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SEPET Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device OK'ed for Pivotal Clinical Trial

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2008-05-14 18:11:24 by Michael in Medgadget
...pivotal clinical trial. The device, a filter with special qualities, is designed for use with a standard blood dialysis system. We first reported about SEPET Liver Assist Device back in April 2005 More about the technology, and the planned trial: The SEPET Liver Assist Device is a novel blood purification therapy designed for use with a...
 
Tags: trial, liver, pivotal clinical trial, pivotal trial design, pivotal trial, patients, patients bloodstream, liver cancer patients, patients blood
 
 
 
 
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Endurant Stent Graft System For Tortuous Aortas

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2008-07-10 21:22:54 by Michael in Medgadget
...pivotal trial for the Endurant Stent Graft, it will be used to seek FDA approval of the device. The study will enroll 150 patients at up to 30 U.S. sites in the next 1218 months. All patients who meet the single-arm studys inclusion criteria will receive an Endurant Stent Graft; their outcomes will be compared to those who received the Talent...
 
Tags: investigational device, investigational, endurant stent graft, stent graft, investigational device exemption, european clinical trial, device, next-generation device, clinical trial
 
 
 
 
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DuraHeart Begins US Trials

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2008-08-21 16:40:17 by Michael in Medgadget
...Pivotal Trial is a multi-center, prospective, non-randomized study of 140 patients and will include up to 40 centers. The device is intended to provide cardiac support for patients awaiting transplant who are at risk of death due to end-stage left ventricular failure. The National Co-Principal Investigators are Francis Pagani, M.D., Ph.D.,...
 
Tags: duraheart, device, duraheart lvas, lvas, device page, duraheart system, ventricular assist system, medical device, flow
 
 
 
 
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AOL to kill Netscape Navigator

2008-01-01 03:58:44 by HASH0x89a6a6c in gadget life blog
 
...pivotal role in the U.S. governments antitrust action against Microsoft. Whats more, a part of the company lives on in Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the open-source Web browser Firefox Mozilla was spun off from Netscape with $2.3 million in capital back in 1998, the same year that AOL paid $4.2 billion for Netscape. Firefox now...
 
Tags: netscape navigator, netscape, browser, browser market, percent, aol, world wide web, microsofts internet explorer, governments antitrust action
 
 
 
 
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Fate v Chance

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2008-01-10 16:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...pivotal day that changed everything that came afterward in my life clear in hindsight, but invisible at the time Lately, I have been thinking of the strong but transparent filaments that connect our past to our present. The threads, which are usually hidden, have come out in full relief One is a college professor, a literary idol of mine, who...
 
Tags: change jobs, change, career, career educators, career change, peripatetic life, life, career choices, teacher
 
 
 
 
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Penumbra System Approved in US for Post Stroke Revascularization

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2008-01-15 16:59:25 by Michael in Medgadget
...pivotal trial, in addition to the multiple aspiration devices, the system included a clot-grabbing device that was designed to be used if the aspiration devices were not successful. Based upon the results of the trial with the aspiration devices, and due to the small number of cases in which the clot-grabbing device was necessary, Penumbra,...
 
Tags: penumbra system, system, penumbra, acute ischemic stroke, aspiration devices, multiple aspiration devices, penumbra stroke system, trial, fda
 
 
 
 
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Apples iPhone going to Thailand?

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2008-01-21 23:58:31 by Darrin Olson in SlipperyBrick
...pivotal point in negotiations. China Mobile had also been in talks about carrying the iPhone until recently when the issue of revenue sharing with Apple brought the discussions to a halt According to AIS chief marketing officer Sanchai Thiewprasertkul, Apple is likely to find difficulty in negotiating a revenue sharing deal in Thailand as...
 
Tags: china mobile talks, china, apple, thailand apple, thailand, iphone, china mobile, revenue, ais chief
 
 
 
 
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Brain Stimulation Device for Stroke Victims Fails Clinical Trial

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2008-01-25 21:17:21 by Michael in Medgadget
...pivotal trial evaluating cortical stimulation to improve hand and arm function in stroke survivors did not meet its primary efficacy endpoint The EVEREST trial was designed to determine whether cortical stimulation in conjunction with rehabilitation therapy would lead to greater gains in hand and arm function and activities of daily living...
 
Tags: clinical trial, trial, crucial clinical trial, endpoint, primary endpoint, primary efficacy endpoint, cortical stimulation, efficacy, stroke
 
 
 
 
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Key telecom industry players join forces to speed up the introduction of interoperable rich communication services

2008-02-07 19:17:51 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...pivotal technology for advancing communications to a new and enriched level of converged multimedia services," says Michael Clever, head of Next Generation Voice and Multimedia, Nokia Siemens Networks. "The RCS initiative is the catalyst to help IMS take-off with cross-network interoperability from Day One. As part of this forum, we are...
 
Tags: services, rich communication services, communication services, broadband internet services, communication experience, experience, services faster, rich communication experience, mobile services