May 29, 2007 — GE Healthcare has announced the FDA has cleared its CARESCAPE Patient Data Module for mobile patient monitoring.

Encompassing some of the industry’s most advanced monitoring capabilities, the CARESCAPE Patient Data Module features 24-hour capture of critical patient data and a unique close-to-the-patient, self-powered design that alleviates common portability constraints.

May 29, 2007 — Northfield Laboratories Inc. has reported results of its pivotal Phase III trauma trial with PolyHeme, a human hemoglobin-based, oxygen-carrying red blood cell substitute.

The trial was designed to seek an indication for use in the treatment of life-threatening red blood cell loss when transfusion is required and red blood cells are not available, not for use interchangeably with blood. This indication addresses a critical, unmet medical need.

May 21, 2007 – SourceMedical recently announced new contract signings for the company's SourceRad solution with Nueterra Healthcare LLC, a provider of development and management services to surgical facilities and Regent Surgical Health, a developer and manager of surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals around the country.

May 25, 2007 - Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. has recently formed the Aurora Breast MRI Society, a group of healthcare professionals dedicated to diagnosing breast cancer earlier and evaluating breast disease, utilizing the most advanced breast imaging modality available.

The mission of the Aurora Breast MRI Society is to further spur and expand the clinical role of breast MRI, as well as educate the medical profession, public and healthcare industry about the vital role of breast MRI in earlier detection and more effective evaluation of breast disease.

May 24, 2007 – SenoRx recently announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Multi-Lumen radiation balloon applicator, created to provide brachytherapy to the surgical margins following lumpectomy for breast cancer.

May 23, 2007 – Two recent Mayo Clinic studies found that magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), a new imaging technique invented at Mayo Clinic, is an accurate tool for non-invasive diagnosis of liver diseases. The findings were presented this week at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Annual Meeting in Berlin, Germany, and Digestive Disease Week 2007 in Washington, D.C.

May 24, 2007 - Cedara Software, a medical software developer, today announced a strategic partnership with University Health Network’s Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), in which Cedara will provide PMH with a variety of clinical applications, software development toolkits and services to accelerate the hospital’s research and development efforts in oncology and radiation therapy.

May 24, 2007 - Results of a CT study presented today at the Annual American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2007 International meeting, demonstrate that by combining advanced CT technology to images before and after the valve procedures, clinicians can more accurately pinpoint changes in inspired air volumes and understand the redirection of air from the diseased portions of the lung to the less affected areas.

May 24, 2007 - OneOncology Inc., an oncology drug procurement solutions provider, recently unveiled an impartial electronic negotiating network for the oncology community to simplify the oncology drug supply chain, reportedly enabling oncologists to build healthier practices and reduce administrative burdens, while providing distributors equal and more cost-effective access to community oncology demand.

May 24, 2007 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently asked manufacturers to include a new boxed warning on the product labeling of all gadolinium-based contrast agents which are used to enhance the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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