<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>DeviceSpace.com Breaking News</title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/</link><generator>DeviceSpace RSS Generator</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:38:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><image><url>http://rss.biospace.com/images/deviceSpaceLogo.gif</url><title>BioSpace.com</title><link>http://www.BioSpace.com/news.aspx?SectionId=2</link></image><copyright>Copyright (C) 2009</copyright><item><title>State Grant Credited with Creating Jobs; Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. Aims to Create 70 to 130 New Jobs by 2014  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173429&amp;full=1</link><description>Metro West Daily News --The state's $2.5 million grant for sewer upgrades in Hopkinton creates a ripple effect of jobs and economic development, Gov. Deval Patrick said at Lonza Biologics, one of three local companies he visited yesterday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abbott Laboratories Receives U.S. FDA Approval for New Cataract Multifocal Intraocular Lens  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173396&amp;full=1</link><description>ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE:ABT - News) announced today it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the TECNIS Multifocal 1-Piece intraocular lens (IOL) for cataract patients with and without presbyopia.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intraocular lenses are implanted in a patient's eye after the removal of the natural lens that has become clouded by a cataract...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SensAble Technologies Secures $8 Million Funding  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173433&amp;full=1</link><description>Boston.com -- SensAble Technologies, Inc, a provider of 3D modeling software, haptic devices and dental restoration design and fabrication solutions, announced that it has received an $8 million investment to increase sales, marketing and engineering efforts for its digital dentistry product line.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SK3 Group's Parent Company, Signs Letter of Intent for  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173439&amp;full=1</link><description>MarketWire -- SK3 Group, Inc.'s parent company, Healthcare of Today, Inc. (www.healthcareoftoday.com), has announced the signing of a letter of intent with leading edge medical product company DyfucaMed, LLC ("DyfucaMed").&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DyfucaMed's flagship product is the DyfucaMed Ratio Applicator, a medical biomaterials applicator for performing Autogenous Hematopoetic Tissue Grafts ("AHTG"). Using...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;b&gt;Medical Compressions Systems&lt;/b&gt; Expands U.S. Operations and Appoints Industry Veteran to Newly Created Role of President  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173467&amp;full=1</link><description>OR AKIVA, Israel &amp; WEST HILLS, Calif., Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Medical Compression Systems, Ltd. (TASE:MDCL), a company specializing in innovative non-invasive blood circulation solutions, today announced the appointment of Ambaw Bellete to the position of president of its U.S. subsidiary, Medical Compression Systems, Inc. Mr. Bellete brings with him more than 20 years of management experience...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;b&gt;Unilife&lt;/b&gt; and Stason Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sign Asian Distribution Agreement for the Unitract(TM) 1mL Safety Syringe  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173462&amp;full=1</link><description>LEWISBERRY, Pa., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Unilife Corporation ("Unilife" or "Company") (Nasdaq: UNIS; ASX: UNS) today announced that it has signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Stason Pharmaceuticals Inc ("Stason"), a U.S.-based pharmaceutical company, to market the Unitract 1mL safety syringe ("Product") in Japan, China and Taiwan ("designated territories"). Stason's Taiwan-based...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smith &amp; Nephew Inc. Announces New Easy-To-Use Knotless Arthroscopic Device Provides Surgeons With Full Control Over Suture Tension; Critical Element In Procedure  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173397&amp;full=1</link><description>ANDOVER, Mass., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smith &amp; Nephew's (NYSE: SNN; LSE: SN) Endoscopy Division today announced the launch of the BIORAPTOR Knotless Suture Anchor, a device used to repair a torn labrum in the hip and shoulder.  The anchor is among products featured at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting, which began today in New Orleans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fundamental...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Orthofix, Inc. Sells Vascular Business to Covidien, Expects Proceeds of up to $19 Million  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173216&amp;full=1</link><description>BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ: OFIX - News) (the Company) announced today it has sold the assets of its vascular business, including its AV-Impulse mechanical compression technology, to Covidien.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This transaction represents another important step towards focusing Orthofix on strategic market segments that represent long term growth potential for the Company...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carticept Medical Announces $20 Million Series B Financing  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173211&amp;full=1</link><description>ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carticept Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative products for the treatment of cartilage injuries and osteoarthritis, today announced that it has completed a $20 million Series B financing round. New investor SonoSite, Inc. joined existing investors Domain Associates and New Enterprise Associates. The financing will provide funding for the expected commercial launch...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Axis Surgical Technologies, Inc. Received 510(k) Clearance for the C-MOR(TM) Visualization Device  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173227&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Axis Surgical Technologies, Inc., announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market their C-MOR(TM) Visualization Device for use in diagnostic and operative arthroscopic and endoscopic procedures. The self-contained portable direct-imaging tool provides illumination and visualization of an interior...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA Clears GeNO LLC Investigational New Drug Application for Nitric Oxide Delivery System  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173243&amp;full=1</link><description>COCOA, Fla., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- GeNO LLC (www.genollc.com) a privately held, advanced development-stage technology company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance of  its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its stand-alone gas cylinder Nitrosyl Delivery Platform (NDP).  