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Cutera to Launch Excel V Laser System in Europe with CE Mark Approval

Global supplier of laser and similar energy-based aesthetic solutions, Cutera proclaimed that it has secured the approval of CE Mark to introduce its Excel V laser system to the European market.

20 May 2011

Excelitas Technologies Earns ISO 13485:2003 Certification for LED Facility

Excelitas Technologies, a company specializing in customized solutions in lighting and detection technologies for medical, industrial, instrumentation, defense, aerospace and security applications, has received ISO 13485:2003 certification for its LED-based manufacturing facility in Wheeling, Illinois.

From Excelitas Technology 11 May 2011

American Medical Systems Gets Approval to Distribute GreenLight HPS Laser Therapy System in Japan

Supplier of high-quality devices for incontinence and other pelvic disorders, American Medical Systems declared that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved the distribution of the GreenLight high performance system (HPS) laser therapy system in the Japanese market for enlarged prostate or Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) treatment.

11 May 2011

World’s Smallest Video Camera for Disposable Endoscopic Devices

Medigus, a developer of endoscopic devices and procedures, and TowerJazz, a specialty foundry leader, have released the second generation of the world’s smallest camera for disposable endoscopic devices.

9 May 2011

US Patent for IRIDEX’ Stepped Angled EndoProbe Laser Handpieces

IRIDEX proclaimed that it has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a portfolio of uniquely developed laser handpieces utilized in invasive ophthalmic surgeries.

9 May 2011

Kepter Internacional to Distribute Imaging Diagnostic Systems’ Laser Breast Imaging Systems in Mexico

Provider of laser breast imaging solutions, Imaging Diagnostic Systems proclaimed that it has inked an exclusive distribution deal with Kepter Internacional to distribute its CTLM systems across Mexico.

6 May 2011

World’s First Integrated Optical Biosensor for Disease Diagnosis

Biomagnetics Diagnostics, a medical device company that develops diagnostic systems for detection of hepatitis, HIV, cholera, malaria and tuberculosis, has received an integrated optical biosensor for disease diagnosis from the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

5 May 2011

Romeo and Juliette Laser Hair Removal Acquires Candela’s GentleLASE PRO

Romeo and Juliette Laser Hair Removal, a Center for Excellence and training facility, has added Candela’s GentleLASE PRO High Speed Hair Removal System to its facility.

4 May 2011

Endoscopic Fiber Optic Shape Tracker Technology Can Reduce Pain during Colonoscopy

Tufts University's School of Engineering researchers have developed an endoscopic fiber optic shape tracker (EFOST) technology to reduce pain during colonoscopy.

4 May 2011

NIST Researchers Look to Use Medical Imaging to Quantitatively Validate the Efficacy of Cancer Treatments

The idea of probing the body's interior with radiation stretches back to experiments with X rays in the 1800s, but more than a century later, images taken with radiological scans still are not considered reliable enough to, for example, serve as the sole indicator of the efficacy of a cancer treatment. Lisa Karam, a biochemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and a few dozen of her colleagues across North America have set out to change that.

From NIST 13 Apr 2011