Pressure in Biological Technology

Hill-Rom Announces Sale of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Intellectual Property

BATESVILLE, Ind., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hill-Rom (NYSE: HRC ) today announced the sale of Hill-Rom's patents and intellectual property relating to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) to Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI ). Hill-Rom's NPWT portfolio included U.S. and f...

SHARE Program Launched to Address the Challenges of Achieving Blood Pressure Goal

MUNICH, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- - Investigating the Real Burden of Hypertension, Addressing the Challenges of Getting to Blood Pressure Goal and SHARE(ing) the Knowledge ( http://www.SHARE-hypertension.com ) The SHARE steering committee announce the launch of Supporting Hypertensi...

Brooks Instrument's New Mass Flow Controller Series Is Immune to Pressure and Temperature Fluctuations

Brooks Instrument, a world-leading flow measurement and control provider, is pleased to release the B-Series mass flow controller, a totally new family of mass flow products designed to be insensitive to fluctuations in pressure and temperature. Built on a standard 1.125-inch wide platform with a...

Finesse Announces TruTorr(TM) Single-Use Pressure Sensor

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Finesse Solutions, LLC, Santa Clara, CA, a manufacturer of measurement and control solutions for life sciences process applications, announced the release of TruTorr(TM), a single-use pressure sensor for measuring headspace pressure in single-use contai...

ERT (eResearchTechnology, Inc.) and Integrium, LLC Form Alliance to Deliver Integrated Cardiac Safety and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Services

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eResearchTechnology, Inc. (ERT), (Nasdaq: ERES ), and Integrium, LLC announced today their alliance to provide integrated Cardiac Safety and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring centralized core laboratory services to clinical trial sponsors and ma...

Reaction Monitoring of Processes Under Pressure Using In Situ FTIR

Compliementary webinar explains the value of in situ mid IR reaction monitoring for promoting a detailed understanding of catalytic and other chemical reactions under pressure. Columbia, MD (PRWEB) January 19, 2009 -- METTLER TOLEDO invites you to attend a complimentary...

NicOx' Naproxcinod Shows Highly Significant Reduction in Daytime Blood Pressure Versus Naproxen

New Analysis of the 104 ABPM Study Presented at the American Heart Association http://www.nicox.com SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, November 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NicOx S.A. (Euronext Paris: COX) today announced that a new analysis of...

Volcano Corporation Announces Launch of PrimeWire(TM) Pressure Guidewire and s5-FFR Option for Existing Fleet of s5 IVUS Consoles

FAME Data Demonstrates 30% Reduction in Composite Events When Using Routine FFR Guidance in Multi-Vessel Disease WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC ) today announced the launch of the PrimeWire(TM) Pressure Guidewire, and the s5-FFR ...

Healthcare Industry Faces Mounting Pressure to Prevent On-The-Job Violence, Says Veteran Safety and Health Attorney

- New law in New Jersey could be sign of things to come NEWARK, N.J., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Anxiety about workplace violence is nowhere more acute than among healthcare workers, who by some estimates are 16 times more likely to become the target of on-the-job violence than their count...

Four Independent Research Groups Present Data Generated by Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) at the ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics in Denver, CO

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO ) ("PBI") today announced that scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), the Commonwealth of Virginia (CoVA) Laboratory, and the Foo...

InterCure Supports AHA Endorsement of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring

American Heart Association announcement validates the critical role of self-care in the treatment of high blood pressure NEW YORK, May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- InterCure Ltd., a medical device company publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: INCR), today announced its support...

International Wound Care Experts, Medline Announce Pressure Ulcer Prevention Consensus Paper

International Expert Wound Care Advisory Panel reacts to CMS final rule; identifies challenges, recommends strategies MUNDELEIN, Ill., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Medline Industries, Inc. and the International Expert Wound Care Advisory Panel announce the panel's first-of-its-kind cons...

Matthew B. Potter Joins Pressure BioSciences, Inc. as Vice President of Sales

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO ) ("PBI") today announced that Matthew B. Potter has joined PBI's senior executive management team as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Potter brings with him nearly twenty years of experience in sales...

