Archive for the ‘Medical Devices’ Category
Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Hatch Medical, L.L.C., a medical device incubator and technology brokerage firm, announced that it has recently entered into an agreement with Medical Miracles (Leeds, UK) to broker its patented and CE Marked chronic total occlusion (CTO) device, POLAR™.
POLAR™ (Path Of Least Arterial Resistance) is a mechanical device that generates reciprocal ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genomatix Software GmbH, a Systems Biology company focussed on high quality annotation and the understanding of gene regulation, has begun showcasing its abilities in the analysis of data generated by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology.
Allan P. Boyle et al published in Cell some remarkable work on "High-Resolution Mapping and Characterization ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrated a new type of optical tweezer with the potential to make biological and microfluidic force measurements in integrated systems such as microfluidic chips. The tweezer, consisting of a Fresnel Zone Plate microfabricated on a glass slide, has the ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
The reductionist goal of cell biology is to explain cellular activities in physical-chemical terms. To do this, one needs to quantify molecular concentrations and aggregation states in living cells as they execute and regulate various complex processes.
For a complex cellular activity like migration, which is characterized by highly localized, transient ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Bacteria mutate for a living, evading antibiotic drugs while killing tens of thousands of people in the United States each year. But as concern about drug-resistant bacteria grows, one novel approach under way at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks to thwart the bug without a drug ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Precision metal stamping company Meier Tool & Engineering (MTE) has been certified to ISO 13485 2003 standards. This ISO standard represents the requirements for a comprehensive management system for the design and manufacture of medical devices. Specializing in prototyping and production of miniature parts and assemblies for the medical device ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
MIV Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: MIVT) (FRANKFURT: MIV), a leading developer of next-generation coatings and advanced drug delivery systems for cardiovascular stents and other implantable medical devices, announced that the company received the Frost & Sullivan 2008 North America Technology Innovation Award in the field of interventional cardiology. Frost & Sullivan ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday said that they plan to draft legislation to overturn a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that protects medical device companies from some product liability lawsuits, the New York Times reports (Feder, New York Times, 2/22).
Earlier on Wednesday, the court ruled 8-1 in the case Riegel ...
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Corgenix Medical Corporation (OTCBB: CONX), a worldwide developer and marketer of diagnostic test kits, has received notification of European Patent Office (EPO) approval for technology to which Corgenix holds exclusive worldwide licensing rights.
McMaster University (McMaster) of Hamilton, Ontario, is the owner of the patent covering the aspirin resistance measurement method. ...
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