Medical Device Week articles from March 2008

Medical Device Week archives from March 2008

Google CEO: 'Cloud computing' is key to patient-owned PHRs.(personal health record)
March 3, 2008... HIMSS 2008 Google CEO: 'Cloud computing' is key to patient-owned PHRs By DON LONG Medical Device Daily Executive Editor ORLANDO, Florida -- The electronic medical record (EMR) landscape appears to be shifting. The...

FDA & industry say current regulations enough for nano.
March 3, 2008... FDA & industry say current regulations enough for nano By MARK McCARTY Medical Device Daily Washington Editor WASHINGTON -- The development and use of nanoscale materials is hardly new, and nanoscience promises to play a much...

International report.(Japan Technology Group trade show)
March 3, 2008... International report Showcase of innovations set for Philly by Japanese group A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Japan Technology Group reported plans to present a showcase of Japanese innovations in the fields of medical and...

Delcath's drug delivery system targeting deadly liver cancer.
March 3, 2008... Delcath's drug delivery system targeting deadly liver cancer By LYNN YOFFEE Medical Device Daily Staff Writer For years researchers have been working to develop systems to avert the systemic toxicities that chemotherapy produces...

Baxter in voluntary recall of all HEP-LOCK heparins.
March 3, 2008... Baxter in voluntary recall of all HEP-LOCK heparins A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Baxter International (Deerfield Illinois) reported that it is proceeding with the recall of all remaining lots and doses of its heparin sodium...

Today's MDD food for med-tech thought.
March 3, 2008... Today's MDD food for med-tech thought "The disease you have has been cured, call here." -- Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, describing at HIMSS 2008 a message that someone could possible get on his/her personal health record, based on the...

People in Places.(appointment of Charlotte Collins at Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America)(appointment of Jon Serbousek at Biomet Inc.)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... People in Places * The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA; Washington) has appointed Charlotte Collins as director of public policy & advocacy. Collins previously was an associate professor in the George Washington University's...

Financing roundup.(MDG Medical Inc. provides finance to EP MedSystems Inc.)
March 3, 2008... Financing roundup MDG adds $14M in equity; $2M loan to EP MedSystems A Medical Device Daily Staff Report MDG Medical (Cleveland, Ohio), a provider of automated medication dispensing systems, reported the addition of $14 million in...

Briefly Noted.(C-arm systems )(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... Briefly Noted Fixed C-arm systems valued at $1.4B According to a report from the Millennium Research Group (Waltham, Massachusetts), "Global Markets for C-Arms 2008," the U.S. market for fixed C-arm systems, comprising units used for...

Deals roundup.(Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc.)
March 3, 2008... Deals roundup Hanger adds 9 new patient care sites via 5-company purchase A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Hanger Orthopedic Group (Bethesda, Maryland) reported making five acquisitions: Colorado Professional Medical (Golden),...

Court report.
March 3, 2008... Court report Church & Dwight awarded $14.6M in patent ruling vs. Abbott A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Church & Dwight (Princeton, New Jersey) reported that it has won a favorable ruling in an infringement action against...

Agreements.
March 3, 2008... Agreements Abbott molecular diagnostics to sell RVP assay from Luminex A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Luminex Molecular Diagnostics (LMD; Toronto Ontario), a division of Luminex (Austin, Texas), a developer of multiplexing...

Patent watch.
March 3, 2008... Patent watch Cryocor files against CryoCath charging unfair trade practices A Medical Device Daily Staff Report CryoCor (San Diego), developing treatments for cardiac arrhythmias, said it has filed a complaint with the U.S....

Product Briefs.
March 3, 2008... Product Briefs * iCAD (Nashua, New Hampshire) reported the availability of the TotalLook MammoAdvantage system which converts prior mammography films to digital images for comparative review on a single digital review workstation. This...

First patient enrolled in Biotronik IMPACT remote monitoring trial.
March 3, 2008... First patient enrolled in Biotronik IMPACT remote monitoring trial A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Biotronik (Lake Oswego, Oregon) reported the launch of the Impact Home Monitoring Guided Anticoagulation on Stroke Risk in Patients...