The initial indication to be studied for nitric oxide delivered via...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EDAP TMS S.A. Receives Japanese Approval for Sonolith I-Sys  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173244&amp;full=1</link><description>LYON, France, March 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EDAP TMS SA (Nasdaq:EDAP - News), the global leader in therapeutic ultrasound, announced today that the Japanese Administration has granted marketing approval of its newly designed, high-end Sonolith I-Sys lithotripsy device.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The lithotripsy market in Japan ranks number one worldwide in both total lithotripsy sales volume and installed base...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cantel Medical Reports 29% Increase in Net Income - EPS of $0.29 vs. $0.23 for Quarter Ended January 31, 2010  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173210&amp;full=1</link><description>LITTLE FALLS, N.J., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CANTEL MEDICAL CORP. (NYSE:CMN - News) reported a 29% increase in net income to $4,876,000, or $0.29 per diluted share, on a 6.7% increase in sales to $66,587,000 for the second quarter ended January 31, 2010. This compares with net income of $3,774,000, or $0.23 per diluted share, on sales of $62,420,000 for the second quarter ended January 3...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quest Diagnostics Inc.: OVA1 Blood Test Now Available to Aid Pre-surgical Evaluation of Women for Ovarian Cancer  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173209&amp;full=1</link><description>MADISON, N.J. and FREMONT, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OVA1, the first blood test cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for aiding in the pre-surgical evaluation of a woman's ovarian mass for cancer, is now available nationally through Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE:DGX - News), the world's leading cancer diagnostics provider. With the availability of OVA1, physicians...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bioness Inc. Appoints New President and CEO  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173101&amp;full=1</link><description>VALENCIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bioness Inc. announces that its Board of Directors named Thomas G. Fogarty as the companys new President and CEO, effective February 4th. Fogarty succeeds former President and CEO Yitzhak Zilberman, who has left the company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;    I am honored by the opportunity to join Bioness and look forward to leading the company through its next stage of growth...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ThermalTherapeuticSystems Announces FDA Clearance of the VERATHERM(TM) Portable Hyperthermic Perfusion System  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173073&amp;full=1</link><description>PITTSBURGH, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Inc. today announced that the FDA has cleared the company to market its VERATHERM Portable Hyperthermic Perfusion System effective immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"FDA clearance is a significant achievement for ThermalTherapeutic Systems, one which allows the company to place the VERATHERM Portable Hyperthermic Perfusion System in the hands of...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GeaCom Inc.'s Phrazer Could Bring 100 New Jobs to Duluth, MN  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173087&amp;full=1</link><description>KDAL -- Duluth, Mn (KDAL)  A breakthrough invention that will allow health care providers to communicate with patients across different cultures and languages is being introduced today in Duluth.  The "Phrazer" is a handheld device with a touch screen that lets patients communicate in their own language with medical professionals.  Over 200 local, state and national business and government leaders...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stentys Self-Expanding Stent Receives CE Marking to Treat Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173089&amp;full=1</link><description>PRINCETON, N.J. &amp; PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that it has received CE Marking for its self-expanding and disconnectable stent to treat acute coronary syndrome (ACS).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The self-expanding feature of the Stentys platform, unrivaled in the stent industry, is designed to ensure optimal apposition of a stent in the critical initial hours and days after...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Replication Medical, Inc.: GelFix(TM) Posterior Spinal Distraction Implant Receives CE Mark  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173148&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CRANBURY, N.J., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Replication Medical, Inc., a developer of proprietary, hydrogel based products for the spine and other surgical applications, announced today that it has received a CE mark for its GelFix Posterior Spinal Distraction implant.    A CE mark is the quality assurance certification requirement recognized by members of the European Union for sales into those...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SurModics Inc. Sees Restructuring Charge in Q2; to Consolidate Selected Facilities  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172934&amp;full=1</link><description>EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SurModics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX - News), a leading provider of drug delivery and surface modification technologies to the healthcare industry, announced today certain organizational and leadership changes designed to support future growth by better meeting customer needs, leveraging its multiple competencies across the organization, and building on its pharmaceutical...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court Issues Permanent Injunction Enjoining OMI from Infringing a Retractable Technologies, Inc. Syringe Patent  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173090&amp;full=1</link><description>LITTLE ELM, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Retractable Technologies, Inc. ("Retractable") (AMEX: RVP), a leading maker of safety needle devices, announced that a final judgment and permanent injunction were entered March 4, 2010 in the litigation of Retractable Technologies, Inc. v. OMI (Occupational &amp; Medical Innovations Limited, an Australian company).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On December 18, 2009, the jury delivered...