The American Heart Association recently selected Northwestern Medicine as one of six centers to be part of a new, grant-funded national network dedicated to researching and understanding the causes of atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat. At Northwestern, a $3.7 million grant will fund research specifically on how atrial fibrillation develops and how it causes stroke, the …

The Clinical Solutions business unit of Harris Healthcare has entered into a Distributor agreement with iWT Health. Under the agreement, Harris Healthcare Clinical Solutions will sell products developed by iWT Health which are complementary to the Clinical Solution group’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) and its existing Novus product line which today includes Novus Meds, Novus ClinDoc and Novus LaunchPad. According …

TSO3 Inc. announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from US regulators for a significant improvement to its STERIZONE® VP4 Sterilizer. The cleared change can improve the customer installation process and reduce start-up costs by significantly reducing the oxygen supply requirements for the system. “We are excited to incorporate this new feature to our STERIZONE® VP4 Sterilizer”, said TSO3 President and CEO …

Varian announced it has received clearances from the U.S. antitrust authorities and the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) on the proposed acquisition of all of the outstanding shares in Sirtex Medical Limited (ASX: SRX) (“Sirtex”). The U.S. antitrust authorities granted early termination of the waiting period under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The German FCO cleared the …

BioTime announced the submission of a design dossier application for CE Mark approval to market Renevia® in Europe. BioTime anticipates CE Mark approval in the second half of 2018. “Submission of the CE Mark application establishes an important milestone for BioTime and we are delighted with the achievements made in the clinical performance of Renevia, as demonstrated in the pivotal …

OptraSCAN announced its third generation On-Demand Digital Pathology® system for researchers and clinicians. The third generation OptraSCAN® brightfield scanner is now able to acquire a whole slide image from a FFPE glass slide in under 60 seconds timeframe at the cost of a traditional digital microscope. CEO Abhi Gholap will be present at booth #722 at USCAP for meetings and …

Motus GI Holdings announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) has issued a patent No. 3079556 related to the Pure-Vu® System, a medical device that cleans the colon to facilitate improved visualization during a colonoscopy procedure to enable a quality exam. “This European patent strengthens our intellectual property and confirms the Pure-Vu System’s place as an important proprietary technology in …

GIMDx announces accelerated commercialization of IncellDx, Inc.’s (“IncellDx”) HPV E6/E7 OncoTect mRNA in situ Hybridization Detection Kit at its sister subsidiary, Improve Labs. The acceleration is facilitated by the recent publication of China continuation patent #201711037694.6., “Methods and Systems for Predicting Whether a Subject has a Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Lesion from a Suspension Sample of Cervical Cells” and the previously …

Cantel Medical Corp. announced that it has acquired Aexis Medical BVBA, a company specializing in advanced software solutions focused on the tracking and monitoring of instrument reprocessing workflows for hospitals and healthcare professionals. The total deal consideration was $24.8 million consisting of $21.1 million up-front consideration and $3.7 million in an earnout structure to be paid at the two-year anniversary …

Orthofix International N.V. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its new internal fixation system, the G-Beam™ Fusion Beaming System. Designed primarily for the treatment of Charcot foot, a debilitating condition where the bones in the foot weaken and collapse, the G-Beam devices can be implanted in the medial and lateral columns of the foot to …