Archive for the ‘Diagnostics’ Category
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Miniaturised gas chromatography technology based on nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) sensors may have medical diagnostic applications. Marketed by Analytical Pixels (Apix; Paris), the technique reportedly will enable the analysis of biomarkers in a patient's breath. Apix is the first startup to emerge from the Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI, a partnership ...
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
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Amid the flurry of year-end lists and predictions that have landed in my inbox in the past few days, 12 Predictions for 2012 in the Medical Electronics Industry from market research firm InMedica caught my eye. It's a mixed bag—what isn't these ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
Anyone who has ever had their blood pressure taken by a medical practitioner can attest to the fact that the technology (and, to be fair, the incompetence of some humans who use it) is far from perfect. The most common method of blood pressure measurement dates back to the 19th ...
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
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Devices that speed up the process of medical diagnostics can dramatically increase patients' chances of survival. Recently, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM in Freiburg, Germany, developed a biochip that detects blood poisoning ...
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Despite an uptick in cardiology and diabetes testing and double-digit gains in management of hospital-acquired infections, Europe's IVD industry registered only 2% overall revenue growth in 2010, down from 3% the previous year, reports the European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association (EDMA). Short-sighted government attempts to balance budgets by limiting reimbursement of ...
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Friday, November 4th, 2011
This summer, US FDA released its draft guidance document regarding companion diagnostics. In an effort to provide further clarity on this, the IVD Technology editors will hold a special webcast on the regulation of companion diagnostics next week. The featured speaker will be Dr. Elizabeth Mansfield, PhD, the Director of ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
From the wire: Advances in microchip technology someday may enable clinicians to perform tests for hundreds of diseases—sifting out specific molecules, such as early stage cancer cells—from just one drop of blood. But fabricating such “lab-on-chip” designs—tiny, integrated diagonistic sensor arrays on surfaces as small as a square centimeter—is a ...
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
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A “smart” petri dish developed by engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California, USA) incorporates a lens-free microscopy imaging platform that enables the continuous imaging of cell cultures without removing them ...
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
IVD Technology Editor-in-Chief Richard Park authored a comprehensive overview of the IVD industry, in which he concludes that the IVD market is resilient and will not be stalled by difficult economic conditions. "IVD manufacturers continue to develop and release faster, more accurate and more-effective diagnostic devices," he writes. ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
Diagnostica Europe 2012, a unique exhibition designed exclusively for the clinical diagnostics and life science research industries, will debut in March at Messe Stuttgart. The exhibition is organised by UBM Canon and will run from 13th to 15th March 2012. Concurrent with Diagnostica Europe will be the MEDTEC Europe 2012 ...
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
A newly developed technology that uses a laser and electric fields to manipulate fluids and tiny particles has a range of potential applications, including medical diagnostics. The technology could produce innovative sensors and analytical devices for lab-on-chip applications, or miniature instruments that perform measurements normally requiring ...
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