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1 - Penumbra Announces Worldwide Voluntary Field Removal of the Original Version of 6F Neuron 070 Delivery Catheter

ALAMEDA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 30, 2009 - Penumbra is initiating a voluntary Field Removal of the original version of Neuron 6F 070 Delivery Catheter. For these catheters, Penumbra has received feedback from some users that the catheter could kink or ovalize in certain anatomical...

2 - Idaho Technology Expands Its High Resolution Melting Patent Portfolio

SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Idaho Technology’s patent portfolio continues to grow as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the company U.S. Patent No. 7,582,429 relating to methods of performing genetic analysis in the presence of a double-stranded nucleic acid...

3 - E-18 Corp. Announces Availability of New Investor Fact Sheet

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - E-18 Corp. (OTCBB: ETEN), through its wholly owned subsidiary, SquareOne Medical, Inc., doing business as Protectus Medical Devices ("Protectus Medical Devices"), announces the availability of a new online Investor Fact Sheet. “As part of our stated...

4 - Sonic Innovations Urges You to Wake Up to Hearing Loss

-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - In conjunction with Hearing Aid Awareness Week, Sonic Innovations (www.sonici.com), a Utah-based global hearing aid manufacturer, warns that not being able to hear is more important to your health than you may think. Hearing loss has been linked to depression...

5 - Celera to Webcast Presentation at JMP Securities 2009 Healthcare Conference

ALAMEDA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Celera Corporation (NASDAQ:CRA) announced today that it will webcast its presentation at the JMP Securities 2009 Healthcare conference on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. The live webcast is scheduled to begin at 10:00 am ET. Ugo DeBlasi, Chief Financial...

6 - Cognex Corporation Announces Third Quarter Earnings Release Date and Conference Call

NATICK, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) will release earnings for the third quarter of 2009 on Monday, November 2, 2009 after the market closes and will host a conference call that same day at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. The earnings release and conference...

7 - Biomet, Inc. Announces Fiscal Year 2010 First Quarter Conference Call

WARSAW, Ind.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Biomet, Inc. announced today that in conjunction with its Fiscal 2010 First Quarter release, you are invited to participate in the first quarter conference call on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Individuals wishing to participate in...

8 - Amerinet Economic Solutions Series Focuses on Revenue Cycle Efficiencies

ST. LOUIS-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Amerinet, a leading healthcare group purchasing organization is highlighting strategies to enhance the revenue cycle as part of its continuing Economic Solutions series, an initiative focused on keeping members proactively engaged with current...

9 - Rosetta Genomics to Present at the 2009 Maxim Group Growth Conference

PHILADELPHIA & REHOVOT, Israel-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Rosetta Genomics, Ltd. (NASDAQ:ROSG) a leading developer of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announced that management will present a corporate update at the 2009 Maxim Group Growth Conference today, Tuesday, September...

10 - New Clinical Data Shows AMS’ Minimally Invasive Treatment Options Effective at Restoring Female Pelvic Health

MINNETONKA, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - American Medical Systems® (AMS) (NASDAQ: AMMD), a leading provider of world-class devices and therapies for both male and female pelvic health, today announced the results of three major clinical studies that each point to a high degree of...

11 - Todd Cancer Institute at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital Granted Approval for Proton Therapy Project

LONG BEACH, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The Todd Cancer Institute (TCI) at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC) and Miller Children’s Hospital (MCH) today announced it has been granted approval to proceed with the architecture and engineering for its proton therapy center...

12 - Court Rules in Favor of Bard in Class Action Lawsuit

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - C. R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE: BCR) today announced that the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, has granted Bard's summary judgment motion and dismissed with prejudice all counts in the previously-disclosed class action lawsuit entitled...

13 - “Quality in the Orthopedic Supply Chain”

TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) software solutions, today announced that Nikki Willett, vice president of Marketing & Regulatory Affairs for Pilgrim, will address an...

14 - New Miniature, Portable GE Ultrasound Allows for Rapid Diagnosis, Procedures at Patient’s Bedside

WAUWATOSA, Wis.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - GE is helping to transform the delivery of patient care with Venue™ 40, a miniaturized ultrasound system with advanced touch-screen technology, launched by GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Venue 40 is...

15 - Free Webinar “Optimizing Your Supply Chain Using Leaner Business Practices—Ensuring Greater Supplier Quality”

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - MetricStream, the market leader in Global Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management solutions and SigmaQuest Inc., the leader of On-Demand, scalable solutions for product quality management, are hosting a webinar titled...

16 - Geomagic’s Steve Carnevale Wins 2009 Movers and Shakers Award

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Steve Carnevale, chief financial officer for 3D software company Geomagic, has received a 2009 Movers and Shakers award from Business Leader magazine. The annual award recognizes up-and-coming business leaders in the greater...

17 - Research and Markets: Global EMS Provider Market for the Medical Device Industry - Global EMS Provider Market for the Medical Device Industry Poised for High Growth

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Research and Markets intensify efforts to create new technologies and next generation devices, they are more open to the idea of outsourcing to EMS providers. This has triggered a wave of opportunities, especially in the diagnostic, patient monitoring...

18 - SafeStitch Medical, Inc. Appoints Dr. Chao Chen to Board of Directors

MIAMI-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: SFES) announced today that, on September 24, 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Chao C. Chen, Ph.D. to fill the vacant seat on the Company’s Board. “We are very excited to welcome Dr. Chen, a former...

19 - Impulse Monitoring to Provide Neuromonitoring Support to Vanderbilt University Medical Center

COLUMBIA, Md.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Impulse Monitoring, Inc. (IMI), a leading provider of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) services to hospitals, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, TN...

20 - Metabolomics Used to Discover Biomarkers for Periodontal Disease

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Metabolon, Inc., the leader in metabolomics-driven biomarker discovery and analysis, today announced a new study has been published identifying biomarkers for periodontitis and gingivitis. Co-authored by scientists at...

21 - ImThera Medical to Begin European Clinical Trials in Belgium

SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - ImThera Medical, Inc. has received Ethics Committee clearance to begin human clinical trials in Belgium. The trials will include ImThera’s Targeted Hypoglossal Neurostimulation (THN) Sleep Therapy to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Along with the...

22 - Luminex Corporation Hosts Seventh Annual Planet xMAP Europe

Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), the worldwide leader in multiplexed solutions, today announced that it will host Planet xMAP Europe 2009, its annual European multiplexing technology symposium, October 7-8, 2009, at Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. The program for Planet xMAP Europe 2009...

23 - ZYNEX: Expiration of Warrants and Options

LITTLETON, Colo.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Zynex, Inc. (OTCBB:ZYXI), a provider of pain management systems and electrotherapy products for medical patients with functional disability, announces that warrants and options to purchase more than 1.5 million shares of the Company's common...

24 - Bio Japan 2009: The Biggest Biotechnology Event in Japan.

YOKOHAMA, Japan-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - We would like to thank you sincerely for your understanding and ongoing cooperation for BioJapn. With your wholehearted support, BioJapan has been progressing successfully in both its contents and scale every year. This year, we are aiming to...

