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SpectraScience Starts Shipping WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System to PENTAX

SpectraScience, a San Diego-based company that produces medical devices, has started shipping its WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System to a major manufacturer of minimally invasive surgical devices, PENTAX Europe under the five-year distribution agreement reported earlier this month.

2 Jul 2012

European Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Market to Reach $1 Billion by 2016

The European gastrointestinal endoscopy market will experience a significant growth in view of increasing number of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, and thus could drive this market to achieve $1 billion by 2016, according to Millennium Research Group (MRG), a global authority on medical technology market intelligence.

22 Jun 2012

Solos Endoscopy to Expand and Market MammoView Breast Endoscopy Components

Solos Endoscopy, a HealthCare instrument company, has announced its plans to expand its MammoView Breast Endoscopy product line and also intends to market its product, MammoView breast endoscopy components to the hospitals both in local and international markets via direct sales channels.

22 Jun 2012

Leica Integrates Power Image Analysis Capabilities into Their Pathology Solution

Leica Microsystems, world-leading provider of Total Digital Pathology solutions, and Indica Labs, developing excellence in image analysis for Digital Pathology, today announce the integration of Indica Labs’ advanced image analysis algorithm portfolio into Leica Microsystems digital pathology solution.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 22 Jun 2012

JHU and HHI to Jointly Research on Medical Applications of Integrated Optical Sensors

An MOU has been inked between the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) and the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) at the 2012 BIO International Convention in the United States.

From Fraunhofer USA, Inc. 19 Jun 2012

International EyeCare Laser + Lifestyle Center Treats Degenerative Eye Disease

International EyeCare Laser & Lifestyle Center situated in Texas is licensed to treat patients suffering from Keratoconus, which is a degenerative eye disease and causes morphological changes inside the cornea.

18 Jun 2012

Researchers Discover Non-Reactor-Based Solution to Replace Imaging Isotope

A replacement for the supply of technetium-99m has been discovered by a research team from the University of Alberta. Technetium-99m is a significant isotope produced by Chalk River reactor of Canada. It was discovered that this medical isotope can be formed in a device called cyclotron to provide reliable nuclear medicine imaging in a safe manner.

13 Jun 2012

Optogenetics: Controlling Brain Circuits with Light

Researchers at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, UK, have invented a new technology – the ability to control specific cells, embedded within dense neural circuits, with light. This could be used to treat brain disorders which are not effectively treatable by conventional means.

2 May 2012

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Side Effects in Patients with Pacemakers

Great care should be taken when performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a cardiac pacemaker. Henning Bovenschulte and his co-authors review recent findings in the latest issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International.

1 May 2012