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Blue Cross has agreed to discontinue its policy that pays doctors more money for performing various endoscopy procedures in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) than in hospitals, pending regulatory review.
CardioTech International, a developer and manufacturer of advanced medical device materials and products for the treatment of cardiovascular and other diseases, Oct. 10 reported that it has received the necessary approval from the Ethics Committee of the European medical center where preparations are underway for a clinical trial of CardioPass, the Company's proprietary synthetic coronary bypass graft.
InnerWireless, Inc., leading provider of in-building wireless systems, announced that its Medical-grade Wireless Utility has been deployed throughout The Heart Center of Indiana (THCI) as a part of the Siemens Medical Solutions initiative to provide the most efficient patient care and guest information access possible.
A team of researchers has received a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study improved methods for biological separations.
William Cook Australia, a global leader in endovascular therapy products, has taken another major step forward in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms.
U.S. medical technology group Danaher has agreed with Australian firm Vision Systems that Danaher will initiate an offer worth $520 million to acquire Vision, Danaher said Oct. 8.
Lumenis is recalling some of its DuoTome SideLite 550 Micron Delivery Systems after it shipped devices that lack markings to help surgeons position the instruments.
Regulators and devicemakers pledged to implement many of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) recommendations released Sept. 28 that ask the FDA, industry and physicians to do a better job of tracking heart device malfunctions and communicating device adverse event information.