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CPI Awarded Contract for Telemetry Antenna Systems

The Malibu Division of Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI), a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications, has been awarded a $5.6 million contract for telemetry antenna systems. CPI is a subsidiary of CPI International, Inc.

10 Jan 2008

Researchers Developes New Image Reconstruction System for Computed Tomography

Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health, together with the University of Oregon, USA have developed a new image reconstruction system for computed tomography that produces greater image quality at a lower radiation dose compared with standard systems.

10 Jan 2008

QPC Lasers Receives Orders for BrightLase Laser Worth $1.3 Million

QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high brightness, high power semiconductor lasers for the consumer, industrial, defense, and medical markets, announced today that it has received $1.3 million in new orders for BrightLase® UltraTM Lasers for use in medical applications.

9 Jan 2008

Plastic Fibre Making Optical Networking Cheaper and Simpler

Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf components could make optical networking so cheap and simple that anyone could install it.

9 Jan 2008

Q-MED AB to Distribute Palomar Products Outside North America

Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, today announced the execution of an international distribution agreement with the Swedish company Q-MED AB.

9 Jan 2008

New Company Unites Leading Players in the Photonics Industry

Gooch & Housego PLC today announced the launch of a new company that brings together five leading players in the photonics industry under the Gooch & Housego brand name. The new offering, launched at Photonics West 2008 (stand #1013), will deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customised optical components to the global industrial laser, bio-medical, defense and metrology market places.

8 Jan 2008

Providing Extraordinary Vision to Facilitate Quality Healthcare

Vision-Sciences, Inc., announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") to market its new advanced digital, video-based flexible Cystoscope, which is used in conjunction with an integrated “built-in” light source, eliminating the need for a separate camera head, light guide cable and optical coupler.

7 Jan 2008

Flexure-Based Piezo Actuators Provide Virtually Unlimited Resolution and Lifetime

Scientists have used magnetic fields and tiny iron-bearing particles to drive healthy cells to targeted sites in blood vessels. The research, done in animals, may lead to a new method of delivering
cells and genes to repair injured or diseased organs in people.

7 Jan 2008

Using Mathematics to Improve Medical Scans

Mathematicians at the University of Liverpool have found that it is possible to gain full control of sound waves which could lead to improved medical scans, for technology such as ultra sound machines.

7 Jan 2008

CoolLipo Laser System Receives FDA Clearance for Laser-Assisted Lipolysis

CoolTouch Inc., a pioneering manufacturer of medical lasers, announced today that the CoolLipo(TM) 1320 nm laser system received an additional 510(K) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for laser lipolysis or melting fat.

7 Jan 2008