Medical Device Week articles from September 2008

Medical Device Week archives from September 2008

Whisk-like cancer device shows promise in study.
September 29, 2008... Whisk-like cancer device shows promise in study By AMANDA PEDERSEN Medical Device Daily Staff Writer A new device that looks quite a bit like an ordinary kitchen whisk is being used to give the option of partial breast radiation...

UPS survey reviews 'pain points' in the supply chain.
September 29, 2008... UPS survey reviews 'pain points' in the supply chain By ROB KIMBALL Medical Device Daily Staff Writer For a healthcare supply chain manager, sending products and services to the customer in a quick, cost-efficient manner sounds...

Report from Europe: Tryton launches Side Branch stent for bifurcated lesions.
September 29, 2008... Report from Europe: Tryton launches Side Branch stent for bifurcated lesions A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Cardiovascular stent maker Tryton Medical (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) has reported the European launch of its...

SwiftMD starts as first 24/7 emergency physician access.
September 29, 2008... SwiftMD starts as first 24/7 emergency physician access By LYNN YOFFEE Medical Device Daily Staff Writer Everybody dreads the long hours wasted sitting in emergency rooms, the unnecessary tests and the redundant questioning. The...

Washington roundup: FDA updates notification on lung tumor ablation.
September 29, 2008... Washington roundup: FDA updates notification on lung tumor ablation A Medical Device Daily Staff Report FDA issued an update last week for its December 2007 public health notification addressing radio frequency (RF) ablation of lung...

Today's MDD food for med-tech thought.(Brief article)
September 29, 2008... Today's MDD food for med-tech thought "When people call the ER or their doctor, they are typically told that they can't be diagnosed over the phone, but that's simply not true for many conditions." u Elliot Justin, MD, discussing the...

Financings roundup: Fludigm latest firm to scrap IPO plans in a weak market.
September 29, 2008... Financings roundup: Fludigm latest firm to scrap IPO plans in a weak market A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Fluidigm (South San Francisco, California) became the latest company to bail on the initial public offering market this...

Court report: Spectranetics faces several suits in connection with FDA/ICE raid.
September 29, 2008... Court report: Spectranetics faces several suits in connection with FDA/ICE raid A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Spectranetics (Colorado Springs, Colorado) said it has been slapped with several securities class-action lawsuits...

Briefly Noted.
September 29, 2008... Briefly Noted Chemistry council recognizes bisphenol A study The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Arlington, Virginia) said it is aware of a new study on bisphenol A published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that...

Deals roundup: MediCult to buy MidAtlantic Diagnostics for $15.5 million.
September 29, 2008... Deals roundup: MediCult to buy MidAtlantic Diagnostics for $15.5 million A Medical Device Daily Staff Report MediCult (Denmark,Sweden) a developer of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), reported that it has entered into a share...

Agreements/contracts: Strategic Polymer Sciences, Solvay in development deal.
September 29, 2008... Agreements/contracts: Strategic Polymer Sciences, Solvay in development deal A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Strategic Polymer Sciences (SPS; State College, Pennsylvania), which specializes in polymeric electronic materials, said...

Product Briefs.
September 29, 2008... Product Briefs • BioImagene (Cupertino, California) has introduced the newest edition of the iScan slide scanner with version 2.0. The iScan is BioImagene's desktop slide-scanning system for digital pathology. It allows batch scanning...

People in Places.
September 29, 2008... People in Places • Paul Kennedy has been named chairman/president/CEO of Ivax Diagnostics (Miami). Kennedy has more than 30 years of senior executive experience with Novo Nordisk France, Abbott France and Boots Co. Ltd., a UK-based...

Record turnout emphasizes the growing interest in PAD.
September 30, 2008... VIVA conference Record turnout emphasizes the growing interest in PAD By LARRY HAIMOVITCH Medical Device Daily Contributing Writer LAS VEGAS u The sixth annual Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) meeting, which describes...

Gore enrolls 1st patient in its REVISE clinical study.(Clinical report)
September 30, 2008... Gore enrolls 1st patient in its REVISE clinical study By OMAR FORD Medical Device Daily Staff Writer Nearly 300 patients are subject to take part in the W.L. Gore (Flagstaff, Arizona) REVISE clinical study, which started earlier...

Report from Europe: CE mark for new generation of Home Monitoring system.
September 30, 2008... Report from Europe: CE mark for new generation of Home Monitoring system A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Biotronik (Berlin), a pioneer in wireless remote monitoring technology for patients with cardiac devices, reported receipt of...

Deals roundup: Cardinal Health in plan to spin off med-tech business.(Company overview)
September 30, 2008... Deals roundup: Cardinal Health in plan to spin off med-tech business By AMANDA PEDERSEN Medical Device Daily Staff Writer Some big changes are ahead for Cardinal Health (Dublin, Ohio) u including the spinning-off of its med-tech...

Washington roundup: OIG says 'aye' to contract billing on Medicare imaging.
September 30, 2008... Washington roundup: OIG says 'aye' to contract billing on Medicare imaging By MARK McCARTY Medical Device Daily Washington Editor The impact of anti-kickback laws on various business arrangements has been tremendous, and business...

Today's MDD food for med-tech thought.
September 30, 2008... Today's MDD food for med-tech thought "It really makes a difference to patients who are suffering from excruciating leg pain." u William Gray, MD, of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, describing Flowcardia's Crosser technology at the...

Agreements/contracts: NeoGenomics to offer Response Genetics' colon and lung tests.
September 30, 2008... Agreements/contracts: NeoGenomics to offer Response Genetics' colon and lung tests A Medical Device Daily Staff Report NeoGenomics Laboratories (Fort Myers, Florida) a reference lab specializing in high-complexity, cancer-specific...

Financings roundup: Orthofix finishes amendments; PreMD in $500K debenture offer.
September 30, 2008... Financings roundup: Orthofix finishes amendments; PreMD in $500K debenture offer A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Orthofix International (McKinney, Texas) reported that it has completed the first amendment to its existing credit...

Med-tech news and notes.
September 30, 2008... Med-tech news and notes Restructuring program set by Covidien Covidien (Hamilton, Bermuda) said that it would implement a restructuring program beginning in fiscal 2009 to improve its cost structure and to deliver improved operational...

Patent watch: Micronics receives two patents for its microfluidic devices.
September 30, 2008... Patent watch: Micronics receives two patents for its microfluidic devices A Medical Device Daily Staff Report Micronics (Redmond, Washington) reported that it has been issued two patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...

Product Briefs.
September 30, 2008... Product Briefs • AdvanDx (Woburn, Massachusetts) said it received FDA clearance of the Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH to identify Candida yeast species directly from positive blood cultures. The Yeast Traffic Light is the latest...

People in Places.
September 30, 2008... People in Places • Sven Wehrwein has been named to the board of directors of Celleration (Eden Prairie, Minnesota). Wehrwein, who has more than 30 years of corporate finance and operational leadership experience, has served as a...