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PENTAX Medical Launches New PENTAX RetroView™ Colonoscope In Canada
PENTAX Medical is pleased to announce commercial availability inCanadaof the newPENTAX RetroView™ Colonoscope- the first high definition video colonoscope with an enhanced retroflex bending section
Source: Medical Design Online News - February 4, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

DenMat Introduces New SOL™ Soft Tissue Laser Technology... For True Portability, Power, And Precision
DenMat continues an impressive run of innovative product introductions in the professional dental products and equipment sector with SOL™, the desktop laser that redefines performance expectations
Source: Medical Design Online News - February 4, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Thermo Fisher Scientific Enhances Glycan Analysis Workflow With Simultaneous Charge, Size And Polarity HPLC Separations
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, recently introduced the Thermo Scientific Dionex GlycanPac AXH-1 HPLC column. This new column is designed to enable simultaneous separation of biologically-important glycans based on charge, size and polarity, and facilitate challenging characterization of glycan profiles and determination of their structures
Source: Medical Design Online News - February 4, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

HiFocus Mid-Scala Electrode From Advanced Bionics Receives Approval In Europe
Advanced Bionics (AB), a global leader in cochlear implant technology and a company of the Sonova Group, announced recently that it received TÜV approval in Europe for the HiFocus Mid-Scala electrode
Source: Medical Design Online News - February 4, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Medical Device Using Evonik's VESTAKEEP PEEK Receives First FDA Spinal 510(K) Approval
K7 LLC’s K7C Cervical Spacer, a spinal implant device using Evonik’s VESTAKEEP PEEK (polyetheretherketone), has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510(k) approval for use as an Intervertebral Body Fusion (IBF) device
Source: Medical Design Online News - February 4, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Penumbra Inc. Launches 5MAX DDC And 4MAX DDC Distal Delivery Catheters
The Penumbra 5MAX DDC and 4MAX DDC distal delivery catheters are new devices designed to simplify delivery of a wide variety of endovascular therapies to the brain
Source: Medical Design Online News - February 4, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

CMS Announces Sunshine Act Final Rule
The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) announced the long-awaited Sunshine Act final rule which will raise public awareness of the financial relationships between medical device and pharmaceutical companies and doctors and teaching hospitals. Peter Budetti, MD, CMS deputy administrator for program integrity said that patients have the right to know whether their doctor has a financial relationship with the makers of medical devices or medications they may need. "Disclosure of these relationships allows patients to have more informed discussions with their doctors...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

CMS Delayed Final Rule On Payments To Physicians Released
The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) announced a long-awaited rule which will raise public awareness of the financial relationships between medical device and pharmaceutical companies and doctors and teaching hospitals. Peter Budetti, MD, CMS deputy administrator for program integrity said that patients have the right to know whether their doctor has a financial relationship with the makers of medical devices or medications they may need. "Disclosure of these relationships allows patients to have more informed discussions with their doctors...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

Nanomaterials Key To Developing Stronger Artificial Hearts
On January 30, 2013 ACS Nano published a study by Ali Khademhosseini, PhD, MASc, a researcher in the division of biomedical engineering at Brigham and Women's Hospital, detailing the creation of innovative cardiac patches that utilize nanotechnology to enhance the conductivity of materials to induce cardiac tissue formation. Creation of these ultra-thin cardiac patches put medicine a step closer to durable, high-functioning artificial tissues that could be used to repair damaged hearts and other organs...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

A New Genre Of 'Intelligent' Micro- And Nanomotors
Enzymes, workhorse molecules of life that underpin almost every biological process, may have a new role as "intelligent" micro- and nanomotors with applications in medicine, engineering and other fields. That's the topic of a report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, showing that single molecules of common enzymes can generate enough force to cause movement in specific directions. Peter J. Butler, Ayusman Sen and colleagues point out that enzymes - proteins that jump-start chemical reactions - are the basis of natural biological motors essential to life...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

Cohort study of atypical pressure ulcers development
Abstract Atypical pressure ulcers (APU) are distinguished from common pressure ulcers (PU) with both unusual location and different aetiology. The occurrence and attempts to characterise APU remain unrecognised. The purpose of this cohort study was to analyse the occurrence of atypical location and the circumstances of the causation, and draw attention to the prevention and treatment by a multidisciplinary team. The cohort study spanned three and a half years totalling 174 patients. The unit incorporates two weekly combined staff meetings. One concentrates on wound assessment with treatment decisions made by the physician ...
Source: International Wound Journal - February 4, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Efraim Jaul Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Should Physicians Be Business Partners With Medical Device Salesmen?
Should a Florida cardiologist co-own a business running frozen yogurt shops with a medical device salesman? That's the question raised by reporter John Dorschner in a story posted by the Miami Herald yesterday: "Mark Sabbota, a Hollywood cardiologist, regularly implants $5,000 pacemakers in patients at Memorial hospitals in South Broward — generating, last year alone, more than a half-million dollars in sales for a manufacturer called St. Jude Medical.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 3, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Larry Husten Source Type: news

