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Medtronic begins Endeavor IV trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Medtronic said that enrollment has begun in its Endeavor IV clinical trial, the final phase of its Endeavor clinical program to be used in support of a Food and Drug Administration premarket approval (PMA) application.
April 12, 2005
Abbott submits StarClose PMA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular Devices (AVD), a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, said it has submitted an application for premarket approval (PMA) for its StarClose vascular closure system to the Food and Drug Administration.
April 12, 2005
Given gets German reimbursement nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel, reported that the central consultation committee for reimbursement issues of Germany's Federal Chamber of Physicians has approved reimbursement for capsule endoscopy for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding following inconclusive upper and lower endoscopy.
April 12, 2005
Novadaq reports positive results for Spy system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A study presented at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting showed that Novadaq's Spy intraoperative fluorescent imaging system correctly identified 58% more coronary artery bypass grafts with technical problems than transit-time ultrasound flow measurement.
April 11, 2005
Lack of ischemic mitral regurgitation on postop echo doesn't preclude additional problems
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - When coronary bypass surgery is performed, ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) must be addressed as this complication is associated with poor long-term survival. But the durability of valve repair for IMR is currently under fire, despite its popularity over replacement procedures. Unfortunately, good postoperative echocardiography results cannot guarantee that the patient will not experience IMR, according to surgeons from Canada.
April 11, 2005
Suros notches 130 ATEC installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Suros Surgical Systems said that it has placed more than 130 of its MRI Automated Tissue Excision and Collection (ATEC) units at breast centers and hospitals in the U.S.
April 11, 2005
SmartPill begins clinical trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SmartPill of Buffalo, NY, has reported that 510(k) clinical trials of its SmartPill capsule, a noninvasive ingestible medical device that captures biomedical data from within a patient's GI tract, are set to begin next week at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.
April 11, 2005
Boston Scientific initiates Syntax trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device manufacturer Boston Scientific said that enrollment has begun in the Syntax clinical trial, which will compare the performance of drug-eluting stents with cardiac surgery in patients with coronary artery disease.
April 11, 2005
CT, PET staging may negate need for mediastinoscopy in lung cancer
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Assessing lung cancer patients with CT and PET may identify some mediastinal lymph node metastases reliably enough to jettison mediastinoscopy, according to a presentation Monday at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) meeting.
April 10, 2005
Implant Sciences nets NIH grant for brachytherapy plaque
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology and interventional cardiology firm Implant Sciences said it has been awarded a $750,000 phase II grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the continued development and clinical evaluation of a radioactive brachytherapy plaque to treat cancerous tumors of the thoracic and lumbar spine.
April 6, 2005
Biophan unveils next-generation Squiggle
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI device developer Biophan Technologies has released the latest iteration of the MRI-safe ceramic Squiggle linear motor.
April 6, 2005
W. L. Gore acquires Tetrad
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer W. L. Gore and Associates of Newark, DE, has acquired Tetrad of Englewood, CO, a manufacturer of medical ultrasound probes, imaging systems, and surgical products.
April 6, 2005
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