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• Argument Day in Bilski at US Supreme Court

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 580
  Later today the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Bilski matter. It is not an overstatement to say that the fate of much future innovation rests squarely on the Supreme Court getting this one right, so lets hope for the best and pray that they do get this one right. [...]Related posts: US ...
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• (SRDX) SurModics Misses Earnings Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  SurModics ’ ( SRDX ) fourth-quarter earnings per share came in at 18 cents, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 20 cents. The company reported revenues of $19.2 million, down 17% compared to the year ago period. In addition to quarterly results, SurModics came out with fiscal year 2009 results. The company ...
  2 days ago

• What Are Best Companies for Health Products and Services for Investing?

  
  Aging Parents Authority — Authority: 115
  What are the best companies that specialize in health products, drugs and services that we can invest in? Are there companies out there which will actually excel and make money in the future? Several health stock analysts have supplied their lists. Granted, we are not giving investment advice, but we think ...
  3 days ago

• More Claims Filed over Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Leads

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 533
  Three more lawsuits have been filed against Medtronic, Medtronic USA, Medtronic International Technology, and Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations, reports the Madison Record. The three individuals, residents of Illinois, allege in their 60-count suit, that they suffer sudden shocks after being implanted with defective ...
  4 days ago

• Dividend growth trio: Aflac, Medtronic and Colgate-Palmolive

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 663
  Filed under: Newsletters , AFLAC Inc (AFL) , Colgate-Palmolive (CL) , Stocks to Buy "One way to build an inflation hedge into your investment cash flows is to focus on stocks that are likely to boost their dividends on a regular basis," explains dividend specialist Chuck Carlson . In his The DRIP Investor , ...
  5 days ago

• QuantumCor Sees Future of Heart Failure Treatment in No Device Left Behind

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 707
  Biotech , Devices , Heart Failure Luke Timmerman wrote: The leading edge of innovation in medical devices is often concentrated on nifty implantable tools that a doctor can insert without a scalpel, as a less-invasive alternative to surgery. But now we’re seeing more startups, like Bothell, WA-based ...
  1 week ago

• (EVVV) ev3 Beats Consensus Earnings Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  ev3, Inc. ( EVVV ), the Zacks Bull of the Day for last Friday (October 23rd), reported third quarter 2009 earnings per share of 17 cents, easily beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 2 cents and the year-ago earnings of 4 cents. Sales Net sales in the reported quarter increased 5.4% year over year to $112.8 ...
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• Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lawsuits in Minnesota State Court Dismissed

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 554
  A Minnesota judge has dismissed all state court lawsuits against the Medtronic over its recalled Sprint Fidelis defibrillator leads . The decision follows a similar dismissal of the federal Sprint Fidelis litigation in January, based on the argument that the medical device manufacturer are immune from liability for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Krucoff: Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents Better at Anti-Restenosis

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 127
  The improvements in stent flexibility and biocompatibility have lead to the conclusion by Dr. Mitchell Krucoff that second-generation drug eluting-stents, such as Abbotts Xience stent, result in an improved ability to prevent restenosis following angioplasty and stent implantation. See an excerpt from Indias ...
  2 weeks ago

• Panel Finds Inconclusive Evidence of Research Misconduct for Former Army Surgeon

  
  Policy and Medicine — Authority: 429
  When Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo , was a surgeon at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., he carried out a Medtronic study on bone treatment.  Since then he joined Washington University in St. Louis in mid-2006. When an article on the study written by Dr. Kuklo was retracted by the Journal of Bone and ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Elephant in the Room

  
  The Contented Cow Blog — Authority: 108
  Last week I keynoted a breakfast briefing for a group of Memphis area executives. Based on our current book project, Rebooting Leadership , my remarks centered on the leadership realities of the “post-AIG” environment. Three things that seemed to resonate with this audience were: That, as pointed out by Harvard ...
  2 weeks ago

• Compassionate professional for my assistance

  
  Word Report — Authority: 136
  I am a volunteer of a non-profit organization in Minneapolis. We have organized various fund raising events to help people in need. Recently, one of my friends said that his father got Medtronic defibrillator to correct the slow heart beat pattern. And he started crying. I couldn’t understand the reason behind his ...
  2 weeks ago

• Abbott Unit, Hospira Device Power Cords Probed By FDA For Defects

  
  Medical Devices Today — Authority: 425
  Abbott; Terumo; Wright Medical; Cook Group; GE;CareFusion; St. Jude; Medtronic; Zimmer;
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• (MDT) Medtronic Starts Erectile Dysfunction Drug-Eluting Device Study

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Medtronic, Inc. (MDT) recently started a feasibility study of an interventional treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) using a specially designed drug-eluting stent system. The study is known as ZEN (Zotarolimus-Eluting Peripheral Stent System for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction in Males with Sub-Optimal ...
  2 weeks ago

• (BSX) Boston Scientific Corporation Surpasses Estimates

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) yesterday reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 after the market close. Earnings per share were 19 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 5 cents and the year-ago earnings by 3 cents. Sales Net sales in the quarter were $2.0 billion, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Medtronic mooted as a buyer for Smith & Nephew as FTSE slides further

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 974
  Once again there was a buzz around Smith & Nephew of Friday.
  3 weeks ago

• Panel Finds Shortcomings in Bone Study

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  An investigation of a Medtronic bone treatment study found instances of research misconduct but failed to find proof that it contained falsified data.
  3 weeks ago

• Medtronic Keeps Pace With Intermec PX4i

  
  Barcode.com — Authority: 129
  Medtronic, a manufacturer of implantable pacemakers, needed to find a solution that could quickly and cost-effectively support quality and control assembly of battery packs, capacitors and power supplies, all of which are built separately and then integrated into the final product. Basically, Medtronic needed a way to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Medtronic sex stent could be future ED therapy option

  
  City Pages - The Blotter — Authority: 684
  For men who havent had much luck with Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra, Medtronic thinks a new artery stent near the penis might do the trick to keep it functioning sexually.
  3 weeks ago

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