25 - The Cleveland Clinic Recognizes AxioMed Spine Corporation

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - At the 6th Annual Cleveland Clinic Innovator Awards dinner, AxioMed Spine Corporation (www.axiomed.com) was awarded the Ferchill Partner Award for the company’s medical innovation and economic impact on the community. The Cleveland Clinic...

26 - Innovex and Healthcare at Home Announce Joint Venture

BRACKNELL, UK & BURTON-UPON-TRENT, UK-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Innovex, a Quintiles company, and Healthcare at Home today announced that they have agreed to form an innovative healthcare joint venture in Europe, named Healthcare at Home Europe. Healthcare at Home Europe, a separate...

27 - Research and Markets: The Medical Device Market: Austria - Now Available

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Research and Markets was spent on pharmaceutical products and medical durables and non-durables. Imports account for a large percentage of the market, and increased by 14.9% in 2008, amounting to US$1.8 billion. The CAGR in the period between 2004 and...

28 - SFC Fluidics, LLC Receives Funding from US Army for Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnostic Device

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - SFC Fluidics, LLC recently announced it has received a contract for approximately $5 million from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program for development of a handheld device for rapid diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI...

29 - Response Genetics Inc. Announces Nationwide Launch of New Gastric Cancer Diagnostic Test to Help Physicians Tailor Therapy for Patients

LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX), a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, announced today the availability of its ResponseDX: Gastric™ genetic test panel, a proprietary PCR-based diagnostic...

30 - Research and Markets: The Medical Device Market: South Korea - Now Available

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Research and Markets Medison Prosonic/Siemens Royal Medical S M Medical Co Sam Yang Sometech GE Medical Systems For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0a674b/the_medical_device Source: Espicom Business Intelligence Ltd

31 - TruTouch Technologies Names Dr. Richard D. Gill as President and Chief Executive Officer

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - TruTouch Technologies, a pioneer in non-invasive intoxication measurement systems, today named longtime industry executive Dr. Richard D. Gill as President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Gill joins TruTouch after nearly 30 years of strategic...

32 - BSD Medical Corporation Sells Hyperthermia System to University of California, San Francisco Medical Center

SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) (www.BSDMedical.com) announced today that the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) has acquired a BSD-500 Hyperthermia System (BSD-500). UCSF is a world leader in hyperthermia and...

33 - Synovis Life Technologies Announces Share Repurchase Program

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNO), a leading biomaterial and surgical products company, today announced that its board of directors has approved a program for the company to repurchase up to 500,000 shares of its common stock. Synovis...

34 - iPosture Announces Golf-Pro Posture Device for Golfers

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Memphis-based neurologist Moacir Schnapp, M.D., creator of the iPosture, today announced the launch of his posture improvement device for golfers – the iPosture Golf-Pro. The small device was created to help golfers improve their posture during...

35 - Vivakor Announces Former General Electric Healthcare Division Executive Joins Its Board of Directors

CORALVILLE, Iowa-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Vivakor, Inc. (OTCBB: VIVK) today announced that John Gryga, former executive with General Electric’s Healthcare division and former Director of Operations for RadNet, has joined Vivakor’s Board of Directors. At RadNet, Mr. Gryga was...

36 - OSI Systems Receives Follow-on Contract from Major U.S. Regional Hospital for Approximately $2 Million

HAWTHORNE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIS), a vertically integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the Security and Healthcare industries, today announced that its Healthcare division, Spacelabs Healthcare, has...

37 - Pioneering New Jersey Hospital Selects JAOtech For Second Generation Patient Bedside Terminal Roll-out

TRUMBULL, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Holy Name hospital of Teaneck, New Jersey has selected JAOtech Smart Terminals for its second generation bedside entertainment and communication system. Holy Name hospital is one of the US pioneers of patient bedside all-in-one computers, and...

38 - Spectranetics Submits 510(k) Application to Food and Drug Administration Seeking Clearance for the Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis in the Legs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq: SPNC) today announced that it has filed a 510(k) application with the Food and Drug Administration seeking clearance for the treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) in the legs with its commercially...

39 - PPD Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release, Webcast and Conference Call

WILMINGTON, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) will release its third quarter 2009 financial results on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, after the market closes. The earnings release will be available on the PPD Web site at http://www.ppdi.com, FirstCall and Business...

40 - Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, ProCure to Develop Proton Therapy Center

SEATTLE & BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The development of a proton therapy center in the Pacific Northwest has taken a significant step forward with the signing of a letter of intent between the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and ProCure Treatment Centers Inc...

41 - Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Announces Investigation On Behalf of Shareholders of Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.

BENSALEM, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. (“Aspect Medical” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:ASPM), related to the Company’s agreement to be...

42 - Inc. Magazine Names InVivo Therapeutics CEO Frank Reynolds one of ‘America’s Most Innovative Entrepreneurs’

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Frank Reynolds, InVivo Therapeutics President and CEO, has been identified as one of ‘‘America’s most innovative entrepreneurs’ in the October 2009 issue of Inc. Magazine. In the article entitled “The New and Improved You,” Inc...

43 - Flexible Stenting Solutions, Inc. Receives Conditional IDE Approval for FlexStent® Femoropopliteal Self Expanding Stent System

EATONTOWN, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Flexible Stenting Solutions Inc. (“FSS”), a leading developer of next generation peripheral arterial and biliary stents, announced today that it has received Conditional Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval for its FlexStent...

44 - Positron Exhibits at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Annual Conference to Promote Their Cardiac Optimized Pet Scanner

INDIANAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC) a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, will attend the 14th Annual American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota October 1-4, 2009 to showcase...

45 - Research and Markets: Innovations in Medical Imaging: Technological Advances, Growth Opportunities and Future Market Outlook

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Research and Markets could revolutionize the way medical imaging modalities are used in the future for diagnosis, treatment and maintenance therapy. Advances in medical imaging software, molecular imaging and new imaging agents will expand the use of...

46 - Top Bioscience Industry Leaders H. Tom Watkins and Tony Zook to Address Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference

WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - H. Tom Watkins, president, CEO and director of Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGS) and Chair of The Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board, and Tony Zook, AstraZeneca’s North America CEO and MedImmune’s President, will address the 2009 Mid-Atlantic...

47 - Medtronic Continues Membership in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good Index

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Recognizing its leadership in meeting the needs of economic, environmental, and social stakeholders, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) has been named a member company in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America and the FTSE4Good Index...

48 - Choice Logistics EVP to Chair Mission-Critical Service Parts Panel at Strategic Services Management Conference in Amsterdam

NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Choice Logistics, the global specialist in outsourced mission-critical service parts logistics services, will lend its expertise and insight to a panel at the 2009 Strategic Service Management Conference, Oct. 28-29, in Amsterdam. Paul Malamet, executive...

49 - Research and Markets: Canada Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market Analysis and Forecasts Through to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData 's new report "Canada Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015" to their offering. This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating...

50 - Research and Markets: Cardiovascular Imaging 1st Edition Is Intended For Use by Clinical Cardiologists, Cardiologists in Training, Radiologists and Nuclear Physicians

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Cardiovascular Imaging, 1st Edition" report to their offering. In Cardiovascular Imaging the authors deal systematically with the main imaging techniques available to clinical cardiologists: nuclear...

