[Video] Interview with Tom Steinke, CEO and Founder of Minnow Medical

This interview with Tom Steinke of Minnow Medical was filmed back in September at AdvaMed 2007. Minnow’s first product is designed to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD). It is estimated that 12 million Americans have PAD – a condition that results in limb loss for 150,000 Americans each...

ATS 3f Enable Aortic Bioprosthesis Shows Early Promise

A total of 47 patients have now undergone aortic valve replacement with ATS Medical’s 3f Enable Aortic Bioprosthesis at seven investigative sites in Europe; eight patients have surpassed the two year implant duration. In October 2006, ATS completed a $58 million purchase of 3F Therapeutics, a privately...

[Video] Interview with Joseph Gulfo, President and CEO of Electro-Optical Sciences

We gathered this footage back in September at the Think Equity G5 Growth Conference. In this segment, Gulfo discusses MelaFind – a handheld device that capture images of suspicious pigmented skin lesions. The data is then analyzed against a database of melanomas and benign lesions. The “Lesion...

Stock Offering Fuels Inverness’ Thirst for Acquisition

Buoyed by a recent stock offering, the Inverness Medical machine continues to gobble up companies as they consolidate the disease and health management service space. The most recent acquisition of ParadigmHealth will cost the company $230 million in an all cash deal. Paradigm offers disease management...

Synergetics, Pointing to Pricing Pressure in the Neurosurgery Market, to Introduce New Generator

Synergetics USA has introduced a lower priced, electrosurgical generator with full feature cut and coagulation modes. The new unit is designed to fill the price gap created by its coagulation only unit, COAG, and the up-market Advantage, named DualWave. The company’s decision was spurred by pricing...

Vital Images Expands Partnership with Toshiba Medical Systems

More partnering news, this time from Vital Images, who report they have expanded their partnering agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems to include Toshiba’s newly launched AquilionONE dynamic volume CT scanner. Toshiba bills the FDA cleared system as the, “most advanced diagnostic imaging computed...

Partnership with GE Healthcare Sends iCAD Shares Soaring

Last week GE Healthcare announced would it would be incorporating iCAD’s SecondLook technology into its line of Senographe Full-Field Digital mammography systems. iCAD shares opened 10% higher on the news; shares have continued to climb to a high of $2.39 today. SecondLook is a computer aided detection...

EndoBarrier: An Endoscopic Alternative to Gastric Bypass

With 3000 calories and 229 grams of fat in the average Thanksgiving Day meal (just the meal itself!) – the morbidly obese may soon be looking for options to assuage their post-holiday guilt – while bettering their chances of long term survival. According to the American Society for Bariatric Surgery,...