STERIS debuts technology integration system at nurses’ congress

Mentor, Ohio’s, STERIS Corp. has introduced at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Congress in Denver, Colorado, a system that integrates operating room visualization technologies on a single touch screen.The Harmony iQ 2100 Integration System, a joint product with VTS Medical Systems LLC in Melville, N.Y., takes several units that control cameras, imaging devices and [...]

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STERIS not concerned about Breeden Capital board vacancy

Robert Fields, a partner and managing director at Breeden Capital Management and Breeden Partners, quietly resigned from the STERIS Corp. board for personal reasons on March 5.Normally, the resignation of a director causes few questions. However, Fields and Richard Breeden, the former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chief who has since become an investment manager [...]

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FDA letter to endoscope makers about STERIS System 1 raises questions

In a Feb. 22 letter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned makers of endoscopes to change their labeling as soon as possible if they recommend using STERIS Corp.’s System 1 to sterilize their devices after use.

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US Endoscopy’s Velocity system clears the way for colonoscopies

US Endoscopy has launched another product — a portable colon irrigation system called Velocity.

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US Endoscopy introduces Talon grasping device to extract food, other objects

US Endoscopy has introduced the Talon grasping device to help doctors extract food and other objects from patients’ digestive tracts and airways. The Talon device, which is used with an endoscope, was designed to mimic the grasping abilities of an osprey.

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STERIS reports higher quarterly profits, revenue but also uncertainty about future earnings

STERIS Corp. reported higher operating profits and a modest increase in revenue for its fiscal third quarter over the year-ago quarter. However, the maker of infection protection, decontamination and life science technologies said its future profits are unclear because it has been unable to resolve problems the FDA has with its System 1 sterilizer.

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FDA, ECRI Institute post lists of alternatives to STERIS Corp.’s System 1 sterilizer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted a notice on alternatives to System 1, the medical instrument sterilizer made by STERIS Corp. in Mentor, Ohio, that the administration considers a “violating device.”

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STERIS turns corner in disagreement with FDA on System 1 sterilizer

STERIS Corp. seems to have turned a corner in its disagreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about what customers should do with 23,000 System 1 sterilization units worldwide. The latest STERIS response to the FDA’s challenge of its System 1 lacked any mention of disagreement, unlike other responses the company has made to the regulator since it targeted the device in a May 2008 warning letter.

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STERIS shares rebound slightly from hit following FDA safety alert

Shares of STERIS Corp. rebounded slightly today from a 12 percent hit on Friday following a U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety alert for the company’s System 1 sterilizer. STERIS shares rose $1.06, or 3.6 percent, to $30.20 on the New York Stock Exchange.

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STERIS teams with NeoForce to market first surgical system just for newborn babies

STERIS Corp. and NeoForce Group Inc. have agreed to jointly market the world’s first surgical system designed just for newborn babies.

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