Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week

Heart Failure - sNDA submitted for Atacand for cardiovascular condition

Heart Surgery - Preoperative risk factors for gastrointestinal morbidity identified

Heart Transplantation - Novel bridge to heart transplantation reported

Hemophilia - Kogenate FS donated to World Federation of Hemophilia

Hepatitis C Virus - IFNAR1-mRNA expression in PBMC associated with IFN-alpha response to hepatitis C

Hip Replacement - Computed tomography useful for pelvic lysis assessment

Hip Replacement - Novel technique improves hip joint wear particle isolation

Imaging - Emory announces first clinical use in the U.S. of new On-board Imager

Imaging Technology - AI-700 study suggests ultrasound with AI-700 compares well to nuclear imaging

Immunology - Albumin mediates myeloperoxidase transcytosis in endothelial cells

Immunology - IAP expression regulates neutrophil apoptosis

Immunology - IL-10 and TGF-beta differ in regulation of aminopeptidase N/CD13 expression

Immunology - IL-10 ligand/receptor gene family provide lead for biological characterization

Immunology - Immunosuppressives effect on graft-derived fibroblasts contribute to benefit

Immunology - Self-reactive T cells committed to innate immune cell lineage

Infectious Disease - HCMV NKCC protein localizes to perinucleus during infection

Information Technology - Cancer group implements storage solution to manage research data

Information Technology - IT company building eDOCs system for American Red Cross Biomedical Services

Information Technology - Need to integrate PACS with existing systems challenges vendors

Information Technology - Surgical Information Systems and Capsule Technologie sued for infringement

Instrumentation - National Instruments extends functionality of analytical instrumentation

Joint Implants - Clinical trial initiated for Cushion-Bearing Femoral Head

Leg Fracture - Bone graft trial expanded to include University Of Michigan

Legal Issues - AGEN settles Synbiotics litigation

Legal Issues - Class action filed against surgical tool manufacturer

Legal Issues - Class action lawsuit against Hanger Opthopedic Group, Inc.

Legal Issues - Class action lawsuit announced against Synovis Life Technologies

Legal Issues - Lawsuit against drugstore.com alleges financial misrepresentation

Legal Issues - Shareholder class action filed against orthopedic group

Licensing Agreement - Delphi inks agreement to manufacture ambulatory IV pump

Lung Cancer - Biotechnology company announces Tarceva was accepted into FDA's Pilot 1 Program

Lung Transplantation - OPTN/UNOS board approves lung allocation policy based on transplant benefit

Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Stand-up MRI sold to 14th multi-unit purchaser

Market Analysis - $12B cosmetic-aesthetic medicine market booms

Medical Devices - Development and prevention of contact lens infections reviewed

Medical Devices - Effects of bisphenol A on fibroblasts characterized

Medical Devices - Heterogeneous surface charge enhances microfluidic mixing

Medical Devices - Laryngeal tube cuff pressure changes characterized

Medical Devices - Minimally invasive technique devised for epidural electrode implantation

Medical Devices - Passive conductivity detection for capillary electrophoresis described

Medical Devices - Pediatric laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication technique developed

Medical Devices - Portable genetic assay for pathogen detection and analysis developed

Medical Imaging - Chromatography technique can be applied to anti-cancer drugs

Medical Technology - FDA clearances granted for software to review multi-detector CT chest exams

Medical Technology - Patent awarded to technology company for ionic electromagnetic technology

Mergers & Acquisitions - Anthem-WellPoint pending merger approved by shareholders

Mergers & Acquisitions - Hernia repair fixation system acquired

Mergers & Acquisitions - Sensor company acquires Elekon Industries

Mergers & Acquisitions - Tender offer for Alaris completed

Mergers and Acquisitions - Acquisition of Pfizer's Ophthalmic surgical business completed

Mergers and Acquisitions - Assets of Regent Biogel and Hibi acquired

Mergers and Acquisitions - AzignBioscience obtains a 25% interest in Atonomics ApS

Mergers and Acquisitions - Brachytherapy seed developer announces merger

Mergers and Acquisitions - Florida orthopedic surgery center acquired

Mergers and Acquisitions - Impact Diagnostics, Inc., to be acquired through merger transaction

Mergers and Acquisitions - Medical device manufacturer extends merger discussions

Mergers and Acquisitions - Private equity firm acquires Excelsior Medical Corporation

Microbiology - Biofilm testing may lead the way to effective antibiotic use in CF patients

