North America is the largest region and Asia represents the fastest-growing region in the surgical lamps market. LED represents the largest and fastest-growing technology in surgical lamps market. High color rendering index (CRI) light ...
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Google Glass freaked out some regular folks who feared for their privacy. Many were unsure about the practical applications for a wearable Android computer with an optical head-mounted display.Others were simply baffled at the price of ...
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Intuitive Surgical stock fell 11.5% in value on Wednesday after a disappointing quarterly earnings report and the FDA raising cancer concerns over how robotic hysterectomies are performed. The Sunnyvale, CA–based maker of da Vinci ...
Applied Silicone Corporation,a global supplier of long-term implantable silicones for the medical device and critical healthcare market, introduces medical grade silicone Adhesive Gels optimized for scar management products. Traditional ...
Zimmer Spine, a provider of musculoskeletal health solutions, has launched its Puros demineralized bone matrix (DBM) block and strip in the US, designed to stimulate natural bone formation processes in spine surgical procedures. Puros ...
Cardica, a medical device company, has received 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its MicroCutter Xchange 30 device and blue staple cartridge for medium thickness tissue. The company has designed the ...
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Stryker Corp. recently announced that it has inked an exclusive sales partnership with Samsung subsidiary NeuroLogica, which has a full body, portable CT scanner. Stryker will promote and sell NeuroLogica's BodyTom portable full body CT ...
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Researchers have developed a new type of surgical "glue" that they say could help treat children born with heart defects, such as a hole in the heart. The adhesive can quickly stick biodegradable patches inside a beating heart. Unlike ...
A health journal captures various snapshots of your health, which helps you and your doctor get a clear picture of your medical history. The American Academy of Family Physicians mentions these added benefits of keeping a health journal: ...
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Among different surgical procedures, gastric bypass was more effective for weight loss but was associated with more complications, U.S. researchers say. Su-Hsin Chang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ...
The elimination of extensive routine preoperative tests and consultations represents an area of potentially large health care savings across many disciplines, particularly for low-risk patients being evaluated for cataract surgery. It is ...
Oculus Innovative Sciences has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new Microcyn scar management HydroGel, intended to manage old and new hypertrophic and keloid scarring resulting from burns, ...
US-based TYRX has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for expanded indications in marketing the AIGISRx N antibacterial envelope for use with spinal cord neuromodulators. Recently, TYRX has also obtained an ...
Filtration Group has added surgical smoke evacuation specialist Buffalo Filter to its growing portfolio of companies. Founded in 1991 and based in Lancaster, New York, Buffalo Filter is a medical device manufacturer and supplier of surgical ...
AtriCure, a developer of solutions to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib), has announced the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval to begin enrollment in a clinical study of its AtriClip left atrial appendage exclusion system. ...
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