51 - Research and Markets: Medical Equipment Industry Deals Analysis 2009 Provides Information on M&A, Equity/Debt Offerings, Private Equity, Venture Financing and Partnership Transactions

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Medical Equipment Industry Deals Analysis 2009" to their offering. Medical Equipment Industry Deals Analysis - September 2009 Summary GlobalData's "Medical Equipment Industry Deals...

52 - Biomagnetics Diagnostics Receives a Financing Commitment up to $1 Million to Speed Development of Malaria Testing Technology

GENEVA-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., (PINK SHEETS:BMGP) a producer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis testing today announced it has received a equity-based financing commitment up to $1 million...

53 - BioForward Announces Moderator, Panelists for Summit’s Final Plenary Session

MADISON, Wis.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - BioForward, the member-driven state association that is the voice of Wisconsin’s biotechnology industry, today announced moderator and panel participants for the closing plenary of the Biotechnology Vision Summit. The organization’s new...

54 - Arrival of 220-Ton Cyclotron Marks a Major Milestone in Construction of Illinois’ First Proton Therapy Center

WARRENVILLE, Ill.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - A 220-ton cyclotron, the core of what will soon be Illinois’ most advanced radiation treatment center, has ended a 5,000-mile journey that began in Belgium, arriving at the construction site of the CDH Proton Therapy Center, a ProCure...

55 - CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT) Discloses Successful Results of Acute In Vivo Study of Its Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI) System

WINCHESTER, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Transcatheter heart valve company CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT), which is developing the world’s first self-conforming and self-anchoring technology for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI), announced today that successful results...

56 - IsoRay Announces Cornell Medical Center Adopts Cesium-131 to Treat Head and Neck Cancer

RICHLAND, Wash.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - IsoRay, Inc. (Amex: ISR) announced today that on August 5, 2009, Dr. Bhupesh Parashar from the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. David Kutler of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, and Dr. Jason Spector of the Department of Plastic...

57 - EARLY Act Congressional Event Highlights Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Testing for breast cancer risk was the subject of remarks by two featured speakers at a recent congressional reception on Capitol Hill. The event generated momentum to pass the EARLY Act and raise awareness about breast cancer in young adult women...

58 - Excelsior Medical Launches SwabCap to Disinfect Catheter Luer Access Valves

NEPTUNE, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Excelsior Medical, one of the leading manufacturers of pre-filled catheter flush syringes and syringe pump systems, announced that it has launched a major new product: the SwabCap™ Luer Access Valve Disinfection Cap. SwabCap™ is a simple...

59 - TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces New Complex Proteomics Standard at HUPO 8th Annual World Congress

TORONTO-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the new Agilent Complex Proteomics Standard, created to help researchers with protein biomarker discovery by validating mass-spectrometry-based workflows for protein identification. It is the most...

60 - PerkinElmer’s Exclusive Hyphenated Scientific Instrumentation Allows Simultaneous Testing for the Drug and Plastic Industries

SHELTON, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, has emerged as a leader in hyphenated scientific instrumentation with the launch of its exclusive Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)-Raman...

61 - ProUroCare Medical Announces Offering of Replacement Warrants in Exchange for Early Exercise of Outstanding Warrants

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - ProUroCare Medical Inc. (OTCBB: PUMD) (OTCBB: PUMDU) (OTCBB: PUMDW) today announced that it has commenced a tender offer to holders of certain outstanding warrants to provide additional consideration for the exercise of such warrants. The warrants...

62 - SunTech 247 Blood Pressure Monitor Receives Third-Party Validation to AAMI, BHS, and ESH Standards

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - SunTech Medical announces the independent validation of the SunTech 247™ blood pressure monitor to appear in the October issue of Blood Pressure Monitoring. The independent evaluation was conducted by Dr. Hernan Polo Friz, Dr. Roberto Sega and...

63 - Selcia Launches New Discovery Division with Powerful Fragment Screening Platform and Unveil Company Re-brand

ONGAR, Essex, UK-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Selcia Ltd, a worldwide industry leading C-14 custom radiolabelling provider and drug discovery company this week launched their new Fragment Screening Platform and unveiled their new brand as part of ambitious international expansion plans...

64 - Correlagen Announces Acquisition of System from Helicos BioSciences

WALTHAM, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Correlagen Diagnostics Inc., a leading provider of genetic testing for disease diagnosis, today announced the acquisition of a system from and a scientific collaboration with Helicos BioSciences Corporation (NASDAQ: HLCS). “We believe that the...

65 - Covidien Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.

DUBLIN, Ireland & NORWOOD, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Covidien (NYSE: COV) and Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASPM) today announced that Covidien has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Aspect, a global market leader in brain monitoring technology. The Boards of...

66 - Research and Markets: Spain Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Report: Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Spain Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015" to their offering. Spain Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015...

67 - MedPro Safety Products Begins Exclusive Relationship with Advanced MedTech

LEXINGTON, Ky.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - MedPro Safety Products, Inc. (OTCBB: MPSP), a pioneer in the development and marketing of passive needlestick injury prevention technology, entered into an exclusive agreement with Advanced MedTech (AMT). AMT is wholly owned by Hooman Asbgahi...

68 - Thommen Medical Announces Chairside Implant Conditioning – North American Premiere at the 2009 AAOMS Meeting in Toronto, Canada

CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Thommen Medical, a leading Swiss company in the area of the oral implantology, will officially launch the latest products in the evolution of implant surface technology, APLIQUIQ and INICELL, at the 2009 AAOMS Meeting in Toronto, Canada. APLIQUIQ and...

69 - Initial Clinical Results for New Omnisure™ Sling Released at the AUGS Annual Meeting

RAYNHAM, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Mpathy Medical, a rapidly growing medical device company which has developed and brought to market a range of less invasive surgical solutions used to restore pelvic health to women, released the initial clinical results for its newest product...

70 - Accelr8 and Becton Dickinson Conclude Technical Development Project

DENVER-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Accelr8 Technology Corporation (NYSE Amex: AXK) announced today that it has concluded a technical development project with Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BD”) (NYSE: BDX). Accelr8’s technology met formal testing requirements for identification of...

71 - Alliance HealthCare Services to Present at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ), a leading national provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy services, announced that Paul S. Viviano, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to...

72 - Positron Anticipates Cardiac PET Demand to Increase Due to Expanding Reimbursment Differential Between PET and SPECT Imaging

INDIANAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC) a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, predicts a significant rise in demand for Cardiac PET in 2010 with a proposed cut in SPECT reimbursement of 46% and an increase in PET...

73 - Company Profile for Focused Health Solutions

-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Focused Health Solutions is a leading national provider of customized population health management services. Founded in 1999, the Deerfield, IL based company boasts a senior management team with over 100 years of collective experience in the health care industry...

74 - FDA Announces Preliminary Results of Procedural Review of Menaflex

For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-493-1027 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday released preliminary results of a review of its internal procedures surrounding the review of ReGen Biologics’ (OTC: RGBO) Menaflex™ collagen meniscus implant for use in the...

75 - Covidien Announces Dividend Increase of 12.5%

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Covidien plc (NYSE: COV) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a 12.5% increase in the quarterly dividend rate, from $0.16 per ordinary share to $0.18 per ordinary share. “Given our good operational performance thus far in 2009, our...

