Latest Medical Devices News
Luminex Introduces New Magpix Multiplexing Instrument
Luminex, a provider of multiplexed solutions, has launched Magpix, an analytical instrument that is capable of performing up to 50 tests on a single sample and providing nearly 5,000 data points in under an hour. EMD Millipore (Billerica, MA) is the value-added reseller that will distribute the Magpix instrument worldwide.
Published: 28-Jul-2010
LSCC Selects NCG Software To Run Health Information Management Program
Lake-Sumter Community College (LSCC) has licensed NCG Medical's electronic health records system Perfect Care EHR to support its Health Information Management programs.
Published: 28-Jul-2010
Leto Medical Secures Two US Patents For Continent Ostomy System
Leto Medical, a privately held early-stage medical device company, has received US Patent and Trademark Office grant of two patents 7,765,006 and 7,765,007 for its Continent Ostomy System (COS) technology, a system of products that will restore continence control to individuals with colostomies.
Published: 28-Jul-2010
Patton Surgical Releases Robotic 8.5mm Endoscope PassPort
Patton Surgical, a Texas-based medical device company developing laparoscopic surgical instrumentation, has launched the Robotic 8.5mm Endoscope PassPort, designed to be used with the da Vinci Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical.
Published: 28-Jul-2010
Clontech, TET Systems Expands License Agreement
Clontech Laboratories, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takara Bio and Heidelberg-based TET Systems (TET), a privately-held German biotech company, have signed an amendment to their existing license agreement. Under the expanded license agreement, Clontech obtains rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise Tet Systems products as the Tet-On 3G Inducible Expression System.
Published: 27-Jul-2010
Medtronic Presents US Clinical Study Results For Heart Failure Patients
Medtronic has presented results of the US outpatient heart failure clinical study which showed that implementation of a process Improvement program improved adherence to evidence-based, guideline-recommended cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and drug therapy.
Published: 27-Jul-2010
Gen-Probe Prodesse ProFAST+ Assay Wins FDA Clearance
Gen-Probe, a provider of molecular diagnostic tests, has received FDA clearance for marketing Prodesse ProFAST+ assay, an in-vitro diagnostic test used to simultaneously detect and differentiate three common influenza A virus subtypes like seasonal A/H1, seasonal A/H3, and 2009 H1N1.
Published: 27-Jul-2010
Cardiva Medical, AVD Sign Hemostasis Products Distribution Deal
Cardiva Medical, a privately-held medical device company, has signed an agreement with Advanced Vascular Dynamics (AVD) to distribute several products used for postcatheterization femoral and radial artery hemostasis in the US.
Published: 27-Jul-2010
FDA Clears Roche CoaguChek XS Pro System
Roche Diagnostics has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the CoaguChek XS Pro system, a new point-of-care anticoagulation monitor with a built-in bar code reader that can automatically scan and capture operator and patient identification information.
Published: 27-Jul-2010
Abviva Receives Canadian Patent Office Notice For Mammastatin Technology
Abviva, a biomedical company which develops and commercialises breast cancer-related applications of Mammastatin, has received notice from the Canadian Patent Office that the company will be issued patent application Number 2.267.095 within 12 weeks for the Mammastatin technology.
Published: 27-Jul-2010
