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Establishment Labs Announces Complete Enrollment in Motiva US IDE Study

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ESTA), a global medical technology company dedicated to improving womens health and wellness, principally in breast aesthetics and reconstruction, today announced it has completed enrollment in the Motiva US IDE clinical study.

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  • Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ESTA), a global medical technology company dedicated to improving womens health and wellness, principally in breast aesthetics and reconstruction, today announced it has completed enrollment in the Motiva US IDE clinical study.
  • The Augmentation cohort, which finished enrollment in August of 2019, will complete its third year of study follow-up this month.
  • The Motiva US IDE study enrolled 827 patients at 32 centers in the US, Germany, and Sweden.
  • Having completed full enrollment in the IDE study across all patient groups, we are diligently working with the plastic surgeons in the trial to maintain high patient follow-up, said Juan Jos Chacn-Quirs, Founder and CEO of Establishment Labs.

DentalRay Now Recognized By RadSite As Part of Its National Strategy to Promote Quality-Based Cone Beam CT Imaging

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

RadSite's recognition of DentalRay's teleradiology services helps provider offices with Cone Beam CT imaging systems meet key clinical standards, including the practitioner interpretation requirements associated with RadSite's Dental and Medical Cone Beam CT Accreditation Program.

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  • RadSite's recognition of DentalRay's teleradiology services helps provider offices with Cone Beam CT imaging systems meet key clinical standards, including the practitioner interpretation requirements associated with RadSite's Dental and Medical Cone Beam CT Accreditation Program.
  • In addition, RadSite has identified DentalRay as a distribution partner to help train dental practices on the Dental and Medical Cone Beam CT Accreditation Standards.
  • RadSite's Advanced Diagnostic Imaging (ADI) Accreditation Program (ADI) covers traditional Computed Tomography (CT), Cone Beam CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine (such as PET and SPECT) imaging systems.
  • RadSite now offers five (5) accreditation programs:
    Dental Cone Beam CT ADI, version 1.2
    Medical Cone Beam CT ADI version 1.2.

LifeTech and Medtronic Further Strategic Collaboration to Open New Chapter of Domestically-Made MRI-Conditional Pacemakers

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --LifeTech Scientific Corporation (LifeTech, 01302.HK) announced that it has extended its agreements with Medtronic to further the strategic collaboration on the "HeartTone domestic pacemaker project"andto start the collaboration on domestically-made MRI-conditional pacemakers.

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  • SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --LifeTech Scientific Corporation (LifeTech, 01302.HK) announced that it has extended its agreements with Medtronic to further the strategic collaboration on the "HeartTone domestic pacemaker project"andto start the collaboration on domestically-made MRI-conditional pacemakers.
  • Theagreementsalsoincludetheextensionofthepartnershiponthe"HeartTonedomesticpacemakerproject"to2028.Similar to its collaboration on the first generation of HeartTone pacemakers, Medtronic will provide a series of specialized technical consulting services for the MRI-conditional products project.
  • The collaboration between LifeTech and Medtronic will change this landscape once the MRI-conditional products are approved by NMPA.
  • "This collaboration between LifeTech and Medtronic represents a remarkable step forward in localizingpacingproducts for China market", said Mr. Xie Yuehui, Chairman and CEO of LifeTech.

Community Healthcare System and Eon Partner to Help Detect Cancer in Its Earliest Stages

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Monday, July 26, 2021

With Eon EPM, Community Healthcare System is ensuring these missed opportunities are captured and followed up on.

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  • With Eon EPM, Community Healthcare System is ensuring these missed opportunities are captured and followed up on.
  • "Finding breast and lung cancers at the earliest stages is the goal of every cancer program in the country," said Dr. Jonathon Lee, Medical Director of Cancer Services, Community Healthcare System.
  • For more information about cancer care services at the hospitals of Community Healthcare System, visit COMHS.org/cancer.
  • Community Healthcare System hospitals are regional leaders in cancer treatment, cardiac care, bariatric medicine and orthopedics.

New Research Finds Fast MRI Scans Generated with Artificial Intelligence Were as Accurate as Traditional MRI

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New research finds that rapid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans generated with artificial intelligence (AI) were just as effective as, and were diagnostically interchangeable with, traditional MRI.

