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Merge Healthcare, a leading medical imaging solutions provider, announced the launch of its Managed Services initiative.  This service provides hospitals and imaging centers with a business continuity solution in the event of system failure, unplanned downtime or natural disaster.  ...

Wright Medical Group, Inc., a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced the acquisition of the RAYHACK(R) System for complex wrist reconstruction. The RAYHACK(R) System consists of procedure-specific bone-cutting guides and fixation plates that allow precise shortening and...

Hansen Medical, Inc., the global leader in flexible robotics and the developer of robotic technology for accurate 3D control of catheter movement, announced that a team of physicians led by Professor Nick Cheshire at St. Mary's Hospital, part of...

Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market FortrOss, a novel bone graft substitute utilizing the power of nanotechnology for orthopaedic applications. The FortrOss bone void filler is a...

B. Braun Medical Inc.announced that it had received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the industry’s first silver-impregnated antibacterial Luer Access Device (LAD) designed to reduce potential catheter-related bloodstream infections.  B. Braun’s ULTRASITE® Ag Luer Access Device uses...

Boston Scientific Corporation announced one-year data from its landmark SYNTAX trial comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the TAXUS® Express2™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System to contemporary coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Boston Scientific Corporation announced one-year data...

BSD Medical Corporation announced that the company has agreed to collaborate with GE Medical Systems in the integration of BSD Medical’s premier cancer treatment system with a GE magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. BSD Medical Corporation announced that...