76 - Diabetes Foot Specialists Say Cost-Effective Wound Therapy Underused Due to Healthcare Reimbursement Incentives

-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - WHAT: Every 30 seconds, across the globe an individual loses a limb due to poor diabetes management. In the U.S., diabetes affects nearly 24 million people. When poorly controlled, diabetes results in nerve damage and poor circulation to the legs and feet...

77 - Research and Markets: Taiwan Wound Care Management Report: Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Research and Markets In Taiwan 12 Ostomy Drainage Bags In Taiwan 13 Pressure Relief Devices In Taiwan 14 Traditional Wound Management In Taiwan 15 Wound Closure Devices In Taiwan 16 Overview of Key Companies in Taiwan Wound Care Management Market 17...

78 - Research and Markets: Asia-Pacific Wound Care Management Report: Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Research and Markets Ltd. Winner Medical Group Inc. Shanghai Yinjing Medical Supplies Co., Ltd. HBM Piaoan Medical Dressing. Inc Shaoxing GANGFENG Hospital Products Co., Ltd. Ningbo JUMBO Medical Instruments Co,Ltd For more information visit...

79 - AED Plus Save of 16-Year-Old Football Player in Minnesota Underscores the Importance of Having AEDs in Schools and at Sports Events

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, and the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation today are jointly issuing a reminder in conjunction with SCA Awareness Month in...

80 - Reverse Medical Corporation Receives FDA IDE Clinical Study Approval for the ReStoreTM Microcatheter

IRVINE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Reverse Medical Corporation announced today that it has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conditional approval to begin a neurothrombectomy IDE study for its ReStore™ Microcatheter at twenty US centers. The study is planned to...

81 - NEVO™ Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent Associated with Significantly Less Chest Pain at Six Months Than Taxus® Liberte® Stent

SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - At six months, patients receiving the NEVO™ Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent reported significantly less chest pain (also known as angina) than those receiving the Taxus® Liberte® Stent. Patients also reported improvements in their overall...

82 - Tryton Medical, Inc. Broadcasts Successful Live Case Using Company’s Side-Branch Stent™ to Definitively Treat Bifurcation Lesions at TCT 2009

DURHAM, N.C. & SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Tryton Medical, Inc., the leading developer of stents designed to definitively treat bifurcation lesions, announced today the transmission of a live satellite feed of a clinical case performed in the United Kingdom to an...

83 - Synergetics USA, Inc. Announces Stay of Alcon Patent and Trademark Infringement Lawsuit

O’FALLON, Mo.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Synergetics USA, Inc. (NASDAQ: SURG), a leading medical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative microsurgical instruments and other devices, today announced that the lawsuit filed by Alcon Research, Ltd. against the...

84 - EnteroMedics Appoints Dan Cohen as Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Health Policy

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - EnteroMedics Inc. (NASDAQ: ETRM), the developer of medical devices using neuroblocking technology to treat obesity and other gastrointestinal disorders, today announced that Dan Cohen has joined the Company as Senior Vice President for...

85 - pSivida Corp. Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2009

WATERTOWN, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ: PSDV) (ASX: PVA) (FF: PV3), a drug delivery company with two of the only three ophthalmic sustained release delivery products approved by the FDA for treatment of back of the eye diseases, today announced financial...

86 - California Physician Organization Top Performers and Most Improved Honored by Integrated Healthcare Association

OAKLAND, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - In the midst of a national debate about the future of health care in America, the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) today announced the physician organizations that achieved overall performance in the top 20% in 2008 based on the statewide...

87 - Research and Markets: South and Central America Wound Care Management Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Research and Markets and pressure relief devices. Total revenues, products sold and end users. Market shares of all the key competitors. Key pipeline products that are set to shape the market, broken down by sector. Information on the top medical...

88 - GE Centricity EMR Helps Power Community Health Network’s Latest Innovation

BARRINGTON, Ill.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, is providing digital medical record technology for the Jane Pauley Community Health Center (Indianapolis). The center, which opened Wednesday, is a unique collaboration...

89 - Research and Markets: Design, Execution, and Management of Medical Device Clinical Trials - An Essential Introduction To Conducting The Various Stages Of Medical Device Clinical Trials

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Research and Markets and Biostatistics in Clinical Research. 6 Final Clinical Study Report. 7 Medical Device Regulations, Combination Product, Study Committees, and FDA-Sponsor Meetings. 8 Design Issues in Medical Devices Studies. 9 Investigator-Initiated...

90 - Boston Scientific Founder John Abele Joins Nanobiosym Global Advisory Board

BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Nanobiosym® today announced that John Abele, Cofounder and former Co-Chairman of the multibillion-dollar global medical device company, Boston Scientific, has joined the Nanobiosym Global Advisory Board. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Abele led the...

91 - Code Corporation’s CR2500 Shown on CBS News

BLUFFDALE, Utah-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Code Corporation, an industry leader in the design and manufacturing of image-based bar code readers, was recently shown on CBS Sunday Morning News as part of a story on the government’s initiative to computerize medical records. In a 2009...

92 - Dr. Danny Bluestein Joins MicroMed Science Advisory Board

HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - On Sept. 24, MicroMed Cardiovascular (www.micromedcv.com) announced that Danny Bluestein, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering at SUNY-Stony Brook, has joined the Science Advisory Board (SAB) to provide industry expertise and guidance for the HeartAssist 5...

93 - Research and Markets: In 2009, the Slovak Market for Medical Equipment and Supplies is Estimated at US$455 Million, or US$83 Per Capita

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Medical Device Market: Slovakia" report to their offering. The Slovak Republic is geographically well-placed in central Europe, bordering the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary and...

94 - IsoRay Inc. Announces Fiscal Year 2009 Results

RICHLAND, Wash.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - IsoRay Inc. (AMEX:ISR), a medical isotope company focused on the treatment of lung cancer, head and neck tumors, prostate cancer and other malignant disease through use of its proprietary radioisotope technology, announces today its financial...

95 - BSD Medical Corporation Files $50 Million Shelf Registration

SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:BSDM) (www.BSDMedical.com) today announced the filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The shelf registration statement, when declared effective by the...

96 - Acacia Subsidiary Enters into License Agreement with Covidien PLC

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG) announced today that its Thermal Scalpel LLC subsidiary has entered into a license agreement with Covidien PLC, Covidien Ltd. and Tyco Healthcare Group LP covering certain patents relating to...

97 - Research and Markets: Who's Developing What in Cardiovascular Devices? - Who's Best Placed to Survive the Credit Crunch?

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Who's Developing What in Cardiovascular Devices?" report to their offering. The recession has caused many companies to reconsider their corporate strategy and research outlook. With the financial...

98 - Life Technologies Initiates Suit Against Illumina Alleging Patent Infringement

SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq:ILMN) today announced that it has been served with a complaint filed on September 21, 2009 in the U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware naming Illumina as a defendant. The complaint names as plaintiffs Life Technologies...

99 - Cambridge Heart Announces New Research and Development Initiative

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Cambridge Heart, Inc. (OTCBB-CAMH) announced today that it intends to pursue research and development efforts on a new application derived from its core Microvolt T-Wave Alternans (MTWA) technology. The Company has gathered data, which although...

