Hundreds of thousands of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) made by Philips Healthcare might not deliver a needed shock to the heart in an emergency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in an updated warning. Latest ...
CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced the signing of a definitive agreement for CareFusion to acquire the Vital Signs division of GE Healthcare for $500m. With annual revenue of approximately $250m, Vital Signs is ...
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FDA regulators have released a report on Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci system, which was based on responses from 11 surgeons who had used the system. The report covers complications, patient recovery times, training concerns, and ...
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For Motorola, the "touchless control" used on the Moto X could be just the beginning. If a just-published patent application from Google-owned Motorola Mobility is any indication, the company is actually more interested in devices that ...
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Dutch multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate Royal Philips has announced the launch of new anesthesia product and two patient monitoring systems. The products include IntelliSave AX700 anesthesia machine and, IntelliVue ...
US-based Sapheon has submitted the first module of pre-market approval (PMA) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its VenaSeal sapheon closure system, designed to treat venous reflux (varicose veins) disease. This ...
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US-based Health Insurance Innovations (HII) has launched Principle Advantage, a guaranteed-issue limited benefit plan, with Companion Life Insurance to address specialty insurance markets. The affordable fixed-benefit plan, which is an ...
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Stryker Interventional Spine has received 510(k) clearances from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Venom RF cannula and electrode combination and11g iVAS balloon system. The Venom RF cannula and electrode combination contains ...
Tenex Health, a medical device maker, has secured CE Marking for its TX System, which can be c. Tenex Health founder and CEO Jagi Gill said that the TX System has enjoyed tremendous clinical and commercial success in the US since its ...
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US-based Moog has completed the sale of its Buffalo, New York operations of Ethox Medical to Dempsey Ventures. The annual sales from this division are approximately $12m. Ethox Buffalo has 88 full-time employees. There is an after-tax ...
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US-based Teleflex has launched a disposable laryngoscope blade and handle system, called Rusch TruLite Laryngoscope System, for single patient use. This is the latest addition to the company's broad single-use anesthesia product ...
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WellStar Health System is set to install Capsule Tech's DataCaptor software across its five-hospital system in Marietta, Georgia, US. Initially focusing on the surgical settings, the DataCaptor will capture the physiological data directly ...
World Health Organization (WHO) has given its approval to a non-surgical circumcision device, which could help in preventing the spread of AIDS, especially in Africa. The circumcision device was designed by an Irsaeli company Circ ...
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Pacira Pharmaceuticals has announced the findings from two new studies supporting the use of Exparel infiltrated into the transversus abdominis plane for postsurgical pain management Presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted two new patents to Carticept Medical's Navigator Delivery System technology. The fifth and sixth issued patents entitled, 'Anesthetic Injection System' and 'Imaging-Guided Anesthetic ...
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