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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for August 7, 2012
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com's coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
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MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 med-tech stories for August 9, 2012
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three med-tech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com's coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the...
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Is it time to tame the hype over catheter-based valves? | MassDevice.com On Call
Physicians need to take a closer look at the risks of transcatheter aortic valve replacement surgery before offering the procedure to lower-risk patients, researchers say. MASSDEVICE ON CALL —...
View ArticleThe open source electronic health records agent conference
By John D. Halamka, MD News Well, Electronic Medical Records, Health Information Technologyread more
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Actuated Medical touts FDA nod for feeding, decompression tube cleaner
Actuated Medical's TubeClear system receives FDA clearance for use in nasogastric feeding and compression tubes. State College, PA.-based Actuated Medical received FDA clearance for part of its...
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Hospitals: Cap-ex market still constrained | Wall Street Beat
Big-ticket capital expenditures like MRI machines or robotic surgical systems are still constrained for hospitals, likely meaning slower going for large cap-ex makers. Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO) Rio...
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Johnson & Johnson still on the hook in patient injury lawsuit over Cypher stent
The Supreme Court for New Jersey backs certain complaints in a product liability lawsuit brought against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Corp.'s Cypher stent. Johnson subsidiary Cordis Corp....
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Whistleblower lawsuit accuses Orthofix of kickbacks scheme
A recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit in Florida accuses Orthofix of helping to file 'thousands' of false Medicare claims beginning in 2002 as part of a kickbacks scheme. Orthofix (NSDQ:OFIX)...
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Recall: Ethicon Endo-Surgery pulls surgical staplers over performance issues
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Endo-Surgery initiated a global recall of certain lots of its Proximate surgical staplers and accessories over concerns about firing issues. Johnson &...
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FDA proposes new 510(k) pre-review to cut out incomplete applications
The FDA revises its 510(k) application policy and issues a new basic administrative checklist to pre-assess submissions for a certain level of completeness before passing them on for agency review....
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Donation and compensation in research: Should patients be paid?
Cells collected from patients are the backbone of much of biomedical science. When should patients be paid for those cells? (jepoirrier/Flickr) By Tom Ulrich A few months ago, my mother had a skin...
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MassDevice.com +7 | The top 7 med-tech stories for the week of August 10, 2012
Say hello to MassDevice +7, a bite-sized view of the top seven med-tech stories of the week. This latest feature of MassDevice.com's coverage highlights our seven biggest and most influential stories...
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What would Paul Ryan's budget plan do to Medicare? | MassDevice.com On Call
Now that Mitt Romney has tapped Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his pick to be vice president, what would Ryan's ambitious budget plan do to Medicare? MASSDEVICE ON CALL — When likely Republican...
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FDA clears Stryker's Trevo clot retriever
Stryker Corp.'s Trevo medical device, designed to retrieve the blood clots that cause ischemic strokes. The FDA granted 510(k) clearance for Stryker's (NYSE:SYK) Trevo Pro blood clot retriever,...
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High-voltage Riata ST defibrillator lead failure and its implications for Durata
By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC It came from a case report published online before print in PACE from Dr. John Marenco of Tufts University in Springfield, Massachusetts: News Well, Cardiac Rhythm...
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Varian CEO Guertin to retire
Timothy Guertin, the CEO of Varian Medical Systems, plans to retire at the end of the medical device company's fiscal year in September. The CEO of Varian Medical (NYSE:VAR) is planning to retire from...
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Funding: Mazor Robotics drums up $15M
Medical device company Mazor Robotics drums up $15 million in a private placement, aiming to get its share traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Mazor Robotics (PINK:MZRTF) wants to get on a major U.S....
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Medical device companies: Report cites challenges, opportunities in new FDA...
Medical device companies will face new challenges and opportunities under the FDA's new user fee structure, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers report. The FDA's new authority to change the risk...
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Medical Device Testing: Testing for the Evolution of Disposable Syringes
A look at the testing of disposable syringes and the history of this medical device. Plastic disposable syringes were first introduced in 1961. When the “Disposables Revolution” arrived, it greatly...
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UPDATE: Federal appeals court sends Smith & Nephew / KCI bout back to Texas
A federal appeals court remands a patent infringement lawsuit between Smith & Nephew and Kinetic Concepts Inc. back to a lower court in Texas, saying the judge there didn't give enough weight to...
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