Diffusion of Novel Healthcare Technologies to Resource Poor Settings.
This article is written for the biomedical innovator and entrepreneur who wishes to make a novel healthcare technology or product available and accessible to healthcare providers and patients in the developing world. There are very few documented cases and little formal research in this area. To this end, this article describes and explores the manufacturing and distribution options in order to provide insights into when and how each can be applied to scale up a novel technology to make a difference in a resource poor setting. PMID: 23377566 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Biomedical Engineering - February 2, 2013 Category: Biomedical Engineering Authors: Malkin R, von Oldenburg Beer K Tags: Ann Biomed Eng Source Type: research

Doctor Pay from Medical Industry Must Be Disclosed, U.S. Says
Payments from drugmakers and medical device companies to doctors must be disclosed to the U.S. government beginning next March, regulators said.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Quality/Equality - February 2, 2013 Category: Health Management Source Type: news

Abbreviations for Device Names: A Proposed Methodology With Specific Examples
ConclusionA common system of abbreviations for medical devices in dermatology may avoid the appearance of bias while ensuring effective communication. The proposed system may be expanded to name other devices, and the ensuing abbreviations may be suitable for journal articles, continuing medical education lectures, or other academic or clinical purposes.
Source: Dermatologic Surgery - February 1, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Murad Alam, Jeffrey S. Dover, , , Murad Alam, Mitchel P. Goldman, Michael S. Kaminer, Jeffrey Orringer, Heidi Waldorf, Murad Alam, Mathew Avram, Joel L. Cohen, Zoe Diana Draelos, Jeffrey S. Dover, George Hruza, Suzanne Kilmer, Naomi Lawrence, Mary Lupo, A Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The anti‐biofilm effects of Byotrol™ G32
ConclusionsByotrol™ G32 displays impressive antimicrobial activity both in suspension and as a coating. Pre‐treating medical devices with Byotrol™ G32 may significantly impede biofilm formation and prolong the lifetime of the device. Significance and Impact of the studyMedical devices are indispensable in health care. They are, however, a predisposing factor in infection. This research has demonstrated that Byotrol™ G32 reduces bacterial growth and subsequent biofilm formation. Application of Byotrol™ G32 as a medical device coating could have a significant impact on the costs associated with device replacement a...
Source: Journal of Applied Microbiology - February 1, 2013 Category: Microbiology Authors: Nishal Govindji, Peter Wills, Mathew Upton, Nicola Tirelli, Stephen Yeates, Michelle Webb Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

New GMC prescribing guidance published
Source: GMC, PharmaTimes Area: News The General Medical Council (GMC) has released its new prescribing guidance. The 'Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices' strengthens and broadens the current advice on prescribing medicines to include medical devices, and gives key updates on using unlicensed medicines. Following concerns that doctors may be prescribing some unlicensed medicines when a more expensive licensed alternative exists, in the new publication the doctors' regulator said clinicians can still prescribe medicines outside their licence only "when it is necessary to do so to meet...
Source: NeLM - News - February 1, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

GMC issues new prescribing guidance
Good Practice in Prescribing and Managing Medicines and Devices strengthens and broadens the current advice on prescribing medicines to include medical devices and gives key updates on using unlicensed medicines. While doctors should usually prescribe medicine within the terms on their licence, unlicensed medicines are commonly used in some areas such as paediatrics, psychiatry and palliative care.
Source: NHS Networks - February 1, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Hip Implant’s Risks Inadequately Assessed, DePuy Report Found in 2010
Soon after Johnson & Johnson recalled a troubled hip implant, an internal review found that the company’s orthopedic unit had used inadequate engineering standards.
Source: NYT Health - January 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By BARRY MEIER Tags: Johnson & Johnson JNJ NYSE Medical Devices Suits and Litigation Implants DePuy Orthopaedics Hips Source Type: news

Is Innovation In Chromatography Losing Steam?
BIO innovation notes -Both end users and vendors are investing less.
Source: Medical Design Online News - January 31, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

