Language is a central element of social life. It is not only a prerequisite for personal relationships, but also for employment prospects. If a child’s language development is impaired, this can have far-reaching negative consequences. Thus, it would be beneficial if those children who would benefit from targeted help could be identified at a very early stage.
World’s First New DeBakey Heart Assist Device Implanted By Heidelberg Cardiac Surgeons
At the end of July 2009, a team of cardiac surgeons headed by Professor Dr. Matthias Karck, Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, was the first in the world to implant the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version of the DeBakey VAD.
An ‘Electronic Tongue’ With A Taste For Sweets
In a new approach to an effective “electronic tongue” that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies sweetness – one of the five primary tastes. It can identify with 100 percent accuracy the full sweep of natural and artificial sweet substances, including 14 common sweeteners, using easy-to-read color markers.
EndyMed Medical Receives FDA Clearance For Painless, Non-invasive Anti-Wrinkle Treatment System
EndyMed Medical Ltd, an innovative developer of noninvasive, energy-based aesthetic treatment systems for the professional market, announced today the FDA clearance of the EndyMed PRO(TM) (previously Imagine), for the non-invasive treatment of facial wrinkles and rhytides.
New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And Technologies
Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and imaging.
The MassDevice Weekly Checkup: August 18, 2009
{IMAGERIGHT:http://www.massdevice.com/sites/default/files/checkup/090818_index1.gif}Our Weekly Checkup takes the temperature of the medical device industry’s three largest U.S. clusters: Massachusetts, California and Minnesota.
The MassDevice Indices are weighted according to market capitalization, based on the number of shares outstanding for each company from its most recent quarterly report and each Friday’s closing share price.
The Massachusetts index for the week ended August 14 closed at 4.77, down less than 1 percent compared with the prior week. Since Jan. 1, when we began tracking these companies, the index has risen nearly 8 percent.
Reverse Medical Corporation Receives US FDA 510k Clearance For The ReCruitTM Microcatheter For Use Including Neuro Interventional Procedures
Reverse Medical Corporation announced that it has received US FDA 510k clearance for its ReCruit™ Microcatheter, intended to retrieve intravascular foreign objects during interventional radiology procedures including from the Neurovasculature. This approval allows the Company to market the ReCruit™ Microcatheter in the United States for commercial distribution purposes.
Boston Scientific: Q2 Taxus stent sales were off 25 percent
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The MassDevice Weekly Checkup: August 11, 2009
{IMAGERIGHT:http://www.massdevice.com/sites/default/files/checkup/090811_index1.gif}Our Weekly Checkup takes the temperature of the medical device industry’s three largest U.S. clusters: Massachusetts, California and Minnesota.
The MassDevice Indices are weighted according to market capitalization, based on the number of shares outstanding for each company from its most recent quarterly report and each Friday’s closing share price.
The Massachusetts index for the week ended August 7 closed at 4.8, up a hair compared with the prior week. Since Jan. 1, when we began tracking these companies, the index has risen 8.5 percent.
House panel OKs healthcare reform bill
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The MassDevice Weekly Checkup: August 5, 2009
{IMAGERIGHT:http://www.massdevice.com/sites/default/files/checkup/090804_index1.gif}Our Weekly Checkup takes the temperature of the medical device industry’s three largest U.S. clusters: Massachusetts, California and Minnesota.
The MassDevice Indices are weighted according to market capitalization, based on the number of shares outstanding for each company from its most recent quarterly report and each Friday’s closing share price.
The Massachusetts index for the week ended July 31 closed at 4.79, down 3.6 percent compared with the prior week. Since Jan. 1, when we began tracking these companies, the index has risen 8.2 percent.
The Minnesota index for the week ended July 31 closed at 3.39, flat compared with the prior week and up 14.8 percent since Jan. 1.