Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from October 2005

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from October 2005

Genomic Health's IPO gathers $60m for breast cancer test.(Financings roundup)
October 6, 2005... Genomic Health (Redwood City, California) last week priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $12 per share, raising $60.2 million to fund commercialization and further research and development of its Onco type DX diagnostic cancer tests. ...

Genzyme unveils targeted test to aid in treatment of NSCLC.
October 6, 2005... Genzyme (Cambridge, Massachusetts) reported the commercial availability of a new laboratory test to help identify patients likely to respond to therapies targeted for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Genzyme's EGFR...

Inverness closes BioStar buy; AmeriPath, Specialty to merge.(Deals roundup)
October 6, 2005... Inverness Medical Innovations (Waltham, Massachusetts) said it completed its acquisition of Thermo BioStar (Louisville, Colorado) from Thermo Electron (also Waltham) for $52.5 million in cash. Thermo BioStar is a manufacturer of rapid...

Genetic privacy act gets some energy as Gingrich weighs in.
October 6, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich threw his weight behind a bill that would preclude genetic-based discrimination, a measure that its backers have called integral to the future of personalized medicine, during a gathering...

'Sorting protein' in brain might be risk factor for Alzheimer's.
October 6, 2005... LONDON -- The discovery of a molecule that might influence the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) could open up new strategies for drugs to treat or even prevent it. The molecule, called sorLA, reduces the risk of senile plaques...

Zonare Medical's new affiliate to serve 3 European countries.(International report)
October 6, 2005... Zonare Medical Systems (Mountain View, California), a developer of ultrasound technology, reported the opening of the company's new affiliate, Zonare Medical Systems GmbH (Erlangen, Germany), at the 17th annual European Congress of Ultrasound...

MSI shipping VScan TB kit to Africa.(International report)
October 6, 2005... Medical Services International (MSI; Edmonton, Alberta) said last week that it had begun shipping its VScan TB rapid test kits to Africa. The company noted that the World Health Organization (Geneva, Swtizerland) has declared a tuberculosis...

1st shipments of CellTracks Analyzer II.(International report)
October 6, 2005... Immunicon (Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania) said it has made the first commercial shipments of its CellTracks Analyzer II to Europe. The first two customers for the product are a UK teaching hospital and an affiliate of Veridex (Raritan, New...

CALM Patterns covered by CE mark.(International report)
October 6, 2005... LMS Medical Systems (Montreal), developer of the CALM (Computer Assisted Labor Management) system, said it has received notice that CALM Patterns, its obstetrical risk management software tool, is included under the current CALM CE mark for the...

Saliva Diagnostic says ruling in case is a 'major victory'.(Court report)
October 6, 2005... Saliva Diagnostic Systems (SDS; Framingham, Massachusetts) said it received a favorable ruling in connection with litigation brought against it by Chembio Diagnostic Systems (New York) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New...

U.S. Olympic Committee, GE work to advance athlete care.(Grants/contracts)
October 6, 2005... The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC; Colorado Springs, Colo.) and General Electric (Fairfield, Connecticut), a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, reported three initiatives aimed at "revolutionizing" athlete medical care and discovering...

Spacelabs Medical (Issaquah, Washington), a division of OSI Systems (Hawthorne, California), said it has received a multi-phased contract from the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (Wilmington, Delaware) for patient monitoring systems.(Grants/contracts)
October 6, 2005... Spacelabs Medical (Issaquah, Washington), a division of OSI Systems (Hawthorne, California), said it has received a multi-phased contract from the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (Wilmington, Delaware) for patient monitoring...

UC Irvine School of Medicine (Irvine, California), through its division of cardiology, entered into a joint agreement to collaborate on development of the UCI/Toshiba CT Education and Research Center.(Grants/contracts)
October 6, 2005... UC Irvine School of Medicine (Irvine, California), through its division of cardiology, entered into a joint agreement to collaborate on development of the UCI/Toshiba CT Education and Research Center. The training center is being built on the...

