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Heartbeats, More Complex than Supposed

May 25, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

For her PhD thesis in biophysics at the University of Virginia, Abigail Flower investigated the high variability of heart [MORE]

FDA Reviews Infusion Pump Risks

May 25, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

The infusion pump is a ubiquitous piece of hospital equipment, often at a 3:1 ratio to the number of [MORE]

Microarrays for Asian Populations

May 11, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

All large ethnic groups have unique physiological features and gene expression patterns that reflect those characteristics.  Consequently, Affymetrix has [MORE]

TelemedEd

April 20, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

In another illustration of “disruptive innovation” the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions predicts that the multi-billion [MORE]

Analytics for Medical Device Clinical Trials

April 6, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

The FDA recently issued guidelines for using Bayesian statistical methods to correlate data from current and earlier clinical trials [MORE]

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Technology for Tissue Regeneration

March 16, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Pressure Wave Production from PACE Applicator
Sanuwave (Alpharetta, GA) recently announced positive results European trials of its “Pulsed Acoustic Cellular [MORE]

High-Speed Bluetooth

December 28, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

PSG College of Technology (named for an Indian industrialist/philanthropist on the order of Andrew Carnegie) has superb engineering capabilities and [MORE]

Gastrofish for Colon Cancer

December 28, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Gastrocor, Inc. (Glen Allen, VA) has developed the first tissue-based fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) diagnostic test for chromosome abnormalities [MORE]

First Robot-Assisted Endoscopic Aortic Value Replacement

December 28, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Allen Raczkowski, MD
ATS Medical, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) recently announced that its highly pliable aortic valve replacement had been used [MORE]

Seizure Detection Technology

December 21, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Two companies-Cyberonics (Houston, TX) and Flint Hills Scientific (Lawrence, KS) are teaming up to make a more effective, implantable device [MORE]

Dr. John Simpson-Angioplasty Pioneer

December 21, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

John Simpson, MD, PhD
German physician Andreas Gruentzig invented balloon angioplasty in 1977, but University of Texas physician and bioengineer John [MORE]

New Biomarker Test for Breast Cancer

December 21, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Provista Life Sciences (Phoenix, AZ) is now marketing in 41 states a “Biomarker Translation Test” or “BT Test” for breast [MORE]

Minimally Invasive Innovation for Lung Disease

December 14, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Broncus Technologies (Mountain View, CA) has installed its first “LungPoint” system at the John Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix.  It is [MORE]

Imaging Inflammation in Brain Cells

December 14, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Researchers at the University Medical Center in Groningen, The Netherlands have used positron emission tomography to show inflammation in the [MORE]