[Quick Take] Interview with Jeff Howell, VP of Business Development at HealthTronics

HealthTronics offers diagnostic and therapeutic solutions to physicians, hospitals, surgery centers and clinics with a product portfolio that includes lithotripters and surgical lasers for treatment of BPH and stones, and anatomical pathology services. With the largest fleet of lithotripsy systems, and a...

[Quick Take] Interview with Robert Behl, President and CEO of PercSys

Positioned for growth as procedure shift from the hospital to the office and clinic, Percutaneous Systems, Inc. (PercSys) develops devices that make urologic and endoscopic procedures easier, less traumatic and more effective therapeutically. Many of the company’s products facilitate the introduction...

[Quick Take] Interview with Broughan Gorey, CEO of Concierge MedTravel

As the name implies, Concierge MedTravel is a medical travel service. Concierge arranges appointments, international travel, transportation, hotel and hospital accommodations for clients. The company caters to men in need of a minimally invasive prostate cancer treatment, specifically an alternative prostate...

BioElectronics Corp. Initiates Clinical Trials

Regular Sentinel readers may recall previous posts in which I praise Frederick, MD-based BioElectronics Corp. (BIEL), maker of ActiPatch. The company has experienced strong international growth over the past several months. In an announcement released last week, BIEL noted that during the month of April, the...

[Quick Take] Interview with Sandra Muhlfeld, Director of Marketing at Caldera Medical

Caldera develops disposable medical devices that address large markets in gynecology, urology and urogynecology. In this segment, filmed at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting, Sandra Muhlfeld discusses the Desara Sling System for female stress urinary incontinence and vaginal vault...

Nanogen to Consolidate Point of Care Manufacturing Operations

Nanogen is taking steps to reduce costs and improve margins by consolidating its point of care manufacturing operations. The cost-cutting effort will transfer operations in Toronto, CA to the company’s San Diego facility; the move should be complete by year-end. According to estimates, the consolidation...

Real Estate Developer Hopes to Attract Tenants with Web 2.0

Wexford Science and Technology, a Baltimore, MD-based real estate investment and development firm, hopes Web 2.0 will generate heightened interest in its new office park. Located in Hershey, PA, the Hershey Center for Applied Research (HCAR), geared towards life sciences firms, offers office space, wet and...

Aethlon Medical: Time to Focus

You’ve got to hand it to the PR folks at Aethlon Medical. Every time I come across one of the company’s press releases I think I’ve stumbled upon the holy grail of medicine – the solution from which all cures will come. The company’s Hemopurifier separates and captures infectious viruses and toxins...