Abbott dedicates new Des Plaines facility.(Briefly Noted)
October 6, 2005... Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois) reported the dedication of a new facility in Des Plaines, Illinois, devoted to the discovery, development and manufacturing of molecular diagnostic products for cancer, HIV and other medical...

Piper Jaffray changes timing of conference.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Piper Jaffray & Co. (Minneapolis) has changed the timing of its annual Health Care Conference for institutional clients in 2006. The 18th annual Health Care Conference is now scheduled to take place Nov. 29-30 and Dec. 1 in New York. The...

SeraCare selects Mayer Hoffman McCann.(SeraCare Life Sciences Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... SeraCare Life Sciences (Oceanside, California) reported that it has appointed Mayer Hoffman McCann as its new independent public accounting firm, replacing KPMG, which the company dismissed effective Aug. 22. SeraCare Life Sciences is a...

Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts) reported that it has completed its acquisition of Fischer Imaging's (Denver) intellectual property relating to its mammography business and products.(Deals roundup)
October 6, 2005... Hologic (Bedford, Massachusetts) reported that it has completed its acquisition of Fischer Imaging's (Denver) intellectual property relating to its mammography business and products, including the rights to the SenoScan digital mammography and...

Tm Bioscience (Toronto) said it concluded a license agreement with Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois) for certain intellectual property in the areas of human and pathogen genotyping.(Deals roundup)
October 6, 2005... Tm Bioscience (Toronto) said it concluded a license agreement with Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, Illinois) for certain intellectual property in the areas of human and pathogen genotyping. Terms were not disclosed. The nonexclusive license...

Guardian Technologies International.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Guardian Technologies International (Herndon, Virginia), a developer of intelligent imaging informatics (3i) solutions, reported that it has issued 893,297 shares of restricted common stock for total proceeds of about $2.4 million pursuant to...

Longport.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Longport (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania), a company specializing in high-resolution ultrasound imaging, reported closing on an issue of convertible preferred stock worth about $1.2 million at an issuance price $2.30 a share. The terms of the...

Epigenomics (Berlin, Germany) extended its existing agreement with Roche Molecular Diagnostics (Pleasanton, California), to continue the research and development part of the collaboration for at least six months, with an option to prolong it for an additional 18 months.(Agreements)
October 6, 2005... Epigenomics (Berlin, Germany) extended its existing agreement with Roche Molecular Diagnostics (Pleasanton, California), to continue the research and development part of the collaboration for at least six months, with an option to prolong it...

The Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF; New York), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) reported that they will work together to develop two molecular DNA tests that could ultimately help save the lives of children born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and other primary immunodeficiency (PI) disorders.(Agreements)
October 6, 2005... The Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF; New York), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) reported that they will work together to develop two molecular DNA tests that could ultimately help...

Cambridge Heart.(appoints Roderick de Greef as CFO)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Roderick de Greef has joined Cambridge Heart (Bedford, Massachusetts) as CFO. Since March 2001, he has served as executive vice president, CFO and secretary of Cardiac Science, and played a key role in the recent merger of that company and...

Partners Imaging.(People in Places)
October 6, 2005... Paul Kakis has been named vice president, sales, for Partners Imaging (Dallas). Kakis previously was director of diagnostic CT for Philips Medical Systems North America. Partners Imaging provides CT solutions for cardiovascular imaging to...

Pathway Diagnostics.(appoints Walter Narajowski as CEO, president and a director)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Walter Narajowski was named president, CEO and a director of Pathway Diagnostics (Malibu, California). He previously was vice president and general manager of Focus Diagnostics' infectious disease reference laboratory, following a 20-year...

Advance Nanotech (New York), a provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology discoveries.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Advance Nanotech (New York), a provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology discoveries, reported the financing for BiMAT, a new technology that may aid in the early detection of avian influenza...

Nanogen.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Nanogen (San Diego) reported that it will sell 6.8 million shares of its common stock to institutional investors at a price of $2.94 per share, plus 1 million warrants exercisable at $4 per share for five years. After fees and expenses, the...

Beckman Coulter.(Product Briefs)
October 6, 2005... Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) said it has begun shipping the Vidiera NsP Nucleic Sample Preparation platform, which it refers to as a versatile new solution for nucleic acid isolation, quantification, normalization and reaction set-up...

