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January 28, 2008 - Inverness Medical Innovations will acquire Matria Healthcare, Inc. for approximately $1.18 billion, consisting of approximately $900 million to acquire the Matria shares of common stock and assumption of approximately $280 million of Matria's indebtedness outstanding, which will further Inverness' approach of bringing its proprietary diagnostic products into the home.
January 27, 2008
Technology
BD Gets FDA Clearance of Two-Hour Test to Identify Superbug in Patients with Positive Blood Cultures
BD Diagnostics said it received clearance from the FDA for the BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay, which the company says is the first test to rapidly and simultaneously identify two deadly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) - Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - from patients with positive blood cultures.
January 27, 2008News
January 28, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. said today the FDA cleared the new open-bore 1.5T Vantage Titan ...
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Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
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The FDA granted Ethicon Inc. an expanded indication for EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human), which is one of the first fibrin sealants available as an adjunct to hemostasis for use in surgery, when control of bleeding by standard surgical techniques is ineffective or impractical.
January 27, 2008News
January 28, 2008 – Medtronic Inc. has launched a clinical trial to confirm the safety and efficacy of the Medtronic ...
January 27, 2008Technology
Monitoring system maker Mennen Medical said an additional monitor, the VitaLogik 4000 Series, will soon be available for ...
January 27, 2008Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
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January 25, 2008 - The FDA informed Abiomed Inc. that the first three areas of concern regarding submission for 510(k) ...
January 24, 2008News
January 25, 2008 – AngioDynamics’ recently launched self-centering, tunneled hemodialysis access catheter showed better ...
January 24, 2008News
January 25, 2008 - Medicare has increased reimbursement payment rates for EECP therapy for 2008, effective immediately ...
January 24, 2008Sponsored Content
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When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
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January 25, 2008 - The winner of the Siemens online video 'Win an MRI' contest is Lockport Memorial Hospital in Lockport ...
January 24, 2008Technology
AngioDynamics recently launched Centros, a self-centering, tunneled hemodialysis access catheter. Centros, designed by ...
January 24, 2008News
January 25, 2008 - Cheetah Medical Inc. said this week the FDA cleared for marketing the Reliant, a portable cardiac ...
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Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
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January 24, 2008 – “Unadjusted mortality…was significantly lower for drug-eluting stents than bare-metal stents in unapproved indications,” noted Donald S.
January 23, 2008News
January 22, 3008 - Cardica Inc. and Intuitive Surgical Inc. will host an evening symposium, demonstrating how surgeons ...
January 22, 2008News
January 22, 2008 - Researchers at the Universite de Montreal have run the largest mathematical simulation of a heart, a two billion element model, enabling discoveries of the electrical triggers of the various kinds of heart disease that could lead to earlier diagnosis and new treatments.
January 22, 2008