Archive for the ‘Medical Equipment Financing’ Category

Having received unanimous recommendation from its Circulatory System Devices Advisory Panel to grant a humanitarian device exemption to the Berlin Heart Excor Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), the FDA did just that. Here are some details from our earlier postabout the study that led to the approval:The sponsors of the VAD presented data from a recent prospective, non-randomized, ... Full story

DNA Genotek, a subsidiary of OraSure Technologies, received FDA clearance to market the Oragene Dx saliva DNA collection device. According to the company this is the first 510(k) approval for a DNA collection and stabilization device. The device promises reliable collection of DNA samples and ... Full story

According to The Oklahoman, the FDA approved the EZ Vein, a new device developed by an Oklahoma doctor for easing the placement of intravenous catheters in challenging patients.  Much like with a blood pressure cuff, the device is inflated using a hand pump and vasculature within the window opening is more readily seen. Dr. Robert Perry, a resident at Oklahoma University Medical Center, is the tinkerer that ... Full story

Robotized TMS is a novel approach in the application for image guided transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). SmartMove allows planning of a complete stimulation session ahead by defining stimulation sites based on anatomical MRI information and functional information like fMRI, PET or EEG/MEG. During the execution of the TMS stimulation ... Full story

BRING ON THE “SUDS”: PROTOTYPE, 7-FOOT-TALL SANITIZER AUTOMATES DISINFECTION OF HARD-TO-CLEAN HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT - SUDS machine designed to reduce infections and cut back on expensive “disposables” July 30, 2009- Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped device that automatically sanitizes in 30 minutes all sorts of hard-to-clean equipment in the ... Full story

In some ways, Jorge Conde, cofounder of the genomics startup Knome, knows his clients more intimately than any other company president. Knome is the first company to sequence and analyze a consumer's complete genome. And Conde and his team have spent a full day with each member of their select clientele, going through the minute details of the results in search of hidden ... Full story

Covance Inc. (CVD) (JOBS) to Acquire Seattle-Based Gene Expression Laboratory from Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) (JOBS); Five-Year $145 Million Contract 7/30/2009 PRINCETON, N.J., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Covance (NYSE: CVD - News) today announced it has entered ... Full story

Normal tissue often gets caught in the crossfire during radiation therapy. Damage is caused by the high-energy beams of radiation used to kill tumor tissue--particularly when the patient's breathing causes the tumor to shift.To better track a tumor's position in real time and adjust the radiation accordingly, researchers at the ... Full story

Direct Capital Expands Medical Equipment Finance Division July 22, 2009 by Barbara Kram, Editor PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Direct Capital, a leading nationwide provider of equipment leasing and financing, has taken several key steps to expand its Medical Equipment Finance Division. The company has announced that it will allocate nearly $68 million in lending capacity to immediately provide more ... Full story