US gastrointestinal endoscopy company EndoChoice will merge with an Israeli company Peer Medical for an undisclosed sum. Peer Medical's commercial products include a proprietary video system and Full Spectrum Endoscope which provides up ...
Tags: gastrointestinal endoscopy, EndoChoice, video system, cancerous
Yesterday, three people were arrested in Stoke-on-Trent following an investigation into ransomware by officers from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU). Ransomware commonly uses popup pages which contain blackmailing messages, telling ...
Tags: E-Crime, ransomware, ransomware attack, security tools
Less than 5% of the top 40 antivirus systems are able to detect previously non-cataloged viruses initially, a study has revealed. A test by security firm Imperva, which used more than 80 previously non-catalogued viruses, showed that many ...
Tags: antivirus systems, Enterprise security, Antivirus solutions
The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has granted 510(k)clearance to PhysioSonics'cranial blood flow monitoring system. The Presto 1000 Flow Monitor,which uses the company's proprietary Flash Doppler,maintains the flow of information ...
Tags: FDA, PhysioSonics cranial blood flow monitoring system
Perng Fai-nan, governor of the Central Bank of China (CBC), pointed out yesterday (Dec. 19) that the CBC will stick to the “properly loose” monetary policy in the first quarter next year. He expected Taiwan’s real interest ...
Tags: Central Bank of China, Taiwan', Real Interest Rates, Perng Fai-nan
Bracco Diagnostics has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for use of its MultiHance (gadobenate dimeglumine) injection, 529 mg/mL, in magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), designed to evaluate adults with known or ...
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The three finalists of Microsoft's inaugural BlueHat competition, to develop innovative computer security protection technologies, have been announced. The competition, which ran from 3 August 2011 to 1 April 2012, is aimed at stimulating ...
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GE Healthcare has chosen Fluke Biomedical's pocket-sized PS320 fetal simulator to simulate both fetal and maternal ECG as well as uterine activity. The PS320 fetal simulator signals various physiological parameters, patterns and ...
Tags: GE Healthcare, Fluke Biomedical, fetal simulator, maternal ECG
EndoStim has received CE mark approval for its LES Stimulation system, designed to treat gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and eliminate the need for daily proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medication. By using low energy electrical ...
Steve Staedler, Dorner Manufacturing If something can break on a conveyor, Jeff Bonaparte has seen it . . . and repaired it. A maintenance technician at Sussex IM, a custom injection molding manufacturer for a variety of industries ...
Tags: Conveyors, rollers, modern-day conveyors
US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
Tags: Foods, Foods industry, profit, operating profit
Arla Foods and Fonterra have teamed up with Danish analytical solutions provider Foss to develop a screening method to determine whether milk has been tampered with for financial gain. The'fingerprint'-based screening technique will ...
Tags: Arla, Fonterra, Foss, China, Denmark, milk, dairy, safety, melamine
Medica, a provider of blood testing analyzers, has launched EasyCell assistant cell image analyzer. The launch was based on the completion of clinical evaluation of EasyCell analyzer at Boston Children's Hospital, which confirmed the ...
Tags: Medica, blood testing analyzers, EasyCell, cell image analyzer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved St Jude Medical's Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4. Amplatzer Plug is delivered using a standard diagnostic catheter and is designed for use in transcatheter embolization procedures ...
Tags: FDA, Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4, embolization
Quest Diagnostics has introduced a molecular cervical cancer test based on National Institutes of Health's TERC gene marker to identify molecular changes to cervical cells that increase the chance of a woman to develop cervical cancer. ...
Tags: cervical cancer TERC test, Quest Diagnostics, TERC results