Johnson & Johnson to buy Abbott optics biz for $4.3B
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) said today that it inked a deal to pick up Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) medical optics business for $4.3 billion in cash.
The deal for Abbott’s subsidiary Abbott Medical Optics, which reported sales of $1.1 billion, includes its portfolio of ophthalmic products covering cataract surgery, laser refractive surgery and consumer eye health.
“Eye health is 1 of the largest, fastest-growing and most underserved segments in health care today. With the acquisition of Abbott Medical Optics’ strong and differentiated surgical ophthalmic portfolio, coupled with our world-leading Acuv...
Source: Mass Device - September 16, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions Optical/Ophthalmic Wall Street Beat Abbott Johnson & Johnson Source Type: news
Abbott to sell Abbott Medical Optics to Johnson & Johnson for $4.325 billion
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it will sell Abbott Medical Optics, its vision care business, to Johnson & Johnson for $4.325 billion in cash. Abbott's vision business has products in areas including cataract surgery, laser vision correction (LASIK) and corneal care products (contact solution, eye drops, etc.). (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - September 16, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Abbott Business and Industry Source Type: news
FDA approves Carl Zeiss Meditec ’ s VisuMax Femtosecond laser
The FDA today granted premarket approval to Carl Zeiss Meditec (ETR:AFX) for its VisuMax Femtosecond Laser, with indications for small incision lenticule extraction procedures to reduce or eliminate nearsightedness in patients 22 or older.
The newly cleared laser is designed to incise the cornea to create a disc-shaped piece of tissue that is surgically removed to shape the cornea and correct nearsightedness, according to the FDA.
“This approval expands the surgical treatment options available to patients for correcting nearsightedness,” FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health ophthalmic and ear, nose...
Source: Mass Device - September 14, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Optical/Ophthalmic Regulatory/Compliance Carl Zeiss Meditec Source Type: news
Monteris Medical wins FDA IDE nod for another NeuroBlate brain cancer trial
Monteris Medical said today it won FDA investigational device exemption to explore the use of its NeuroBlate system in patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme.
The NeuroBlate system is designed to ablate, necrotize or coagulate soft tissue during neurosurgery procedures through laser thermotherapy, and is not intended for any specific disease or lesion type, the company said.
With the investigative approval, Plymouth, Minn.-based Monteris said it expects to launch a new study of its device in the 4th quarter of this year, with enrollment slated for 5 sites in the U.S.
“Glioblastoma multiforme continue...
Source: Mass Device - September 8, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Neurological Monteris Medical Source Type: news
The 1900 World's Fair Helped Shape How We Talk About Tech Today
Debates rage today about the risks and benefits of modern technology -- driverless cars, robots and drones in warfare and commerce, surgery by robotic rather than human hands, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and genetic manipulation of food, organisms and even human beings.
The National Institutes of Health recently announced that it plans to end the ban on funding research for part-human, part-animal embryos, raising urgent ethical questions like: What if this produces an animal with a partly human brain?
But the origins of these very modern concerns date back more than a century, with lively discussions...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Laser Probe, The iKnife and The Cutting Edge of Surgery
If the thought of going under the knife fills you with fear, be reassured.
No longer is surgery the brutal and hazardous experience faced by our ancestors.
Thanks to wonders such as laparoscopy, robotic solutions, and, more recently, the iKnife and the laser probe, surgical intervention is getting safer all the time.
Archaeologists believe that people have been carrying out surgery for up to 11,000 years. Cranial surgery, known as trephination, probably dates back to the Neolithic era. It involved drilling a hole in the skull of a living person.
Speculation suggests it was done to cure disorders such as convulsions, fr...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Confessions of a Female Plastic Surgeon
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Celebrities are doing it, your co-workers are doing it, and even your inner circle is doing it. Your besties, however, are loath to admit they've had some "work" done. Is your colleague or friend looking a little younger these days? Or is that booty of theirs seeming just a little bit tighter all of a sudden? Trust me, it's not the Zumba classes, nor is it the juice cleanse they recently powered through. They've had something done - a bit of Botox, some liposuction, or maybe a facelift -- even if they vehemently deny it. According to Aviva Preminger, MD, a NYC female plastic surgeon, she's seen it all.