FDA Approves Diovan(R) for Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children

- Nearly 5% of children and adolescents in U.S. may have high blood pressure(1); increase in pediatric cases linked to growing obesity epidemic(2,3) - Diovan has a proven safety profile in adults with high blood pressure EAST HANOVER, N.J., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/...

The sensitive side of carbon nanotubes: Creating powerful pressure sensors

Troy, N.Y. Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Taking advantage of the materials unique electrical and mechanical properties, researchers repeatedly squeezed a 3-m...

Results of Colon Cancer Study Utilizing Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) Presented at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO ) ("PBI") today announced that a study focused on the discovery and identification of potential biomarkers of colon cancer that used pressure cycling technology (PCT) for the extraction of prot...

Three Studies by Independent Scientists Highlighting Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) to be Presented this Week at the British Mass Spectrometry Society's 29th Annual Meeting

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PBIO ) ("PBI") today announced that data highlighting the advantages of pressure cycling technology (PCT) in studies to (1) better understand the events surrounding stroke, (2) detect biomarkers of...

Amgen and Genentech Brace Themselves for Heavy Pressure From Biogenerics Manufacturers

U.S. Biogeneric Agents to Reach $2 Billion in Sales by 2016, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, Inc., one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, find...

Interventional Cardiologists Nico Pijls, Bernard De Bruyne to Discuss Benefits of Measuring Coronary Pressure in Improving Multivessel PCI at ESC Congress 2007

EBAC-Accredited Workshop Set for Sept. 3 UPPSALA, Sweden and WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Nico Pijls, M.D., Ph.D., and Bernard de Bruyne, M.D., Ph.D., will present the benefits of measuring coronary pressure, or Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), in improving the outc...

Video and Photo: Tekturna HCT(R), a Single-tablet Combination of Tekturna(R)* and a Diuretic, Receives US Approval for Treatment of High Blood Pressure

- Tekturna HCT combines first approved direct renin inhibitor with the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in a single tablet - Data show combination of Tekturna and HCTZ resulted in significant additional blood pressure reductions compared to either drug alone - Many treated patien...

Technology puts pressure on old education methods

Madison, Wis. A blend of mobile, electronic learning techniques could be the future of education. Judy Brown, an analyst of emerging technology for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Academic ADL Co-Lab , spoke to the Madison chapter of the World Future Society last Th...

SWIB gets more pressure to invest in state tech start-ups

Madison, Wis. -- As lawmakers and business proponents pressure the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) to invest more in Wisconsin technology start-ups, improving business conditions may foster just such investments. A month after SWIB brought in investment representatives to discuss th...

Screening of Corticosteroids in Urine by Negative Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization LC/MS/MS

G. Vjial, M. Lamor, V. Pop and G. Bican, Doping Control Laboratory, Bucharest, Romania Introduction Corticosteroids are a class of components often abused and misused in sport. They are very potent drugs in the treatment of inflammations and asthma [1]. Corticostero...

Determination of N-nitrosamines in Baby Bottle Rubber Teats by Liquid Chromatography-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry

This application note illustrates an improved method to quantitate Nnitrosamines in baby bottle teats using APCI-MS. Six rubber nipple formulations were analyzed. Two formulations were composed of natural rubber, two were composed of a synthetic silicone polymer and the remaining two were...

The Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) by LC/MS/MS Using an Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization Source

The atmospheric pressure photoionization source, PhotoSpray ion source (Robb, Covey and Bruins1) uses photons to ionize large quantities of a dopant molecule added along with the vaporized mobile phase. Analyte molecules are efficiently ionize...

Medical College receives $11 million grant to study high blood pressure

Wauwatosa, Wis. - A Medical College of Wisconsin research team has received a five-year, $11 million grant to study salt-sensitive high blood pressure. The grant was provided by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to evaluate the impact that genes within specific regions of chrom...

Volcano Corporation Presentation At Canaccord Adams Conference To Be Webcast

...nality options, such as VH(R) IVUS tissue characterization and ChromaFlo(R). Volcano also provides functional measurement (FM) consoles and single-use pressure and flow guide wires and is developing a line of ultra-high resolution Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Forward-Looking IVUS systems and cathete...

Microfluidics International Corporation to Report Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results on August 11, 2009

...he biotechnology, pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics and ink jet ink industries. Microfluidics International Corporation applies its 20 years of high pressure processing experience to produce the most uniform and smallest liquid and suspended solid particles available, and has provided manufacturing systems ...

