Posts Tagged ‘medicalbuy-net’

Venture Beat recently named the “Quantified Self” movement as a top trend for 2012. That publication defined the movement as “self-knowledge through numbers” and cited a number of gadgets that enable their users to quantify everyday activities such as workouts, sleep, heart rate, and galvanic skin response.... Full story

Magnetecs, an Inglewood, California firm, received the European CE Marking for its Robotic Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging (CGCI) System.  The technology involves eight remotely controlled electromagnets that guide the movement of a magnetically-tipped EP catheter, providing precise movement with great dexterity. The display intelligently provides validation of anatomy, EP, and precise visualization of the intended work area as well as real-time display of tool ... Full story

Exactech out of Gainesville, Florida has announced full market release of the Equinoxe Fx Plate. The fracture plate is used in shoulder reconstruction and is designed to reduce humeral head collapse. Additionally, surgeons can inject bone void filler after the plate has been positioned to improve outcomes. ... Full story

Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have created particles that mimic red blood cells in size, shape and flexibility. Using a fabrication process called Particle Replication in Non-wetting Templates, or PRINT, 6 μm hydrogel discs are produced that can circulate through the body for 93 hours before they are excreted, compared to about 3 hours for the stiffer ... Full story

Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a method to grow blood vessels in a laboratory. The investigators used biomimetic polyethylene glycol hydrogels embedded with a growth factor called BB (PDGF-BB) to spur angiogenesis, and are now working on a way to guide the formation of vasculature for specific applications. ... Full story

NASA Technology Could Aid in Interpretation of Mammograms, Ultrasound, Other Medical Imagery NASA software used to enhance Earth Science Imagery could one day aid in the interpretation of mammograms, ultrasounds and other medical imagery. The new MED-SEG system, developed by Bartron Medical Imaging, Inc., a Connecticut-based small company, with satellite offices in Maryland, relies on an innovative software program developed at NASA’s Goddard ... Full story

// Bangkok,  (DPA) Thai health authorities Saturday announced the country’s first H1N1-related death - a 47-year-old Thai woman. Rewat Wisruthwes, director-general of the Health Ministry’s Medicine Department, confirmed that the patient died about 3 a.m. Saturday, the Bangkok Post online news service reported. Thailand has ... Full story