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NeuroMetrix, Inc. Locks Up $7.5 Million Credit Facility  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173093&amp;full=1</link><description>Boston Business Journal  -- Medical device developer Neurometrix Inc. has secured a $7.5 million line of credit with Comerica Bank.  Any borrowings from the credit facility will be secured by Neurometrixs cash, accounts receivable, investment properties and letter-of-credit rights, the Waltham, Mass.-based company said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ascension Orthopedics, Inc. Introduces the PyroTITAN(TM) Humeral Resurfacing Arthroplasty System  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173071&amp;full=1</link><description>AUSTIN, Texas, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascension Orthopedics, Inc., a leader in orthopedic extremity implants, announces the international market launch of the PyroTITAN Humeral Resurfacing Arthroplasty System at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2010. Designed to meet the unique soft tissue biocompatibility requirements of the shoulder...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ekos, Swedish Aim to Shake Up Stroke Treatment with Ultrasound Brain Clot Buster  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172948&amp;full=1</link><description>Xconomy -- Innovation stories dont get more local than this. A local medical device company provides an innovative tool to a local doctor, who gets money from local taxpayers to test the idea. And, before you dismiss this as some irrelevant insider-y project, an independent expert from Boston has said publicly that this Seattle collaboration may transform the way doctors treat a common type of stroke...</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. Q4 2009 Record Sales $13.6mm (+12%), Op. Profit $1.2mm  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172937&amp;full=1</link><description>BURLINGTON, Mass., March 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (Nasdaq:LMAT - News), a provider of peripheral vascular devices and implants, today announced Q4 and full year 2009 financial results. The Company posted record quarterly sales of $13.6 million, operating income of $1.2 million and increased cash of $1.7 million excluding share repurchases. The Company also announced 201...</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saladax Biomedical Inc. (SBI) Closes $8 Million Series C Financing  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172931&amp;full=1</link><description>BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saladax Biomedical, Inc. announced today the close of an $8.4 million Series C Preferred offering led by Excel Venture Management of Boston. Participants included Golden Seeds LLC, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and the Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania, as well as a number of angel investors. The funding will be used to accelerate product development...</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medline Industries, Inc. Opens Indiana Distribution Center; Creates 50 New Jobs  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=173005&amp;full=1</link><description>Inside Indiana -- Medline Industries Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment and supplies, announced that it has established a distribution center here, creating 50 new jobs.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>US FDA Seeks Ways to Minimize Medtronic, Inc., Roche Holding AG, Johnson &amp; Johnson Insulin Pump Risks; Advisory Panel to Give Input on March 5  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172773&amp;full=1</link><description>Reuters -- U.S. health officials are looking for ways to minimize risks from potentially dangerous malfunctions of insulin pumps used by tens of thousands of diabetics, documents released on Wednesday said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA Provides 510k Clearance for BARRX Medical, Inc.'s HALO90 Ablation Catheter for the Treatment of Radiation Proctitis and Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE)  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172724&amp;full=1</link><description>SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BARRX Medical, Inc. announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its HALO90 Ablation Catheter for the treatment of Radiation Proctitis (RP) and Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia (GAVE).  Both conditions are diseases of the gastrointestinal tract associated with chronic bleeding and the need...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IVAX Diagnostics, Inc.'s Diamedix Subsidiary Signs Three Year Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Fumouze Diagnostics  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172763&amp;full=1</link><description>MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IVAX Diagnostics, Inc. (AMEX: IVD - News), a fully integrated global in vitro diagnostics company, announced that Diamedix Corporation has signed a distribution agreement with Fumouze Diagnostics, a division of Sofibel S.A.S., of Paris, France, pursuant to which Fumouze Diagnostics will be the exclusive third party distributor of Diamedix Corporation and Delta Biologicals S...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TransMedics, Inc. Secures $36 Million Round of Financing Lead by  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172873&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ANDOVER, Mass., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedics, Inc., a leading medical device company focusing on delivering the next standard of care for solid organ transplantation worldwide, announced today the closing of a $36 million financing round. The financing was lead by Foundation Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers (KPCB) and also included investments by Flagship Ventures and by...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flex Fuels Energy, Inc. Makes Investment in Bio-AMD, a Medical Device Company  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172762&amp;full=1</link><description>LONDON, March 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flex Fuels Energy, Inc. ("Flex" or the "Company") (OTCBB:FXFL - News) announces that on February 25, 2010 it entered into a Subscription and Shareholders Agreement ("Agreement") with Bio AMD Holdings Limited, a UK limited company ("Bio-AMD").&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Agreement provides for an investment by Flex of [Pounds]865,000 GBP (approximately $1,286,775) for 6...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Natus Medical Incorporated Q4 Profit Meets Wall Street Expectations  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172764&amp;full=1</link><description>Reuters -- Natus Medical Inc's quarterly profit was in-line with analysts' expectations, even as revenue beat forecasts by 4 percent, and the medical device maker said it may post a loss in the first quarter.