UCLA welcomes startup to new incubator space at California NanoSystems Institute

...loped by Majid Sarrafzadeh, a UCLA professor of computer science and engineering, and his team. The technology is for real-time wireless monitoring of pressure and motion in both medical and non-medical products. The technology will be used to develop body monitoring systems with specific applications for use...

Cardium Provides Update on Phase 2b Excellarate Clinical Study and Plans for Additional Tissue Repair Applications

..., including not only the repair of soft tissue injuries such as diabetic or pressure ulcers, but hard tissue injuries such as those affecting bone. Additional ...ndidates designed to treat various soft tissue injuries such as diabetic or pressure ulcers, as well as hard tissue injuries such as those affecting bone," cont...

Charging ahead: University of Houston team revealing secrets of electricity-producing materials

... says. For example, the piezoelectricity in barium titanate can be increased by 300 percent when the material is reduced to a 2-nanometer-beam and pressure is applied. "Thus, you'll take an ordinary piezoelectric material and really give it some juice," he says. Sharma underscores the flexoelectric ef...

Sechrist Industries, World Leader in Hyperbaric Chambers, Announces Edward Pulwer as President/CEO

...rld. The company offers a comprehensive range of equipment and is the only manufacturer of monoplace hyperbaric chambers that produces its own acrylic pressure cylinder, thus maintaining rigid control of quality and exacting specifications. Sechrist supports its many hyperbaric healthcare customers through a ...

$10,000 ISSAC Award for Innovation Presented to MIT PhD

...idly expanding area of life-saving and life-enhancing technology. The award-winning device is designed to function like a pump, using osmotic pressure to release drugs into the bladder. The size of the device, which is made with silicone and nickel alloy wire, is about that of a paper clip and shaped...

Karl Strauss and GreenHouse Partner to Create Alternative Fuel from Beer Waste

...of California.” Karl Strauss first opened its doors to customers in 1989 and now they are opening their backdoor to GreenHouse. Alleviating pressure from landfills, the reusing of brewery waste to create fuel for cars will help in the developing of a cleaner and more sustainable region. Thanks to r...

Blue Marble Energy Corp. Announces Successful Close of Series A Financing

... the board of Blue Marble Energy. Kelly Ogilvie, co-founder and CEO of Blue Marble Energy, said he was particularly pleased given the extreme pressure on capital markets. "With the tightness in the financing markets, it is very gratifying to see the faith that the market is placing in our vision of t...

EMcision Announces 510(k) Clearance of the Habib EndoHPB, its Novel Bipolar RF Device for the Palliation of Biliary and Pancreatic Tumours

...allows for: 1) Destruction of biliary tumours prior to stent insertion: Currently, endoscopic plastic stents become clogged by sludge or by tumour pressure narrowing the stent lumen, necessitating regular changing of the stent. Use of the Habib™ EndoHPB prior to stent insertion improves the stent pa...

Boston Scientific Announces European Approval for Its LATITUDE(R) Patient Management System

...r than regularly scheduled follow-up visits. LATITUDE is the only remote cardiac device monitoring system to offer a wireless weight scale and blood pressure monitor, both of which are recommended by the European Society of Cardiology for the management of Class I heart failure patients. The inter...

Cord Blood America Secured $7.5 Million Investment For Series A Preferred Stock

...ommon stock. "This long term equity financing will allow for the company to grow and expand in ways we have not seen before, without the constant pressure of discounted debt financing. As stated throughout 2009, our three pillars of planned business success include organic growth, acquisitions and debt ...

Global Prescription Drugs Market to Cross $897 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

...owth from matured markets towards emerging markets. Patent expiries of major drugs, and subsequent entry of generics that are priced lower, increasing pressure to contain costs, along with increased healthcare legislation and safety scrutiny are slowing down growth in major markets. On the other hand, improve...

Cordex Completes Production of ATPace(TM) Clinical Trial Material

... United States alone, with an estimated 89,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Patients with PSVT may report palpitations, pounding in the chest, chest pressure or pain, weakness, shortness of breath, or dizziness. Unless it self-terminates, PSVT patients need to seek medical intervention to terminate the arrh...