Healthcare / Biotech News

Iowa, Virginia facilities add MCS anti-clot device

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

by Globes’ correspondent

MCS Medical Compression Systems (DBN) Ltd. said today that during July, three additional medical centers in the US added its anti-clotting device. The facilities are located in Virginia and Iowa. MCS said that the three centers carry out about 2,500 medical procedures that are relevant for the use of its device, and that it estimates that it will reach a 25% penetration rate in the first year. MCS’s ActiveCare+SFT device is a non-invasive alternative to medication in preventing deep vein thrombosis in orthopedic surgery patients. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000579245&fid=1725

Posted in Healthcare / Biotech, Medical-tech, News, USA

Ultrasound co Applisonix signs development deal with SLI

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

by Globes’ correspondent

Ultrasonic depilatory device developer Applisonix Ltd. has signed a letter of intent with Soft Lines International Ltd. for the development, manufacture, and exclusive marketing of Applisonix’s depilatory device for home use.  The device that we’ll develop with SLI, under the agreement that the parties intend to sign, will be based on Applisonix’s ultrasound technology, will be developed for the home market, and will target a market that experts estimate at billions of dollars.” http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000578967&fid=1725

Posted in Business Development, Healthcare / Biotech, Medical-tech, News

Dental endoscope co Sialo signs with major US distributor

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

by Koby Yeshayahou

Dental endoscope developer Sialo Technology Israel Ltd. has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Henry Schein Inc., the world’s leading distributor of dental equipment. Henry Schein will distribute Sialo’s proprietary root-canal and dental implant direct vision endoscope, which enables dentists to see what they are doing in real time on an LCD screen. The mobile system includes the endoscope, the LCD screen, and a light source. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000578363&fid=1725

Posted in Business Development, Consumer Products, Healthcare / Biotech, Israel, News, USA

Nano Retina, Briefman, Objet among ‘most creative’ companies

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

(TheMarker ) Three Israeli companies made CNBC’s list of the 25 “most creative” companies in Europe for 2010, thanks to the “disruptive force” of their ideas. They are Objet Geometries, which is developing technology to make three-dimensional printers (think – you enter the data for a plastic hamster and the machine produces a 3-D plastic hamster, or perhaps more helpfully, creates prototypes of devices you invent ); Nano Retina, which hopes to restore sight to the blind through miniaturized implants; and Briefman, which is developing technology to zip – condense – video images (“watch 24 hours of footage in one minute” ). http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/markets-in-brief-1.300476

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