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Placing blame for the XTent failure

Science, Research, and Data Are Not To Blamefor these rest on the scientific method. Instead, other social factors are to blame:The irresponsibility of our public media in chronically sensationalizing news for the sake of entertaining rather than informing the public;The caution practicing physicians must exercise to avoid liability in...

Tags: comparative effectiveness, Paxil, XTent, stent

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

How bureaucrats control the device market

Few doubt that government bureaucrats have enormous impact on the market for medical devices.And they tend to travel in herds.For instance, here's a prediction. The market for drug-carrying stents, used to treat closing arteries, is going to take an enormous hit.The reason is a report to Britain's NHS which concludes...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Dana Blankenhorn, stent

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Triple-shape plastics for surgery

In Plastics Day in Surgery, Red Herring reports that an international team of U.S. and German researchers has developed a new kind of plastic that can shift between three different shapes when the temperature increases. Even if these polymeric triple-shape materials have not emerged from the lab, they could eventually...

Tags: C/C++, polymer, stent, C, plastics

Blog posts 2006-11-25

Additional Resources

Doctor Nano 1.0.4 (Mobile)

"Dr Nano" Much like the 1966 movie "Fantastic Voyage" futuristic medicine allows Dr. Nano to treat his patients from the inside. He achieves this using a special process called NanoPhasing which allows you to shrink down to a specified size and be inserted inside a body. As the player you...

Tags: Patient, Mobile, Virus, Mission Critical Studios, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-08-07

Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures (radproc) (Mobile)

Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedurespowered by Skyscape Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins The #1 handbook in interventional radiology covers all current procedures from venous access techniques and embolizations to stent-grafts and carbon dioxide angiography. It provides instant access to information on protocols and equipment; indications, complications, and clinical outcomes; drugs...

Tags: Mobile, Handbook, Skyscape Inc.

Software downloads 2008-06-07

Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures (RadProc™) (Mobile)

Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedurespowered by Skyscape Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins The #1 handbook in interventional radiology covers all current procedures from venous access techniques and embolizations to stent-grafts and carbon dioxide angiography. It provides instant access to information on protocols and equipment; indications, complications, and clinical outcomes; drugs...

Tags: Mobile, Handbook, Skyscape Inc.

Software downloads 2007-09-26

Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures 6.0.8 (Mobile)

The #1 handbook in interventional radiology covers all current procedures from venous access techniques and embolizations to stent-grafts and carbon dioxide angiography. It provides instant access to information on protocols and equipment; indications, complications, and clinical outcomes; drugs and dosages; and noninvasive studies and laboratory values. A template enables clinicians...

Tags: Patient, Mobile, Carbon Dioxide, Handbook, Skyscape Inc.

Software downloads 2007-09-05

The blurring of medical niches

Patrick Driscoll of MedMarket Diligence has a problem.The market segments in this industry are getting all blurry. Is a coated stent a device or a drug? What's a drug and what's biotech? Are devices now competing with lifestyle changes, as in obesity?Market segmentation may mean little to patients. They matter a lot to...

Tags: Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn, Obesity

Blog posts 2007-08-31

Nanotechnology leads to better bone implants

A team of U.S. researchers has found a new and inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating for titanium surfaces used in bone implants. Their nanowire scaffolds can be used 'to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, dental reconstruction and vascular stenting.' As said the lead researcher, 'We can...

Tags: Researcher, Texas Instruments Inc., Nanotechnology, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-29

Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures, 4th Ed. (Mobile)

powered by Skyscape Authors: Krishna Kandarpa MD, PhD & John E Aruny MD Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins This PDA version of the #1 handbook in interventional radiology covers all current procedures--from venous access techniques and embolizations to stent-grafts and carbon dioxide angiography. It provides instant access to information on...

Tags: Mobile, Skyscape Inc., PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2004-06-17