Category: Medical Supplies

Supreme Court denies Retractable Technologies in patent war with BD

February 8, 2013 by MassDevice staff

sBioMed taps ex-Stryker CEO MacMillan as CEO

November 1, 2012 by Brad Perriello

Former Stryker (NYSE:SYK) CEO Stephen MacMillan, whose sudden ouster from the medical device company earlier this year shocked medtech, tells MassDevice.com that he has a new gig: CEO and part-owner of sBioMed, which makes an anti-infection agent called Steriplex SD.

McKesson to pay $2B for PSS World Medical | Wall Street Beat

October 25, 2012 by MassDevice staff

McKesson (NYSE:MCK) agreed to pay $29 per share for PSS World Medical (NSDQ:PSSI) and its medical supplies business in a deal worth $2.1 billion.

Henry Schein nabs 3 in dental and distribution

July 18, 2012 by MassDevice

Henry Schein (NSDQ:HSIC) announced today that it had made 3 crucial acquisitions in line with the company's 2012-2014 strategic plan.

The healthcare products conglomerate acquired orthodontics devices maker Ortho Technology, medical distributor Modern Laboratory Services, and dental dealer Accord. The trio of companies represent annual sales of nearly $61 million.

DFINE, American Scientific and Z-Medica tout new government contracts

November 4, 2011 by MassDevice staff

Group purchasing organizations Premier and Amerinet inked supply deals with Z-Medica and American Scientific, respectively, and DFINE landed a five-year U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs supply contract.

Wallingford, Conn.-based hemostatic product maker Z-Medica scored a three-year contract with GPO superpower Premier Healthcare Alliance for its QuikClot interventional products to control bleeding at access sites in catheterization laboratories and interventional radiology departments. The agreement is effective through the end of October 2014.

Working anal sphincters created in lab | MassDevice.com On Call

August 10, 2011 by MassDevice staff

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — North Carolina researchers built the first functional anal sphincters in a laboratory, and the organs developed blood flow and maintained function when implanted in mice.

While mouse studies are a far cry from preparation for human use, the lab-made sphincters could one day lead to treatment for urinary and fecal incontinence.

ICU Medical trumps RyMed in patent decision

December 21, 2010 by MassDevice staff

UPDATED Dec. 22, 12:35 p.m.

ICU Medical Inc. (NSDQ:ICUI) landed a patent victory over RyMed Technologies Inc.

An eight-person jury in the U.S. District Court for Delaware found that technology employed in Franklin, Tenn.-based RyMed's InVision Plus IV connector infringes upon two patents owned by ICU Medical.