http://www.globalepolicy.org Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In hybrid catheterization procedures it is crucial that the imaging system provides the flexibility to quickly and easily access both the patient and ancillary equipment... http://www.globalepolicy.org/miami-childrens-hospital-selects-toshiba-vascular-x-ray-equipment-for-hybrid-catheterization-lab.htm Infertility affects between 10 and 15 percent of couples worldwide. Surprisingly, problems with male fertility account for approximately 50 percent of infertility cases. A new home test kit based on a protein in sperm discovered by University of Virginia Health System cell biologist John C. Herr, PhD, can ... http://www.globalepolicy.org/home-spermcheck-test-helps-couples-hoping-to-conceive-better-understand-infertility-issues.htm Every year more than 100,000 women in the United States undergo a lumpectomy, a conservative procedure to remove cancerous tumors while preserving the breast. The surgeon's goal is to attain a tumor-free, or negative, surgical margin the first time they operate... http://www.globalepolicy.org/technology-may-reduce-need-for-repeat-cancer-surgery.htm Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Express® LD Iliac Premounted Stent System for use in iliac arteries. The Express LD Iliac Stent is the first and only low-profile, premounted, balloon-expandable stent approved by the FDA for use ... http://www.globalepolicy.org/fda-approves-boston-scientifics-expressr-ld-iliac-stent-system.htm Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, announced the initiation of a nationwide enrollment for Phase IV of the DUETS (Device for Urinary Incontinence, Effectiveness, Tolerability and Satisfaction) research study for its Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer™ (PMT)... http://www.globalepolicy.org/athena-feminine-technologies-inc-initiates-enrollment-of-phase-iv-clinical-trial-for-athena-pelvic-muscle-trainer%e2%84%a2.htm Clinicians at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center (RPTC) in Munich have treated their 100th patient using advanced proton therapy systems supplied by Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR). The landmark treatment comes just three months after a second treatment gantry was commissioned at the center, which offers advanced pencil-beam proton scanning ... http://www.globalepolicy.org/leading-varian-equipped-proton-therapy-center-treats-100th-patient.htm Cancer patients in Kent will gain access to advanced radiotherapy treatments with the decision by the Kent Oncology Centre to acquire two fully-equipped treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR)... http://www.globalepolicy.org/cancer-patients-in-kent-gain-access-to-advanced-rapidarcr-radiotherapy-treatments-from-varian.htm OrthoScan, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Scottsdale, Arizona, launched a new version of its Mini C-Arm product with flat detector this week at the Annual Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans. The new Mini C-Arm with flat detector joins the HD Mini C-Arm ... http://www.globalepolicy.org/orthoscan-inc-launches-first-mini-c-arm-with-flat-detector-at-annual-academy-of-orthopaedic-surgeons-meeting.htm Fifty years after the first laser sparked a technological revolution, the "light fantastic" continues to impact people's daily lives - by playing DVDs, speeding Internet connections, and performing intricate surgery... http://www.globalepolicy.org/fifty-years-of-the-light-fantastic-laser-advances-spark-scientific-progress.htm Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced the U.S. launch of the VERTEX SELECT® Reconstruction System. When a patient has a spinal condition that requires fusion or a procedure that must be performed from the back of the spine, also known as a posterior approach, the VERTEX SELECT® Reconstruction System contains ... http://www.globalepolicy.org/medtronic-introduces-the-vertex-selectr-reconstruction-system.htm