Microcirculation - Videocapillaroscopy captures the vascular dynamics of amputated limbs

Mobile Healthcare - Chicago firm gets $6.4M contract for mobile MRI vehicles

Morbid Obesity - Insulin secretion normalizes at postgastroplasty ideal body weight

Myofascial Pain - Positive results reported from new magnet study

Myopia - Lasik system obtains broad treatment range for customized refractive surgery

Neuroblastoma - Amplifications in chromosome arm 1p identified

Neurology - Microbleeds, white matter changes, lacunar infarcts may have common cause

Neuroscience - Age-related changes in hippocampal gene expression identified

Neuroscience - Diffusion MRI sensitive to glutamate cell swelling-induced structural changes

Neuroscience - Effect of zinc on hippocampal amino acid release characterized

Neuroscience - Folic acid distribution determined in monkey brain

Neuroscience - Mirtazapine enhances 5-HT_1A neurotransmission

Neuroscience - Neuronal afterdischarge not needed for ELH release in Aplysia

Neuroscience - Neuropeptide Y regulated by c-fos in murine dentate gyrus

Neuroscience - Therapeutic mechanisms of deep brain stimulation reviewed

Neurotoxin -  C. botulinum type B neurotoxin gene expression quantitated with RT-PCR assay

Newborn Screening - Report card finds only 21 states offer core newborn screening tests

Obesity - Leptin and its receptor may promote immune dysfunction related to obesity/NHL

Obesity Surgery - Biliopancreatic diversion in the surgical treatment of morbid obesity

Obstetrics - British women most likely to use sterilization, vasectomy for contraception

Obstetrics - Study analyzes results of suspected acute appendicitis cases during pregnancy

Orthopedic Surgery - Computer guidance can improve iliosacral joint screw stabilization

Orthopedics - No advantage found double-bundle multistranded hamstring tendons over singles

Osteoarthritis - T₂ relaxation time has diagnostic and prognostic value

Otorhinolaryngology - Neuromuscular blockade characterized at laryngeal muscles

Oximetry - Auckland City Hospital converts to Masimo SET Oximetry

Pancreatic Cancer - Initial clinical data from GVAX pancreatic cancer vaccine program

Parasitology - Immune suppression increases risk of fatal strongyloidiasis in endemic areas

Parkinson Disease - Zonisamide complements carbidopa-levodopa effects

Patents - Additional patent granted on Phenotype MicroArray technology

Patents - Company announces European patent on human P2Y4 receptor

Patents - Company wins patent for detecting genetic variants utilizing base stacking

Patents - Safety products company granted appeal in surgical instrument patent dispute

Patient Safety - Voluntary recall announced for patient lifts

Pediatrics - Pediatric cardiology center to implement wide-area communications system

Personnel - Device company announces new CEO/president

Personnel - Device developer names VP of quality, regulatory and clinical affairs

Personnel - Device firm adds Kenneth J. Yonika as CFO

Personnel - Diagnostics company announces board member resignation

Personnel - Former VP at implant processor company named CEO of Osiris Therapeutics

Personnel - Gerhard Baumgartner joins Chemophase maker's scientific advisory board

Personnel - IT company appoints new general manager of healthcare

Personnel - Mark E. Saad appointed MacroPore CFO; new president and COO also named

Personnel - Medical device manufacturer shareholders re-elect current board members

Personnel - Needlestick Safety Alliance adds members

Personnel - Sanders named assistant VP for European life science sales at device firm

Postoperative Ileus - NDA submission for Entereg (alvimopan) completed

Pregnancy - Diagnostics developer ships new over-the-counter ovulation, pregnancy tests

Product Licensing - Spire receives catheter license payment from Bard

Prostate Cancer - Lifestyle changes can help prevent prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Location and function of TARP characterized

Prostate Cancer - Novel candidate oncogene identified

Radiation Oncology - Emory pioneers robotic system for precision radiation treatments

Reconstructive Surgery - Microsurgical replantation of thumb volar skin described

Respiratory Virus - DNA flow-thru chip used for typing and subtyping of influenza viruses

Respiratory Virus - Heteroduplex mobility assay detects genetic variants of RSV subgroup A

Retrovirus - Crystal structure of monomeric RT from MMLV revealed

Sepsis - Utility of extracorporeal blood purification reviewed

Sexual Dysfunction - Phase II trials for testosterone transdermal gel completed

Shortness Of Breath - FDA clears new emergency department diagnostic test

Smoking Cessation - Cessation product gives immediate picture of dangerous effects of smoking