100 - E-18 Corp. Completes Milestone US Patent Filing for Protectus Safety Dental Syringe

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - E-18 Corp. (OTCBB: ETEN), through its wholly owned subsidiary, SquareOne Medical, Inc., doing business as Protectus Medical Devices ("Protectus Medical Devices"), today announces completion of the US patent filing for the Protectus Safety Dental...

101 - FAME Trial Two-Year Follow-Up Results Demonstrate Continued Reduction in Risk of Death or Heart Attack When Physicians Use St. Jude Medical Fractional Flow Reserve Technology Prior to Implanting Coronary Stents

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced that the two-year results from the landmark FAME (Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) vs. Angiography in Multivessel Evaluation) trial demonstrated the durability of the improved outcomes noted at...

102 - PsoriasisDX and HairDX To Present “Pharmacogenomics In Dermatology And Cosmetics” During EADV Congress

BERLIN & IRVINE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - A symposium about “Pharmacogenomics In Dermatology And Cosmetics” will be presented on Thursday, October 8 to coincide with the 18th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress. It will be held at the...

103 - BioPharm America™ 2009 in San Francisco Sets New Benchmark for Partnering Productivity in the US

CARLSBAD, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Over 700 leaders from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry gathered last week for the 2nd annual BioPharm America™ partnering conference, which saw delegates from 665 companies engage in 1579 one-to-one partnering...

104 - Cook Medical’s Advanced NavAlign™ Delivery System for IVC Filters Adds Procedural Speed, Control and Accuracy

SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Physicians can now navigate even the most tortuous anatomy with greater speed and safety with the next-generation inferior vena cava (IVC) filter delivery system introduced today by Cook Medical at TCT 2009. The release of the NavAlign™ delivery...

105 - Elron Announces Changes Regarding Annual General Meeting on September 24, 2009 Due to Announcement by NetVision

TEL AVIV, Israel-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ:ELRN) (TASE:ELRN) today announced that further to Elron's previous announcement on August 26, 2009, regarding its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of shareholders in which shareholders will be asked, among...

106 - Research and Markets: The Medical Device Market: Peru

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Medical Device Market: Peru" report to their offering. With an estimated population of just over 29 million in 2009, Peru is the fourth largest country in South America, behind Brazil, Colombia...

107 - Cook Incorporated Wins Patent Infringement Appeal Filed By Edwards Lifesciences

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today affirmed the previous ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that Cook Incorporated does not infringe on Edwards’ patents for...

108 - ImThera Medical Completes Development of Targeted Hypoglossal Neurostimulation Treatment for OSA

SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - ImThera Medical, Inc. announced today that it has completed development of its Targeted Hypoglossal Neurostimulation (THN) system for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). More than 800,000 patients in the US are annually diagnosed with OSA. While Continuous...

109 - Scantibodies Goes Live with Document & Training Management Solutions from Pilgrim Software

TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) software solutions, today announced that Scantibodies Laboratory, a California-based medical device diagnostics company, has gone live with...

110 - MicroDose Therapeutx Announces Initiation of Phase 1 Study with Inhaled Atropine as Antidote to Combat Effects of Nerve Agent Poisoning

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - MicroDose Therapeutx Inc. (formerly MicroDose Technologies) today announced that it has initiated a Phase I study at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with atropine sulfate delivered from the MicroDose proprietary dry powder...

111 - Two Top Heart Surgeons Join Endovalve, Inc., Scientific Advisory Board

PRINCETON, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Endovalve, Inc., a cardiovascular device company developing the first valve-replacement system to treat mitral regurgitation, has added two top heart surgeons to its scientific advisory board (SAB), bringing the number of board members to seven...

112 - MSGI Announces First Nanobeak Product -- Handheld Bloodless Diabetes Test

NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - MSGI Security Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: MSGI) today reported that the Company is launching its first product derived from NASA technology, a handheld test for Diabetes, which uses breath instead of blood. Nanobeak Inc., an MSGI subsidiary, is a...

113 - Positron Sees Global Growth in Nuclear Cardiology and Announces Pulse CDCC® Sale to Pakistan Institute

INDIANAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC) a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, announces the sale of a Pulse CDCC® camera to CPE Institute Of Cardiology in Multan, Pakistan. The Pulse CDCC®, a compact digital cardiac...

114 - KIKA Clinical Solutions Announces Veracity™ 3.7, New Version of Advanced EDC Solution for Clinical Trial Management

BOSTON & PARIS-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - KIKA Clinical Solutions, the leading provider of advanced EDC solutions for clinical trials, continues leading the industry in providing solutions that go well beyond traditional EDC with the release of Veracity™ 3.7. Veracity™ is a...

115 - U.K. NICE Updates Clinical Guidelines to Support Use of Essure®

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Conceptus, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTS), developer of the Essure procedure, the first proven non-incisional permanent birth control method available, today announced that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the...

116 - Abiomed Reports Results from Academic Medical Center’s Three-Year Follow-up of MACH II Trial

DANVERS, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Abiomed Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced new clinical data from Academic Medical Center’s (AMC) three-year follow-up results from patients in the Impella 2.5 arm of the MACH II...

117 - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreements for RFID Asset Management and Tracking Solutions

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements have taken effect in a new radio frequency identification (RFID) asset management and tracking solution category. The agreements have been awarded to AeroScout Inc. of Redwood City...

118 - AMS Wins NHS Contract to Supply Women's Incontinence Treatment Devices in the UK

MINNETONKA, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - American Medical Systems (AMS) (NASDAQ: AMMD), a leading provider of world-class devices and therapies for both male and female pelvic health, announced today that it has been included as part of a multiple-awardees contract by National...

119 - Advanced BioHealing Outlines Strategic Growth Plan

WESTPORT, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Advanced BioHealing, Inc. (ABH), a leader in commercializing the promise of regenerative medicine, announced a strategic growth plan designed to continue the transformation of this former start-up into the leading international regenerative...

120 - Research and Markets: Brazil Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Report: Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Brazil Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015" to their offering. This report is an essential source for in-depth information and data relating to...

121 - Research and Markets: This Essential UK Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 Report is Now Available

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Research and Markets Ltd Penlon Limited Pennine Healthcare Limited Profile Respiratory Systems Ltd Response Medical Equipment Limited Smiths Group plc Smiths Medical Thames Medical Vitalograph Ltd. White Medical For more information visit...

122 - Aspect Magnet Technologies and Bruker BioSpin Establish a Collaborative Effort in Developing 1 Tesla Desktop MRI Solutions for New Preclinical MRI Applications

BEN SHEMEN, Israel & ETTLINGEN, Germany-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - At the 2009 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Montreal, Aspect Magnet Technologies and Bruker BioSpin, a division of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of...

123 - Philips and Bruker BioSpin Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Bring New Imaging Technology to the Preclinical Market

MONTREAL-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - At the 2009 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) in Montreal, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and Bruker BioSpin, a division of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding...

124 - Philips and Celsion Advance Development of ThermoDox® and MR-Guided HIFU

ANDOVER, Mass. & COLUMBIA, Md.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) and Celsion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLSN) today announced that their joint research program to evaluate ThermoDox® in combination with MR-HIFU (Magnetic Resonance guided High...