Everyo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Laser, Manual Cataract Surgery Equivalent Laser, Manual Cataract Surgery Equivalent
Compared with manual surgery, the advantages and disadvantages of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery may cancel each other out, a meta-analysis suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
Medical News Today: The laser probe, the iKnife, and the cutting edge of surgery
Advances in surgery include the iKnife, a tool that analyzes vapor from tissues during surgery to allow a more precise removal of tumors. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Innovation Source Type: news
FDA releases June 2016 510(k) clearances
510(K) SUMMARIES OR 510(K) STATEMENTS FOR FINAL
DECISIONS RENDERED DURING THE PERIOD June 2016
TOTAL 510(k)s THIS PERIOD 258
TOTAL WITH SUMMARIES 235
TOTAL WITH STATEMENTS 23
DEVICE: ORAL BOND
STEINER LABORATORIES 510(k) NO: K142130(Traditional)
ATTN: GREGORY G STEINER PHONE NO : 866 3171348
1051 Olsen Street, Building 3611 SE DECISION MADE: 06-JUN-16
Henderson NV 89011 510(k) SUMMARY AVAILABLE FROM FDA
DEVICE: QiF Blood and Fluid Warmer
Quality in Flow Ltd. 510(k) NO: K150404(Traditional)
ATTN: Neta Sherman PHONE NO : 972 54 6600146
3A Bazel ...
Source: Mass Device - August 31, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance Source Type: news
FDA sends warning letters to 12 medical device companies
The FDA today published the warning letters it sent recently to 12 medical device companies in the U.S. and overseas for violations found during recent inspections.
The federal safety watchdog’s inspectors found a variety of problems at the companies’ plants, ranging from inadequate design control procedures to problems with the way they track and report adverse events. The firms make a variety of products, including electro-surgical and laser surgery instruments, orthopedic implants, surgical drapes and gowns, teeth whitening devices, dental floss and compression socks:
A.R.C.O.S., Brescia, Italy (compressi...
Source: Mass Device - August 17, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance ARCOS Aussimed Beyond Technology C World KSG FP Rubinestein y Cia Helica Instruments Implants International Master & Frank Enterprises Mooncup Novastep Spiegelberg W&R Invest Source Type: news
Get ready for the coming wave of technologically enhanced athletes
Human augmentation will force sport to confront questions that it has so far resisted. So what improvements to the human body are acceptable in sport?Humans are improved by technology. For instance, I ’ll venture that you were vaccinated at an early age against multiple diseases, a technology that has altered the biological fabric of your body in such a way as to enhance your performance against various debilitating, even fatal, diseases.Athletes are humans too, and they sometimes look for a performance improvement through technological enhancements. In my forthcoming book,The Edge: The War Against Cheating and Corruptio...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 3, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Roger Pielke Jr Tags: Science Human biology Science policy Rio 2016 Sport Source Type: news
What it's REALLY like to have your eyes lasered
Daily Mail Health writer James Bragg had heard all the horror stories. But in a desperate bid to regain his perfect vision, he booked an appointment at Optimax for a laser eye surgery operation. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Syneron Medical wins FDA 510(k) for short-wavelength PicoWay laser
Syneron Medical said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for a new ultra-short 785nm wavelength laser for its PicoWay picosecond laser device.
The PicoWay system is an aesthetic laser system designed for removing tattoos of all colors and types and treating pigmented lesions. The system won FDA clearance for the removal of tattoos in November, 2014 and for the treatment of pigmented lesions in April, 2015.
The company touts the device as the 1st of its kind to win such clearance for the aesthetic market. The new ultra-short 785nm wavelength laser uses a titanium sapphire laser for the removal of blue and green inks.
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Source: Mass Device - July 25, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: 510(k) Cosmetic/Aesthetic Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance Syneron Medical Ltd. Source Type: news
