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CardioOptics Inc., a developer of unique, visually guided, therapeutic systems for the less invasive treatment of heart failure, announced Cleveland Clinic is one of the first hospitals in the nation to use its patented, forward-looking SiteSeekir Trans-Blood Vision technology to assist in complex cardiac procedures.
Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after treatment, medical physicist Cihat Ozhasoglu, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will report in early August at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Orlando.
The recommendation carried the seal of approval of an established medical journal: virtually every middle-aged man and woman should be screened routinely for heart disease, using sophisticated and pricey technology to take snapshots of clogged vessels.
Cook Inc. announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company's new five-lumen central venous catheter, designed to both improve multiple treatment administration and provide increased protection against hospital-based catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs).
International law firm King & Spaulding is expanding its FDA and healthcare practice with the addition of two experts on regulatory issues affecting the device industry, the firm announced July 24.
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that laparoscopic surgery assisted by a surgical robot to fix vaginal vault prolapse, a collapse of the vagina that can occur after a hysterectomy, is an effective option to the traditional, open surgical repair when measured at least a year after the surgery.