Archives for November 2007
[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 year.
Through the use of a proprietary process called […]
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 held developer of tissue heart valve products. This acquisition […]
[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 Classifier” recommends whether the lesion should be biopsied.
With […]
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 services for the acutely ill, with a focus on newborns […]
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 pressure of competing manufacturers, who have flattened the formerly healthy […]
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 tomography equipment available”. AquilionONE, slated for a summer launch, will allow physicians to […]
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 (CAD) technology that helps distinguish cancers from other anomalies […]
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, doctors perform 140,000 gastric bypass surgeries […]
More Good News from Aethlon, Hemopurifier Reverses Immune Suppression in Cancer Patients
Aethlon’s prospects seem to be growing brighter by the minute. Last week I reported that the company had initiated a research collaboration to study the in vitro effectiveness of clearing HIV from blood. This Monday, Aethlon announced that researchers have documented Hemopurifier’s ability to remove the immunosuppressive activity normally found in the fluid of cancer […]
Kensey Nash Delivers OsseoFit, Further Strengthening its Biomaterials Division
Kensey Nash announced the first commercial shipment of its OsseoFit Porous Tissue Matrix to Biomet Sports Medicine, the sports medicine subsidiary of Biomet Inc. The event triggers a milestone payment, which had been planned for the current quarter.
In January 2007, Kensey and Biomet signed an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement for OsseoFit. Under the agreement, […]
