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Nellcor, a company specializing in pulse oximetry innovations, announced that
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Washington D.C., has issued
a key decision relating to Nellcor's U.S. Patent No. 4,934,372.
Biophan Technologies, a developer of next-generation
biomedical technology, and New Scale Technologies, a developer of miniature
ceramic motors, have announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has
allowed the fundamental patent for the SQUIGGLE motor, a linear motor made of
piezoelectric ceramics and other nonmagnetic materials, which achieves nanometer
precision.
Affymetrix announced the launch of the new GeneChip Globin-Reduction kits and
associated protocol developed in conjunction with PreAnalytiX -- a joint venture
between QIAGEN and Becton Dickinson.
Medtronic has begun enrollment in its ENDEAVOR IV clinical trial, the final
phase of its ENDEAVOR clinical program to be used in support of U.S. premarket
approval.
EndoTex Interventional Systems announced CE Mark approval of its NexStent Carotid
Stent and Monorail Delivery System, which provides a minimally invasive approach
for treating carotid artery disease, avoiding the more invasive surgical procedure
called carotid endarterectomy (CEA).
Inamed narrowly failed to convince a U.S. panel that its silicone breast implants
are safe enough to win U.S. approval and end 13-year-old restrictions sparked
by concerns over possible illness from leaking silicone.
Summa Design, a contract design firm focused on the medical device industry,
announced the opening of their new Far East Operations office in Shanghai, China.
BioSource International announced that its board of directors, in a special
meeting, voted unanimously to reject an unsolicited proposal from Bio-Rad Laboratories,
dated April 6, to acquire all of BioSource's outstanding shares at $8.50 per
share in cash.
Axeda Systems has inked a license deal with Respironics for the Axeda DRM (Device
Relationship Management) system to be used in remote monitoring and maintenance
and service support of its Esprit critical care ventilators.