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A pair of glasses which use virtual imagery could help people with Parkinson's
disease cope with walking problems, scientists say. The device uses light to
project images in front of the user, helping them to focus and control their
movement.
Axsun Technologies has launched a groundbreaking new platform of tunable-laser-based
products to enable continuous quality monitoring in process applications at
PITTCON 2005.
TriPath Imaging said it has won an exclusive five-year contract to supply its
SurePath liquid-based pap test to the Cumbria and Lancashire Strategic Health
Authority in the UK.
Applied Biosystems, an Applera Corporation, together with its partner MDS Sciex,
a division of MDS and BIOCRATES life sciences, a bio-knowledge provider and
developer of application systems and consumables for life sciences applications,
announced a new collaborative agreement whereby the companies plan to develop
metabolomics methods, instruments and applications.
SOLX, a Boston University Photonics Center Company that develops glaucoma treatment
systems, has commenced commercial operations after conducting four years of
research and product development in the Photonics Center's Business Acceleration
Program. SOLX's DeepLight Glaucoma Treatment System, which combines its Titanium
Sapphire Laser and Gold Shunt, provides physicians a new approach to decreasing
intraocular pressure, the primary risk factor for glaucoma.
A Seattle company developing an implant to track and treat cancerous tumors
has landed $8.5 million in venture capital, part of a round of fund raising
the company hopes will reach $34.9 million.
CTI Molecular Imaging, a provider of positron emission
tomography (PET) equipment, molecular probes and services, announced that the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee recently issued an
order granting summary judgment in favor of the company and CTI PET Systems
(which does business as CPS Innovations) as defendants in a patent infringement
case brought by the Board of Regents, The University of Texas System and M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center v. CTI Molecular Imaging, CTI and CTI PET Systems.
Ra Medical Systems announced that the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate
District, rejected PhotoMedex's appeal of a lower court ruling in a breach of
contract case that Ra Medical and its founder, Dean Irwin, won early last year.