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• New Fund from Austin’s S3 Boosts Venture Investment in Texas

  
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  Angela Shah Austin, TX-based venture capital firm S3 Ventures has raised a $75 million fund to invest in information technology and medical device companies. The fund is the firm’s fifth and largest to date, and is the first tech fund in Texas to announce a close in two years. “There are fewer and fewer local ...
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• New Fluorescent Protein From Eel Revolutionizes Key Clinical Assay

  
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  Many scientists dream of making a single discovery that provides fundamental insight into nature, may be used to help save human lives, and can assist in the preservation of an endangered species. In new research reported in the journal Cell, a Japanese team is on the verge of accomplishing this nearly impossible ...
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• Progress In Medical Technology Can Support The Sustainability Of The Healthcare System

  
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  The European Health Technology Institute investigated the conjecture of medical technology progress being the key driver of rising health expenditure in order to disentangle the relationship. The research demonstrated that the impact of medical technology on healthcare costs is the result of multiple, dynamic ...
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• FDA to address hacking risk for medical devices

  
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  Federal regulators will apply more scrutiny to medical devices that are vulnerable to cyberattacks, a move welcomed Friday by Democratic lawmakers. Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) praised the Food and Drug Administration for directing device makers to explain how they will protect their ...
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• Get the Best Care in the Midst of a Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit

  
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  A lot of women now find themselves in the middle of a transvaginal mesh lawsuit . This can be a stressful phase for someone who is already experiencing pain and severe discomfort because of the effects of the transvaginal mesh surgery. Although the physical pain may not be immediately relieved by a lawyer, getting ...
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• Vast array of medical devices vulnerable to serious hacks, feds warn

  
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  A vast array of heart defibrillators, drug infusion pumps, and other medical devices contain backdoors that make them vulnerable to potentially life-threatening hacks, federal officials have warned. The devices, which also include ventilators, patient monitors, and surgical and anesthesia devices, contain hard-coded ...
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• Medical-Device Makers Urged to Bolster Cyber Security

  
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  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked medical-device makers to fortify products against hackers and malware Thursday, citing a recent uptick in cyber security incidents affecting equipment such as patient monitors and imaging devices. In the guidance, officials asked companies to develop security controls that ...
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• House Appropriations Committee Report Expresses Concerns About FDA; Would Require a Slew of New Action Deadlines

  
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  By Kurt R. Karst –       A Draft Committee Report made available by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations that would, once finalized, accompany the Fiscal Year 2014 Agriculture/FDA Apprropriations bill (currently available as a Full Committee Draft ), lays out a laundry list of ...
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• The Top 5 Irish Companies Putting People in Space.

  
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  Last Friday I had a look into the courtyard at Trinity College Dublin to find out why there was a giant, white, geodesic dome there. I regularly guide tours around Dublin in my spare time and the construction of the dome was underway during the previous weekend’s tour. Needless to say, my interest had been peaked. ...
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• Why the medical device industry is shifting focus to early health technology assessment

  
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  It’s hard to get people to believe in new and innovative products. Products that innovators (and even venture capitalists) regard as game-changers still fail to reach their most important target: the payers. What’s happening to Canadian health technology innovations? For companies that manufacture medical ...
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• Vest would detect cancers before symptoms arise

  
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  A group of researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s electrical engineering department are lining a vest with ultrasound sensors, signal processing electronics and other high-tech gear. Their goal is to provide a portable and inexpensive means for detecting common cancers much earlier than the typical ...
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• 5 Outrageously Intelligent Medical Devices

  
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  Looking at current medical technology trends, it becomes clear that the hospitals of the future will be filled with more gadgets than a Dr. Seuss book. As the U.S. tries to tip the scale of cost and effectiveness in a more favorable direction, technologists are stepping up to provide cheaper, more streamlined methods ...
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• Mindray commits $105M to grab U.S. ultrasound imaging company

  
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  Mindray Medical will snatch up California-based Zonare Medical Systems for $105 million in cash and debt, giving Chinas largest devicemaker some crucial new imaging technology and another entry point into the lucrative U.S. market.
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• Researchers Reveal Next-Generation Emergency Response Technology

  
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  Americans are accustomed to calling 9-1-1 to get help in an emergency. People with dire needs used to reach for landlines and instinctively dial the number. But what happens when the population increasingly turns to cell phones? A research team lead by Ram Dantu of the University of North Texas sees the growth of cell ...
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• A Step Closer To Low-Cost, Implantable Electronics

  
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  New technology under development at The Ohio State University is paving the way for low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside the body. The first planned use of the technology is a sensor that will detect the very early stages of organ transplant rejection...
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• Optical Antennas Inside Nano-Boxes Catch Individual Molecules In A Million

  
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  A single cell in our body is composed of thousands of millions of different biomolecules that work together in an extremely well-coordinated way. Likewise, many biological and biochemical reactions occur only if molecules are present at very high concentrations. Understanding how all these molecules interact with each ...
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• Abbott takes to Japan with much-hyped Absorb

  
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  Abbott Laboratories has met success at every turn with Absorb, the companys dissolvable stent, and now its kicking off a trial to get the device on the market in Japan.
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• Medical Equipment As Subject to Your Major Medical Deductible

  
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  In the event that you have lately had a hospital visit, you know that trying to comprehend the line items on your invoice could be puzzling. Depending upon the motivation for your visit, you might see expenses for medications, medical equipment, and surgical equipment or lab results. Each of these items may also ...
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• Device Pricing Policies in the U.S. and Europe

  
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  How do public payers set device reimbursement in the U.S. and Europe?  A Health Affairs article by Sorenson, Drummond and Burns answers this question. Compared to the United States, Europe more formally and consistently considers value to determine which technologies to cover and at what price, especially for ...
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• Spirometry: A built-in ‘correction’ for race?

  
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  The spirometers doctors use to measure lung capacity automatically make “corrections” for the patient’s race. Lundy Braun, professor of medical science at Brown University, has led a systematic review of the research underlying race correction and found that race is rarely defined or skillfully considered. The ...
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