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Breakthrough in Therapeutic Laser Treatment to Speed Pain Relief

Multi Radiance Medical, a leading developer of therapeutic laser devices, announces a breakthrough in technology with TerraQuant, a clinically proven, FDA 510(k)-cleared, therapeutic laser device that offers relief to chronic and acute pain sufferers, including Olympians and professional athletes.

9 Nov 2007

Digi-Key Corporation Announce Worldwide Distribution in a Joint Agreement

Electronic component distributor Digi-Key Corporation and Enfis, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of LED arrays and smart light engines, announced today the signing of a global distribution agreement.

9 Nov 2007

Optiwave Systems Intorduces Latest Waveguide Optics Design Suite

Optiwave Systems Inc., the leading provider of optical component and system design tools, today announced the immediate availability of OptiBPM 9.0 - the latest version of its waveguide optics design suite. This new release delivers a new integrated simulator dedicated for the design of electro-optic devices in arbitrary materials.

9 Nov 2007

Cree Adds XLamp LED Operations to ISO/TS Certification

Cree, Inc., a leader in LED solid-state lighting components, today announced completion of a successful advancement assessment audit for the company's ISO/TS16949 certification.

8 Nov 2007

Irvine Sensors' Recent Phase 2 SBIR Awards Total $3.2 Million

Irvine Sensors Corporation announced today that it has received four Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") awards over the past 5 months aggregating $3.2 million in contract value. These contracts were won in competition with other Phase 1 SBIR contractors for innovations in electronics cooling, power storage to replace batteries, ultra-miniature night vision viewers, and electronics anti-tamper devices.

8 Nov 2007

MKS Instruments Acquires Yield Management Technology Company

MKS Instruments, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of monitoring and control technologies for improving productivity in semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing processes, announced that it has acquired privately held Yield Dynamics, a provider of yield management technology based in Sunnyvale, California. The acquisition is expected to be slightly accretive going forward, and is not expected to materially affect MKS' near term financial results.

8 Nov 2007

Energy Focus Inc. to Develop Very High Efficiency Solar Cells

Energy Focus Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $1 million contract by the DuPont-University of Delaware Very High Efficiency Solar Cell (VHESC) Consortium to develop advanced solar cell technologies as part of DARPA's ground breaking VHESC project with the Consortium. Energy Focus was honored earlier this year by DARPA with the 2007 DARPATech Small Business Innovation Research Award for Excellence for its work with DARPA.

8 Nov 2007

Specialized Air Products Delivery Trucks Target Laser Cutting Industry

Air Products' new fleet of Microbulk Solutions delivery trucks are equipped with upgraded supply capabilities intended to decrease production downtime and improve operational efficiencies for the growing laser cutting industry.

8 Nov 2007

Most Advanced All-Fiber-Optic Network Straight to Consumers' Homes

The future of television has arrived for thousands of southwestern Pennsylvania consumers as Verizon today announced the launch of its industry-leading FiOS TV service in the greater Pittsburgh area. Verizon delivers...

8 Nov 2007

"Beam of Light" to Determine Composition of Air Over the Red Sea

An Israeli-Jordanian-U.S. cooperative project aimed at measuring air quality in the area between the neighboring southern cities of Aqaba in Jordan and Eilat in Israel has been launched by scientists from the Hebrew Univ...

8 Nov 2007

US Market for Intraocular Lens to Exceed $980 Million in 2011

Millennium Research Group forecasts that the US will rapidly adopt advanced intraocular lenses (IOL), while inflexible reimbursement programs in Europe and Japan will delay the adoption of these vision-enhancing devices.

8 Nov 2007

SpectraScience Acquires Imaging Company

SpectraScience, Inc. announced today that it has acquired all of the shares of Luma Imaging Corporation.

8 Nov 2007

Moritex Endoscopes Range Opens Door to Micro-Inspection in Inaccessible Spaces

The new expanded range of Lightscope video endoscopes from Moritex opens the door to convenient micro-inspection in inaccessible spaces. Incorporating a high resolution CCD sensor and high quality optics - Video ...

8 Nov 2007

American Laser Centers Reaches Two Millionth Treatment Milestone

American Laser Centers today performed its two millionth aesthetic treatment since the company's founding in 2002. As the largest company specializing in laser hair removal, skin rejuvenation and cellulite reduction therapy, American Laser Centers conducts roughly 70,000 treatments each month at its more than 220 locations across the country.

8 Nov 2007

Study Shows Fenofibrate Reduces Need for Laser Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy

Patients with Type 2 Diabetes who are treated with fenofibrate do not require laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy (DR) as often as similar patients who do not receive fenofibrate, according to an article in The Lancet.

8 Nov 2007