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OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS: More complicated than it looks
… FDA-approved clinical device that utilizes NIR spectroscopy for sensing and diagnosis in cardiology -specifically for interventional cardiologists performing cardiac catheterizations (see Fig. 2). The device is designed to distinguish …
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Heart of the matter
… medical stents Conard Holton Balloon angioplasty provides cardiologists with a means to treat blockages of the arteries caused by coronary heart disease. To perform the procedure, cardiologists insert a long, thin tube with a balloon-tipped catheter …
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Rare Earth Medical wins SBIR grant from NIH for fiber delivery system
… for the commercialization of a fiber optic laser light delivery system to be used for therapeutic treatments in oncology and cardiology . The system includes diffusers, known as Lightstics, that spread laser output along a cylindrical geometry. The two …
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LightLab takes lead in intracoronary OCT imaging
… and sell intravascular OCT systems that aid interventional cardiologists in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease ..... the European Heart Journal in which the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular …
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OCT market to top $800 million by 2012
… applications and products are emerging in cardiology , dentistry, cancer detection, glucose ..... crowd of more than 1000 interventional cardiologists attending the Transcatheter Cardiovascular ..... market potential its sees for OCT in cardiology . Once approved, OCT will be the only …
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Lasers find many niches in medical diagnosis and care
… are in dermatology/plastic surgery, ophthalmology, and cardiology . In fact, despite the slowdown in sales of carbon dioxide ..... systems that can be used for both hair and leg-vein removal. Cardiologists await TMR Transmyocardial revascularization has become the …
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SGMO, ANO, HLIT, MMSI, TISA, DSTI Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks
… manufactures, and markets single-use medical products for interventional and diagnostic procedures worldwide. The companys cardiology and radiology products include percutaneous coronary interventions and percutaneous peripheral interventions. Its inflation …
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The importance of physics to progress in medical treatment
… provides non-invasive imaging with non-ionising radiation in real time at the point of care, including for anaesthesia, cardiology , and surgery outside of radiology departments. Conventional systems operate at frequencies of 3-20 MHz, with low beam …
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DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING: Speedy imaging technique moves into human trials
… the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA. If the trials and subsequent research prove successful, the technology would give cardiologists a fresh, noninvasive diagnostic tool. “This is a fundamentally new way of looking at coronary disease,” Gary Tearney …
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Laser World of Photonics features biomedical optics, medical imaging
… generates cross-sectional and 3D images of tissue pathology, OCT has clinical applications ranging from ophthalmology to cardiology . Toptica Photonics (Munich) will sponsor two awards for the best student papers presented at the event. General Chairs …
