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Company Selected as Sole Supplier of Reference Lasers to BAE’s ATIRCM System

StockerYale, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, today announced the receipt of a $2.1 million production order from BAE Systems (BAE) to supply BAE with lasers for the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure (ATIRCM) system.

10 Nov 2008

Ellex Announces Six-Month Clinical Results for Groundbreaking Treatment Retina Regeneration Therapy

Ellex Medical Lasers Limited, a global leader in the design and manufacture of ophthalmic laser and ultrasound systems, today announced the six-month clinical study results for the groundbreaking treatment Retina Regeneration Therapy (Ellex 2RT(TM)) at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

9 Nov 2008

AAO Meeting Highlights Patient Care and Glaucoma Research

Glaucoma-related highlights of today's scientific program of the 2008 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) and European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) include a study that correlates optic nerve damage in glaucoma patients with carotid artery narrowing and potentially elevated risk for stroke, and a survey that looks at how the practice of fasting, common to the world's seven major religions, may affect patient compliance with treatment for glaucoma and other eye diseases.

9 Nov 2008

Intense Series 7400 Laser Driver Systems Receives CE Mark Approval

Intense Ltd., developer of next generation semiconductor lasers and integrated solutions, has announced that the Series 7400 Laser Driver Systems have received CE mark approval. The Series 7400 are turnkey systems designed to provide current control and temperature compensation of the company's high power, free space or fibered visible laser components.

9 Nov 2008

Canon Eyecare Solutions Help Bring True High-Res Digital Imaging to the Physician's Desktop

At the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) Annual Meeting, Canon U.S.A., Inc., will showcase its complete line of total digital imaging and workflow management solutions for eyecare professionals in booth #720 at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta (November 8th - 11th).

8 Nov 2008

10,000th Carl Zeiss Meditec's IOLMaster Placed at Customer Site

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG achieved its 10,000th IOLMaster® placement earlier this month. The IOLMaster® is a diagnostic system to calculate all necessary eye measurements for determining the most appropriate replacement implant lens during cataract surgery, the most frequently performed surgery worldwide.

7 Nov 2008

New Micro-CT System Produces Images Sharp Enough to Detect Motion of Arteries in Rats and Mice

A RIKEN-led team has designed and constructed a high-resolution, computed tomography (CT) system that can visualize the motion and deformation of the heart, coronary arteries and small airways of live rats and mice, the animals most often used as models for human disease.

6 Nov 2008

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound to Relieve Cancer Pain

Physicians at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are studying ways to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound to relieve some of the most intense pain resulting from cancer that has spread to the bones.

6 Nov 2008

Cost-Saving 8-Bit Controllers Drive More LCD Segments with Fewer Pins for Wide Range of Applications

Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are proliferating in an ever-growing array of consumer and industrial products. To help meet the demand for efficient, affordable LCDs, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced three 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) families designed to reduce system cost and power in LCD-based embedded applications.

4 Nov 2008

Hybrid Composites as Functional Materials for Efficient LEDs and Photovoltaic Devices

The Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanoscience) collaborates together with the University of Hamburg in the development of composite materials based on semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes as functional materials for efficient light emitting diodes and photovoltaic devices.

4 Nov 2008