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Technology to determine a patient's response to aspirin therapy taken to prevent heart attacks

This technology has demonstrated the ability to assess an individual's relative risk for heart attack by measuring the person's degree of aspirin resistance.

8 Nov 2004

Australian alliance to commercialise new genetic tests for epilepsy

Bionomics Limited and Genetic Technologies Limited have formed a strategic alliance to commercialise new genetic tests for epilepsy. These new diagnostic tools will enable earlier diagnosis, more precise treatment and better overall outcomes for those suffering from inherited forms of epilepsy.

8 Nov 2004

Tiny, vibrating paddle oscillator senses the mass of a virus

By using a device only six-millionths of a meter long, researchers at Cornell University have been able to detect the presence of as few as a half-dozen viruses -- and they believe the device is sensitive enough to notice just one.

5 Nov 2004

Channeling through plasma to accelerate bright beams for science and medicine

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have produced high quality electron beams in an accelerating structure of only a few millimeters long.

4 Nov 2004

The first test in humans of a bioartificial kidney

The first test in humans of a bioartificial kidney offers hope of the device's potential to save the lives of people with acute renal failure, researchers at the University of Michigan Health System report.

4 Nov 2004

Medmira ships 100,000 rapid HIV tests to China

MedMira has announced that it has shipped 100,000 Rapid HIV Tests to one of its distributors in the People's Republic of China.

4 Nov 2004

Blood flow monitoring system to reduce risks during heart surgery

A unique haemodynamic (blood flow) monitoring system which will help to minimise the risk of complications during cardiovascular surgery is being developed by Leeds-based medical devices company, Medics Research Ltd.

4 Nov 2004

New non-invasive diagnostic test for early-stage lung cancer

A non-invasive diagnostic test for early-stage bronchial carcinoma (lung cancer) was presented at White Rose Bioscience Forum in York yesterday (03 November).

4 Nov 2004

New optical technology will help date a persons bruises

Optical technology can give the answer to when bruising happened and how. This can be important for cases of violent crime.

4 Nov 2004

Smart stethoscope for monitoring the effectiveness of treatments to shatter kidney stones

Professor Tim Leighton from the University of Southampton's world-renowned Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) and Dr Andrew Coleman, of Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust are developing with industry a 'smart stethoscope' for monitoring the effectiveness of treatments to shatter kidney stones.

2 Nov 2004

Analysis of safety syringe market

One of the biggest challenges facing manufacturers of safety syringes in Europe is the lack of legislation on the use of these products in health care settings.

2 Nov 2004

Clinical trial of investigational oxygen-carrying blood substitute for use at the scene of injury

Loyola University Health System begins today the national clinical trial using PolyHeme®, an investigational oxygen-carrying blood substitute designed to increase survival of critically injured and bleeding trauma patients at the scene of injury.

1 Nov 2004

First home-testing device for phenylketonuria (PKU) patients

Home-testing kits have made it easier for diabetics and hypertension patients to track their conditions, but such self-monitoring hasn’t been possible for people with phenylketonuria (PKU).

1 Nov 2004

FDA warns of risks associated with using decorative contact lenses

This Halloween season, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is again warning consumers about the serious risks of using decorative contact lenses distributed without appropriate involvement by an eye care professional.

29 Oct 2004

Drug-loaded contact lenses to treat eye diseases

When a person suffers from eye ailments today, nine times out of ten, he will be prescribed eye drops to treat his illness or relieve his discomfort.

29 Oct 2004

Non-invasive wearable heart care

Linking continuous monitoring of ‘health behaviour’ through non-invasive wearable sensors with decision support HEARTS offers support to healthy, ill, and high-risk people alike.

29 Oct 2004

FDA approves artificial spinal disc for use in treating pain associated with degenerative disc disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an artificial spinal disc for use in treating pain associated with degenerative disc disease (DDD), a general term applied to degeneration of the lumbar spinal discs which serve as cushions between the spinal vertebrae.

28 Oct 2004

Biomedical engineers and physicians have brought the day when artificial limbs will be controlled directly by the brain considerably closer

Biomedical engineers and physicians at Vanderbilt University have brought the day when artificial limbs will be controlled directly by the brain considerably closer by discovering a method that uses laser light, rather than electricity, to stimulate and control nerve cells.

28 Oct 2004

Training of primary care physicians helps increase referrals and cardiac rhythm management device sales

The cardiac rhythm management (CRM) market is poised for phenomenal growth with about 22 million cardiac patients worldwide and more people dying of sudden cardiac arrest than from lung/breast cancer and AIDS combined.

28 Oct 2004

Research speeds development of brain-controlled devices that may allow amputees and paraplegics to use their limbs

New research is speeding the development of brain-controlled devices that may soon allow amputees and paraplegics to use their limbs.

28 Oct 2004

Device / Technology News

Technology to determine a patient's response to aspirin therapy taken to prevent heart attacks

Australian alliance to commercialise new genetic tests for epilepsy

Tiny, vibrating paddle oscillator senses the mass of a virus

Channeling through plasma to accelerate bright beams for science and medicine

The first test in humans of a bioartificial kidney

Medmira ships 100,000 rapid HIV tests to China

Blood flow monitoring system to reduce risks during heart surgery

New non-invasive diagnostic test for early-stage lung cancer

New optical technology will help date a persons bruises

Smart stethoscope for monitoring the effectiveness of treatments to shatter kidney stones

Analysis of safety syringe market

Clinical trial of investigational oxygen-carrying blood substitute for use at the scene of injury

First home-testing device for phenylketonuria (PKU) patients

FDA warns of risks associated with using decorative contact lenses

Drug-loaded contact lenses to treat eye diseases

Non-invasive wearable heart care

FDA approves artificial spinal disc for use in treating pain associated with degenerative disc disease

Biomedical engineers and physicians have brought the day when artificial limbs will be controlled directly by the brain considerably closer

Training of primary care physicians helps increase referrals and cardiac rhythm management device sales

Research speeds development of brain-controlled devices that may allow amputees and paraplegics to use their limbs

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