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Luglio 2009

President Obama on the da Vinci ® System

President Obama on the da Vinci system
(President Barack Obama tries his hand operating a state-of-the-art robotic surgical system while touring the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Thursday, July 23, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

First CyberKnife System in Rhode Island Installed

22.07.09 - Accuray Incorporated, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Radiosurgery Center of Rhode Island, LLC, installed a CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System within Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, marking the first CyberKnife System in Rhode Island.

10th CyberKnife System installed at an HCA Hospital

24.06.09 - Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the 10th CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System was installed at a Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) facility. The installation took place at The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Appointment of New Distributor in Switzerland for ClearStream Branded Products

22.07.09 - ClearStream Technologies Group plc is pleased to announce today that it has appointed a new distributor, Admedics (Advanced Medical Systems) to distribute its own branded devices throughout Switzerland. Focussing initially on distribution of ClearStream’s range of peripheral devices, the contract also includes its full range of coronary products.

ClearStream Technologies Group, plc, Announces Approval in China for Peripheral Angioplasty Balloon Catheters

21.07.09 - ClearStream Technologies Group, plc, announced today that it has received notification of approval by the SFDA (State Food and Drug Administration, China) for a range of families of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloon catheters to be sold in China. The products will be distributed by Shanghai Micro Medical under the brand names ReeKross, ReeKross 14, ReeKross 18, Bantam and LitePAC PTA Balloon Dilation Catheters.

ClearStream granted CE Marking for latest PTCA catheter for the treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions

10.07.09 - ClearStream today announces that it has completed the CE Marking of its latest state-of-theart PTCA catheter for treating chronic total occlusions (CTOs) in the coronary vasculature. This new product, the FlexeCTO, is a 0.014" over-the-wire balloon catheter platform specifically designed to be the initial catheter used during the angioplasty procedure in cases where the blockage in the artery is more distal or where arteries are more tortuous.

ASGS Issues Position Statement Supporting TIF Natural Orifice Surgery for GERD

EndoGastric Solutions (EGS), the recognized leader in the emerging field of Natural Orifice Surgery (NOS), announced that the American Society of General Surgeons (ASGS) has published a position statement endorsing its Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) procedure for the treatment of GERD. ASGS is the preeminent society of general surgeons with membership exceeding 2,000.

Reflusso gastroesofageo

Reflusso gastroesofageo novità nella sala operatoria. Ne parliamo con il prof. Pier Alberto Testoni, direttore dell’Unità operativa di gastroenterologia ed endoscopia digestiva dell’Istituto Scientifico Universitario San Raffaele di Milano.

Approval received to extend the shelf-life of the Intrepide drug eluting stent (DES) from 12 to 36 months

ClearStream is pleased to announce that it has received confirmation from its notified body, Kema, that Kema has granted CE Mark approval for the shelf-life of the Intrepide DES to be extended from 12 months to 36 months.

Il robot da Vinci a quattro bracci attivo da oggi presso l'Ente Ecclesiastico Ospedale F.Miulli di Bari

Nell'ambito del progetto di acquisizione e sviluppo di nuove tecnologie innovative, la Direzione Aziendale dell’Ente Ecclesiastico Ospedale Generale Regionale “F. Miulli” ha deciso di dotare la struttura del robot “daVinci” a quattro bracci, il sistema robotico che ha rivoluzionato la chirurgia tradizionale.

New software module: Appendectomy

The first launch of the Appendectomy module will include the Loop technique where the user can simulate different kind of changes in pathology (appendicitis complications, size, etc.). Later this year the second phase of the module will include stapling technique.