125 - Elixir Medical Corporation Announces Positive First-In-Man Results for Three Drug Eluting Coronary Stent Systems with Durable and Bioabsorbable Polymers

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Elixir Medical Corporation, a developer of products that combine state-of-the-art medical devices with advanced pharmaceuticals, announced today positive results from three multicenter first-in-man studies of NovolimusTM...

126 - Humedica’s Next-Generation Clinical Informatics Platform Offers Unparalleled Insight across the Health Care Continuum

BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Humedica, a next-generation health care informatics company, today announced the company’s official launch, along with the previous completion of its $30 million round of venture capital and the roll-out of its ground-breaking clinical analytics...

127 - Research and Markets: Germany Diagnostic Imaging Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Research and Markets , partnerships, venture capital and private equity investments. Qualitative analysis of market drivers, market limiters regulatory issues and future outlook. Reasons to buy Understand what the new growth opportunities are within the...

128 - GE Healthcare Launches Global Initiative to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Digital Mammography

BUC, France-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - In addition to being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this October is the tenth anniversary of digital mammography, a technology introduced by GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) in 1999. Similar to digital photography, digital mammography replaces the film used in...

129 - Research and Markets: This Essential Spain Medical Equipment Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2015 Report is Now Available

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Research and Markets , partnerships, venture capital and private equity investments. Qualitative analysis of market drivers, market limiters regulatory issues and future outlook. Reasons to buy Understand what the new growth opportunities are within...

130 - Toshiba Introduces Its Next Generation CV-3D for Infinix Cardiovascular X-ray Systems

SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - To improve the ability of physicians to provide superior patient care during interventional procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced its Next Generation CV-3DTM workstation and software package available on the InfinixTM-i...

131 - KARL STORZ Awarded LEED® Silver Certification from U.S. Green Building Council

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., a leader in diagnostic and operative minimally invasive endoscopic technology, is proud to announce that it has been awarded LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification from...

132 - Research and Markets: North America Wound Care Management Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Research and Markets and pressure relief devices. Total revenues, products sold and end users. Market shares of all the key competitors. Key pipeline products that are set to shape the market, broken down by sector. Information on the top medical...

133 - Bruker Corporation Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering

BILLERICA, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced the pricing of an underwritten secondary offering of 13,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $9.85 per share. The offering by the two selling stockholders, members of the...

134 - Transoma Medical Enrolls First Patient in Clinical Study Comparing Use of External Recorders with Implantable Monitors to Track Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Transoma Medical, Inc., manufacturer of Sleuth AT™, the only wireless, automated implantable cardiac monitoring system with programmable and frequent electrocardiogram (ECG) sampling, announced today the first enrollment and implant in the...

135 - Valpey Fisher Appoints New President and CEO

HOPKINTON, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Valpey-Fisher Corporation (NASDAQ: VPF), a leader in low noise timing solutions, announced today the appointment of Michael Ferrantino, Jr. as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company upon the retirement of Michael...

136 - Top 20 Pharma Firms to Hunt for Deals at BIO-Europe 2009

ZURICH & VIENNA-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - In order to seek out new partnering opportunities, the top 20 big pharma companies will be in attendance on November 2–4 in Vienna, Austria for BIO-Europe 2009, the largest dedicated partnering conference in Europe. Teams of scouts from...

137 - INVO Bioscience Announces Upcoming Conferences and Training Workshops

BEVERLY, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - INVO Bioscience, Inc. (OTC BB: IVOB), a medical device company focused on treatment options for patients diagnosed with infertility, announced that INVO Bioscience will be attending the 9th Annual Colombia Congress of International Fertility and...

138 - Applied Spine Technologies Announces New Corporate Headquarters

ROCKY HILL, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Applied Spine Technologies Inc. (www.appliedspine.com), a medical device company focused on motion preservation of the lumbar spine, announced today their plans to relocate the company to Rocky Hill, Connecticut and close their New Haven office...

139 - MagForce Nanotechnologies Completes Patient Recruitment for Pivotal Glioblastoma Study

BERLIN-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - MagForce Nanotechnologies AG (FWB:MF6) has successfully completed patient recruitment for its study on recurrent glioblastoma, which is of critical importance for demonstrating the efficacy of its proprietary Nano-Cancer® therapy. The results of this...

140 - Genetic Hair Loss Test Now Introduced In Australia Through HairDX Distribution Agreement With Advanced Hair Studio

IRVINE, Calif. & EAST MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Men and women in Australia now have access to genetic tests for predicting the risk of male or female hair loss thanks to a distribution agreement announced today by pharmacogenomics research and...

141 - Stentys Discloses Results for World’s First Clinical Study to Treat Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) with a Self-Expanding Stent

PRINCETON, N.J. & PARIS-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today the results on 20 patients participating in the Company’s ‘APPOSITION I’ clinical study—the world’s first to treat patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) via a...

142 - Raydiance Smart LightTM Technology to Power Norman Noble’s Noble UltraLightTM

PETALUMA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Raydiance Corporation, developer of the world’s first commercial-grade ultrafast laser, announced today that its Smart LightTM ultrafast platform will provide the core technology for an advanced laser machining process, Noble UltraLightTM, to...

143 - Cardiovascular Systems Reports Two-Year Data Showing Durable Outcomes in Patients Treated with Diamondback 360° Pad System

ST. PAUL, Minn. & SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Two-year follow-up of patients in the first-ever prospective, multi-center clinical trial evaluating a plaque removal product show promising results after treatment with the Diamondback 360® PAD System, a minimally invasive...

144 - New Clinical Data on Medtronic Transcatheter Heart Valves Featured in More Than 25 Presentations at TCT 2009

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - With the promise of percutaneous treatments for patients with diseased heart valves growing, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), announced today that more presentations than ever before – at least 25 – on the company’s portfolio of unique transcatheter...

145 - Cambridge Heart to Exhibit, Sponsor SCA Prevention Talk at MedAxiom Conference on September 24, 2009

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Cambridge Heart, Inc. (OTCBB-CAMH) will exhibit its HearTwave II system and sponsor a medical education talk on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) prevention at the Fall 2009 MedAxiom Conference. The conference will be held from September 23 to 25 in...

146 - Research and Markets: European Patient Monitoring Market Outlook 2009 Reveals the Untapped Patient Monitoring Solutions Market in Europe Holds Promising Opportunities

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Research and Markets . An estimated 15 per cent to 22 per cent of men and 12 per cent to 20 per cent of women suffer from chronic airway obstruction. In the last decade, COPD increased by 30 per cent in women. Clinical Information Systems, Coupled with...

147 - Total Artificial Heart Manufacturer SynCardia Announces Exclusive Licensing Agreement for AorTech Polymer Heart Valve

TUCSON, Ariz.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - On Sept. 22, SynCardia Systems, Inc. (www.syncardia.com), manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart, announced an exclusive technology licensing agreement with AorTech International plc (AIM: AOR). This agreement...

148 - Vetter, a Leading International Provider of Aseptically Pre-filled Injection Systems, Opens Technologically Advanced Service Facility in the U.S., Strengthening Commitment to North American Market

RAVENSBURG, Germany-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - One of the world’s leading providers of aseptically pre-filled injection systems, Vetter will open Vetter Development Service (VDS), a technologically advanced customer service facility located in Chicago, allowing the company to provide...