TYRX Receives Approval For New AIGISRx R Fully Resorbable Antibacterial Envelope From Health Canada
TYRX, Inc. announced recently that it has received a license from Health Canada to market its new AIGISRx R Fully Resorbable Antibacterial Envelope technology with Implantable Electronic Devices (IEDs)
Source: Medical Design Online News - January 31, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Medicare Announces Substantial Savings for Medical Equipment Included in the Next Round of Competitive Bidding Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced new, lower Medicare prices that will go into effect this July in a major expansion of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - January 31, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Guidance for qualification and classification of Medical Information Systems
Standalone software with a medical purpose has a central role in health care. Depending on the application, they may be subject to the requirements of the medical device regulation. MPA has developed a guide for standalone software with medical purposes in support of manufacturers, health care providers and government agencies.
Source: MPA RSS news - - January 31, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Medical Products Agency, Sweden Source Type: news

Federal Register: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Medical Devices; Inspection by Accredited Persons Program
The FDA is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - January 31, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Federal Register: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry, FDA Staff, and Foreign Governments: Fiscal Year 2012 Medical Device User Fee Small Business Qualification and Certific
The FDA is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - January 31, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Federal Register: Accessible Medical Device Labeling in a Standard Content and Format Public Workshop; Request for Comments; Correction
The FDA is correcting a document that appeared in the Federal Register of January 7, 2013 (78 FR 951). The document announced a public workshop entitled "Accessible Standardized Medical Device Labeling.' The document was published with the incorrect...
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - January 31, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

During Trial, New Details Emerge on DuPuy Hip
The first of more than 10,000 lawsuits against the hip device began last week.
Source: NYT Health - January 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By BARRY MEIER Tags: Johnson & Johnson JNJ NYSE Medical Devices Suits and Litigation DePuy Orthopaedics Hips Source Type: news

NHS trust deploys Stanley asset tracking and management technology
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (DCHFT) in the UK has deployed Stanley Healthcare's asset tracking and management technology for the management of crucial medical equipment throughout the hospital.
Source: Hospital Management - January 30, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Dorset County Hospital uses RTLS solution for equipment management
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has implemented Stanley Healthcare’s Wi-Fi Real-Time Location System (RTLS) and Asset Tracking & Management solution for medical equipment management. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - January 30, 2013 Category: Information Technology Authors: Jamie Thompson Tags: Online Only Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust International Stanley Healthcare Wi-Fi Network Infrastructure RTLS Source Type: news

Healthcare Sales Jobs Rising Despite Challenges Facing the Industry
Report from MedReps.com suggests most medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotech companies continue with sales hiring.(PRWeb January 30, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/medicalsalesjobs/janreport/prweb10372833.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 30, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

SpectraScience, Inc.: SpectraScience and PENTAX Showcase WaveSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System at Arab Health 2013
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (MARKET WIRE) SpectraScience, Inc. (OTCQB: SCIE), a San Diego based medical device company, today announced that in continuation of its distribution and sales efforts in Europe and the Middle East it is demonstrating its WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System at the 38th Annual Arab Health 2013 Exhibition and Congress. The Exhibition is taking place January 28th through 31st, 2013 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System is available for demonstration at the PENTAX Europe booth at the Exhibition.
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - January 30, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Financial Services Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Medical and Healthcare SCIE Source Type: news

Encision Launches Three New Products, Including the EM3 AEM(R) Monitor
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 30, 2013 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Encision Inc. (ECIA:PK), a medical device company owning patented surgical technology that is emerging as a standard of care in minimally-invasive surgery, today announced that it ... Devices, Monitoring, SurgeryEncision Inc, EM3 AEM, Active Electrode Monitoring, End Point Monitoring
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - January 30, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

St. Jude Medical Announces First Patient Enrollment In EnligHTN II Renal Denervation Study
St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, recently announced enrollment of the first patient in the EnligHTN II trial
Source: Medical Design Online News - January 30, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Manufacturer coalition makes 1st device tax payment
A coalition of medical device manufacturers has made a first semimonthly medical (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 30, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

01.31.13 -- LoProfile Multi-Sinus Dilation Tool With Light Fiber Introduced
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Source: Medical Design Online News - January 30, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Class I Medical Device Recall: Vycor Medical, Inc., Vycor Viewsite Brain Access System (VBAS)
Vycor Medical recalled its VBAS because an unidentified black fiber was found on the device. This product may cause serious adverse health consequences, including death.
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - January 30, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Inked and Regretful: Removing Tattoos
That tattoo on your arm of a former flame - the one that seemed like a great idea years ago - is kind of embarrassing today. And your spouse is not too crazy about it either...
Source: Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA): CDRHNew - January 30, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

