[Quick Take] Interview with Jeff Rencher, President of Sales & Marketing at Opticon Medical

Opticon Medical develops products for short-term urinary management and chronic urinary incontinence. The company has five FDA cleared products, including the Option-vf and Option-vm catheters highlighted in this video. Option catheters use the body’s own bladder to store urine rather than a collection...

[Quick Take] Interview with Gary Levine, CFO of Bostwick Laboratories

Bostwick Laboratories is a full-service laboratory specializing in uropathology. The company’s pathologists specialize in the diagnosis, treatment and subsequent management of prostate cancer, kidney disease, cancer of the bladder and other urologic conditions. Bostwick offer complete histologic services,...

Set of Privacy Standards Adopted by Providers of Personal Health Records

Given the fragmentation of many health services in the U.S., creating a shared set of privacy standards is an important step in furthering the adoption of personal health records (PHRs) . PHRs include a variety of electronic data designed to help consumers better manage their health-related information,...

[Quick Take] Interview with Larry Drappi, VP Sales & Marketing at MeridianEMR

meridianEMR offers a “blended model” EMR system designed for creating and storing patient medical records in an office and online simultaneously. Designed by a team of physicians and software engineers, meridianEMR uses Java and XML to create a highly modular medical EMR that provides: Remote access to...

[Quick Take] Interview with Phillip Goetz, President of Medical Digital Developers

Medical Digital Developers (MD Dev) offers the D-Scope System, a voice-activated, hands-free digital media management system that captures digital audio and video (including still images) during an endoscopic exam. D-Scope prides itself on ease of use in clinical environs, due to its voice recognition...

24 Million Americans Living with Diabetes

24 million Americans have diabetes, an increase of 3 million people in just two years, says the CDC – that’s 8 percent of the U.S. population. 25 percent of Americans 60 and up live with the condition and 57 million people are thought to have pre-diabetes. Some dramatic racial disparities exist as...

SAES Acquires Memry Corporation

Milan, Italy-based SAES has acquired Memry Corp. for $77.7 million or $2.51 per share. The price represents a premium of +/- 73% based on Memry’s closing price on June 23, 2008. Memry develops nitinol-based and polymer-based medical device products, including its proprietary shape memory alloys. Medical...

ATS AP360 Wins Canadian Regulatory Approval

ATS Medical has been making a good run of it of late. The company has demonstrated its ability to execute corporate strategy and increase shareholder value. In May, ATS revised fiscal 2008 revenue guidance to $62-$66 million from $60-$64 million. Yesterday, ATS announced Canadian approval of its Open Pivot...