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New Contact Lens Improves Vision Quality Without Surgery

Jaume Pauné, a graduate of the Master's Degree in Optometry and Vision Sciences at the UPC-Barcelona Tech's College of Optics and Optometry, has designed an innovative new contact lens that will improve the vision quality of thousands of people without surgery.

20 Apr 2010

NanoImaging Secures SBIR Fund to Develop New Methods Using Electron Microscopy

NanoImaging Services, Inc., announced today that it has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health through the National Center for Research Resources to develop new methods for quantitative characterization of nanoparticle morphology and aggregation state using transmission electron microscopy.

20 Apr 2010

Endra Life Sciences Unveils Nexus 128 Photoacoustic Scanner

Endra Life Sciences today announced the launch of the Nexus 128, a preclinical photoacoustic computed tomography (CT) scanner for small animal imaging. The system is used for simple, fast, non-invasive quantification of tumor vasculature and other physiological parameters for preclinical research. The Nexus 128 makes in vivo quantification of tumor vasculature possible without the need for contrast agents and helps preclinical researchers gain deeper insight into areas such as how drugs treat disease and cancer progression, without ionizing radiation or complicated equipment.

17 Apr 2010

Study Reveals Handheld SD-OCT Device Offers Better Diagnosis for SBS

Ophthalmologists examining infants for possible Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) found that a handheld Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) device provided high-resolution images of the retina and the vitreoretinal interface in infants with SBS, reports a study in the current issue of Retina, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases.

17 Apr 2010

EU-Funded Project Demonstrates How to Build Optical Sensors into Labs-on-Chips

A European research project has shown how to build optical sensors directly into the structure of labs-on-chips. The breakthrough paves the way for on-the-spot medical diagnostics.

16 Apr 2010

Covidien to Demonstrate New Endoscopic Surgery Tools at SAGES 2010

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products, will preview a variety of new devices and showcase some of the Company’s most innovative tools for endoscopic surgery and soft tissue repair at the 2010 Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) annual meeting held here.

15 Apr 2010

Crospon Unveils EndoFLIP Product at 12th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery

Crospon, a medical device developer based in Galway, Ireland, has today launched its EndoFLIP® product in the U.S. market at the 12th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery in National Harbor, Washington DC.

15 Apr 2010

Researchers Use Quantum-Dot Lasers to Generate Tunable Wavelengths

Researchers at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have found a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. Prospective application fields are biomedicine and nanosurgery.

15 Apr 2010

New Endoscopic Scanning Technique for Early Detection of Esophageal Cancer

Cancer of the lower esophagus develops almost exclusively in patients with Barrett's esophagus, an otherwise benign complication of esophageal reflux that affects approximately 3 million Americans.

13 Apr 2010