Biosite.(Product Briefs)
October 6, 2005... Biosite (San Diego) said the FDA has cleared a new indication for its Triage BNP Test. The test can now be used to help physicians assess the risk of mortality or rehospitalization in heart failure patients. Previously, the test was cleared as...

Cardiac Science.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Cardiac Science (Bothell, Washington) reported that it is shipping a web version of its popular Pyramis cardiology data management system used by hospitals. The system allows storage, editing, retrieval and sharing of data from...

Clarient.(receives patent )(Brief Article)
October 6, 2005... Clarient (San Juan Capistrano, California), manufacturer of the Automated Cellular Imaging System (ACIS) digital microscope system, said it has been granted an additional U.S. patent that extends the company's claims related to the ACIS system....

GE Healthcare.(Product Briefs)
October 6, 2005... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) has unveiled what it termed "major pediatric application enhancements" for its Lunar Prodigy bone density system. The enhancements provide tools to evaluate the pediatric skeleton relative to a child's body...

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals.(Product Briefs)
October 6, 2005... Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, Massachusetts) said Circulation published a Phase IIa study demonstrating that its lead molecular imaging candidate, Zemiva, can detect areas of decreased fatty acid metabolism at rest that parallel...

Myriad Genetics.(Product Briefs)
October 6, 2005... Myriad Genetics (Salt Lake City) said its researchers, while investigating the genetic differences between DNA samples from about 200 individuals with early onset obesity and a similar number of normal weight subjects, found that those with...

Breast cancer panel: needle biopsy better than surgical.
October 13, 2005... Four years after they first convened, a panel of 23 breast cancer experts has reached a consensus that newer, less-invasive diagnostic methods should replace older, more-invasive procedures for diagnosing breast cancer. In a new consensus...

Invitrogen in 2 more deals; Beckman Coulter to buy DSL.(Deals roundup)
October 13, 2005... Invitrogen (Carlsbad, California) said it has acquired Quantum Dot (Hayward, California) and the BioPixels business unit of BioCrystal (both Westerville, Ohio). It also reported the early closing of the $130 million Biosource International...

Israel has a diverse roster of diagnostic and imaging firms.(1st of 2 parts)
October 13, 2005... Israel has an abundance of life science companies, many of which had their start in incubators, drawing upon technologies from the research programs of local universities, research institutes and hospitals. The Israeli government funds many...

State of the Industry Report looks at status of med-tech.
October 13, 2005... The Medical Device Daily State of the Industry Report 2005, a 504-page look at the status of the medical technology sector as of mid-year 2005, is now available. The book begins with several overview chapters dealing with activity in the...

Personalized medicine benefit for patients said years away.(International report)
October 13, 2005... The prospects for pharmacogenomics have been oversold, and the era of personalized medicine based on gene testing remains more than 15 years away. That is the conclusion of "Personalized Medicines: Hopes and Realities," a study published...

Ciphergen, UCL in cancer research agreement.(International report)
October 13, 2005... Ciphergen Biosystems (Fremont, California) said it has signed a research and license agreement with Uni-versity College London (UCL) and the university's commercial unit, UCL BioMedica plc, to utilize Ciphergen's suite of proteomic solutions to...

TriPath adds to UK contracts.(International report)
October 13, 2005... TriPath Imaging (Burlington, North Carolina) said that Medical Solutions, its licensed distributor in the UK, has been awarded an exclusive five-year contract to supply the SurePath liquid-based Pap test to the Central Manchester and Manchester...

390,000 HIV kits to China customers.(International report)
October 13, 2005... Medical Services International (MSI; Edmonton, Alberta) said that by the end of its first fiscal quarter on Sept. 30, it had shipped more than 390,000 VScan HIV test kits to 12 hospitals in southern China. The company said it expects to...

Ubl 'bullish' in face of tough regulatory, media challenges.(AdvaMed leader cites priorities)(Interview)
October 13, 2005... Interviewing Steve Ubl, the new president of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed; Washington), a rather interesting picture comes to mind. It is the image of a man sitting on a large bed of very sharp nails--and smiling....