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New research finds that rapid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans generated with artificial intelligence (AI) were just as effective as, and were diagnostically interchangeable with, traditional MRI.
  • The results could significantly improve the patient experience, expand access to MRIs, and potentially enable new use-cases for MRI.
  • Because the fastMRI scans require four times less data, patients can be imaged much faster and spend less time in the scanning machine.
  • The fastMRI team hopes this open approach will speed progress towards clinical implementation and lead to new ways to use AI to accelerate MRI scans.

Open System MRI Industry Analysis, 2020 to 2025 - Increasing Number of MRI Procedures and Product Launches Drives Growth

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Monday, March 2, 2020

DUBLIN, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Open System MRI Market - Growth, Trends And Forecasts (2020 - 2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Open System MRI Market - Growth, Trends And Forecasts (2020 - 2025)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Open MRI is the more popular one between the two available systems of MRI, open and closed.
  • Open MRI systems have a magnetic field in the top and bottom and do not enclose the patient in a tunnel.
  • Conventional MRI scanners are a cylinder shape, while an open MRI does not completely surround your body.

IRADIMED CORPORATION Completes CE Mark Renewal Process For Its MRI Compatible Patient Vital Signs Monitoring System

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Thursday, December 12, 2019

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla., Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IRADIMED CORPORATION (NASDAQ: IRMD), a leader in the development of innovative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) medical devices and the only known provider of a non-magnetic intravenous (IV) infusion pump system and non-magnetic patient vital signs monitoring system that are designed for use during MRI procedures, today announced that it resumed shipments of its MRI compatible patient vital signs monitoring systems into European Commission markets after completing the CE Mark renewal process.

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  • WINTER SPRINGS, Fla., Dec. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IRADIMED CORPORATION (NASDAQ: IRMD), a leader in the development of innovative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) medical devices and the only known provider of a non-magnetic intravenous (IV) infusion pump system and non-magnetic patient vital signs monitoring system that are designed for use during MRI procedures, today announced that it resumed shipments of its MRI compatible patient vital signs monitoring systems into European Commission markets after completing the CE Mark renewal process.
  • We are very pleased with obtaining the CE Mark renewal certificate for our patient monitors.
  • Our 3880 MRI compatible patient vital signs monitoring system has been designed with non-magnetic components and other special features to safely and accurately monitor a patients vital signs during various MRI procedures.
  • The IRADIMED 3880 MRI compatible patient vital signs monitoring system has an easy-to-use design and allows for the effective communication of patient vital signs information to clinicians.

Health Canada Approves Full-Body MRI Labeling for the Axonics® Sacral Neuromodulation System

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Monday, December 2, 2019

Axonics previously received Health Canada approval for its complete r-SNM System and related system components in January 2017 and has been marketing in Canada since 2018.

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  • Axonics previously received Health Canada approval for its complete r-SNM System and related system components in January 2017 and has been marketing in Canada since 2018.
  • The U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved the Axonics r-SNM System for full-body MRI scans for 1.5 Tesla MRI scans in September 2019.
  • Raymond W. Cohen, CEO of Axonics, commented, Allowing full-body MRI scans for Canadian patients means that none will have to undergo an explant of their neurostimulator device should they require an MRI.
  • The Axonics System is the first rechargeable SNM system approved for sale in the U.S., Canada and Europe and the first to gain full-body MRI conditional labeling.

The APAC MRI systems market. According to the World Bank, the population of the elderly in the total population of APAC increased from 6.9% in 2000 to 8.7% in 2017

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

On the basis of architecture, the MRI systems market has been categorized into closed and open MRI.

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  • On the basis of architecture, the MRI systems market has been categorized into closed and open MRI.
  • Based on type, the MRI systems market has been classified into fixed and mobile systems.
  • The MRI systems market has also been categorized into high-field, very-high-field, low-to-mid-field, and ultra-high-field imaging systems.
  • According to the World Bank, the population of the elderly in the total population of APAC increased from 6.9% in 2000 to 8.7% in 2017.

Endo Presents Data on the Use of a Standing MRI for the Evaluation of Cellulite at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) Annual Meeting

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

The first poster will present a case study comparison of the use of a standing MRI versus a prone MRI for the evaluation of cellulite.

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  • The first poster will present a case study comparison of the use of a standing MRI versus a prone MRI for the evaluation of cellulite.
  • The first abstract poster will be titled "The First Reported Use of Standing MRI for the Evaluation of Cellulite: A Case Study Comparison of Standing vs. Standard (Prone) MRI."
  • Such comparison results showed a
  • "It is important that aesthetic healthcare providers have data on the most effective ways to evaluate the internal structure of cellulite.