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Removal of Large Ileal Lipoma Using Endoscopic Unroofing Technique

Lipoma is relatively common in the colon but is less often in the small intestine. Most lipomas are incidentally detected at endoscopy and are usually small and asymptomatic.

12 Apr 2010

Trizo21 Launches New LEDs at Lighting Trade Fair

The designer and manufacturer of contemporary lighting fixtures, based in Deinze with outlets in Europe and the Arab Emirates, is brightening the world's largest trade fair for lighting technology with two new of its own LED creations: Bouly en Bucky.

12 Apr 2010

NAB 2010 Show to Feature GoPro’s HD HERO Wearable Sports Cameras

GoPro®, the world's leading HD activity image capture company, will exhibit for the first time at the 2010 NAB show: Booth #C7519.

12 Apr 2010

New LED Lighting Fixtures Launched by Zumtobel

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces that Zumtobel, a leading lighting manufacturer, has launched three new groundbreaking LED fixtures based on Cree TrueWhite™ Technology.

12 Apr 2010

Research Report on Taiwanese Large Area TFT-LCD Panel Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Taiwanese Large Area TFT LCD Panel Industry, 1Q 2010" report to their offering.

12 Apr 2010

SEM to Install Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Danville's Community Market Building

The city of Danville is looking to the skies to bring power to Virginia. City planners partnered with Southern Energy Management (SEM) to put more than 150 solar photovoltaic panels on the city-owned Community Market building, which will start generating clean energy today after being "switched on" at a kick-off celebration at noon.

12 Apr 2010

Scientists Redesign Graphene Sheets to Improve Efficiency of Solar Cells

To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, Indiana University Bloomington chemists have devised an unusual solution -- attach what amounts to a 3-D bramble patch to each side of the carbon sheet.

12 Apr 2010

Mount Sinai Medical Center Becomes First to Use GE’s CZT-Based Nuclear Camera

The Mount Sinai Medical Center has become the first in the United States to commercially use a new cardiac nuclear imaging system by GE Healthcare, a cadmium zinc telluride (CZT)-based high-speed, high-resolution camera that drastically reduces imaging time for patients while also reducing radiation exposure compared to previously used technologies.

12 Apr 2010

Bausch + Lomb to Celebrate Ground-Breaking Crystalens at ASCRS Meeting in Boston

Crystalens®, the only FDA-approved accommodating intraocular lens (IOL), will celebrate its tenth anniversary at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting in Boston.

12 Apr 2010

FDA Approved Laser Vision Correction Technology Adopted by 25 U.S. Centers

In 1985 a haunting close up photo of an Afghan refugee girl appeared on the cover of National Geographic Magazine.

12 Apr 2010

New OpenGear Platform from EMCORE Supports Fiber Optic Video Transport Solutions

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components, subsystems and systems for the fiber optics and solar power markets, announced today the launch of a new video transport platform based on the popular openGear format of terminal equipment.

12 Apr 2010

ReLEx Femtosecond Laser Vision Correction Method Now Available for Sale Outside U.S.

Carl Zeiss Meditec today announced that ReLEx, the first femtosecond-only method of laser vision correction, is now available for sale outside the United States.

12 Apr 2010

OFS to Showcase HCXtreme Optical Fiber Designed for Medical Industry

OFS, Specialty Photonics Division (OFS), a leading provider of specialty optical fiber, cable, and assemblies, will exhibit for the first time at the 2010 American Society for Laser, Medicine, and Surgery Conference (ASLMS); located in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 15-17.

12 Apr 2010

New Single Chip LED from Cree Delivers 750 Lumens at 2 A

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces a breakthrough new lighting-class LED platform, the XLamp® XM LED.

12 Apr 2010

Level 3 Communications to Enhance Vyvx VenueNet Fiber-Based Infrastructure Services

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced it will significantly upgrade its Vyvx VenueNet infrastructure. VenueNet+ will introduce new and enhanced services in venues nationwide, designed to support innovation in broadcast delivery.

12 Apr 2010