149 - IFS North America Wins Best of Trade Show Recognition in Medical Device Manufacturing Exposition

ITASCA, Ill. & BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - IFS, the global enterprise applications company, and BestofTradeShow.com announced today IFS North America has won the "Best of Trade Show" Award at Medical Design and Manufacturing Midwest, part of the exposition formerly known as...

150 - Community Hospital South Goes Live with GE Healthcare’s Centricity Enterprise Electronic Medical Record System

BARRINGTON, Ill.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, announced Community Hospital South (Indianapolis) is now live with GE Centricity™ Enterprise 6.1 and Monitored Care, an integrated clinical, financial and administrative...

151 - Imaging Diagnostic Systems Sells CTLM System in Malaysia

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTCBB:IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, announced today the sale of another CT Laser Mammography system in Asia. The system, which was sold to and installed at the Katherine Women’s...

152 - Renaissance Radiology Selects Aspyra RIS/PACS to Manage Remote Imaging Services

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Aspyra, Inc. (AMEX:APY) announced today that the Company has contracted with Renaissance Radiology Medical Group, Inc., a leading provider of outpatient diagnostic services throughout southern California, to provide Aspyra’s...

153 - Biomagnetics Enters into Agreement with One of China’s Largest Dairies

ORANGEVALE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., (PINK SHEETS:BMGP) a developer of revolutionary diagnostic systems and technology for HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and malaria detection, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Bright Dairy, which...

154 - Coherex Medical Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Abbott

SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Salt Lake City-based Coherex Medical, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with global health care company Abbott for the Coherex FlatStent™ EF PFO Closure System. The Coherex FlatStent EF device is...

155 - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreements for Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for rapid diagnostic test kits have been awarded to Meridian Bioscience Corporation of Cincinnati and OraSure Technologies Inc. of Bethlehem, Pa., a small business enterprise...

156 - PHT’s LogPad ePRO System used by Jazz Pharmaceuticals

BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - PHT Corporation announced that Jazz Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: JAZZ) has used PHT’s LogPad™ System to collect electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) in its recently completed clinical trial. Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ recent project builds on the...

157 - Former Welch Allyn CEO Charles “Chuck” Evans Remembered: 1910-2009

SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Charles “Chuck” Evans, 99, former CEO and chairman of the board of directors at Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, died in Naples, Fla., on September 1, 2009. On assignment with...

158 - Safeguard Scientifics Announces Sale of 2.4 Million Additional Clarient Shares Pursuant to Overallotment Option

WAYNE, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE), a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, today announced that it has sold an additional 2.4 million shares of its position in Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT...

159 - CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT) Elects Serial Entrepreneur Nancy Briefs as a Director

WINCHESTER, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT), which is developing the world’s first self-conforming and self-anchoring technology for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI), today announced that it has elected Nancy Briefs as a director, effective...

160 - Physio-Control Receives Market Approval from Health Canada for LIFEPAK® 15 Monitor/Defibrillator

REDMOND, Wash.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Physio-Control, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic, Inc., (NYSE: MDT) announced today it received approval by Health Canada to market the LIFEPAK 15 monitor/defibrillator within Canada. Official license notification was received on...

161 - BioDelivery Sciences to Present at the 2009 Maxim Group Growth Conference

RALEIGH, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) today announced that Dr. Mark A. Sirgo, President and Chief Executive Officer of BioDelivery Sciences, will present at the 2009 Maxim Group Growth Conference on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at...

162 - NiTi Surgical Solutions Announces Issuance of Patents in China and Japan; Further Strengthens Global Positioning

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - NiTi Surgical Solutions, an innovative surgical device company, today announced the Japan Patent Office and the Patent Office of China have issued patent certificates that cover two of the company’s products, the Hand CAC™ 30 Compressions...

163 - St. Jude Medical to Showcase Complete Cardiovascular Access, Intervention and Hemostasis Management Solutions at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced it will display products and technologies from the company’s portfolio of solutions for cardiovascular healthcare professionals at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics...

164 - Curis to Present at Maxim Group Growth Conference 2009

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a drug development company seeking to develop next generation targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, today announced that the Company will be presenting at the Maxim Group Growth Conference...

165 - BSD Medical Reports News Briefing at Europe’s Largest Cancer Congress: Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy Treatment Prolongs Survival of Sarcoma Cancer Patients

SALT LAKE CITY-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:BSDM) reports that significant and “medical practice changing” clinical study results were the subject of a news briefing at Europe’s largest cancer congress, ECCO15 – ESMO34, which is being held September 20...

166 - Health Research International Expands Services to Include Subscription Databases and Market Models

CLEVELAND-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Health Research International, a leading medical products consulting firm, is pleased to announce the availability of several of its proprietary in-house data resources on a subscription basis. The HRI company database, which includes organized...

167 - Pathway Medical Technologies Sees 172 Percent Growth over Last 2 Quarters with Jetstream Revascularization Catheter

KIRKLAND, Wash. & SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Pathway Medical Technologies, Inc., an innovator of endovascular treatments for peripheral vascular disease (PVD), today announced a 172 percent growth over the last two quarters with its Jetstream peripheral...

168 - A New Audio Interview with Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp. is Now Available

AUSTIN, Texas-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - www.TheGreenBaron.com and StrictlyStocks.com in association with SmallCapVoice.com is presenting this audio-taped webcast interview with Mr. Joe Noel of Emerging Growth Research, LLP to discuss Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corp., (PINK SHEETS: BMGP) a...

169 - Abiomed Presents Results from USpella; First U.S. Registry Data Evaluating 181 Patients from 16 Centers with IRB Approval

DANVERS, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Abiomed Inc. (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced new clinical data from USpella, the first U.S. multicenter registry of Impella 2.5 patients evaluating the safety and feasibility of left...

170 - Quidel to Present at the William Blair & Company Emerging Growth Stock Conference

SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL), a leading provider of rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests, today announced that it will present at the William Blair & Company 3rd Annual Emerging Growth Stock Conference to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel...

171 - SonoSite Launches New Corporate Website

BOTHELL, Wash.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - SonoSite, Inc. (Nasdaq:SONO), the world leader and specialist in hand-carried ultrasound at the point-of-care announced today the launch of its new corporate website (www.sonosite.com). The new site incorporates a sleek new look with intuitive...

172 - Celera and Medco Enter Research Collaboration to Evaluate Effect of KIF6 Testing on Compliance with Statin Therapy in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

ALAMEDA, Calif. & FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Celera Corporation (NASDAQ:CRA) and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MHS), today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration to evaluate whether testing for a gene variant called KIF6 increases...

173 - Midwest Ultrasound Selects Toshiba Ultrasound Products

TUSTIN, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Midwest Ultrasound, a proven leader in providing quality cardiac and vascular ultrasound systems to a diverse client mix from small rural and community hospitals to major urban academic centers and large physician practices, entered into a two-year...

174 - Andrew Wechsler, M.D., Joins Estech as Medical Director

SAN RAMON, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Endoscopic Technologies, Inc. (d.b.a. Estech®), a leading provider of minimally invasive cardiac surgery devices and disposables, today announced the appointment of Andrew S. Wechsler, M.D., as its medical director. Dr. Wechsler will chair...