Smoking Cessation - Tobacco exposure products pass the test in Australia media

Spinal Fusion Procedures - Hydrosorb Boomerang receives CE Mark for interbody fusion

Spinal Surgery - Study: Oxiplex/SP Gel for spine surgery doesn't inhibit bone healing

Sports Medicine - Agreement signed with Baltimore Ravens for rehabilitation system

Stem Cell Research - Double labeling method measures cell turnover rates in colon

Stem Cell Research - Transplanted adult MSCs differentiate in regionally/temporally specific manner

Stem Cell Transplantation - Deletion of chromosome band 13q14 prognostic factor in multiple myeloma with SCT

Stem Cell Transplantation - Hematopoietic SC dose correlates with speed of immune reconstitution after SCT

Stem-Cell Research - 5azaD and TSA can be used to alter the fate of primitive HSCs/HPCs

Stem-Cell Research - AML1-ETO in hematopoietic stem cells preferentially enhances their maintenance

Stem-Cell Research - CD38 is functionally involved in CD83 expression and IL-12 induction

Stem-Cell Research - Donor CD8+ cell count on day +14 predictor of acute graft-versus-host disease

Stem-Cell Research - GDNF promotes neuronal differentiation/dopaminergic development of neurospheres

Stem-Cell Research - GSM signals affect gene expression levels in tumor suppressor p53-deficient ESC

Stem-Cell Research - Jagged1-induced Notch signaling drives multiple myeloma cell proliferation

Stem-Cell Research - Jak 3 absence affects T-cell development

Stem-Cell Research - Mechanisms associated with IL-6-induced up-regulation of Jak3 elucidated

Stem-Cell Research - Pituitary gland affects self-renewing division of stem cells

Stem-Cell Research - Poly(alpha-hydroxy esters) support ES cell propagation in undifferentiated state

Stem-Cell Research - SCL required for normal function of short-term repopulating hematopoietic SCs

Stem-Cell Research - SSEA-1 epitope expression not essential for embryogenesis

Stem-Cell Research - Type I HBEC immortalization may be early step in breast cancer subset initiation

Stem-Cell Research - Wnt signaling inhibits osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Acute gastrointestinal GVHD diagnosed frequently after allogeneic HCT

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Bone marrow grafts restore cerebral blood flow and blood brain barrier in stroke

Stem-Cell Transplantation - CSP/MMF in URD HSCT patients acceptable toxicity but high rates of GVHD

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Chimeric CD19 Ab is option in post-transplant minimal residual B-lineage ALL

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Defibrotide given in addition to heparin may be efficient prophylaxis for VOD

Stem-Cell Transplantation - EBV viral load monitoring best used to enable prompt treatment of PTLDs

Stem-Cell Transplantation - HSC source should be considered based on data for individual ethnic populations

Stem-Cell Transplantation - HSCT survival from unrelated donors decreases with increased class I mismatches

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Proactive hNSCT prevents striatal neuron degeneration in Huntington disease

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Severe cGVHD characterized by high CD4⁺ cells relative to central memory cells

Stents - HAp coatings presented at World Biomaterials Congress

Stroke - Blood biomarkers for the early diagnosis of stroke identified

Stroke - Brain reprogramming therapy may give hope to disabled stroke survivors

Surgery - New surgery tools and technique requires no abdominal incisions

Surgical Technology - Leech therapy may be useful in penile replantation

Technology - Spectral Gnomics introduces chip for comparative genomic hydridization

Tissue Engineering - Novel aortic elastin and collagen scaffolds have tissue engineering potential

Tissue Engineering - Novel composite scaffold developed for load-bearing bone tissue engineering

Tuberculosis/Hepatitis B - Regulatory approval sought for VScan TB and Hep B test kits

Vascular Injury - MR with a new contrast agent can detect vascular endothelial injury

Vascular Surgery - Multidisciplinary approach improves congenital vascular malformation treatment

Viral Infection - Viral meningoencephalitis diagnosis easier with modern laboratory techniques

Virology - IgM-capture ELISA offers early and rapid detection of enterovirus 71 infection

Water-Borne Disease - Few potential pathogens found in potable water

Weight Gain - Research collaboration to address weight management

Wound Healing - Chronic wounds: Hypothesis on their pathogenesis and implications for therapy

Wound Healing - Diabetic foot ulcers may require revascularization