Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week

HIV Diagnostics - Agreement reached to accelerate review of HIV EIA

HIV/AIDS Testing - Modified AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR 1.5 detects HIV RNA at previously undetectable levels

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Novel assay may improve HIV fitness measures in treated patients

Humeral Head Fractures - Some humeral head fractures can be treated without surgery

Imaging - CT scan a new diagnostic modality for diagnosing coronary artery disease

Imaging - Phase I of breast cancer detection study yields positive results

Imaging - Slice of life - new technique to scan the human body described

Imaging - Tricam 3D Imaging System launched

Infectious Disease - Suspected fetal toxoplasmosis needs follow-up despite negative amniocentesis

Intubation - Should ambulance crews perform emergency breathing procedure?

Joint Replacement - Website dedicated to minimally invasive joint surgery

Kidney Stones - New lithotripter accelerates stone fragmentation and reduces cell lysis in vitro

Legal Issues - Genentech settles patent dispute

Lung Tumors - MR fluoroscopy can be used to reach the target lesion easily and accurately

Malaria Diagnosis - With proper purification, length of storage does not affect diagnostic utility of dried blood spots

Market Analysis - Emerging wound closure, punctureless injection devices leading market growth

Medical Devices - Brain monitoring device company selects new technology to increase efficiency

Medication Compliance - Medication reminder products sold in Europe

Medulloblastoma - Biologic markers will likely add to the understanding of medulloblastoma

Melanoma - Ocular melanoma is not associated with CDKN2A or MC1R

Mergers and Acquisitions - Diagnostic company's subsidiary sold to Inverness Medical Innovations

Mergers and Acquisitions - Meditech and Elan Bio Dynamics enter joint venture

Mergers and Acquisitions - Postmerger Pyrosequencing management team unveiled

Metastatic Cancer - Prognostic factors may assist in selecting appropriate treatment for patients

Myocardial Infarction - Additional data from Pexelizumab COMMA trial reported

Myocardial Infarction - Automated external defibrillator training offered

Neonatal Monitoring - Pulse oximetry technology incorporated into cardiorespiratory monitor

Nerve Damage - U.S. patent allowed for treating neuropathy using photo energy device

Obstetrics - No evidence that cerclage procedure is effective in preventing preterm birth

Penile Carcinoma - Squamous cell carcinoma antigen level may be a tool for following patients

Peritoneal Dialysis - Three purse-string sutures result in a low incidence of leakage

Personnel - Arthur J. Lawida tapped as board member of SLICES maker

Personnel - CEO Michael R. Farris leaves laser vision company

Personnel - CEO to retire, remain on board at pharmaceutical firm

Personnel - Cardiovascular device company strengthens management team

Personnel - Device company names new chairman, CEO, president, COO

Personnel - Director hired for biotech industry development in North Carolina

Personnel - General counsel and compliance officer join lab services company

Personnel - Management team expanded with three new senior executives

Personnel - Mathew joins heart monitoring device firm

Personnel - New international marketing director named at device firm

Personnel - Nobel prize-winning chemist named to scientific advisory board

Personnel - Phototherapy company enters partnership with Hubert and Martin

Personnel - Roseanne Branciforte to lead Florida-based pharmaceutical company

Personnel - Stein named president of Palo Alto research firm

Plastic Surgery - The epidemiology of cleft lip and palate in Mexico shows more boys are affected

Plastic Surgery - Vascular endothelial growth factor improves ischemic flap survival in rodents

Postoperative Pain - Local anesthetic infusion helps alleviate pain after hand surgery

Postsurgical Pain - Phase II studies to be initiated with APF112

Prostate Cancer - Company expands prostate seed line, offers Readi-Strand

Prostate Cancer - PAR-1 mediates proliferation-modulating effects of thrombin on prostate cancer

Pulmonary Medicine - CE Mark granted for non-vascular interventional pulmonary stenting device

Renal Tumors - Cryoablation may be an option for patients with tumor in a solitary kidney

Reproductive Medicine - FISH sperm analysis may aid genetic counseling

Restenosis - New drug-eluting stents: Enthusiasm sobered by economic constraints

Restenosis - Study confirms effectiveness of sirolimus-eluting stent

Retinal Vessels - Single-eye measurements represent the retinal vessel diameters of a person

Skin Cancer - A "round block" purse-string suture is successful in facial reconstruction

Specimen Storage - Indianapolis chosen as site for a specimen management facility

Stock Market - Drug delivery developer applies for listing on the American Stock Exchange

Stock Split - Monitoring company announces three-for-two stock split

Stock Symbol - Breast implant company has "E" removed from trading symbol

Telemetry - Hospital inspectors say patients jeopardized by monitoring delays

Total Hip Arthroplasty - Cementless total hip arthroplasty succeeds in patients older than 80 years

Total Hip Arthroplasty - Immunological abnormalities are present in patients with well-fixed prostheses

Total Hip Arthroplasty - The pharmacokinetics of Simplex-tobramycin bone cement are evaluated

Total Joint Arthroplasty - Reduced postimplant function scale is a valid alternative to longer scale

Total Knee Arthroplasty - Oxidative stress in bilateral TKR under ischemic tourniquet evaluated

Transplant Medicine - Basiliximab is effective and safe for induction therapy in SPK transplantation

Transplant Medicine - Organ transplant recipients face serious kidney-failure risk

Transplant Medicine - Organ-transplant patients at particular risk from low MMR vaccine uptake

Transplant Medicine - Two grants will fund research in organ donation/procurement

Transplantation - Hepatitis B core antibody positivity doesn't rule out liver lobe donation

Transplantation - Voriconazole is effective and safe for treating invasive mold infections

Tumor Ablation - Standardized terms for image-guided tumor ablation proposed

Urinary Stones - New laser lithotripter is effective, simple, reliable, and cost effective

Urologic Cancer - Iliac artery embolization is feasible, effective, and minimally invasive

Urological Emergencies - Some urological emergencies require immediate intervention and surgery

Valve Prostheses - Lipid-lowering therapy for valve prostheses

Ventricular Assist Device - The totally implantable HeartSaver VAD is evaluated in vivo

Ventricular Assist Devices - Axial flow blood pumps may provide bridge-to-heart transplant

West Nile Virus - Collaborative effort to develop West Nile hyperimmune globulin

Wound Care - Company expands wound care line with new products and educational programs