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Viking wins FDA clearance for 3D surgery visualization system

September 8, 2010 by MassDevice staff

Viking Systems Inc. lands Food & Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its next-generation 3DHD visualization system.

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Viking Systems Inc. (OTC:VKNG) won 510(k) clearance from the Food & Drug Administration for its next-generation 3DHD visualization system.

The Westborough, Mass.-based company said the system, which it designed to provide surgeons with 3D video of minimally invasive procedures, restores the depth perception lost with conventional 2D video systems, with which most minimally invasive procedures are performed.

LifeImage grabs $5.2 million

September 3, 2010 by MassDevice staff

LifeImage Inc. drums up $5.2 million of a planned $10 million Series B round.

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LifeImage Inc. raised $5.2 million of a planned $10 million Series B round.

The Newton, Mass.-based medical image e-sharing firm plans to use the financing to expand its sales and marketing endeavors, in addition to engineering and product development, CFO John Reichenbach told MassDevice. The financing proceeds will also cover the company's negative cash flow, he said.

InfraReDx wins FDA clearance for coronary imaging system

September 1, 2010 by MassDevice staff

InfraReDx Inc. lands 510(k) clearance from the Food & Drug Administration for its LipiScan IVUS near-infrared spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound-based coronary imaging system.

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The Food & Drug Administration gave InfraReDx Inc. 510(k) clearance for the company's LipiScan IVUS coronary imaging system.

The device employs both so-called "near-infrared" spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound technology to give cardiologists a grayscale IVUS image of a coronary artery, along with a map of lipid core coronary plaques within a blood vessel.

InfraRed Imaging Systems moves back to Ohio

August 26, 2010 by MedCity News

Three years after a grant lured InfraRed Imaging Systems to Pennsylvania, another grant is bringing the vascular imaging firm back to Ohio.

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After defecting to Bethlehem, Pa., about three years ago from Columbus, Ohio, InfraRed Imaging Systems Inc. is planning a move back to Ohio after securing an $812,000 Third Frontier grant (PDF) in June.

CEO Dale Siegel just doesn’t know where yet. The Marysville, Ohio, resident is considering his hometown, the Columbus area or Cleveland suburb Eastlake.

Photo Diagnostics rises out of Photo Detection Systems' ashes

August 24, 2010 by MassDevice staff

Retired Analogic Corp. founder and CEO Bernard Gordon starts up Photo Diagnostic Systems Inc. with a $5 million investment.

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Photo Diagnostic Systems Inc. took off with a little seed money from Analogic Corp. (NSDQ:ALOG) founder Bernard Gordon.

The Danvers, Mass.-based medical imaging start-up, which was incorporated in 2009, brought in a $5 million equity investment from a single investor in February, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing.

MassDevice Q&A: Accuray president and CEO Euan Thomson

August 16, 2010 by Brad Perriello

Euan Thomson, president and CEO of Accuray Inc., on how his company managed to fare well despite the capital expenditure market's downturn, its distribution and R&D deal with Siemens and why healthcare reform could have a big upside for Accuray.

MassDevice Q&A: Accuray president and CEO Euan Thomson

Accuray Inc. (NSDQ:ARAY) has a tough row to hoe: Cultivate a market that crosses medical specialty lines for a product that costs millions. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's CyberKnife system is a pioneering device in radiosurgery, using precisely targeted, massive doses of X-ray radiation to non-invasively destroy tumors.

Mobile app to teach St. Jude docs about OCT

August 11, 2010 by MedCity News

MultiWeb Communications wins contract to build iPhone and iPad application to educate St. Jude Medical Inc. doctors about intravascular optical coherence tomography.

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A small, web-based healthcare education company is building a "highly interactive simulation" to teach doctors and radiologists at St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) about optical coherence tomography.

Rocky River, Ohio-based MultiWeb Communications just landed the job from the Little Canada, Minn.-based medical device giant, according to MultiWeb founder Karl Wilkens.

St. Jude spokeswoman Kate Stoltenberg confirmed the MultiWeb project, but said she could provide few details because the project is so new.

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