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Teleflex Introduces Rusch DispoLED Single-Use Fiber Optic Laryngoscope Handle

Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has announced the launch of the Rusch® DispoLED™ Single-Use Fiber Optic Laryngoscope Handle — a cost-neutral way to combat cross-contamination infection risk during intubation.

17 Feb 2014

PhotoMedex to Acquire LCA-Vision

PhotoMedex, Inc. and LCA-Vision, Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which PhotoMedex will acquire LCA-Vision for $5.37 per share in cash, or approximately $106.4 million.

From PhotoMedex 14 Feb 2014

Global Forecast Report on Endoscopy Equipment Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Endoscopy Equipment Market by Endoscopes, Visualization Systems & Application - Global Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering.

14 Feb 2014

Fastest 5M GigE Vision® Camera in the Industry from Teledyne DALSA

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision technology, has expanded its Genie™ TS series with the addition of a new 5M camera that can reach speeds up to 51 frames per second (fps) in fast mode.

From Teledyne DALSA 13 Feb 2014

Integration of Hyperion 300 and Awaiba Video Sensor Leads to Smaller, Less Expensive Flexible Endoscope

Surgeons can now explore parts of the human body with significantly more light and a higher resolution, higher quality image than was previously possible. Until the recent launch of the Hyperion 300™ Light Source with Integrated Awaiba Video Processor, the image quality from flexible endoscopes made it difficult to see into areas of the body that could only be reached with an in incision no smaller than 5mm or through a natural orifice.

3 Feb 2014

Nevoscope Inventor Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

Atam P. Dhawan, of Randolph, a distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBA) for contributions in medical imaging.

30 Jan 2014

FDA Grants OTC Clearance for BioPhotas Celluma Biophotonic Medical Device

BioPhotas, Inc. today announced the Over-The-Counter (OTC) clearances by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) of the Celluma, its proprietary biophotonic medical device. The Celluma had been previously cleared for six separate Indications-For-Use on a Prescription basis, including the treatment of acne, muscle and joint pain, muscle and joint stiffness, muscle spasm, arthritis and compromised local blood circulation.

22 Jan 2014

Conference Championship Football Games to be Viewed on LG's 100-Inch Class Laser TV at Sundance Film Festival

Google has just announced its latest high-tech marvel: contact lenses for diabetes patients. The lenses are lined with microelectronics that can monitor blood glucose levels in tears and then wirelessly transmit the data to a handheld device.

20 Jan 2014

FUJIFILM SonoSite Partners with Vivid Medical to Co-Promote ‘Open Access’ Video Intubation Device

FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., the world leader and pioneering specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced a partnership with Vivid Medical Inc. of Palo Alto, CA, to co-promote the VividTrac® Video Intubation Device.

17 Jan 2014

Facts and Figures to Commercialize Houston Methodist’s Plato's CAVE Multidimensional Imaging Technology

Houston Methodist has entered an exclusive agreement with Houston-based Facts and Figures, LLC, to license its high-definition, multidimensional imaging technology known as Plato's CAVE (Computer Augmented Virtual Environment). The agreement allows Facts and Figures to develop and commercialize Plato's CAVE technologies internationally.

16 Jan 2014