CLS to invest in LabConnect under esoteric services plan.(Financings roundup)
October 13, 2005... LabConnect (Seattle) said it has signed a definitive agreement with Consolidated Laboratory Services (CLS; Van Nuys, California) to jointly provide esoteric laboratory testing services for the biopharmaceutical industry. As part of the...

Biosite.(Financings roundup)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... * Biosite (San Diego) said it has increased the share reserve for its 2002 nonqualified stock incentive plan by 400,000 shares. The company also has modified the plan to allow for the grant of inducement stock awards to officers in accordance...

Windrose Medical Properties Trust.(Financings roundup)
October 13, 2005... * Windrose Medical Properties Trust (Indianapolis), a self-managed specialty medical properties real estate investment trust, reported that it has renewed and amended its $50 million secured credit facility. Huntington National Bank...

EP MedSystems terminates CEO over Iran sales/reports.(Court report)
October 13, 2005... EP MedSystems (West Berlin, New Jersey) reported Monday that its board of directors had terminated Reinhard Schmidt as CEO, president and COO in the wake of a report that certain sales by the company to Iran are being investigated by the...

APHL joins Lab Tests Online.
October 13, 2005... The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL; Washington) is the latest medical laboratory organization to join Lab Tests Online (www.labtestsonline.org), the patient education web site for laboratory testing information. With monthly...

Fischer Scientific collaborates with University of Michigan.(Agreements roundup)
October 13, 2005... The Fisher Biosciences group of Fisher Scientific International (Hampton, New Hampshire) has launched a five-year collaboration with the University of Michigan (U-M; Ann Arbor) to develop new tools for genomic and proteomic research. The...

ITN laboratory opens at Beckman facility.(Briefly Noted)
October 13, 2005... Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, California) reported the opening of the Immune Tolerance Network (San Francisco) laboratory at the company's facility in Miami. The lab was established to develop, standardize and automate cell-based tests for...

Interim FDA boss decides to leave NCI position for now.(Washington roundup)
October 13, 2005... WASHINGTON -- Newly named acting FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach has temporarily dropped his post atop the National Cancer Institute (NCI; Bethesda, Maryland) as he takes over the reins at the federal regulatory agency. He also has said...

GE Global Research, hospital share $6.5m grant from NCI.(Grants/contracts)
October 13, 2005... GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York), the centralized research organization of General Electric (GE; Fairfield, Connecticut), and the Frangioni Laboratory at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) have received a $6.5 million...

SeraCare Life Sciences (Oceanside, California) said it has received a new, expanded contract with the National Cancer Institute.(Grants/contracts)
October 13, 2005... * SeraCare Life Sciences (Oceanside, California) said it has received a new, expanded contract with the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, Maryland) to provide laboratory support to the institute for the processing and storage of biomedical...

Aesculap.(Grants/contracts)
October 13, 2005... * Aesculap (Center Valley, Pennsylvania), the U.S. business unit of Aesculap Ag & Co., which focuses on design and manufacturing of neurosurgical products and medical equipment, reported the award of a three-year agreement with Premier (San...

Children's Hospital Boston (Boston) has selected some of Siemens Medical Solutions' (Malvern, Pennsylvania) angiography and interventional cardiology technology for its new outpatient care facility in Waltham, Massachusetts.(Grants/contracts)
October 13, 2005... * Children's Hospital Boston (Boston) has selected some of Siemens Medical Solutions' (Malvern, Pennsylvania) angiography and interventional cardiology technology for its new outpatient care facility in Waltham, Massachusetts. Cited as one of...

Logical Images (Rochester, New York), a developer of software that helps clinicians make faster and more accurate diagnoses of bioterrorism and other visually diagnosable conditions, said that its flagship VisualDx software system has been chosen by the Delaware Division of Public Health for installation in hospitals statewide.(Grants/contracts)
October 13, 2005... * Logical Images (Rochester, New York), a developer of software that helps clinicians make faster and more accurate diagnoses of bioterrorism and other visually diagnosable conditions, said that its flagship VisualDx software system has been...

