WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) today announced that Jim Jeffries has joined the association as Senior Vice President for Public Affairs.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) today announced that Pat Fogarty has joined the association as vice president, assistant general counsel and director of civil justice policy.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s budget proposal to improve Medicare beneficiary access to breakthrough devices:
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Royal Philips has unveiled a new mixed reality concept to aid in minimally invasive surgeries, which it has developed with Microsoft, at the MWC 2019 mobile technology conference in Barcelona, Spain.
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SAN DIEGO, CA - iAssay® Inc., a privately held developer of the world's first open platform, point of care (POC) reader for remote medical diagnostics, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application 13/074,209. The allowed patent includes 66 claims relating to multiple types of patient tests, wireless communications, plug-in modules, and user guides. The patent application is expected to issue in mid-2019...
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced Azurion with FlexArm, to set a new standard for patient imaging and positioning flexibility for image-guided procedures.
During increasingly complex interventions, clinicians need to quickly and easily visualize critical anatomy and identify changes to the patient during the procedure. Azurion with FlexArm includes a set of innovations that makes it easier for the clinician...
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ALACHUA, Fla., – RTI Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq: RTIX), a global surgical implant company, and Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in motion preservation and non-fusion spinal implant technology, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby RTI will acquire all outstanding equity interest of Paradigm Spine in a cash and stock transaction valued at up to $300 million, consisting of $150 million at closing plus potential future milestone payments. RTI believes this transaction...
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