Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it has filed its submission with Health Canada for approval of its computed radiography (CR) system for mammography as part of its plan to obtain regulatory approval in Canada for its KODAK DIRECTVIEW CR Mammography Feature for CR 850/950/975 Systems.

Kodak’s CR mammography platform can enable healthcare facilities to perform general radiography and mammography exams on the same CR system.

PACS provider American Medical Sales, Inc. has received five PACS orders since the 2006 RSNA in Chicago. These orders include installations involving its MIDAS PACS Server components as well as its new PACS-in-a-BOX family of cost effective solutions.

A human tissue welding technique was successfully implemented in breakthrough laryngectomy and chondrectomy procedures at the Kiev Regional Clinical Hospital between May and November of this year. Dr. Rustem A. Abizov, Otorinolaryngology chair at the Kiev Medical Academy for Postgraduate Studies, used the live biological tissue welding/bonding technology developed by a subsidiary of CSMG Technologies Inc.

The electro welding/bonding technology devices from Live Tissue Connect were used to surgically treat patients suffering from larynx cancer.

CryoLife Inc. has received CE Mark and Health Canada approval for a new rigid applicator tip for its BioGlue Surgical Adhesive. The BioGlue Rigid Applicator Tip is 34 cm in length, enabling accurate delivery of BioGlue beyond the previous 27 cm.

BioGlue was first introduced to the European market in 1998 and is accepted and used by surgeons worldwide. Clinically proven to provide immediate hemostasis, BioGlue is effective in bonding, sealing and reinforcing soft tissue in a broad range of indications.

Exelixis Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. have announced a collaborative agreement to develop and commercialize novel targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer.

Eastman Kodak Co.’s health group announced immediate price increases worldwide on all its medical imaging films and related supplies — the second such action Kodak has taken in 2006.

Kodak cited continued high costs of raw materials, especially silver, as the primary reason for the price hikes. The increases range from 8 to 12 percent, depending on products and markets around the world.

A diagnostic device that resembles a mammography unit can detect breast tumors as tiny as one-fifth of an inch in diameter, according to researchers at Mayo Clinic, who helped develop the technology along with industry collaborators Gamma Medica Inc. and GE Healthcare.

A prospective clinical study shows that the GeneSearch Breast Lymph Node Assay, a gene-based diagnostic test, has greater sensitivity than traditional intra-operative methods of detecting the spread of breast cancer to the lymph nodes. In the study, sponsored by Veridex LLC, the GeneSearch demonstrated overall sensitivity at least 10 percentage points higher than intra-operative tests.

IMCO-STAT, wireless communications technology software developed by IMCO Technologies, announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to sell to the healthcare industry, extending its presence in hospitals, imaging centers, medical clinics and orthopaedic practices.

The long-time dream of a vaccine to prevent breast cancer may be a step closer to reality, according to new research presented this week at the 29th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Researchers presented the results of a vaccine
trial targeting HER2, a protein that is related to cell growth and is commonly overexpressed in breast cancer cells.

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