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Hospitals pay more for devices, according to government study

February 6, 2012
Some hospitals pay thousands of dollars more than others for big-ticket medical devices such as defibrillators and hip replacements, and a portion of the higher costs could be passed on to the federal Medicare program, a new government report says.

Creation Of New Atomic X-Ray Laser Offers Potential For New Medicines, Devices And Materials

January 29, 2012
Lab scientists and international collaborators have created the shortest, purest X-ray laser pulses ever achieved, fulfilling a 45-year-old prediction and ultimately opening the door to new medicines, devices and materials. The researchers, reporting in Nature, aimed radiation from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), located at the Stanford Linear Accelerator ...

New Means For Creating Elastic Conductors Has Implications For Medical Devices

January 26, 2012
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use in a new generation of elastic electronic devices. "We're optimistic that this new approach could lead to large-scale production of ...

EB Selected by Raptor ID To Develop the RaptorPAD and RaptorONE — High-Tech Biometric Devices for Government Markets

January 23, 2012
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 23, 2012 /-  EB, Elektrobit Corporation (NASDAQ-OMX: EBC1V), a developer of cutting- edge embedded technology solutions for automotive and wireless industries, today announced that its technology will be adapted to power two devices produced by Raptor Identification Systems, Inc. (" Raptor ID ").  Raptor ID's  Mobile ...

FDA intiates measures to reduce risks from inadequate ‘reprocessing’ of reusable medical devices

December 29, 2011
Some medical devices are reused many times in surgical and exploratory procedures. They include instruments used in surgery (like clamps and forceps), and endoscopes (like bronchoscopes and colonoscopes) used to visualize areas inside the body.

FDA Targets Risks From Reused Medical Devices

December 29, 2011
Some medical devices are reused many times in surgical and exploratory procedures. They include instruments used in surgery (like clamps and forceps), and endoscopes (like bronchoscopes and colonoscopes) used to visualize areas inside the body. FDA has received reports of patient exposure to microscopic amounts of blood, body ...

Unprecedented International Effort To Improve Safety Of Orthopedic Devices

December 27, 2011
Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) in October 2010. As outlined in a Dec. 21 special online supplement in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, ICOR is in the ...

Unprecedented International Effort To Improve Safety Of Orthopedic Devices

December 23, 2011
Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) in October 2010. As outlined in a Dec. 21 special online supplement in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, ICOR is in the ...

Hearing Devices More Apt to Fail in Children Who Had Meningitis

December 22, 2011
THURSDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- For children who have an implanted cochlear device, rates for replacement due to device failure are low. However, children who have hearing loss caused by bacterial meningitis before a device was implanted appear to be at increased risk for it to fail, ...

Unprecedented international effort to improve safety of orthopedic devices

December 22, 2011
Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) in October 2010.

Unprecedented international effort to improve safety of orthopedic devices

December 21, 2011
NEW YORK (Dec. 21, 2011) -- Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) in October 2010. As outlined in a Dec. 21 special online supplement in the ...

Unprecedented international effort to improve safety of orthopedic devices

December 21, 2011
(New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College) Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries (ICOR) in October 2010.