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Toshiba Acquires Olea Medical to Accelerate Growth of MRI Business

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation announced today that Toshiba has completed the acquisition of the outstanding shares of Olea Medical SA (“Olea”), following approval from the French Ministry of Economy.

15 Oct 2015

DATT Group Leader and PhotOral Partner to Market Electromagnetic Light Spectrum-Based Oral Health Technology

Irving A. Backman, internationally renowned benefactor of sustainability and advanced technology initiatives and leader of the DATT Group (Developers of Advanced Technology Today) and PhotOral, creators of innovative advanced selected light spectrum technology, have initiated a marketing relationship for new product development.

15 Oct 2015

Varian ProBeam Proton Therapy System Receives CE Mark

Varian Medical Systems has received CE Mark for its latest ProBeam® proton therapy system. The CE Mark allows Varian to begin installation of the newest version of its ProBeam system in the European Union.

13 Oct 2015

New Optoelectronic Cortical Microprobe Stimulates Multiple Neuronal Targets

Brown University researchers have created a new type of optoelectronic implantable device to access brain microcircuits, synergizing a technique that enables scientists to control the activity of brains cells using pulses of light.

13 Oct 2015

Combination of Chemicals and UV Light Could Reduce Superbug Transmissions

Healthcare facilities continue to battle drug-resistant organisms such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that loiter on surfaces even after patient rooms have been cleaned and can cause new, sometimes-deadly infections.

8 Oct 2015

Latest Contact Lens Technology Presented at American Academy of Optometry Conference

For years, millions of contact lens wearers have compromised by settling for 20/Happy vision; a term used to describe vision that was functional, but not 20/20. Eye Care Professionals (ECPs) have reported that 99.5% of patients experience at least one area of compromise with vision using today’s multifocal contact lenses.1 Research is now showing that new advances in contact lens technology are helping by providing the vision and stereoacuity (depth perception) patients want.

7 Oct 2015

Smartphone-Based Device for Point-of-Care Rapid Molecular Diagnosis

NIBIB-funded researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a smartphone-based device that can reliably carry out molecular diagnoses in under an hour for approximately two dollars per patient.

6 Oct 2015

Specialized UV-Light Enabled Catheter Can Non-Invasively Fix Holes in the Heart

Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Karp Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital have jointly designed a specialized catheter for fixing holes in the heart using a biodegradable adhesive and patch. As the team reports in Science Translational Medicine, the catheter has been used successfully in animal studies to facilitate hole closure without the need for open heart surgery.

6 Oct 2015

TUSM Physician Evaluates Mirror Therapy to Help Lessen Pain Experienced by Combat Veterans

Can a simple mirror help lessen the pain experienced by combat veterans with complex orthopedic injuries or nerve damage to the limbs? That is the premise behind a new research study being conducted by a Temple University School of Medicine (TUSM) physician.

5 Oct 2015

International Radiological Bodies Agree on a Standard for Better Evaluation of Prostate Cancer MRI Scans

International radiological bodies have agreed on a standard for how doctors evaluate MRI to confirm a diagnosis of prostate cancer. This promises to reduce the number of over diagnosis of insignificant cancers by to up to 89%.

5 Oct 2015