Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing unit of Premier healthcare alliance, has awarded a three-year contract to ArjoHuntleigh to provide vascular compression therapy systems, designed for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis ...
Exactech, a developer of bone and joint restoration products, and Conmed have partnered to co-develop a series of medical education programs to advance standard of care for patients across the continuum of shoulder and knee repair. ...
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The foil manufacturer Klöckner Pentaplast will open a service centre for foils with attached warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the spring of 2012. KP already runs a production site in St. Petersburg under the name Klöckner ...
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CeQur, a developer of wearable delivery devices, has started a clinical study of PaQ insulin delivery device. The PaQ study is conducted by Thomas Pieber, head of endocrinology and metabolism division at Austria University Hospital. The ...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave his first interview Tuesday since the company’s troubled initial public offering earlier this year saying the performance of the stock has “obviously been disappointing” but said Facebook ...
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Cardiac Science, a subsidiary of Opto Circuits, has introduced a new version of automated external defibrillator (AED), Powerheart G5, in Europe. The Powerheart G5 is designed to help facilitate both professional rescuers and first-time ...
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The US conglomerate Illinois Tool Works is set to sell a 51% stake in its Decorative Surfaces division to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). ITW and CD&R announced that an agreement to this effect had been signed on 16 ...
ZOTAC International, the world’s largest channel manufacturer of graphics cards, motherboards and mini-PCs, today announced that it plans to promote its latest range of graphics cards and mini PCs at GITEX. Senior global executives ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared VBOX's portable oxygen concentrator for use on a prescriptive basis by patients requiring supplemental oxygen. Trooper concentrator, which can be worn over the shoulder or around the ...
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Cayenne Medical, a sports medicine device company, has introduced new Quattro shoulder system for rotator cuff and labral repair. Quattro Shoulder system, which comprises of pre-loaded Quattro X suture anchor for rotator cuff repair, ...
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A variation of the attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, researchers have said. Ravishankar Borgaonkar, a research ...
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Fujifilm Medical Systems has announced US launch of the wireless FDR D-EVO 24x30cm Cesium Iodide flat panel detector, designed to accommodate neonatal, pediatric and orthopedic imaging. The FDR D-EVO flat panel detector combines the dose ...
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Roche Diabetes Care, a manufacturer of Accu-Chek products, has launched new Accu-Chek Nano SmartView system. The Accu-Chek Nano SmartView system features Accu-Chek Nano meter, SmartView test strips and the FastClix lancing device. The ...
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Roche Diagnostics is planning to invest $300m over the next 10 years to expand operation at its headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US. Roche produces 2 billion strips of ACCU-CHEK products as well as develop and manufacture ...
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An international research team based in Bristol, UK has reportedly developed a new quantum chip that could enable the creation of ultra-fast computers and unhackable mobile phones, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report ...
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