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Biolase Technology, a medical technology company that develops, manufactures
and markets lasers and related products focused on technologies for improved
applications and procedures in dentistry and related specialties, announced
the signing of a fully paid license agreement related to patents owned or licensed
by SurgiLight in the field of Presbyopia, which is a phenomenon of natural aging
that results in the loss of near-reading ability over the age of 40 years old.
CryoLife, a biomaterials and biosurgical device company, announced that a patient
received the first Cryopreserved osteoarticular (OA) allograft transplant for
resurfacing articular cartilage in the knee.
Argonaut Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement under which Argonaut
Technologies will sell stock and certain assets of its consumables and flash
chromatography business to Biotage AB of Uppsala, Sweden.
Current Technology, developer of ETG (ElectroTrichoGenesis), a patented electrotherapeutic
device that provides a clinically proven medical treatment for hair loss, announced
that it has received the CE Medical Mark for its ETG Mark I device.
Taking advantage of a spate of high-value acquisitions of spinal implant developers
and recent U.S. government approval of the first artificial spinal disk, AxioMed
Spine raised $18 million in a second round of venture capital led by Thomas,
McNerney & Partners.
Medical devicemaker Stryker reported that it bought privately held eTrauma.com
for $50 million in cash to incorporate the digital imaging software company
with its orthopedics business.
Raymedica, a manufacturer of nonfusion spinal implants for the treatment of
back pain, has announced that Medtronic will return the European and Indian
distribution rights of the PDN-SOLO Prosthetic Disc Nucleus to Raymedica.
R2 Technology has received FDA approval to expand the use of its ImageChecker
D product for CAD processing of images acquired with the Siemens Medical Solutions
MAMMOMAT NovationDR and viewed on Siemens' MammoReportPlus softcopy reporting
workstation.