Medtronic Xomed Inc. is seeking $2.5 million in financial incentives from Jacksonville and the state for an expansion of the company’s Southside operation that would create 175 jobs. Medtronic currently employs 600 people in Jacksonville and would spend $14.1 million to build and equip additional space at its Jacksonville location for the expansion, according to [...]

Diagnostics company bioMerieux (PARIS:BIM) is acquiring French microbiological analysis company AES Laboratoire for $260 million.   France-based bioMerieux, which has its U.S. headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, gains AES’ expertise in analyzing microbiological samples in industrial settings. The acquisition is bioMerieux’s ninth in five years. BioMerieux’s strength is in medical diagnostics and some of the [...]

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal – by Lisa Sibley — Stealthy startup C8 MediSensors Inc. has moved into the former Nortel Networks space at 6375 San Ignacio Ave., San Jose.   The company needed more space for its manufacturing and growing business.   Founded in 2003, the private company makes a non-invasive glucose [...]

Bladder cancer is the fourth-most-common cancer in men and one of the most expensive cancers to treat from diagnosis to death. After initial diagnosis and surgery, patients must return to the urologist at least yearly for a costly, time-consuming and uncomfortable bladder scan. Tumors recur in more than half of patients. Researchers at the University of [...]

Phones are not just for conversation anymore. A surgeon in Indian used an iPhone app to help install a new knee and now Aesculap Implant Systems has launched an App for use on the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod. The new App features OrthoPilot navigated surgeries, shows animated surgical techniques, operating room videos and an [...]

WASHINGTON—The outgoing chief executive of Medtronic told employees Monday he will continue to lead the medical device manufacturer as its board of directors continues the search for a replacement. Minneapolis-based Medtronic previously announced that Hawkins would step down on April 29, the close of the company’s fiscal year. In a note to employees, Hawkins said [...]

Minneapolis, Minnesota April 27, 2011 and Tokyo, Japan April 28, 2011 — Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (“TMSC”) and Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq:VTAL – News) (“Vital Images”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which a subsidiary of TMSC (“Merger Sub”) will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock [...]

Medtronic Inc. said Wednesday it is eliminating 268 jobs from its Twin Cities operations as part of cuts it announced in February. Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) spokesman Brian Henry said the medical device maker eliminated a total of 2,100 jobs worldwide, and it began notifying employees of the layoffs this week. He said some employees accepted early [...]

Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that its DuraSeal(TM) Exact spine sealant has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). DuraSeal Exact spine sealant is a new, low-swell formulation of dural sealant designed as an adjunct to suturing to repair the dura during spine surgery. The [...]

Want to review a specific surgical technique or check up on a product demonstration animation? Go to either of two Aesculap websites to access the company’s new video library featuring surgical technique videos, product demonstrations and patient testimonials in the categories of general surgery, neurosurgery, spine and orthopaedics. The web site locations are: www.AesculapUSA.com/Video_Library and www.AesculapImplantSystems.com/Video_Library. According [...]