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Aesculap Awarded Surgical Instrument Agreement with Novation; First Contract to Include Hand-Held
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| CENTER VALLEY, Pa.--, two national healthcare alliances. Under terms of the agreement, Novation's VHA and UHC members can now access a complete array of Aesculap's general and specialty surgical instruments, repair and refurbishing, laparoscopic instruments, and Yasargil aneurysm clips at cost-effective pricing and .. |
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Ventrica, Inc. Receives CE Mark for its Magnetic Anastomosis Device; Magnetic Connector Technology
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| FREMONT, Calif.-- Distal Anastomosis System, allowing the device to be sold in all countries of the European Union. Medtronic, Inc. |
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Corazon, Inc. Announces FDA Conditional Approval of Investigational Device Exemption for Human
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| MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS Corazon Technologies Inc., the developer of an innovative method for demineralizing and repairing calcific aortic valves, announced today that it has received conditional IDE approval from the FDA for the clinical evaluation of its device in the United States. |
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Cooper Companies' Unit Completes Acquisition of Prism Enterprises, LP
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| LAKE FOREST, Calif.-- announced today that CooperSurgical , its women's healthcare unit, has completed the acquisition of Prism Enterprises, LP. |
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Endoluminal Gastroplication for Endoscopic Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -GERD- to
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| BOSTON-- EndoCinch device. The live webcast of the procedure will take place on Wednesday, May 7th at 4PM EST. Health care professionals and patients will have the ability to observe a live procedure as well as e-mail questions directly to the presenting physicians during the webcast. The program will be available at http://www. |
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CryoCath Reports First Commercial Use of Freezor(r) System in U.S.
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| - World Renowned Texas Heart Institute Kick Starts U.S. Product Launch with 1st Successful AVNRT Case - MONTREAL, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CryoCath Technologies Inc. today announced that Texas Heart Institute became the first U.S. |
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RITA Medical Systems Receives FDA Clearance For Its New Side-Deployment Electrode
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| Designed to Safely Ablate Smaller Tumors MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RITA Medical Systems, Inc. today announced that it has received 510 clearance from the U. |
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Interpore Cross Subsidiary Files Suit Against Medtronic Sofamor Danek for Pedicle Screw Patent
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| - Separately, Company Announces Receipt of $1,064,000 Royalty Payment From DePuy AcroMed - IRVINE, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interpore Cross International today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cross Medical Products, Inc. |
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Innovative Spinal Technologies Receives Funding from Synthes
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| PLANO, Texas, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Spinal Technologies , a company that develops early stage products for the spine market, has received funding from Synthes, a leading orthopaedic trauma and spine company. |
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Physicians Prepare for Next Generation of Drug-eluting Stents - Physicians are Hopeful That Future
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| DALLAS, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Only one week ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug-eluting stent -- an innovative technology that gives hope for heart patients because it's designed to prevent repeat angioplasty procedures due to the re-narrowing of arteries . |
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Urologix' Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Included in New American Urological
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| American Urological Association, European Association of Urology and World Health Organization all recommend Cooled ThermoTherapy treatments MINNEAPOLIS, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Urologix, Inc. |
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ARMUS Delivers Patient Registry to Chase Medical for TR_ISVR Surgical Ventricular Restoration
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| BURLINGAME, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ARMUS Corporation announced today that it has delivered an Internet-based patient registry to Chase Medical. |
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ARMUS Launches OutcomesBASIC, an Affordable, Entry-level Cardiovascular Surgery Data Management
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| BOSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ARMUS Corporation today launched its new Internet-based OutcomesBASIC clinical database service, making cardiovascular surgery data management convenient and affordable for hospitals, medical centers, and practices. |
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Calcification Process in Aortic Valves Is Responsible for Blockages - Northwestern Memorial Leads
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| CHICAGO, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Bone-like cells similar to the cells found in the skeleton calcify in the heart's aortic valve and are responsible for the blockages that lead to the need for open-heart surgery to replace the aortic valve for tens of thousands of Americans, according to researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and .. |
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RITA Medical Sys Gets FDA OK On Electrode Pdt
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| MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --Rita Medical Systems Inc. received Food and Drug Administration approval to market its side-deployment electrode designed to ablate small tumors. |
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BIOLASE Files Lawsuit Against Diodem, LLC
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| SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIOLASE Technology, Inc. filed suit against Diodem LLC on May 2, 2026 to reinforce BIOLASE's intellectual property position in the marketplace. |
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Gallstones and the 4 Fs
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| IF you are female, fertile, fat and in your forties and suffer from indigestion, colicky pain, or nausea after a fat-filled meal, you might be suffering a gallstone attack. |
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AIMS Outpatient Surgery Center Joins Private Healthcare Systems Network
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| WALTHAM, Mass.--, the nation's leading health care cost management company, today announced the AIMS Outpatient Surgery Center has joined the PHCS Network. |
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Corgentech Will Present at the Deutsche Bank 28th Annual Health Care Conference
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| PALO ALTO, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Corgentech Inc., a privately-held biotechnology company, today announced that John P. McLaughlin, the company's president and chief executive officer, will present at the Deutsche Bank 28th Annual Health Care Conference. His presentation will be held on Tuesday, May 6 at 4:30 p. |
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Colorado MEDtech, Inc. Schedules Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2003 Earnings Release and Conference Call
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| BOULDER, Colo.-- will release its third quarter fiscal year 2003 results on Tuesday, May 13, 2003. In conjunction with the release, the company will hold a conference call on Tuesday, February 13, 2003, at 8:00 a.m. MT / 10:00 a.m. ET. |
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Endocare Names Thomas R. Testman to Board of Directors
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| IRVINE, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Endocare, Inc. , an innovative medical device company focused on the development of minimally invasive cryo technologies for tissue and cancer tumor ablation, today announced that it has appointed retired Ernst & Young LLP Managing Partner and veteran healthcare executive Thomas R. |
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A.P. Pharma Reports First Quarter Results; Royalty Income Increases by 14% Over Q1 2002
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| REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--, a specialty pharmaceutical company, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2003. |
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CardioTech Appoints New Gish Biomedical President
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| WOBURN, Mass., May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- CardioTech International, Inc. today announced that Douglas E. Whittaker has been named President of Gish Biomedical, Inc. , a fully owned subsidiary of CardioTech International, Inc. Most recently, Mr. Whittaker served as Director of Worldwide Sales at Gish. |
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