175 - HealthConnect Powers New York City Health Insurance Link

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - HealthConnect Systems, the leading online network for buyers and sellers of health insurance and employee benefits, announced today that its technology powers the NYC Health Insurance Link (www.nyc.gov/HILink), which went live today at a...

176 - ZOLL LifeVest Prescribed by Physicians at All 21 U.S. News and World Reports “Honor Roll” Hospitals and All 50 “Best Heart and Heart Surgery” Hospitals

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, announced today that physicians at all of the 21 “Honor Roll” hospitals and all of the 50 “Best Heart and Heart...

177 - Celerus Diagnostics Launches Direct Immunofluorescence Assay for Wave System

CARPINTERIA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Based on a strategy to deliver a broad range of assays for use on the Celerus Wave® System, Jason Lusk, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, today announced the availability of Wave Direct Immunofluorescence (IF). “The Wave Direct IF...

178 - Blood Flow Blockages in the Heart Can Now Be Measured Using St. Jude Medical Wireless Fractional Flow Reserve Technology

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ) today announced the first use of the PressureWire™ Aeris technology, an interventional tool which measures Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) to evaluate the severity of blood flow blockages in the arteries. This...

179 - Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended for California Healthcare Policy Forum

LA JOLLA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - CHI-California Healthcare Institute announced today it has extended its early bird registration deadline for the 2009 California Healthcare Policy Forum to Oct. 2. The forum, hosted by CHI and supported by Gilead Sciences, Sanofi-Aventis and...

180 - Urologix Receives Notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market of Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Non-Compliance

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Urologix®, Inc. (NASDAQ:ULGX), received a Staff Deficiency Letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market on September 17, 2009, stating that the Company’s stockholders’ equity at June 30, 2009 was less than the $10 million minimum required for continued...

181 - Amerinet Members to Benefit From Enhancements to Member Resources Web Site

ST. LOUIS-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Amerinet members can expect easier access to contract information, purchasing history and important financial information with recent enhancements to the Amerinet Member Resources web site. “Easy, timely access to information is important to our...

182 - 2.25 MM CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Approved by FDA

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Cordis Corporation, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of interventional vascular technology, announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new, smaller version of the...

183 - BioForward Announces Winners of Biotechnology Vision Summit’s Emerging Company Showcase

MADISON, Wis.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Six Wisconsin biotechnology companies have been selected the winners of the first Emerging Company Showcase. The showcase is part of the Biotechnology Vision Summit 2009, being held on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Madison Marriott West in Madison, Wis...

184 - Research and Markets: Medical Device Development: Regulation and Law, All New Edition is an Essential Resource for the Novice or Veteran Medical Device Regulatory Affairs Professional

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Research and Markets Notice Chapter 4 Fda Regulation of Medical Device Software Chapter 5 The Investigational Device Exemption Application: Chapter 6 Medical Device Clinical Studies Chapter 7 The Premarket Approval Application Chapter 8 Review of a...

185 - Medtronic’s Resolute® Drug-Eluting Stent Maintains Strong, Sustained Efficacy and Safety in Long-Term Follow-up

SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - New clinical data released today at a major meeting of interventional cardiologists show strong and sustained efficacy and safety of the Resolute® Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) in long-term patient follow-up...

186 - ENDEAVOR® Stent Reduced Risk of Heart Attack/Cardiac Death by 48% at Three Years Compared to Taxus® Stent in Large Study

SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Anticipating a change in the practice of interventional cardiology, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), announced today that the latest findings from the ENDEAVOR IV clinical trial – a large study comparing two drug-eluting coronary stents head-to-head...

187 - Research and Markets: Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy: Techniques and Applications - A Practical Overview of This Valuable Analytical Tool

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Research and Markets is a simple, highly sensitive direct absorption technique based on the rate of absorption of light circulating in an optical cavity. CRDS can be used to study atoms and molecules in the gas and condensed phase, and is especially...

188 - Reportlinker Adds Generics Growth Strategies: Cost Containment and M&A Shape the Global Generics Industry

NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Reportlinker Adds Generics Growth Strategies: Cost containment and M&A shape the global generics industry...

189 - Conceptus Inc., Developer of the Essure Procedure, Recognizes World Contraception Day and Celebrates Continued Leadership

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Conceptus, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPTS), a leader in the design and development of innovative women's healthcare, recognizes September 26th as World Contraception Day, and shares its mission of raising awareness of contraception by improving education...

190 - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreements for Cylinder Gases

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for cylinder gases have been awarded to Air Liquide Healthcare America Corporation of Houston; Airgas Puritan Medical of Radnor, Penn.; Lifegas Division of The Linde Group of Atlanta...

191 - Medtronic, Inc. Launches Innovative Cement Delivery System for KYPHON® Balloon Kyphoplasty

MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT), today announced the full U.S. launch of the KYPHON Cement Delivery System (CDS), adding an innovative bone cement delivery option to its extensive KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty product portfolio for the treatment of...

192 - CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT) Elects Rob Michiels as a Director

CardiAQ Valve Technologies (CVT), which is developing the world’s first self-conforming and self-anchoring technology for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI), today announced that it has elected Rob Michiels to serve on its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Until April 2009...

193 - New Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Stent from Cook Medical Could Greatly Reduce Need for Leg Amputations and Bypass Surgery for European Patients

LISBON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - In a breakthrough development that could dramatically reduce the number of leg amputations and painful bypass graft surgeries performed annually on European patients, a first-of-its kind drug-eluting stent for a widespread form of peripheral arterial...

194 - Wright Medical Group, Inc. Establishes Direct Australian Subsidiary

ARLINGTON, Tenn.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, today announced that it has launched a new subsidiary, Wright Medical Australia Pty, LTD. The new entity will directly manage all of the Company’s extremity...

195 - PrimeraDx, Closes $20M Series C

MANSFIELD, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - PrimeraDx, Inc., a privately held molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has closed on its $20 million Series C financing. The financing was led by CHL Medical Partners and also included significant participation by many of the...

196 - PerkinElmer Launches Columbus™ 2.0 High Content Screening Platform for High-Volume Image Data Management and Analysis

BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - At the High Content Analysis East conference in Boston, PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the launch of the Columbus™ 2.0 platform, its flagship high content...

197 - Covidien Completes Sale of Sleep Diagnostics Product Line

DUBLIN-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that it had completed the previously announced sale of its Sleep Diagnostics assets to Embla Systems. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The sale of...

198 - KARL STORZ Endoskope Relocates Key Logistics Operations to Southbridge, Massachusetts Facility

TUTTLINGEN, Germany-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, a world leader in advanced minimally invasive endoscopic technology and operating room integration solutions, is pleased to announce that it has relocated key logistics departments of its U.S. subsidiary, KARL...

199 - Toshiba Introduces Low-Contrast Vascular Imaging

SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - To continue its commitment to advancing medical imaging technology and improving diagnosis, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. introduces Low-Contrast Imaging (LCI) for Toshiba’s InfinixTM-i systems with mid (12” x 12”) and large (12” x...

200 - Reportlinker Adds Innovations in Medical Imaging: Technological Advances, Growth Opportunities and Future Market Outlook

NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Reportlinker Adds Innovations in Medical Imaging: Technological advances, growth opportunities and future market outlook...

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