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>St. Jude Medical Receives CE Mark Approval for Trifecta Valve  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172389&amp;full=1</link><description>ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ - News) today announced that it has received CE Mark approval for the Trifecta valve, marking the Companys launch into the market for pericardial aortic stented tissue valves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Trifecta tissue valve is used to replace a patients diseased, damaged or malfunctioning aortic heart valve, which controls blood flow from the...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abbott Laboratories  to Collaborate With GlaxoSmithKline  on Molecular Diagnostic Test to Select Candidate Patients for Future Skin Cancer Immunotherapy  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172774&amp;full=1</link><description>DES PLAINES, Ill., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE:ABT - News) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to develop a molecular diagnostic test intended for use as an aid in selecting patients who may benefit from a skin cancer treatment in development by GSK.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;GSK's MAGE-A3 ASCI (Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapeutic) candidate is...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Freedom Driver System Receives CE Mark to Power SynCardia Systems, Inc.'s Total Artificial Heart in Europe  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172767&amp;full=1</link><description>TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On March 4, SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest Total Artificial Heart, announced that its new Freedom driver system has received the CE Mark to power the Total Artificial Heart in Europe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The new Freedom driver is the first wearable portable driver for powering the Total Artificial Heart, said Rodger Ford, president...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Surescripts to Pioneer Integrated Service Combining Lab and Prescription Information to Improve Patient Safety and Clinical Outcomes  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172836&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ATLANTA, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two of the nation's largest healthcare information networks, Quest Diagnostics , the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, and Surescripts(R), The Nation's E-Prescription Network(TM), today announced an agreement to pioneer the formation of an integrated service to make laboratory and prescription information broadly...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exactech, Inc. Platform Fracture Stem for Shoulder Surgeries Receives FDA Clearance  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172559&amp;full=1</link><description>GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exactech, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for hip, knee, shoulder, spine and biologic materials, announced today that the company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the companys Equinoxe Platform Fracture Stem, the latest addition to the companys shoulder...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>St. Jude Medical Announces Publication of Feasibility Results for Trial of Novel Heart Failure Management System  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172585&amp;full=1</link><description>ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ - News) today announced publication of clinical results in the Hemodynamically Guided Home Self-Therapy in Severe Heart Failure Patients (HOMEOSTASIS) trial. The left atrial pressure (LAP) management system featured in this study allows patients to adjust their heart failure (HF) medications daily, based on a physician-directed prescription...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CaridianBCT, Inc. Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance on Latest Version of Trima Accel Automated Blood Collection System  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172586&amp;full=1</link><description>LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic apheresis and cell therapy systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies announced it has received 510(k) clearance for the Trima Accel Automated Blood Collection System Version 6.0providing increased efficiencies and streamlined...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BioMS Medical Reports Spectral Diagnostics Receives FDA Approval to Initiate Pivotal Trial and Closes Financing for $19.5 Million  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172588&amp;full=1</link><description>EDMONTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BioMS Medical Corp. (TSX:MS.to - News) today reported that Spectral Diagnostics (TSX:SDI.to - News) has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Toraymyxin(TM). Spectral Diagnostics and BioMS have entered into a services agreement whereby BioMS will assist Spectral, as required, in its commercialization...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OrthoDynamix LLC Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for ArthroSteer(R) 3.5mm Ablator  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172596&amp;full=1</link><description>JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- OrthoDynamix announced today that it has received FDA clearance for its new device, ArthroSteer 3.5mm Ablator, a mono polar electrosurgical device, for general surgical use, including the orthopedic and arthroscopic applications for resection, ablation, excision of soft tissue, hemostasis of blood vessels, and coagulating soft tissue in, but not limited to...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cardiva Medical, Inc. Announces Departure of Founder and CEO,  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172594&amp;full=1</link><description>SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiva Medical, Inc. announced today that Founder and CEO Augustine Lien has resigned effective March 5. The company's Board of Directors has appointed Rick Anderson, appointed Chairman of the Board in October 2009, to serve as interim CEO. Mr. Lien will remain a member of the Board of Directors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mr. Lien founded Cardiva in 2003 and then has led...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cleveland HeartLab LLC Raises $3 Million  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172605&amp;full=1</link><description>Pehub.com -- Cleveland HeartLab LLC, a clinical reference laboratory specializing in cardiovascular diseases, has raised $3 million in new VC funding. Backers include Glengary LLC, Second Generation Ltd. and Zapis Capital Group LLC.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inovio Biomedical Corporation Develops Cordless Electroporation Device for Delivering DNA Vaccines  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172592&amp;full=1</link><description>SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, has unveiled its new CELLECTRA-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices at the DNA Vaccines 2010 conference being held in New Orleans, LA.