Healthcare products company, Covidien, has purchased Israel-based Oridion Systems for approximately $310m. Under the acquisition, Oridion Systems' business will be integrated into Covidien's oximetry and monitoring product line segment. ...
The revised product labelings of Boston Scientific's Incepta, Energen, Punctua, Cognis and Teligen implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) have been cleared by the US Food ...
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Dynamic Healthcare Services, a portfolio company of GMH Ventures, has purchased Evanko Respiratory of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, US. Evanko distributes its commercial respiratory, sleep equipments and mobility products to Schuylkill ...
Spacelabs Healthcare is presenting its anesthesia delivery system, patient monitoring and connectivity, and diagnostic cardiology solutions at MEDICA, being held at Dusseldorf, Germany from 14-17 November 2012. The ARKON anesthesia ...
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Teleflex has received two new three-year group purchasing agreements to provide its endotracheal tubes and related products to Premier healthcare alliance. Under the new agreements, Premier's alliance of 2,700 hospitals will have access ...
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Handsome in South Manchester, UK, has received £250,000 from The North West Fund for Biomedical, managed by SPARK Impact. Handsome will use the capital to complete product development and clinical trial studies as well as achieve ...
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Guided Therapeutics will display its non-invasive LuViva advanced cervical scan at the Medica 2012 International Trade Fair, which will be held at Dusseldorf, Germany, from 14-17 November 2012. LuViva, which is used in conjunction with ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific has inaugurated a new 12,000ft2 manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China, to manufacture life sciences consumables and equipment for the domestic and Asia-Pacific markets. The $20m facility will manufacture plastic ...
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ConvaTec, a developer of new medical technologies, has inaugurated a new office at the World Trade Center in Bangalore, India. The new facility, which will serve as headquarters for the company's Indian operations, will offer hospitals ...
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Prometheus Laboratories, a developer of diagnostic products, has introduced new Prometheus Anser infliximab (IFX) monitoring test. By utilizing the company's proprietary homogenous mobility shift assay (HMSA), the test measures infliximab ...
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Global healthcare firm Abbott's everolimus eluting coronary stent system has been accorded with CE Mark in Europe. The XIENCE Xpedition everolimus eluting coronary stent system, which is used to treat coronary artery disease, provides ...
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Patient Safety Technologies has registered a patent infringement lawsuit against ClearCount Medical Solutions. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, asserts claims against ClearCount for the ...
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Novation has submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in support of Unique Device Identification (UDI) system for medical devices. The company believes that the proposed UDI rule, designed to overcome the ...
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Telcare has launched new wireless Diabetes Pal app suite, designed for managing people with diabetes and improving self-management of blood glucose. The Diabetes Pal App for Android, which can be utilized by Telcare BGM and non-Telcare ...
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Rochester General Health System has acquired Carestream Health's Cardiology PACS to integrate in its radiology PACS and its EMR. The integrated product, CARESTREAM Vue for Cardiology, offers review of echocardiography, cardiac cath and ...
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