Medical Device Industry News » Devices Medical http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news Latest Buzz In The Medical Devices Industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:24:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 X-FAB adopts SFT R3D software http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21929/x-fab-adopts-sft-r3d-software/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21929/x-fab-adopts-sft-r3d-software/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:09:52 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21929/x-fab-adopts-sft-r3d-software/ X-FAB Silicon Foundries, a manufacturer of wafers for medical industry, has utilized Silicon Frontline Technology’s (SFT) Resistive 3D ( R3D) software for its 0.18 micrometer high-voltage process (XH018) to provide improvements in reliability and efficiency.

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21929/x-fab-adopts-sft-r3d-software/feed/ 0 Life Technologies selects Asuragen as CSP for Ion PGM http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21930/life-technologies-selects-asuragen-as-csp-for-ion-pgm/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21930/life-technologies-selects-asuragen-as-csp-for-ion-pgm/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:10 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21930/life-technologies-selects-asuragen-as-csp-for-ion-pgm/ Life Technologies has selected Asuragen as certified service provider (CSP) for Ion Torrent’s Personal Genome Machine (PGM).

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21930/life-technologies-selects-asuragen-as-csp-for-ion-pgm/feed/ 0 CML HealthCare names Thomas Wellner as new CEO http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21931/cml-healthcare-names-thomas-wellner-as-new-ceo/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21931/cml-healthcare-names-thomas-wellner-as-new-ceo/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:33:05 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21931/cml-healthcare-names-thomas-wellner-as-new-ceo/ CML HealthCare, a provider of laboratory testing services, has named Thomas Wellner as the company’s new cheif executive officer (CEO).

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21931/cml-healthcare-names-thomas-wellner-as-new-ceo/feed/ 0 Caris Diagnostics changes name to Miraca Life Sciences http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21932/caris-diagnostics-changes-name-to-miraca-life-sciences/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21932/caris-diagnostics-changes-name-to-miraca-life-sciences/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:32 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21932/caris-diagnostics-changes-name-to-miraca-life-sciences/ Caris Diagnostics, a provider of anatomic pathology services, has changed its name to Miraca Life Sciences.

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21932/caris-diagnostics-changes-name-to-miraca-life-sciences/feed/ 0 Syneron introduces dermal remodeling procedure http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21933/syneron-introduces-dermal-remodeling-procedure/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21933/syneron-introduces-dermal-remodeling-procedure/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:14:17 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21933/syneron-introduces-dermal-remodeling-procedure/ Syneron Medical, a provider of medical aesthetic products and technologies, has introduced energy-based dermal remodeling procedure, evolastin.

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21933/syneron-introduces-dermal-remodeling-procedure/feed/ 0 EC Seeks More Data on PIP Implants, Plans to Ramp up Device Vigilance http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21924/ec-seeks-more-data-on-pip-implants-plans-to-ramp-up-device-vigilance/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21924/ec-seeks-more-data-on-pip-implants-plans-to-ramp-up-device-vigilance/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21924/ec-seeks-more-data-on-pip-implants-plans-to-ramp-up-device-vigilance/ Devicemakers across the EU should brace themselves for increased surveillance by competent authorities, including unannounced inspections, additional testing of products already on the market and heightened controls of notified bodies, the European Commission said following receipt of a “rapid scientific opinion” on the safety of faulty silicone breast implants.

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21924/ec-seeks-more-data-on-pip-implants-plans-to-ramp-up-device-vigilance/feed/ 0 EU Reg Would Ban Mercury in Sphygmomanometers http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21925/eu-reg-would-ban-mercury-in-sphygmomanometers/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21925/eu-reg-would-ban-mercury-in-sphygmomanometers/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21925/eu-reg-would-ban-mercury-in-sphygmomanometers/ Citing the availability of safer alternatives, the European Commission is proposing a near-total ban on mercury measuring devices, beginning Aug. 1.

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21925/eu-reg-would-ban-mercury-in-sphygmomanometers/feed/ 0 Mexico Waives Registration for Almost 1,700 Medical Devices http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21926/mexico-waives-registration-for-almost-1700-medical-devices/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21926/mexico-waives-registration-for-almost-1700-medical-devices/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21926/mexico-waives-registration-for-almost-1700-medical-devices/ The Mexican government has declassified nearly 1,700 medical devices, clearing the way for regulator COFEPRIS to move forward on a significant backlog of device registrations.

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21926/mexico-waives-registration-for-almost-1700-medical-devices/feed/ 0 NICE Gives Thumbs Up on Cardiac CT Scanners http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21927/nice-gives-thumbs-up-on-cardiac-ct-scanners/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21927/nice-gives-thumbs-up-on-cardiac-ct-scanners/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21927/nice-gives-thumbs-up-on-cardiac-ct-scanners/ The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued the first-ever fully positive recommendation under its diagnostics assessment program, with Jan. 25 guidance on four cardiac CT scanners.

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]]> http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21927/nice-gives-thumbs-up-on-cardiac-ct-scanners/feed/ 0 510(k) Flow Chart Explains U.S. FDA Review Process http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21928/510k-flow-chart-explains-u-s-fda-review-process/ http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21928/510k-flow-chart-explains-u-s-fda-review-process/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.panglobus.com/medical-devices-news/21928/510k-flow-chart-explains-u-s-fda-review-process/ Concerns about the future of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 510(k) process appear to have been put to rest with the recent issuance of a draft guidance on evaluating substantial equivalence in 510(k)s.

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