|
|
|
|
|
| New POINT to COMMUNICATE booklets are a compact, user friendly communication aid for people who can neither talk nor write due to illness, disease, accident, surgery, or age. |
|
|
| Lutronic USA today announced that its MOSAIC fractional laser system has received US FDA 510(k) clearance for dermatological procedures requiring the coagulation of soft tissue. |
|
|
| Managed care company goes above and beyond to assist member obtain heart transplant; Affinity offers range of cardiac services for the underserved. |
|
|
| Software enables hospital to adopt paperless documentation for surgery management. |
|
|
| The uro-gynecological surgical devices market is expected to gain enormously, from the untargeted female patient population, and technological developments. Global Uro-Gynecological Surgical Devices market is projected to reach US$2.3 billion by 2010. |
|
|
| The Center for Women's Care & Reproductive Surgery, headed by laparoscopic pioneer Thomas L. Lyons, MD, is conducting a placebo controlled FDA clinical trial on a drug used to control dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding on two to five days of their cycle, and who have to alter their normal social and work activities due to heavy bleeding may be qualified for the study. Women must be generally healthy, and between the ages of 18 and 49, have regular menstrual cycles with heavy bleeding and not have any other bleeding disorder. |
|
|
| The new high-resolution Mitsubishi CP-30DW digital color printer and its analog counterpart, the CP-30W, deliver eye-popping resolution of 423 dpi in 16.7 million colors. This allows medical professionals in endoscopy and ultrasound environments to deliver images that are always true to detail. The new units interfaces to the most popular desktop computer systems via high-speed USB 2.0 port and standard analog connections, respectively. The compact printers fits in nearly every conceivable endoscopy and ultrasound application. |
|
|
| An advanced nerve graft from AxoGen(TM) was implanted to repair a severed nerve in a 38 year old male who suffered a traumatic injury to his face. On July 20, 2007, the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) plastic surgery team led by Dr. Steven L. Moran and Dr. Samir Mardini repaired the injured facial nerve to enable the patient to regain use of his facial muscles. The nerve repair was accomplished using the graft to connect the severed nerve root to three nerve branches using only one graft. Dr. Moran stated, "No other commercially available product could have been used in this application." The... |
|
|
| The US medical adhesives & sealants market is sprinting ahead at a healthy rate as adhesives, sealants, and glues steadily continue to replace conventional and crude use of sutures, staples, and other biological dressings as wound closure products. The US medical adhesives & sealants market is projected to reach US$1.7 billion by the year 2009, at a CAGR of over 8.5% during the ten-year analysis period. |
|
|
| Castle Connolly's new website allows free searches for trained qualified cosmetic doctors. |
|
|
