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EP MedSystems, a maker of electrophysiology products used in cardiac rhythm
management, began shipping certain EP catheters to its customers from its offshore
manufacturing efforts in Mexico.
Biomet announced that the FDA has granted marketing clearance for its patented
ArComXL Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene, an engineered polymer that has demonstrated
a 47 percent to 64 percent volumetric wear rate reduction over Biomet's own
ArCom Polyethylene.
Ambion Diagnostics, a division of Ambion, has entered into a new agreement with
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to continue its alliance in the development and supply
of cGMP-grade RNA that will be incorporated as a component in Wyeth's innovative
vaccine program.
Novadaq Technologies announced
that Nimesh Desai and Stephen Fremes reported data on a 120-patient prospective
study conducted at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre in
Toronto, Canada, using Novadaq's proprietary Spy Intra-operative Imaging System
for the assessment of graft quality during Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG).
Rapid dermal anesthesia was achieved in a study using Sontra Medical's SonoPrep
ultrasonic skin permeation followed by two minutes of active drug transport
with iontophoresis, a needle-free method of delivering drugs through the skin
using low-level electrical current, the company said.
Sutura has announced the completion of a successful audit leading to a number
of certifications for the manufacture of the company's SuperStitch closure product
line.