Brand Castle is voluntarily recalling limited quantities of our In the Mix Monkey Bread Mix because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. This product is being recalled because an ingredient supplier (Valley Milk ...
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As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
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Cancer death rates continue to decline in the United States, mainly because anti-smoking efforts have caused a drop in lung cancer deaths, researchers report. From 2001 through 2010, death rates for all cancers combined decreased by 1.8 ...
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Bolton Medical, a medical device manufacturer, has initiated its Phase II US clinical trial to study the safety and effectiveness of the Treovance abdominal stent-graft with Navitel delivery system. The first two cases were performed on ...
The Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter-a microcatheter for shrinking tumors or blocking aneurysms-has won FDA and CE Mark approval, Boston Scientific recently announced. The FDA granted the Direxion a 510(k) clearance because it retains ...
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Israeli device manufacturer ITGI Medical announced a new partnership with Vascular Solutions. Under the new agreement, both companies will work together to land a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) from FDA regulators for the ITGI ...
Medtronic's Valiant 'Mona LSA' branch thoracic stent graft system demonstrated proof of concept in a first-in-human study being conducted under the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s ‘Innovation Pathway’ early feasibility ...
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Fried foods damage your body and brain in many different ways, and it's not just a long term consequence, but a short term detriment as well. Just as a car needs good clean oil to run efficiently and not break down, your body needs food ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has announced that Dr Brian Peterson from Saint Louis University, enrolled the first patient in the Gore EXCLUDER iliac branch clinical study. The clinical study is a prospective, multi-center, ...
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Israeli bio-medical engineering company ITGI Medical has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Vascular Solutions, a medical device company, to commercialize ITGI's Aneugraft Dx coronary covered stent in the US market. Pursuant to ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has obtained CE Mark approval for its GORE EXCLUDER iliac branch endoprosthesis, designed for the endovascular treatment of common iliac artery aneurysms or aortoiliac aneurysms. Gore has designed the iliac ...
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US-based Pulsar Vascular has obtained CE Mark approval for its PulseRider device, designed to bridge the neck of cerebral aneurysms previously not amenable to endovascular therapy. With this CE Mark approval, the company now has full ...
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Medical technology company Lombard Medical Technologies successfully treated the first US patients with Aorfix, its flexible stent graft for the endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Meriter Hospital vascular surgeon ...
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US medical device company TriVascular has commenced the US Post-Approval Study (PAS) of the Ovation Prime Abdominal Stent Graft System for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The Ovation System and the Ovation Prime System ...
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Yissum Research Development Company has developed a novel method to diagnose retinal micro-aneurysms that pose a high risk for leakage, a primary cause of diabetic retinopathy. The novel method ...
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