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Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. William D. Richard, Ph.D.

Urologix(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:ULGX) is pleased to announce the launch of the CTC Advance ™ Short treatment catheter at the 2009 American Urological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois being held April 25-29, 2009. In addition to this new BPH treatment catheter, we are proud to have the AUA acceptance of two moderated poster presentations highlighting the data from clinical studies of the Urologix Cooled ThermoTherapy treatment.

ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS: ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, announced that a growing number of hospitals and emergency service organizations in the oil and gas producing region of Northern Alberta, Canada, have installed the AutoPulse® Non-Invasive Cardiac Support Pump to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) more effectively.

HeartWare International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTWR) (ASX: HIN) announced updated results for its international clinical trial of the HeartWare(R) Left Ventricular Assist System. The results were presented by Dr. Martin Strueber, cardiothoracic surgeon at Hannover Medical School, at the annual meeting of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) held in Paris this week.

Smith & Nephew Inc’s (LSE: SN; NYSE: SNN) Advanced Wound Management division announced that nine clinical posters featuring its Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) products will be presented at next week’s Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) and Wound Healing Society Meeting.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgeon Rabii Madi, M.D., became the first in the nation to perform a double robotic surgery, removing a patient’s cancerous kidney and cancerous prostate through a single, small incision using the da Vinci Surgical System robot.

Countless individuals around the world are alive because of him. His 40 plus years of research have helped to make the use of life-saving devices such as prosthetic heart valves, vascular stents, vascular grafts, heart-assist devices, and heart-lung bypass systems almost commonplace. In the process, he has helped to establish Canada as a biomaterials leader. John Brash, P.Eng.

A new study shows that the SAVI™ applicator, a small, expandable device inserted inside the breast to deliver partial breast irradiation, carries a low infection risk, a potential complication of such devices.

WHAT: The FlexVision XL is a new viewing concept with a 56 inch (125 cm) LCD screen that enables clinicians to display multiple images simultaneously in their own preferred size and layout. Covering an area bigger than the equivalent of six standard monitors, it is now available commercially. Showcased at RSNA last year, the FlexVision XL has received excellent feedback from clinicians that used a prototype of the solution.

Preoperative MR can help surgeons limit nerve damage while performing a robotic assisted laparascopic prostatectomy (RALP) saving some men from becoming impotent, according to a study performed at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA. Preoperative MR was used to evaluate 38 neurovascular bundles in 19 men who were set to undergo RALP. “Prostate MR changed the neurovascular resection plan in 20/38 neurovascular bundles,” said Timothy McClure, MD, lead author of the study.