30 Days to Better Sleep: See a Sleep Doctor
At the conclusion of 30 days spent in an effort to sleep better, you may find yourself continuing to struggle. Through no fault of your own, restorative rest may still elude you. You may still struggle to sleep at night or wake feeling unrefreshed. What should you do now to improve your sleep? When should you see a sleep doctor? There are many things that you can do to improve your sleep. As observed over the past month, you can sleep better by keeping a regular sleep schedule. You can improve your sleep environment by removing electronics, pets, and even the alarm clock. You can meet your sleep needs, pay off your sleep ...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - January 30, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

Boston Scientific to Cut More Jobs
Boston Scientific plans more job cuts as the medical-device maker slowed its revenue decline in the fourth quarter.
Source: WSJ.com: Health - January 29, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news

Colibri Heart Valve Announces Issuance of a Patent for a Pre-mounted, Pre-packaged, Sterilized Dry Heart Valve on a Delivery System
BROOMFIELD, CO, Jan. 29, 2013 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Colibri Heart Valve, LLC, a privately held medical device company, has been granted yet another patent directed to prosthetic heart valves. More particularly, today the U.S. Patent ... Devices, Interventional CardiologyColibri Heart Valve, TAVI system, transcatheter, heart valve, aortic valve
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - January 29, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Quantum Dots And Gold Nanoparticles Work Together To Make DNA Rectangles For Nanoscale Sensors
A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown that by bringing gold nanoparticles close to the dots and using a DNA template to control the distances, the intensity of a quantum dot's fluorescence can be predictably increased or decreased.* This breakthrough opens a potential path to using quantum dots as a component in better photodetectors, chemical sensors and nanoscale lasers. Anyone who has tried to tune a radio knows that moving their hands toward or away from the antenna can improve or ruin the reception...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

Magnetic Levitation Makes In Vitro Lung Tissue More Realistic, Could Speed Toxicity Tests
In a development that could lead to faster and more effective toxicity tests for airborne chemicals, scientists from Rice University and the Rice spinoff company Nano3D Biosciences have used magnetic levitation to grow some of the most realistic lung tissue ever produced in a laboratory. The research is part of an international trend in biomedical engineering to create laboratory techniques for growing tissues that are virtually identical to those found in people's bodies...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

Mobile, Fast, Low-Cost Device Uses The Cloud To Speed Up Diagnostic Testing For HIV And More
Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has taken his innovative lab-on-a-chip and developed a way to not only check a patient's HIV status anywhere in the world with just a finger prick, but also synchronize the results automatically and instantaneously with central health-care records -10 times faster, the researchers say, than the benchtop ELISA, a broadly used diagnostic technique. The device was field-tested in Rwanda by a collaborative team from the Sia lab and ICAP at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

The Effects of Polymer End-group Chemistry and Order of Deposition on Controlled Protein Delivery from Layer-by-layer Assembly.
Abstract Layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly is an attractive platform for controlled release of biologics given its mild fabrication process and versatility in coating substrates of any shape and its mild fabrication process. Proteins can be incorporated into LBL coatings by sequentially depositing oppositely charged polyelectrolytes, which self-assemble into nanoscale films on medical devices or tissue engineering scaffolds. However, previously reported LBL platforms often require the use of a few hundred layers to avoid burst release, which hinders their broad translation due to the lengthy fabrication process, cost a...
Source: Biomacromolecules - January 29, 2013 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Keeney M, Mathur M, Cheng E, Tong X, Yang F Tags: Biomacromolecules Source Type: research

A Call to Keep Untested, High-Risk Medical Devices Off the Market
A UCSF-led commentary is calling attention to a little-known regulatory loophole that allows unsafe and untested medical devices to reach the marketplace and harm patients.
Source: UCSF Medical Center - January 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news

Varian Equipment Selected To Equip New Cancer Center In Algeria And Enable More Advanced Radiotherapy Treatments For Patients
Cancer patients inAlgeriawill gain access to more advanced treatments when three state-of-the-art treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) are installed at a new radiotherapy department at Setif in the coming months
Source: Medical Design Online News - January 28, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

Covidien Receives CE Mark Approval For EverFlex Self-Expanding Peripheral Stent With Entrust Delivery System
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced CE Mark approval for its EverFlex Self-expanding Peripheral Stent with Entrust Delivery System
Source: Medical Design Online News - January 28, 2013 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news

MOCON Announces New European Healthcare Initiative To Assist Pharma, Sterile Device Companies In Commercializing Products
MOCON, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of package integrity instrumentation, is announcing its new European healthcare market initiative. The company will be placing increased effort on helping pharmaceutical, medical device, life science and related companies improve package material selection and testing process.
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - January 28, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news