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CRi's Oosight imaging system used for developing a gene transfer technique to prevent inherited diseases

U.S. researchers using CRi's Oosight(TM) imaging system have developed a gene transfer technique that has potential to prevent inherited diseases passed on from mothers to their children through mutated DNA in cell mitochondria.

28 Aug 2009

New technology based on the Lombard effect for improving speech and voice in Parkinson's patients

Researchers have developed a new technology that helps Parkinson's patients overcome the tendency to speak too quietly by playing a recording of ambient sound, which resembles the noisy chatter of a restaurant full of patrons.

28 Aug 2009

The Summer 2009 software platform release of Medeanalytics' healthcare performance management solution deployed

MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced its summer 2009 software platform release, MedeAnalytics 9, which offers performance-packed features for enhanced collaboration and personalization. Deployed to clients on Aug. 17, the release incorporates client input and reflects the company’s ongoing investment in its analytic platform.

27 Aug 2009

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an innovator in medical care, research and teaching, and Partners HealthCare System, an integrated health care delivery system with a tradition of IT excellence, today announced a collaborative agreement to jointly develop the next generation anatomic and clinical pathology based laboratory information system.

27 Aug 2009

Contract research organization signs agreement to utilize NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite

NewCardio, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic and services company, today announced that a top-three contract research organization has signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) to use NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite as its technology in fully automated Thorough QT (TQT) and Phase 1 studies delivered by its centralized ECG core lab.

27 Aug 2009

Medgenics' EPODURE tissue Biopumps platform technology effective in maintaining hemoglobin levels

Medgenics is pleased to announce that one of the patients, who was treated with the Company’s EPODURE tissue Biopumps almost 11 months ago, continues to be effectively treated for anemia without a single erythropoietin (EPO) injection. This patient (#2) was dependent on frequent injections of the therapeutic protein (EPO) for the 18 months prior to receiving a single administration of 3 tiny EPODURE tissue Biopumps in the Company’s phase I/II anemia trial in Israel.

27 Aug 2009

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Medversant Technologies (www.medversant.com), the nation’s exclusive provider of AutoVerifi™ technology (U.S. Patent 7,529,682) that continuously monitors Web-based credentials verification solutions for hospitals, health plans, state Medicaid programs, and other healthcare settings, has been accredited by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) in the 2009 Credentials Verification Organization (CVO) Standards category.

27 Aug 2009

Arrayit supplies instruments for identifying allergens

Arrayit Corporation, a proprietary life sciences technology leader, announces the sale of instruments used to identify allergens in affected individuals.

27 Aug 2009

Waters exhibits the SYNAPT G2 system at the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Europe

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today exhibited for the first time in Europe the Waters((R)) SYNAPT(TM) G2 a system offering scientists greater power, versatility and speed at the 18(th) International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC). Rounding out its display of mass spectrometry (MS) and UltraPerformance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC((R)))/MS systems at IMSC will be Waters Xevo(TM) family of tandem quadrupole and time-of-flight mass spectrometers noted for their ease-of-use and versatility.

27 Aug 2009

New analysis tool from Sg2 to help hospitals gear up for reform-driven payment changes

To help hospitals and health systems prepare for the impending payment changes associated with health care reform initiatives and a changing incentive structure, Sg2, a future-focused health care intelligence company, has released an innovative new tool -- the Sg2 Reform Readiness Analysis.

27 Aug 2009

oBand uses the da Vinci Surgical System to perform the world's first robotic surgery in an outpatient surgical center

oBand Surgery Centers, the nation's leading bariatric network of outpatient surgical facilities owned and operated by nationally recognized Lap Band surgeons, has set a new 'first' in the use of robotics for outpatient surgery. oBand Director of Robotic Surgery S. Adam Ramin, M.D., an assistant professor at City of Hope National Medical Center, today announced they have performed the world's first, outpatient robotic surgery using the famed da Vinci® Surgical System. Dr. Ramin performed the innovative surgery in July in Los Angeles using Robotics to remove a patient's pelvic cyst.

27 Aug 2009

Haber’s Electromolecular Propulsion technology offers high molecular separation speeds

Haber, Inc. (“Haber”), (OTC: HABE), a Delaware corporation headquartered in Arlington, Mass., with proprietary technologies in the separations sciences and environmentally friendly processing of gold bearing ores, announced today that it has formed a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Delaware called “EMP Diagnostics Inc.” (“EDI”). The business of the new company will focus on the application of Haber’s Electromolecular Propulsion technology (EMP). EMP is a separation technology that achieves unrivaled molecular separation speeds and has other unique capabilities not attainable with electrophoresis or liquid chromatography.