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Existing generations of electroporation systems consist of an electrical pulse generator box the size...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Edwards Lifesciences Corporation SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Valve and Delivery Systems Receive CE Mark  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172395&amp;full=1</link><description>IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - 03/02/10) - Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, today announced that it has received CE Mark for its Edwards SAPIEN XT transcatheter aortic heart valve, as well as its NovaFlex transfemoral and Ascendra 2 transapical delivery systems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The company is beginning a disciplined European launch...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AngioDynamics to Begin Moving Workers to New HQ  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172439&amp;full=1</link><description>The Business Review (Albany) -- AngioDynamics Inc., a medical device company in Queensbury, will begin moving workers to its new headquarters in Latham within a couple weeks.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gold Standard Diagnostics Completes Series A Funding; Plans to Double Staff This  Year  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172488&amp;full=1</link><description>Davis, CA  March 1, 2010 Gold Standard Diagnostics, Inc. (GSD) today announced the completion of its Series A round of private financing.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The funding was led by a group of private investors including Roger Salquist. Well known for his local, biotech entrepreneurship, Salquist has more than 35 years experience as a senior executive in the Life Sciences Industry. In connection with the Series...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Epinex Diagnostics's Patent Granted for Revolutionary Diabetes Test  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172386&amp;full=1</link><description>TUSTIN, CA--(Marketwire - 03/02/10) - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Epinex Diagnostics the patent for its primary technology, the G1A? Rapid Diabetes Monitoring Index Test. The patent (US7659107B2) is for the first ever rapid glycated albumin test and instrument, which could redefine the way diabetes is monitored for over 250 million diabetics worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MiMedx Announces CE Mark for the HydroFix(TM) Spine Shield  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172410&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ATLANTA, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MiMedx Group, Inc.  announced today that the Company received the CE Mark for its HydroFix(TM) Spine Shield device and was certified for design, development, and production of post-surgical adhesion inhibiting barriers.  The HydroFix(TM) Spine Shield is indicated for use in specific locations as a cover of the spine to provide a plane of dissection...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cardio3 BioSciences Announces Promising Pre-Clinical Data for Proprietary C-Cath(R) Catheter  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172391&amp;full=1</link><description>MONT-SAINT-GUIBERT, Belgium, March 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardio3 BioSciences, a leading Belgian biotechnology company specialising in cell-based therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today promising results in a pre-clinical study of its proprietary C-Cath(R) catheter which is under development to administer a range of bio-therapeutics to the heart. C-Cath is designed...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spectral Diagnostics Granted IDE Approval by U.S. FDA to Conduct Pivotal Trial for Toraymyxin(TM)  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172413&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;TORONTO, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Spectral Diagnostics Inc. , a company developing products for the treatment of sepsis, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for Toraymyxin(TM), a therapeutic hemoperfusion device that removes endotoxin from the bloodstream, allowing the Company to conduct a pivotal trial...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dilon Diagnostics Receives ISO 13485 Certification  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172383&amp;full=1</link><description>NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Dilon Diagnostics, a manufacturer and supplier of high-resolution molecular imaging systems, announced today that it has received ISO 13485 certification. The certification confirms Dilon's commitment to continual improvement of products, customer satisfaction, compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and risk management.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ISO 13485 is...</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key FDA Medical-Device Regulator, Director of the to Step Down  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172261&amp;full=1</link><description>WSJ -- The director of the Office of Device Evaluation, one of the highest-ranking positions at the Food and Drug Administration, is leaving this month to join the Washington lobbying office of Microsoft Corp., according to an email she sent Monday morning.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spinal Implant Developer Intrinsic Therapeutics Grabs $18 Million  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172198&amp;full=1</link><description>Xconomy.com -- Spinal implant developer Intrinsic Therapeutics has pulled in $18 million of a $20 million mixed offering of equity, options, and warrants, according to a filing with the SEC. </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Novostent Corporation Receives CE Mark for New Class of Endovascular Implant  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172361&amp;full=1</link><description>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NovoStent Corporation, a privately held medical device company, today announced that it has received CE Mark for its SAMBATM Stent and Delivery System for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. The SAMBA Stent was designed to treat the highly varied presentation of atherosclerotic disease in the superficial femoral (SFA) and popliteal arteries by providing...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solta Medical, Inc. Buys Aesthera Corp. Below Valuation  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172201&amp;full=1</link><description>Pehub.com -- Solta Medical Inc., a publicly listed medical aesthetics company, has acquired Aesthera Corporation, a Pleasanton, Calif.-based acne treatment company, for $6 million in common stock and cash. Aesthera recieved at least $15 million in venture backing from MedVenture Associates and Adams Street Partners.