surgical Biomaterials Created.(Celltran Delivery System from BioDelivery Systems, Inc.)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioDelivery Systems, Inc. (BDS) announces development of the world's first delivery system for surgical biomaterials. Carl Wilcox, BioDelivery Systems, introduced the Celltran Delivery System...

Panel Recommends Approval Of BioGlue For Use In Vascular And Cardiac Repair.(BioGlue Surgical Adhesive from CryoLife, Inc.)
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CryoLife, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel has unanimously recommended to approve the BioGlue Surgical Adhesive as an adjunct to...

Instrumentarium To Distribute PenRad Information Solutions For Mammography.
October 14, 2001... 2001 OCT 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Instrumentarium Imaging Inc. has signed an agreement with PenRad Technologies Inc. to become a distributor for its information systems software program. This agreement will allow Instrumentarium...

New System Sees Coronary Artery Disease Before It Turns Deadly.
October 21, 2001... 2001 OCT 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Washington state's only electron beam tomography (EBT) scanner made its debut at Swedish Medical Center's Providence Campus in July 2001. This advanced system quickly and painlessly detects...

Brain Scan Patterns Identify Objects Being Viewed.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2001... 2001 OCT 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) scientists have shown that they can tell what kind of object a person is looking at - a face, a house, a shoe, a chair - by the pattern of brain activity it...

Virtual Lung Models Breathing, Adds Insights Into Lung Functioning.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2001... 2001 OCT 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A virtual lung model developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory may help predict the impact of pollutants on respiratory systems and provide new insights into asthma,...

Fibrin Matrix With Growth Factor Effective For Vascular Implants.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2001... 2001 OCT 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in India have developed a way to improve endothelial cell adhesion to vascular implants while reducing the risk of thrombosis. "The vascular...

Digital Mammography System Will Be Used In NCI Study.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2001... 2001 OCT 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fischer Imaging Corp.'s SenoScan Full Field Digital Mammography System has been selected for use at five leading institutions that will participate in a $26 million National Cancer Institute (NCI)...

Heart Jacket Offers Potential Treatment Approach.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2001... 2001 OCT 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mark Szep, 34, of Chesterfield Township, Michigan, underwent Henry Ford Hospital's first surgical implantation of the Acorn CorCap Cardiac Support Device, a potential treatment for heart failure. ...

Process Detects Cancer's Ability To Metastasize.(Brief Article)
October 21, 2001... 2001 OCT 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Motivated by the cancer deaths of several friends and family members, a University of Texas at Austin scientist has developed technology to help doctors detect cancer and determine whether cancer cells...