LifeCodexx has revealed that its PrenaTest, a non-invasive molecular genetic blood test, can now be performed to determine high risk pregnancies even as early as the ninth week of pregnancy. Generally, PrenaTest is used to determine fetal ...
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Philips recently announced that it will build 19 "Community Light Centers" throughout Kenya by 2015. These Community Light Centers are areas of about 1000 square meters as large as a small football pitch, being lit up by using solar powered ...
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Chinese medical equipment maker Mindray Medical International (NYSE: MR) will meet difficulties in introducing products of ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. into the Chinese market directly. The New York-listed firm put US-based ultrasound ...
“It’s now essential for businesses to tap into the vast potential of data if they want to compete,” says Kevin Dallas, general manager for Windows Embedded at Microsoft. “With Windows Embedded powering industry ...
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Mindray Medical International, China-based medical device company, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase ultrasound systems developer Zonare Medical Systems for $105m. Mindray expects the acquisition deal to strengthen its ...
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The biggest dilemma faced by the shipping industry faced since its inception and still prevailing even after so many years is the unexpected and uncontrolled leakage inside the cargo hatches. The water that manages to enter inside the holds ...
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Large-diameter steel pipe is characterized by large-diameter steel pipe diameter, wall thickness is relatively thick, so taking advantage of this feature based on ultrasound and eddy current testing internal surface and subsurface features ...
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Integrity Applications, an Israel-based medical device company, has received CE Mark approval for its GlucoTrack DF-F non-invasive device. The GlucoTrack DF-F is a glucose measuring device that uses a patented combination of ultrasound, ...
Diagnostic cardiology provider GE Healthcare has plans to invest $8.7m (KRW10bn) to boost the production capacity of ultrasound systems by double in South Korea. As part of this strategy, by February, 2014, GE Ultrasound, a unit of GE ...
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GE Healthcare, the healthcare division of General Electric, has acquired Unisyn Medical Technologies' Transactional Business, a leading provider of ultrasound probe repair solutions, for undisclosed amount. The products and services from ...
US Food and Drug Administration intends to have tighter rules for apps that allow to diagnose or treat medical conditions, similar to the 2011 proposal urging for quality standards for ultrasound machines, heart stents, and several other ...
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Olympus, a US-based medical and surgical products designer, will equip its ultrasound endoscopes with the ProSound F75 Ultrasound Processor. Developed in partnership with Hitachi Aloka Medical, the ProSound F75 Ultrasound Processor ...
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Goldman Sachs, a global investment bank, has acquired 49% stake in India-based BPL Medical Technologies, a group company of BPL Limited, for INR1.1bn ($20.08m) The investment would help in expanding the business of BPL Medical ...
Mauna Kea Technologies has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe. AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe is used to provide real-time optical biopsies during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Teleflex's ARROW VPS G4 device. Used in conjunction with the accompanying disposable ARROW VPS Stylet, the device uses micro-Doppler ultrasound technology along ...
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