The CAO Group, Inc. (CAO), a world leading high technology company, has been granted its third patent (US Pat. No. 8,834,457) by the United States Patent Office regarding its medical diode laser systems. This patent provides protection of CAO’s innovative methods to deliver laser energy through a disposable tip.
Inspired by a desire to help wounded soldiers, an international, multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Conor L. Evans at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) has created a paint-on, see-through, "smart" bandage that glows to indicate a wound's tissue oxygenation concentration.
The clinical study of the iGrow® Hair Growth System titled “The growth of human scalp hair in females using visible red light laser and LED sources” is featured in the October 2014 issue of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, considered the gold standard journal on laser-based technology.
CANCER RESEARCH UK’s Centre for Drug Development (CDD), in collaboration with the Rising Tide Foundation, a Swiss-based non-profit organisation which funds innovative cancer trials, today (TUESDAY) announce a new trial at The Royal Marsden and University College London that could revolutionise how children with one of the deadliest forms of cancer are diagnosed. The news falls in Children’s Cancer Awareness Month, which runs throughout September.
A technique developed by astronomers seeking a clear view of distant objects in space is being intensively studied as a new approach to measuring and correcting visual abnormalities. The October issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry, is a theme issue devoted to research on wavefront refraction and correction. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
AdvancedCath, a portfolio company of Inverness Graham Investments, announced on September 9, 2014 it significantly expanded its outsourced medical device manufacturing platform by acquiring LSA Laser located in Plymouth, MN. LSA Laser brings state of the art laser welding and micro machining capabilities to complement AdvancedCath’s existing catheter and guidewire manufacturing business.
The Spectranetics Corporation today announced that Eric Dippel, MD, at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, presented findings from the EXCITE ISR clinical trial proving Spectranetics' laser atherectomy devices, used with PTA (also known as balloon angioplasty), are clinically superior to PTA alone in both safety and efficacy, triggering a new standard in cardiovascular care.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Research on Laser Medical Cosmetology Market in China, 2014-2018" report to their offering.
El Segundo optometrist Dr. Michael Hansen is proud to announce a new El Segundo location for Advanced Eye Care. The new facility allows the practice to serve a larger geographic area and bring new services to patients.
One thing leads to another, especially in research. When Stony Brook University School of Medicine scientists developed a new method to measure how cocaine disrupts blood flow in the brains of mice, doctors and researchers got a way to form a clearer picture of how drug abuse affects the brain. But the quantitative imaging technique can also be applied to other disease diagnoses and treatments as well, including cancer.
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