BioForce Nanosciences (Ames, Iowa) reported that the Iowa Department of Economic Development has approved a $500,000 award to the company from the Community Economic Betterment Account (CEBA).(Grants/contracts)
October 13, 2005... * BioForce Nanosciences (Ames, Iowa) reported that the Iowa Department of Economic Development has approved a $500,000 award to the company from the Community Economic Betterment Account (CEBA). The money will go to support commercialization of...

Tm Bioscience (Toronto), a player in the commercial genetic testing market, has signed an agreement to supply PathGroup.(Grants/contracts)
October 13, 2005... * Tm Bioscience (Toronto), a player in the commercial genetic testing market, has signed an agreement to supply PathGroup (Brentwood, Tennessee) with the Tag-It ASR reagents for use in its Cystic Fibrosis gene assay.

Study set on DNA tests for SCID.(Briefly Noted)
October 13, 2005... The Jeffrey Modell Foundation (JMF: New York), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) reported that they will work together to develop two molecular DNA tests that they said could...

Biosite.(appoints Robert Anacone as senior president of worldwide marketing)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Robert Anacone has joined Biosite (San Diego) as senior vice president of worldwide marketing and sales and Winton Gibbons was hired as senior vice president of strategic and global product marketing, a new position. Anacone most recently was...

Boston Life Sciences.(People in Places)
October 13, 2005... Mark Hurtt, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Boston Life Sciences (Boston), focused on diagnostic and therapeutic products for diseases of the central nervous system. Most recently, Hurtt was senior director of clinical research at...

Calypte Biomedical.(People in Places)
October 13, 2005... Roger Gale, chairman of the board of Calypte Biomedical (Lake Oswego, Oregon), will become the company's interim CEO. Gale has been chairman since November 2004. He succeeds Dr. Richard George, who has resigned as president and CEO. George...

Draxis Health.(People in Places)
October 13, 2005... Dan Brazier has been named to the newly created position of chief operating officer for Draxis Health (Mississauga, Ontario). Brazier joined Draxis in 1998 and since June 2003 served as senior vice president, corporate development and strategic...

Groton Biosystems.(People in Places)
October 13, 2005... Dr. Brian O'Flaherty has been promoted to sales manager of Groton Biosystems (Boxborough, Massachusetts). He joined the company in 2003 as senior sales engineer. Groton Biosystems is a provider of automated liquid process monitoring equipment.

Nanosphere.(People in Places)
October 13, 2005... Michael McGarrity has joined nanotechnology-based molecular diagnostics firm Nanosphere (Northbrook, Illi-nois) as chief marketing officer. He joins Nanosphere after 13 years with Stryker, where his positions included vice president of...

Pennsylvania Bio.(People in Places)
October 13, 2005... Dennis (Mickey) Flynn will become president of Pennsylvania Bio (Malvern, Pennsylvania), effective Nov. 1. Pennsylvania Bio is an association representing the biosciences industry in that state, including research institutions; emerging...

Eastman Kodak.(Product Briefs)
October 13, 2005... Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) said it has obtained FDA approval for enhancements to its mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) system, and the enhanced software is now available. New software for the Kodak Mammography CAD System...

GE Healthcare.(Product Briefs)
October 13, 2005... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported that it has received FDA clearance for its newest fluoroscopic imaging system. OEC Altitude is a fixed room ceiling suspended system that provides high-resolution images during real-time and is...

Grant Life Sciences.(Product Briefs)
October 13, 2005... Grant Life Sciences (Murray, Utah), which develops products to improve the efficiency of detecting and diagnosing cervical cancer, said it was recently awarded a patent for essential components of its technology for diagnosing cervical cancer....

New Brunswick Scientific.(Product Briefs)
October 13, 2005... New Brunswick Scientific (Edison, New Jersey), a provider of research equipment and scientific instrumentation, reported the roll-out of FibraStage, a new disposable cell culture system which it said offers reduced operating cost, compact size...