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cook Medical's Hercules 3 Stage Esophageal Balloon, Used to Treat Gastrointestinal Strictures, Now Available in U.S., Australia, Canada and Europe  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172202&amp;full=1</link><description>WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gastrointestinal (GI) strictures are abnormal narrowings of the digestive tract that, if left untreated, can dangerously interfere with eating, swallowing and digestion. Developed to treat such strictures, the Cook Medical Hercules 3 Stage Esophageal Balloon is now available in the U.S., Australia, Canada and Europe after receiving 510(k) clearance and CE Mark...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ATS Medical, Inc. and Announce First Human Robotic Endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement in the Midwest  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172192&amp;full=1</link><description>MINNEAPOLIS, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATSI - News), manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services today announced the first human robot assisted endoscopic aortic valve replacement in the Midwest using the daVinci Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq:ISRG - News) to implant the ATS 3f  Aortic Bioprosthesis.  The procedure...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Equinox International to Acquire Innovative Medical Technology from Biostem US L.L.C  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172230&amp;full=1</link><description>LAS VEGAS, March 1, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equinox International (OTCBB:EQNX) (the "Company") has entered into a binding agreement to acquire certain exclusive technology rights of Biostem US L.L.C., a Florida medical technology company, for a controlling interest in stock of the Company. The transaction has received stockholder approval and will close as soon as all regulatory requirements have...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Syneron Medical Ltd. and Candela Unveil Combined Product Portfolio to Physicians at the American Academy of Dermatology's 2010 Annual Meeting  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172204&amp;full=1</link><description>YOKNEAM, ISRAEL and WAYLAND, MA--(Marketwire - 03/01/10) - Syneron Medical Ltd., http://www.syneron.com, an innovator in the development, marketing and sales of elos combined-energy medical aesthetic devices, and Candela Corporation, www.candelalaser.com, a pioneer in the development of medical and aesthetic laser-based technologies and systems, is inviting physicians to review its complete suite of...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baxter International, Inc.  and ApaTech Ltd Announce Definitive Agreement; to Acquire All Outstanding Equity of for $330 Million  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172206&amp;full=1</link><description>DEERFIELD, Ill. &amp; LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX - News), a global, diversified healthcare company, and ApaTech, a private equity-backed, U.K.-based orthobiologic products company, today announced a definitive agreement whereby Baxter will acquire all of the outstanding equity of ApaTech for total consideration of up to $330 million. As a result of the acquisition, Baxter...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pyng Medical Corp. Receives European CE Mark for FASTx(TM)  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172197&amp;full=1</link><description>VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 02/26/10) - Pyng Medical Corp. (TSX-V:PYT - News) today announced the Company has received European CE Mark regulatory clearance to market its new and improved FASTx Sternal Intraosseous Device, in Europe effective immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The FASTx Sternal Intraosseous Device is indicated for use in establishing a sternal intraosseous access route in adult...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helix Medical, Inc. Opens Medical Device Manufacturing Operations in Europe; Staffing Level to Double  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172118&amp;full=1</link><description>DOT MED-- Helix Medical, LLC, a global manufacturer for the medical device, health care, pharmaceutical, IVD, and biotech industries, announces the opening of Helix Medical Europe KG.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boston Scientific Corporation Unit Guidant Corporation Charged Over Defibrillators  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172064&amp;full=1</link><description>Reuters -- A Boston Scientific Corp subsidiary was charged with failing to report safety problems with some of its implantable defibrillators to the Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teleflex Incorporated Agrees to Sell SSI Surgical Services Inc.  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172075&amp;full=1</link><description>LIMERICK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical technology products, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its SSI Surgical Services Inc. (SSI) business to a privately-owned multi-service line healthcare company for approximately $25 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to...</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pyng Medical Corp. Receives European CE Mark for FASTx(TM)  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172149&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;div id"releaseBody"&gt;&lt;p&gt;VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - February  26, 2010) -   Pyng Medical Corp. (TSX VENTURE: &lt;a href"http://www.marketwire.com/mw/stock.jsp?TickerTSXV:PYT"&gt;PYT&lt;/a&gt;) today announced the Company has received European CE Mark regulatory clearance to market its new and improved FASTx&amp;#8482; Sternal Intraosseous Device, in Europe effective immediately.&lt;p&gt;The FASTx...</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manhattan Scientifics, Inc. Acquires Exclusive Rights to Nanomedicine Technology for Early Cancer Detection and Treatment  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172077&amp;full=1</link><description> ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Manhattan Scientifics Inc. (OTCBB: MHTX), a nanomedicine technology transfer and commercialization pioneer, today announced completion of its agreement to acquire all commercial rights to the body of work of nuclear physicist Edward R. Flynn, PhD and his company, Senior Scientific LLC. The breakthrough technology focuses on the emerging field of nanomedicine, with...</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>QualTex Laboratories to Invest $12 Million In Georgia, Create 125 New Jobs  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172107&amp;full=1</link><description>The Govmonitor.com -- Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that QualTex Laboratories, a San Antonio, Texas-based independent blood testing lab, is expanding operations to Norcross. </description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NuVasive, Inc. 4Q Profit Falls on Expenses  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=172072&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --NuVasive, Inc. , a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today financial results for the quarter and for the full year ended December 31, 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NuVasive reported fourth quarter revenue of $106.9 million, a 43.4% increase over the $74.6 million for the fourth...