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1/9/2009
Kinetic Muscles signs agreement with Manus Medical
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| Kinetic Muscles Inc (Tempe, AZ) signed a long-term marketing and distribution agreement with Manus Medical LLC
(Richmond, VA) to distribute Kinetic Muscles Hand Mentor Pro™
multi-modal, active-repetitive-motion, robotic neuromuscular therapy
system for stroke and traumatic brain injury patients to the federal
government market. Under the agreement, which is effective
February 2009, Manus Medical, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
business, will receive exclusive federal marketing and distribution
rights for the Kinetic Muscles line of therapy systems. For more
information, visit www.kineticmuscles.com, |
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1/9/2009
MicroBioLogics acquires Gibson Laboratories
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| MicroBioLogics Inc (St. Cloud, MN), which manufactures cost-effective solutions for quality control in microbiology labs, acquired the assets of Gibson Laboratories
(Lexington, KY) and established a new, wholly-owned subsidiary, Gibson
Laboratories LLC. MicroBioLogics will retain key members of Gibson's
management team, though Gibson's founder and CEO, Cecil Gibson, announced his retirement concurrently with the transaction. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. |
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1/9/2009
Medegen receives FDA approval for MaxGuard
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| Medegen Inc (Ontario, CA) received 510(k) clearance from the FDA
(Rockville, MD) for its new MaxGuard™ Advanced Luer Activated
Device, which features Agion® Antimicrobial Technology. MaxGuard is the
first positive displacement needleless connector featuring impregnation
of the antimicrobial additive into each of the components of the
device. MaxGuard features Medegen's positive displacement technology,
which provides a bolus of fluid to clear the catheter tip upon
disconnection from the device. It also features Medegen's Tru-Swab®
top, which acts as a double seal barrier to contamination and allows
for true disinfection during pre-access swabbing. The device will be
available in Q2 2009. For more information, visit www.medegen.com. |
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Released:
1/9/2009
AliMed introduces new fall alarm sensor pads
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| AliMed inc
(Dedham, MA) released its fully sealed fall alarm sensor pads for both
bed and chair. The sensor pads do not permit the intrusion of liquids
or body fluids, which reduces the risk of cross-contamination when
sanitized and used with multiple patients. AliMed eliminated the air
equalization holes in the corners that previously allowed liquid
ingress. The new thin-line design is more responsive, better for
lighter patients, and more comfortable in use. For more information,
visit www.AliMed.com. |
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Released:
1/9/2009
Integra LifeSciences launches intervertebral body fusion devices
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| Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Plainsboro,
NJ) launched a series of intervertebral body fusion devices (IBD), the
Vu e-POD™ and Vu L-POD™, through the newly formed Integra Spine. Both
devices received clearance from the FDA (Rockville,
MD) to be marketed as a spinal IBD. Previously, the devices were
cleared as spinal vertebral body replacement devices (VBR). As an IBD,
they are used as an adjunct to fusion in patients with degenerative
disc disease at one or two contiguous levels (L2-S1). As a VBR, they
may be used to replace a collapsed, damaged or otherwise unstable
vertebral body due to tumor or trauma (T1-L5). |
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Released:
1/9/2009
Is there a doctor on board?
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| A
woman gave birth to a baby girl on an eight-hour Northwest
Airlines flight from the Netherlands to Boston. Luckily, a doctor and a
paramedic were on board and assisted with the birth. For customs'
purposes the baby was considered a Canadian citizen because she was
born over Canadian airspace. |
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Released:
1/9/2009
This day in history
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1788 - Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1793 - Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard used a hot-air balloon to fly between Philadelphia and Woodbury, NJ.
1861 - Mississippi seceded from the Union.
1951 - The United Nations headquarters officially opened in New York City.
1986 - Kodak got out of the instant camera business after 10 years.
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Released:
1/9/2009
CMS adds Somatic Systems to Healthcare National Provider Registry
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| CMS (Baltimore, MD) approved Somatic Systems Inc
(Northampton, MA), a provider of pain care services, for entry into the
Healthcare National Provider Registry. The company is now listed in the
registry and received its National Provider Identifier (NPI) code from
CMS. The approval paves the way for Somatic to become fully approved by
the U.S. Military Health System (Washington, DC)
insurance, which provides treatment for more than 70 million soldiers,
veterans, and dependents. The company's Clinical Somatics™, a
drug-free, non-surgical approach to pain relief, uses natural,
non-invasive movement to relieve pain. |
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1/9/2009
CDC study finds outpatient settings lax in infection control practices
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| In
the last decade, more than 60,000 patients in the United States were
asked to get tested for hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus because
healthcare personnel in settings outside hospitals failed to follow
basic infection control practices, according to the CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(Atlanta, GA). A review of CDC outbreak information revealed a
total of 33 identified outbreaks outside of hospitals in 15 states,
during the past decade: 12 in outpatient clinics, six in hemodialysis
centers and 15 in long-term care facilities, resulting in 450 people
acquiring HBV or HCV infection. Patients were exposed to these
potentially deadly diseases because healthcare personnel failed to
follow basic infection control procedures and aseptic technique in
injection safety. Reuse of syringes and blood-contamination of
medications, equipment and devices were identified as common factors in
these outbreaks. |
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1/9/2009
Crozer-Keystone Health to cut 400 jobs
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| Crozer-Keystone Health System
(Springfield, PA) is eliminating 400 jobs, starting this week, and is
also discussing wage adjustments. Fewer than 400 people will be laid
off because of a hiring freeze that has been in effect for several
months. The system currently employs 7,000 people at five hospitals.
The layoffs will include managers and non managers as well as union and
nonunion workers. Crozer-Keystone cited a drop in revenue due to a
decline in inpatient admissions and outpatient visits and an increase
in patients who do not pay their bills. |
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1/9/2009
Amerinet awards contract to Ohio Medical Corporation
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| Amerinet Inc (St. Louis, MO) signed an agreement with Ohio Medical Corporation
for source, pipeline and secondary equipment. The contract, effective
December 1, 2008 through November 30, 2011, offers Amerinet members
significant savings on products, including medical air and vacuum
systems; pipeline equipment; outlets; alarms; valve boxes; manifolds
and related accessories; as well as secondary equipment; Ohio Medical
vacuum regulators; air and oxygen flowmeters; suction and oxygen
therapy accessories and portable suction equipment. |
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1/9/2009
Novation awards agreements for safety needles & syringes
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| Novation LLC (Irving, TX), the healthcare contracting services company of VHA Inc (Irving, TX), UHC (Oak Brook, IL), and Provista LLC (Irving, TX), awarded agreements for safety needles and syringes to BD (Becton Dickinson and Company) (Franklin Lakes, NJ), Covidien (Mansfield, MA), Smiths Medical, Terumo Medical Products (Somerset, NJ), Retractable Technologies Inc, and Inviro Medical Devices (Atlanta, GA). The contracts are effective February 1, 2009. |
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