Software engineers at Intel are exploring new ways people can use the human voice, gestures and head-and-eye movements to operate computers. Intel's Barry Solomon uses hand gestures in a demonstration of a perceptual computing toolkit ...
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LEWISVILLE, NC (BRAIN) — Recumbent bike retailer Neighborhood Transportation is closing after six years in business as owner Bruce Hermann contends with health issues. Hermann was struck by a motorist while riding his recumbent four ...
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The Conference of Anesthesia by OMICS Publishing Group was held from November 26-28, 2012 at Hilton San Antonio Airport, USA. The Conference on anesthesia by OMICS Publishing Group invited experts with specific knowledge on the means and ...
Clinical-stage medical technology company Baronova has secured $27.3m from Series C financing round. The financing, which is led by investments from Sante Ventures and Boston Scientific, will be used by the company to fund a pivotal study ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark certification to ApiFix's minimally invasive treatment system for use in patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). Designed as an alternative to complex spinal surgeries, the ApiFix AIS ...
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Aspen Dental will inaugurate a new dental facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, US, on 21 February 2013, to provide dental services ranging from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration. Located at Nashville Pike, the ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Medtronic's AIRvance Bone Screw System. The approval allows surgeons to perform a hyoid suspension procedure independently or in combination with other procedures including ...
Biomet, a manufacturer of orthopedic and biotechnology products, has begun enrolling patients in its prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter SternaLock Blu clinical trial. The trial will evaluate sternal bone healing after full ...
Watson-Marlow Pumps Group is unveiling a new range of 400RXMD panel-mount pumps designed specifically to meet the demands from medical device specialists serving the surgical ablation market. Unique performance and robust modern design ...
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Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
Acceleron Pharma has announced that the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) has sponsored its phase 2 study of dalantercept. Patients with persistent or recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer are taking part in the ...
A dental engineer was sent to investigate N2O problems at a dental surgery in Dover, Kent after complaints from staff about the effects of the gas. Previous passive monitoring in the surgery had indicated a time weighted average (TWA) of ...
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The Duke of York visited the Churchill Hospital in Oxford during December to commemorate the opening of a new building that includes an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre and provides a base for many NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Ethicon Endo-Surgery's ENSEAL G2 Articulating Tissue Sealer, designed to allow surgeons to take a perpendicular approach to seal vessels up to 7mm in diameter and ...
The number of potentially deadly infections picked up by patients in hospitals is down slightly, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But your risk still depends on which hospital you go to, since ...
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