</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HealthTronics' New Facility Means 45 New Jobs for Area  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171935&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TriReme Medical Inc. Receives FDA 510K Clearance for Glider(TM) PTA Balloon Catheter  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171929&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LifeScan, Inc. Recalls Specific Lots of Consumer and Professional OneTouch(R) SureStep(R) Test Strips Due To Inaccurate Readings at High Levels  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171897&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Small Bone Innovations, Inc. Receives US FDA 510(k) Clearance for Mini-Rail Fixation System and Large Cannulated Screw System  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171857&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>VirtualScopics, LLC Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Results; Net Income Achieved in Fourth Quarter  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171889&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stereotaxis, Inc. Reports 16% Revenue Increase in the Fourth Quarter 2009  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171917&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Derma Sciences, Inc. Finalizes Licensing Agreement for Worldwide Rights to MEDIHONEY(R)  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171890&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medtronic, Inc. Sued in Off-label Stents Case  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171785&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Polymed Gets to Sell IV Device in Germany  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171784&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MicroTransponder Raises $10 Million to Begin Clinical Trials of Wireless Neurostimulation for Chronic Pain and Obtain FDA Clearance  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171743&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for D3 Ultra 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Virus ID Kit  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171713&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smith &amp; Nephew Inc. New DYONICS(TM) RF System Enables Surgeons to Quickly and Precisely Remove Soft Tissue Using RF Energy  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171706&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transgenomic, Inc. Licenses IP From IntegraGen, Inc. to Develop Genetic Test for Autism  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171707&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pulmonx, Inc. Raises $32 Million for Launch of Emphysema Products  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171524&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zynex Announces Development of Two New Business Units: Zynex Monitoring Solutions and Zynex NeuroDiagnostic  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171746&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's Pediatric Medical Device 'Idea Campaign' Now Online to Stimulate Early Stage Innovation  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171780&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;b&gt;Hiroshi Uchida&lt;/b&gt; Named President and CEO of Magellan Biosciences, Inc.  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171772&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;CHELMSFORD, Mass., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Magellan Biosciences, Inc., an emerging leader in clinical diagnostics, announced that Hiroshi Uchida, Ph.D., has joined the company as president and chief executive officer. He will also serve as a company director. Dr. Uchida (50) has more than 20 years of leadership experience in the global medical technology and management consulting industries. He...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hansen Medical Loss Wider Than View, Says CFO to Resign  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171711&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>InfraReDx to Showcase LipiScan(TM) Coronary Imaging System for Identification of Lipid Core Plaque at LUMEN 2010  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171810&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- InfraReDx, Inc., an innovative medical device company focused on developing novel diagnostic imaging technologies to accurately identify and characterize diseased intracoronary tissues, today announced that the Company will be exhibiting at LUMEN 2010, the world's premier ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) meeting, to be held February 2...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OrbiMed Launches $550 Million Venture Capital Fund  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171526&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Solta Medical, Inc. to Acquire Aesthera Corp. for up to $6 Million  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171518&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Medtronic, Inc.  Quarterly Profit Up 19 Percent  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171515&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GlaxoSmithKline  to Remove Zinc from Denture Cream  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171541&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Instrumentation Laboratory Company Receives 510(K) Clearance From FDA and Canadian License for HemosIL(R) D-Dimer HS 500 Assay  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171529&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Acacia Research Corp. Subsidiary Acquires Patents for Catheter Insertion Technology  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171519&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>St. Jude Medical Expands Hospital Access to Wireless Fractional Flow Reserve Technology with New Agreement  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171514&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA Lifts Restrictions on Medtronic, Inc.  Defibrillator  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171370&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Life Technologies  Intends to Lay Off 150 Employees  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171390&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FDA Clears Haemonetics Corporation 510(k) to Collect 2RBC from More Female Donors  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171489&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BRAINTREE, Mass., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On January 27, 2010 the FDA cleared the Haemonetics  510(k) for its expanded nomogram to collect two Red Blood Cells on the Cymbal(R) Automated Blood Collection System from female donors who are at least 150 pounds and are 63 inches in height. The Cymbal is a small, portable, battery operated instrument that automates blood collection from...