27 Aug 2009

Affymetrix and Beckman Coulter forge alliance to provide optimized genomic research solutions

Affymetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFX) and Beckman Coulter, Inc. today announced that they have entered into an agreement to offer researchers co-developed products from the market leaders in microarrays and automated liquid handlers.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Automation and Genomics 27 Aug 2009

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) announced today that the new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes recently approved, for physicians only, will further enhance the cost/benefit ratios of personal companion robots for family care. These new CPT codes will increase physician productivity and revenue by billing for activities that have previously been considered unpaid administrative time for non-physical consultations such as telephonic or on-line consumer care using home monitoring medical devices.

27 Aug 2009

New version of ClinixMD software features enhanced electronic medical record keeping capabilities

Healthcare software developer Clinix Medical Information Services, LLC, (www.clinixmis.com) announced the release of ClinixMD Version 7.5, an important upgrade to the company's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. The new release will enhance medical record keeping capabilities, as well as increase efficiency and ease of use for physician practices and billing companies.

27 Aug 2009

CardioMEMS raises $22.1M to fund clinical trial of its heart failure pressure measurement system

CardioMEMS, Inc., a medical technology company that has developed and is commercializing proprietary wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body, today announced the completion of a $22.1M financing. The financing provides the company with additional capital to fund the company's CHAMPION clinical trial.

27 Aug 2009

Microvi Biotech raises funds for product development

Microvi Biotech Inc., a leader in clean and waste-free water treatment technologies, today announced the completion of its first round of equity financing. The company plans to use the proceeds from the Series A financing to expand product development, grow the company’s team, enhance the company R&D pipeline, and pave the way for the launch and commercialization of new, one-of-a-kind water technologies. The specific terms of the financing were not disclosed.

27 Aug 2009

Amateur boxing leads to increased levels of brain damage markers in spinal fluid

A blood test can now be used to detect brain damage in amateur boxers. Deterioration of nerve cells seems to occur even after a two-month break from boxing. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

27 Aug 2009

Researchers devise a live cell morphological profiling approach using the xCELLigence RTCA System

The extent to which protein targets are modulated by drugs or small molecule compounds depends on a number of factors, including the expression levels of the target, the effective concentration of the compound, and the time needed for the compound to perturb the target. To address these restrictions, researchers Abassi et al. (1) have devised a live cell morphological profiling approach for dynamic monitoring of the effect of small molecule compounds that was based on impedance measurement of cells with the xCELLigence RTCA System of Roche Applied Science.

27 Aug 2009

Nonlethal blasts can induce enough skull flexure to generate potentially damaging loads in the brain

New research on the effects of blast waves could lead to an enhanced understanding of head injuries and improved military helmet design.

27 Aug 2009

Device / Technology News

CRi's Oosight imaging system used for developing a gene transfer technique to prevent inherited diseases

New technology based on the Lombard effect for improving speech and voice in Parkinson's patients

The Summer 2009 software platform release of Medeanalytics' healthcare performance management solution deployed

Sunquest Information Systems to co-develop laboratory information system with MGH, Partners HealthCare System

Contract research organization signs agreement to utilize NewCardio's QTinno(TM) software suite

Medgenics' EPODURE tissue Biopumps platform technology effective in maintaining hemoglobin levels

URAC accredits Medversant in the 2009 CVO Standards category

Arrayit supplies instruments for identifying allergens

Waters exhibits the SYNAPT G2 system at the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Europe

New analysis tool from Sg2 to help hospitals gear up for reform-driven payment changes

oBand uses the da Vinci Surgical System to perform the world's first robotic surgery in an outpatient surgical center

Haber’s Electromolecular Propulsion technology offers high molecular separation speeds

Affymetrix and Beckman Coulter forge alliance to provide optimized genomic research solutions

GeckoSystems' CPT codes increase the cost/benefit ratios of personal robots

New version of ClinixMD software features enhanced electronic medical record keeping capabilities

CardioMEMS raises $22.1M to fund clinical trial of its heart failure pressure measurement system

Microvi Biotech raises funds for product development

Amateur boxing leads to increased levels of brain damage markers in spinal fluid

Researchers devise a live cell morphological profiling approach using the xCELLigence RTCA System

Nonlethal blasts can induce enough skull flexure to generate potentially damaging loads in the brain

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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