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OmniVision Announced New Disposable Miniature Video Endoscope

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., a leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip(TM) solutions for high-volume imaging applications, today announced that the smallest of its family of CMOS imaging devices, the 1/18-inch OV6920 sensor, is a key component of Avantis Medical Systems' Third Eye(TM) Retroscope(TM) auxiliary endoscopy system.

23 Oct 2007

New Laser Could Lead to Ultrahigh Resolution Microscopes for Imaging in Biology

In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade (QC) laser nanoantenna, the device is capable of resolving the chemical composition of samples, such as the interior of a cell, with unprecedented detail.

23 Oct 2007

Investigators Have Identified Cell That Gives Rise to Eye Cancer

Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified the cell that gives rise to the eye cancer retinoblastoma, disproving a long-standing principle of nerve growth and development. The finding suggests for the first time that it may one day be possible for scientists to induce fully developed neurons to multiply and coax the injured brain to repair itself.

22 Oct 2007

Researchers Studying Genes Associated with Vision

Some 600 million years ago a freshwater animal called a Hydra -- kin to corals and jellyfish --developed light-receptive genes that scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara say were the origin of animal vision.

22 Oct 2007

Enova Medical Developed New Cordless LED Surgical Headlights That Exceeds 200,000 lux

Enova Medical Technologies announced today that it has developed new LED technology for cordless surgical headlights that, for the first time ever, reaches light output levels exceeding 200,000 lux at 14 inches.

19 Oct 2007

Physicists Have Built a Tool That Studies How the Eye Processes the Busy World

Physicists from the University of California-Santa Cruz have built a tool that studies how the eye processes the busy world around it, transforming the chaos of incoming light into elegantly moving images.

19 Oct 2007

UV Light Could Prevent Waterborne Disease Outbreaks

A major public health issue and economic problem has been addressed in experiments carried out by researchers from the University Denis Diderot in Paris, and the VEOLIA Research Center in Maisons-Laffitte (France).

18 Oct 2007

New Approaches to Diagnosing and Treating Coronary Artery Disease

Prescient Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company dedicated to reducing deaths from heart attacks, has unveiled a unique, new catheter-based diagnostic tool, the vPredict(TM) Optical Catheter System, and a new treatment, the vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield, for use in the cardiac catheterization lab.

18 Oct 2007

Tomophase OCT System Designed to Visualise Cross-Sectional Images of Human Bronchial Tissue

Tomophase Corporation announced today that it will display the first cross-sectional images of excised human bronchial tissue using their patented optical coherence tomography ("OCT") system at the CHEST meeting in Chicago, October 22nd through October 24th.

18 Oct 2007

Laser Technology Now Available For Patients in St. Louis To Treat Variety of Skin Conditions

The summer months can wreak havoc on our skin, but help is on the way thanks to new laser technology now available at a laser center and plastic surgery practice in St. Louis. Genesis Cosmetic Surgery Center & Laser Center recently upgraded its facility to offer five new laser devices that treat a variety of skin conditions and can be used for such procedures as laser hair removal, acne treatment, and spider vein removal.

17 Oct 2007