Aesculap, a B. Braun company, has launched MINOP InVent to provide patients with less invasive techniques. MINOP InVent, which includes an unparalleled HD Optical System featuring a larger image, is expected to eliminate the need for ...
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Minimally Invasive Devices, a developer of FloShield laparoscopic vision system that prevents loss of vision during laparoscopic surgery due to obscuration of the optics, has secured $9m from Series B financing. The company said Canaan ...
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US-based surgical and therapeutic solutions provider Vycor Medical has obtained Hong Kong patent for its VBAS minimally invasive brain access system. VBAS, a suite of clear cylindrical disposable devices, is designed to provide ...
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Cook Medical, a US-based developer of health care devices, has introduced salivary duct access products to treat sialolithiasis, defined as obstruction by salivary duct stones. Designed as alternative to open surgery, the devices are used ...
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Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in Florida, US, has acquired Mazor Robotics' Renaissance surgical guidance system to perform the first minimally-invasive spinal surgery. Baptist Medical is a community hospital and the central hub of ...
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Hatch Medical, a US-based incubator and broker of medical device technologies, has received US patents for its percutaneous spinal stabilization system. The patents, no. 8,357,197 and no. 8,357,198, cover a minimally invasive device ...
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Stryker, a US-based developer of medical implants, surgical and imaging technologies, has introduced ES2 spinal system. The system, which uses the company's Xia 3 pedicle screw technology, is designed for one-step, percutaneous placement ...
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Lithera has announced the treatment of first patient with LIPO-202 (Salmeterol Xinafoate for Injection) in the Phase IIb RESET trial. LIPO-202 is an injectable pharmaceutical designed to produce aesthetic reduction of subcutaneous ...
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CMS Medical, a distributor and manufacturer of minimally-invasive medical products in Brazil, has entered into a collaboration agreement with GI Dynamics. Under the deal, CMS will distribute GI Dynamics' EndoBarrier therapy in Brazil, ...
CircuLite has obtained conditional approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Synergy Circulatory Support System, designed for reversing the symptoms of heart failure in ambulatory chronic heart failure patients. The ...
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OsteoMed, a developer of small bone implants and biologics, has launched OsteoVation QWIK to fill bony voids and gaps of the skeletal system. Comprised of a proprietary composite of calcium phosphate and calcium sulfate granules, ...
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Early phase medical device company ROX Medical has completed enrolling first two Irish patients in a controlled, randomized study of its FLOW procedure for the treatment of resistant hypertension. The FLOW procedure is a minimally ...
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Medtronic has obtained regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct an early feasibility study on its Native Outflow Tract transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV), designed for the treatment of patients with ...
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PneumRx has treated the first US patient in a FDA-approved RENEW clinical study of its RePneu lung volume reduction coil (LVRC), designed to treat severe emphysema. Made from shape-memory Nitinol, the CE-marked minimally invasive medical ...
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The European Union has granted CE mark approval to ALung Technologies' Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS) for the treatment of patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure including acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute ...
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