The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not inspect U.S. plants that produce high-risk medical devices as often as it is necessary and checks few manufacturing sites overseas.

A new technique for printing extraordinarily thin lines quickly over wide areas could lead to larger, less expensive and more versatile electronic displays as well new medical devices, sensors and other technologies.

What if swallowing a pill with a camera could detect the earliest signs of cancer? The tiny camera is designed to take high-quality, color pictures in confined spaces. Such a device could find warning signs of esophageal cancer, the fastest growing cancer in the United States.

It turns out that our math teachers were right: being able to solve problems without a calculator does come in handy in the “real” world.

At the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) Annual Meeting, Canon U.S.A., Inc., is showcasing its CF-1 Digital Retinal Camera and imageSPECTRUM Software. The complete Canon line of total digital imaging and workflow management solutions for eyecare professionals can be viewed in Hall H, booth #3713 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

Olympus Corporation (President: Tsuyoshi Kikukawa) has developed a new technology of a multispectral video endoscope system *2 that uses multispectral imaging to support the detection of early-stage cancer lesions. The new system selectively detects multiple fluorescence probes *3.

Broncus Technologies, Inc., a medical device company investigating the airway bypass procedure for the treatment of emphysema, today announced that the results of its open-label Exhale® Drug-Eluting Stent feasibility study have been published in the October issue of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Joined by nationally recognized medical providers, health-management device manufacturers and patient advocacy organizations, Microsoft Corp. today launched Microsoft® HealthVault, a software and services platform aimed at helping people better manage their health information.

A new knee-surgery device investigated by University of Missouri-Columbia researchers that will help to repair meniscus tears, which were previously defined as irreparable, has been approved by the FDA for use in humans.

HP and Crospon, a medical device developer based in Galway, Ireland, today announced they have entered a licensing agreement for a drug delivery platform that enables painless, controlled release of one or more drugs in a single patch applied to the skin.

A small device implanted in the skull that detects oncoming seizures, then delivers a brief electrical stimulus to the brain to stop them is under study at the Medical College of Georgia.

Siemens Medical Solutions has announced that it has added the ImageGrid Archive Appliance from Candelis, Inc. to its Accessory Solutions product portfolio. The fully integrated multimodality storage drive is offered through Siemens' global sales and distribution channels.