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Nevoscope Inventor Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

Atam P. Dhawan, of Randolph, a distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBA) for contributions in medical imaging.

30 Jan 2014

FDA Grants OTC Clearance for BioPhotas Celluma Biophotonic Medical Device

BioPhotas, Inc. today announced the Over-The-Counter (OTC) clearances by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) of the Celluma, its proprietary biophotonic medical device. The Celluma had been previously cleared for six separate Indications-For-Use on a Prescription basis, including the treatment of acne, muscle and joint pain, muscle and joint stiffness, muscle spasm, arthritis and compromised local blood circulation.

22 Jan 2014

Conference Championship Football Games to be Viewed on LG's 100-Inch Class Laser TV at Sundance Film Festival

Google has just announced its latest high-tech marvel: contact lenses for diabetes patients. The lenses are lined with microelectronics that can monitor blood glucose levels in tears and then wirelessly transmit the data to a handheld device.

20 Jan 2014

FUJIFILM SonoSite Partners with Vivid Medical to Co-Promote ‘Open Access’ Video Intubation Device

FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., the world leader and pioneering specialist in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced a partnership with Vivid Medical Inc. of Palo Alto, CA, to co-promote the VividTrac® Video Intubation Device.

17 Jan 2014

Facts and Figures to Commercialize Houston Methodist’s Plato's CAVE Multidimensional Imaging Technology

Houston Methodist has entered an exclusive agreement with Houston-based Facts and Figures, LLC, to license its high-definition, multidimensional imaging technology known as Plato's CAVE (Computer Augmented Virtual Environment). The agreement allows Facts and Figures to develop and commercialize Plato's CAVE technologies internationally.

16 Jan 2014

Carl Zeiss Meditec Acquires Intraocular Lenses Manufacturer, Aaren Scientific

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG announces it has acquired, through its subsidiary Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc., 100% of the shares in Aaren Scientific Inc., a US-based manufacturer of intraocular lenses (IOLs). Aaren Scientific, headquartered in Ontario, California, has been manufacturing IOLs for more than two decades.

8 Jan 2014

C-RAD Reports First North American Sales of Catalyst HD Systems

The first two Catalyst HD™ systems have been sold to a customer in North America. As part of the configuration also a Sentinel System for advanced 4D imaging has been ordered.

30 Dec 2013

VUZIX Announced Agreement with Uvex Safety Group, Germany for Smart Glass Solutions

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Video Eyewear and Smart Glasses products in the enterprise and consumer markets, today announced a joint collaboration agreement with Uvex Safety Group GmbH & Co. KG, Germany.

24 Dec 2013

QSM MRI Could Help Track Progression of Neurological Diseases

New imaging research from Western University (London, Canada) has demonstrated that a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach called quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) can be an important tool for diagnosing and tracking the progression of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases.

23 Dec 2013

Researchers Develop Innovative Hollow Core Fibers that Hold Potential for Laser Surgery

Work led by Dr Jonathan Shephard in the Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences at Heriot-Watt University and collaborators at the University of Bath has been highlighted in the article “Moving Past the Articulated Arm” in the latest edition of Biophotonics.

18 Dec 2013