PCI medical.(Product Briefs)
October 13, 2005... PCI medical (Deep River, Connecticut), a manufacturer of medical and laboratory equipment, reported FDA 510(k) clearance for the TD-100, which it said is the only automated disinfector for transesophageal probes. The TD-100 automatically...

Varian.(Product Briefs)(Brief Article)
October 13, 2005... Varian (Palo Alto, California) said it unveiled its new Turbo-V 3K-T Pumping System. Featuring integrated sophisticated electronics and intelligent MoniTorr technology for remote pump status diagnostics, Varian said the compact Turbo-V 3K-T is...

Abbott debuts Prism system for automated blood testing.(AABB meeting)
October 20, 2005... Abbott (Abbott Park, Illinois) introduced at this week's American Association of Blood Banks (AABB; Bethesda, Maryland) conference in Seattle the company's newly FDA-approved Prism system, which it said is the "first fully automated...

OraSure OTC HIV test will be 1st to go before an FDA panel.
October 20, 2005... Oral fluid diagnostics company OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) said it will make its case in November to be the first company to offer an over-the-counter (OTC) home-use rapid HIV test. If the OTC test for the detection of...

MastaScope system receives regulatory approval in China.(International report)
October 20, 2005... Lifeline Biotechnologies (Reno, Nevada) said it has been granted regulatory clearance for its MastaScope Mammary Ductoscopy System in China. Jim Holmes, company chairman, said, "We have been working diligently for almost a year now on...

CE mark sought for CeMines lung cancer test.(International report)
October 20, 2005... CeMines (Golden, Colorado) said that CeMines Estonia OU (Tallinn, Estonia), the European Union subsidiary of its CeMines International unit, has filed for CEmark registration through Trial Form Support (Helsingborg, Sweden), its primary...

Test maker eyes expansion in Europe.(International report)(Zonda)(Brief Article)
October 20, 2005... Zonda (Moraga, California), a privately held company that specializes in test products that serve the medical diagnostic, bacterial food testing and environmental surfaces testing markets, is preparing to expand its product lines into markets...

Calypte HIV test gets nod in Malaysia.(International report)
October 20, 2005... Calypte Biomedical (Lake Oswego, Oregon) said it has received notification that Aware BSP, its rapid blood test for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies, has been successfully evaluated by government agencies in Malaysia and that it will work with...

MSI appoints distributor in Dubai.(International report)
October 20, 2005... Medical Services International (MSI; Edmonton, Alberta) said it has appointed a distributor for Dubai and that an initial order of 50,000 VScan HIV test kits has been placed and payment terms agreed to. Based on market studies, the company...

Israeli firms flock to imaging, diagnostic equipment sectors.(2nd of 2 parts)
October 20, 2005... Israel's broad lineup of life science companies includes a diverse group of diagnostic and imaging firms whose growth has been fed by the country's interdisciplinary capabilities in information technology systems and software, plus its...

Blood glucose monitors.(2nd of 2 parts)
October 20, 2005... OrSense (Rehovot) develops non-invasive blood monitors. Its devices perform spot or continuous monitoring of glucose, hemoglobin, hematocrit and oxygen (SpO2), and other blood constituents and cardiovascular markers. OrSense's patented...

Medical equipment, devices.(2nd of 2 parts)
October 20, 2005... Itamar Medical (Caesarea) markets a line of products for diagnosing sleep apnea that use the peripheral artery tone (PAT) signal as a non-invasive window to the autonomic nervous system. Its Endo2000 unit provides an objective assessment of...

Imaging, computerized programs.(2nd of 2 parts)(QuantomiX scanning electron microscopes)(V-Target Technologies nuclear medicine imaging technology)(TopSpin Medical high-resolution MR imaging)
October 20, 2005... QuantomiX (Rehovot) markets in the U.S. and Japan a system that enables scanning electron microscopes to image and analyze wet samples of cells and tissue biopsies in their native environment without compromising sample integrity. It can be...

Scientists probe 'signatures' of genetic damage in cancer.
October 20, 2005... A strategy to compare the genomes of cells from human tumors with those of normal body cells to identify genes that initiate the development of cancer has proved successful, allowing scientists to confirm the role of a known gene in the...