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Video > Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm AAA > Harper University Hospital > Patients receives endoluminal repair > Endovascular stent-graft require periodic follow-up > Check for migration and endoleaks

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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> Performed by Ali Kafi, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.hief of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Harper University Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (WSU)
PRIMARY HOSPITAL: Harper University Hospital
SPECIALTY: Cardiothoracic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, robotic surgery, valvular surgery, endovascular grafting, balloon angioplasty & stenting, treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery, American Board […]

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Move a device idea from the research phase to the market > Massachusetts medical device industry > Industry-specific support > Innovation Index of the Massachusetts Economy > Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives > Dow Jones VentureSource > Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s John Adams Innovation Institute > Worcester business incubators

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Is Massachusetts a Medtech hub that benefits from industry that has developed there close to all the universities? Is the infrastructure for both the creation of device ideas and the development of device ideas unique to the state of Massachusetts? Why can medical device companies gain a foothold in Massachusetts that they cannot gain elsewhere?

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Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the Medicare Population > The largest study to date with 45,000 Medicare recipients > Search is on for new treatment options > Endovascular endoluminal repair limited and complex > Less invasive and permanent way to repair AAA might be hybrid > Endo Vascular Laparoscopic Surgery EVLS

Thursday, January 31, 2008

How does the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore PC evaluate the continued failure rates of stent-graft repair? Why do most practitioners feel that choosing between endovascular repair with endoleaks or EVAR graft migration and open surgical repair is a toss up considering the complexity of EVAR? Is it time for a combination […]

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HistoScanning addresses clinical challenges in prostate patient management > B-K Medical > Analogic Corporation ALOG > Urology Ultrasound Market Leader > Advanced Medical Diagnostics > Innovative computer-aided solutions > Tissue Characterization Innovator > Increasing the efficiency and diagnostic value of prostate ultrasound > Major diagnostic modality

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

What will the results be when B-K Medical and Advanced Medical Diagnostics collaborate on HistoScanning tissue characterization technology for the prostate? Will HistoScanning and the proprietary tissue differentiation, visualization and measurement technology assist specialists in identifying changes to solid organ tissues? Can the technology extract new information from prostate ultrasound data in conjunction with transrectal […]

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ConforMIS receives EU approval for knee surgery technology > iUni Implant resurface portions on the knee due to arthritic damage > iJig cutting and placement tool is designed to limit the number of instruments needed > European market clearance for a knee implant and related surgical instrument

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Is the fundamental challenge in a complex 3-D structure like the knee that surgeons must cut bone to fit the patient to the implant? Does ConforMIS use data from MRIs or CT scans taken before surgery to generate a 3-D model of a patient’s knee and design an implant to conform exactly to the area […]

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EndoVia Medical Inc > A Hansen Medical Inc catheter-technology company > Intellectual property of 33 issued and pending patents and patent applications > Combining robotic technology and computerized movement > Electromechanical catheter manipulator controlled with commands from a workstation

Monday, January 21, 2008

Will EndoVia Medical’s second generation computer-assisted surgical devices for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and interventional medicine be beneficial for the advance of Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES? Has EndoVia further developed the robotic guidance system for controlling laparoscopic and catheter-based instruments? Will the technology open large new patient populations to less invasive procedures?

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Power Medical Interventions Inc PMI Receives FDA 510k Marketing Clearance for iDrive Intelligent Surgical

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Is the iDrive a step towards computer-assisted, power-actuated endomechanical instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery? Are Robotic Articulating Endoscopic Linear Cutter making the conventional linear staplers obsolete? Will there be more Intelligent Surgical Instruments developed for use in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES?

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GI Sleeve Implantable weight loss device > Randomized patient blinded prospective study > Patients will receive either a device or a sham procedure > Weight loss is primary outcome measure > Duodenal—Jejunal Bypass Sleeve > Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES Endobarrier Device for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity > Carolinas Medical Center > Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center > Lahey Clinic Medical Center

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Does the food go on the inside of the endobarrier device with the digestive enzymes on the outside of the device? Does the endobarrier device modify metabolic pathways and prevent the mixing of food and digestive enzymes? Does the EndoBarrier stenting device migrate without safe and secure proximal fixation with T fasteners?

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