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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Medtronic, HeartWare complete $1.1 billion deal 

Medtronic completed its acquisition of HeartWare International on Aug. 22, a deal intended to expand the company’s heart failure business. Medtronic agreed to pay $58.00 in cash for each outstanding share of HeartWare’s common stock. The deal is valued at...

September 2, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Zillion® Secures $28 Mill in Series C Financing to Enhance Digital Engagement Platform

NORWALK, Conn. and BOSTON, Aug. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Zillion Group, a leading technology solution for digital engagement, today announced the company has raised $28 million in its Series C round of fundraising. The round was led by TwinFocus Capital...

September 1, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Functional Human Tissue-Engineered Liver Generated from Stem and Progenitor Cells 

A research team led by investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has generated functional human and mouse tissue-engineered liver from adult stem and progenitor cells. Tissue-engineered Liver (TELi) was found to contain normal structural components...

September 1, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Medtronic, Zimmer Biomet Enter 2-level Cervical Disc and Robotic Markets 

Since mid-May, both Medtronic and Zimmer Biomet have announced strategic moves in the 2-level cervical disc replacement and robotic surgery markets. In efforts to invigorate revenue growth, the two have focused on niche technologies that expand their portfolios—but have yet...

September 1, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Cold Plasma Can Be “Tuned” to Either Promote or Inhibit Bone Healing

Tuning cold plasma can either promote or inhibit bone formation. (pictured: Microsecond cold plasma filament pattern at different frequencies.) (PHILADELPHIA) – Cold plasma looks like the glow from the “Star Wars” blue light saber but this beam of energy, made of...

August 31, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

MR-Guided Brain Ultrasound Helps Rouse Coma Patient Back to Consciousness 

Neuroscience researchers and clinicians at UCLA have used MR-guided ultrasound to help rouse a recovering coma patient to a more alert state of consciousness. They’re not certain about the extent to which the novel therapy contributed to the good outcome,...

August 31, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Alere Sues Abbott to Compel Completion of $5.8 Billion Deal 

Alere Inc. sued Abbott Laboratories to compel the completion of their pending $5.8 billion takeover deal, claiming the medical-device maker failed to get U.S. antitrust clearance in an effort to scuttle the contentious transaction. Abbott “has breached the merger agreement...

August 30, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

MiMedx Awarded Six New U.S. Patents This Year

MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected processes to develop and market advanced products and therapies for the Wound Care, Surgical, Orthopedic, Spine, Sports Medicine,...

August 30, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

World’s First Human Head Transplant Procedure Planned in 2017

Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero is planning to perform the first-ever head transplant in December 2017. He will put the head of a terminally ill, wheelchair-bound Russian citizen Valery Spiridonov (31) on an entirely new body. Spiridonov, a computer scientist, has...

August 29, 2016