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DatCard gets patent, teams with Rimage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer DatCard Systems of Irvine, CA, announced it has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its PacsCube and SmartLine products.
November 27, 2007
CMS to delay portion of Stark III
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will delay implementation of a provision banning physician self-referral in the Stark III rules for one year.
November 19, 2007
Civil trial in Colombini MR-related death set for March
By Marty Graham
A negligence lawsuit filed by the parents of Michael Colombini, a 6-year-old boy who was killed during an MR scan in 2001, is scheduled to go to trial in March 2008, according to attorneys handling the case. The defendants named in the suit are Westchester Medical Center and Westchester County Healthcare of Valhalla, NY; Dr. Terence Matalon, the center's chief of radiology at the time of the accident; two radiologic technologists; and GE Healthcare.
November 13, 2007
30 senators lobby against imaging cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Thirty U.S. senators are imploring Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-IA) to oppose additional medical imaging reimbursement reductions in formulating Medicare legislation.
November 5, 2007
Boston Scientific receives Cordis litigation verdict
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco has found that the company infringes on a balloon catheter technology patent held by Cordis, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
November 1, 2007
Illinois MRI leasing suit refiled
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has begun refiling civil lawsuits against Chicago-area MRI centers suspected of participating in kickback schemes, according to an article published last week in the Chicago Tribune.
October 28, 2007
AngioDynamics wins legal ruling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics said that it has won a legal ruling in patent litigation brought by VNUS Medical Technologies against Diomed, Vascular Solutions, and AngioDynamics.
October 28, 2007
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Shalmali Pal
October 28, 2007
Maryland court backs state's self-referral law
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) reports that a Maryland trial court has upheld the State Board of Physicians' interpretation of Maryland's self-referral law, which strictly limits CT, MR, and radiation therapy performed by self-referring physicians.
October 25, 2007
Fonar slams patent reform bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar of Melville, NY, bought a full-page ad in the October 9 edition of the New York Times to protest proposed legislation to reform U.S. patent law.
October 10, 2007
Walking the tightrope: The legal and regulatory impact of digital mammography
By Kate Madden Yee
The Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST) established the benefits of digital mammography over film-screen, indicating that certain women would benefit from the digital technology. But even so, transitioning to digital can be challenging for facilities on many levels: financially, operationally, and legally. Bonnie Rush, president of Breast Imaging Specialists (BIS) of San Diego, discusses the legal and regulatory issues that arise when converting to digital mammography.
October 10, 2007
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Hologic hit with patent suit from J&J's Ethicon Endo-Surgery
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic acknowledged in an October 9 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that Cincinnati-based Ethicon Endo-Surgery has filed a patent infringement complaint against Hologic and its wholly owned subsidiary, Suros Surgical Systems of Indianapolis.
October 9, 2007
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