Mitchell Sheinkop, M.D., will be the first in the U.S. to surgically implant the just-approved Nex Gen LPS-Flex mobile bearing knee at the Neurologic and Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago.

The FDA approved the Zimmer Holdings knee, which the company says is the next generation of knee prostheses for active adults, especially amateur and professional athletes.

Dr. Sheinkop was one of eight physician investigators in the U.S. who participated in the clinical trial proceeding FDA approval.

January 28, 2008 - SenoRx Inc. recently launched the Contura Multi-Lumen Balloon (MLB) Catheter for delivering brachytherapy to the surgical margins following lumpectomy for breast cancer.

Contura is one of a new class of devices designed to reduce radiation treatment time from six to eight weeks to five days in patients eligible for the treatment. SenoRx believes that the Contura MLB can play an important role in the shift from traditional whole breast radiation therapy to localized partial breast radiation therapy.

January 28, 2008 - Flextronics today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Avail Medical Products Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of disposable medical devices.

January 28, 2008 – Medtronic Inc. has launched a clinical trial to confirm the safety and efficacy of the Medtronic EnRhythm MRI SureScan pacing system, a pacemaker system to be developed and tested specifically for safe use in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines under specified scanning conditions.

January 28, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. said today the FDA cleared the new open-bore 1.5T Vantage Titan MR system, which will be commercially available in the first quarter of 2008.

The open-bore of the Vantage Titan is 18 percent larger than other 1.5T systems on the market, featuring a large 71-centimeter patient aperture.

GE partnered with anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians and other fields of medicine to design new editions of its LOGIQ e compact and a new edition of the LOGIQ Book XP Enhanced compact, as part of its Breakthrough 2008 ultrasound releases. GE introduced these dedicated systems with features and software streamlined for emerging care areas of ultrasound.

Allscripts released HealthMatics ED 6.0, which has updated software with six key features that will help emergency departments (ED) improve the bottom line through automated and streamlined care processes.

Aragon Surgical Inc. received FDA special 510(k) clearance allowing laparoscopic surgeons to use the company's novel LapCap with any length needle, allowing the LapCap to be used across the patient obesity spectrum, including in morbidly obese patients.

January 25, 2008 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt this week recognized the first set of interoperability standards developed by the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP).

The HITSP advanced three of its “interoperability specifications” to help support the advancement of interoperable health records and a U.S. nationwide health information network aimed toward improved and more efficient care.

January 25, 2008 - Southeastern Regional Medical Center (SRMC), a major healthcare provider for southeastern North Carolina, said this week it selected the RadarFind Real Time Location System (RTLS) to track its large inventory of hospital equipment and medical devices.

The technology will be highlighted at RadarFind's booth during the 2008 HIMSS show in Orlando in February.

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