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Memometal Technologies Acquires OrthoGlide Ankle Technology From Advanced Bio-Surfaces, Inc.  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171361&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cardiac Science Corporation Shares Plummet 20 Percent [Wed Market Close] After FDA Warning  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171296&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AMICAS, Inc. Rejects $6.05/Share Bid from Merge Healthcare  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171389&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vycor Medical Inc. Completes Recapitalization and Secures Funding  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171360&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Celsion Corporation's Technology Is the Focus of 6.4 Million EUR 'HIFU-CHEM' Program To Study ThermoDox(R) and MRI-guided HIFU  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171364&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Syneron Medical Ltd. Receives FDA Clearance for Expanded Indications of eMatrix(TM) Sublative Rejuvenation System  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171362&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Varian Medical Systems Awarded a Patent for Improving X-Ray Shielding  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171358&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hologic, Inc. Settles Patent Infringement Suits with Johnson &amp; Johnson Unit  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171367&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pioneer Surgical Technology Confirms Creation of 30 New Jobs in Austin  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171285&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NanoString Technologies Inc. Chairman Scopes Out Diagnostic Future, Considers Bay Area Expansion  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171245&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Medical Device Company PediaWorks Launches in Cleveland, Ohio to Spur Development of Children's Products  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171293&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;b&gt;Micro Imaging Technology&lt;/b&gt; Changes Its Name to Micro Identification Technologies  For Leading Microbial Testing Pioneer, Change Reflects Expanded Technology Offerings  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171249&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micro Imaging Technology, Inc.  today announced that it has changed is company name to Micro Identification Technologies to better reflect the extensive capabilities of its ID technology software. The company currently produces the MIT 1000 Rapid Microbial Identification (ID) System that can identify bacteria in less than five...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Merit Medical Systems, Inc. Reports Record Sales and Earnings for the Year Ended December 31, 2009  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171244&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Masimo Corporation: Published Study Demonstrates Patients with Low Hemoglobin Levels Can be Managed Without Blood Transfusions  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171182&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BoneSupport Hires as Chief Financial Officer  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171222&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Triathlon Medical Ventures, Affinity Capital Management Plan $10 Million Fund Biotech, Medical Device and Other Life-sciences Startups  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171291&amp;full=1</link><description>Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal -- Triathlon Medical Ventures and Affinity Capital Management are launching a $10 million venture fund that will make seed investments in biotech, medical device and other life-sciences startups.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vortek Surgical to Move Indianapolis Business HQ; 60 New Jobs Expected  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171115&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sorin Group S.p.A. Announces U.S. FDA Clearance Of Newest Generation Heart Lung-Machine  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171226&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's Sensible Medical Innovations Opens its First U.S. Location in Columbus, Ohio., New Jobs Expected  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171117&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Isotechnika Pharma Inc. Announces Sale of Isodiagnostika, Inc. to Paladin Labs Inc.  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171081&amp;full=1</link><description>EDMONTON, Feb. 18 /CNW/ - Isotechnika Pharma Inc. today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Isotechnika Labs, has amended its agreement with Paladin Labs Inc. concerning its remaining stake in the revenue stream from the Isodiagnostika business sold to Paladin on June 18, 2009. Under the agreement, Isotechnika Labs was entitled to receive a revenue stream equivalent to 88 percent of the net...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sorin Group S.p.A. Announces U.S. FDA Clearance of Newest Generation Heart Lung-Machine  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171085&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) and Asuragen, Inc. Sign Agreement to Supply RNA Control Kits for Molecular Diagnostic Applications  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171086&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;b&gt;Johns Hopkins Medicine&lt;/b&gt; Acquires Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine PEM Technology for Novel Radiotracer Research  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171077&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CryoLife, Inc. Says Medafor, Inc. Rejects its $2/Share Offer  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171087&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>&lt;b&gt;BetaMED, Inc.&lt;/b&gt; Announces New CEO  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=170989&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spectranetics Corporation Posts Wider Q4 Loss  </title><link>http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=171080&amp;full=1</link><description>&lt;!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --&gt;&lt;script type"text/javascript"&gt;var addthis_pub"bdwyer";&lt;/script&gt;&lt;a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"&gt;&lt;img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>