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Restore Medical, a provider of medical technologies
to address sleep-disordered breathing, announced that the Pillar Palatal Implant
System has received CE Mark certification for OSA and is now cleared for use
in Europe.
Biophan Technologies, a developer of next-generation biomedical technology,
announced completion of the acquisition of a majority interest in AMRIS, bringing
Biophan exclusive access to key patents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
technology.
Medtronic announced the European introductions of the Medtronic EnRhythm pacemaker
(dual-chamber) and the Medtronic EnTrust implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
(ICDs) (single- and dual-chamber versions).
Cook Biotech and CorMatrix Cardiovascular have announced a cross-license agreement
to encourage the development of certain cardiovascular medical devices using
proprietary extracellular biomaterials held by each company.
A complaint was filed against Hewlett-Packard (HP) and its spin-off, Agilent
Technologies, by a former employee, citing a "scheme to defraud its customers
by knowingly selling defective and potentially dangerous medical devices."
Scandius BioMedical, a Littleton, Mass.-based medical device company focusing
on minimally invasive orthopedic implants and surgical instruments, has raised
$8 million through the private sale of Series C preferred stock.
Zimmer Holdings announced that the first electromagnetic Computer-Assisted Solutions
knee replacement procedure was successfully performed Feb. 14 at The Methodist
Hospital in Houston, Texas. David Lionberger, an orthopedic surgeon at Methodist,
performed three successful navigation assisted procedures using the Zimmer Minimally
Invasive Solutions (MIS) Quad-Sparing Total Knee Replacement Procedure and Medtronic
Navigation's proprietary StealthStation with the AxiEM electromagnetic computer
assisted system.
Encore Medical shelled out $14.5 million to purchase the assets of competitor
Osteoimplant Technology of Baltimore, which makes spinal, hip and knee implants.