Ulthera, Inc. – a global, high-growth medical device company pioneering aesthetic and medical applications using its therapeutic ultrasound platform technology – announces the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8,282,554 this week from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent, titled “Methods for Treatment of Sweat Glands” relates to the therapeutic use of energy for the treatment of conditions resulting from sweat gland disorders, such as hyperhidrosis.Continue reading
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Ulthera Receives First-Ever FDA Clearance for Non-invasive Lift of Skin on the Neck and Under the Chin
Ulthera, Inc. – a global, high-growth medical device company pioneering aesthetic and medical applications using its therapeutic ultrasound platform technology – today announced that its ultrasound platform device, the Ulthera System, has received FDA clearance to non-invasively lift lax tissue on the neck and the submental (under the chin). Continue reading
Keith Aspinall Named Director of Strategic Operations for BIO5 Institute
From Bain & Co. to BIO5, Keith Aspinall joins leadership team in Southern Arizona’s Biotech Research Hub.Continue reading
Follow This Leader: Harry A. George Named Jon W. McGarity Bioscience Leader of the Year
Harry A. George named Jon W. McGarity Bioscience Leader of the Year by the Arizona BioIndustry Association. Hundreds of leaders from across Arizona will be on hand to congratulate and thank “Harry” for all he has done to move Arizona forward faster at the 7th Annual AZBio Awards on October 23, 2012 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Continue reading
TGen Launches Center for Rare Childhood Disorders
Research efforts focused on changing the lives of countless undiagnosed childrenContinue reading
ASU appoints DuBois executive director of Biodesign Institute
Raymond DuBois, an internationally renowned physician-scientist whose research has advanced the understanding of the molecular basis for the prevention of colon cancer, has been named executive director of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.Continue reading
Meet the 2012 AZBio Fast Lane Winners
Global Cancer Diagnostics, Inc.(Tempe, Arizona), The Critical Path Institute (Tucson, Arizona and Rockville, Maryland) and Ulthera, Inc.(Mesa, Arizona) announced as 2012 AZBio Fast Lane Award Winners.Continue reading
Brain State Technologies® Releases a New Fourth Generation Neurotechnology System
Brain State Technologies announced the release of its BST Optimization Suite 4.0 software platform on Friday September 21, 2012. The system is based on 10 years of research and development, and employs over 3,000,000 brainwave patterns. More than 200 global offices feed the world’s largest relational data warehouse of brainwave activity 24/7/365. This continuous data stream generates a dynamic software infrastructure that adapts itself to newly acquired information, updates its own algorithms, and ‘automagically’ pushes these updates, in real-time, to worldwide offices.Continue reading
Mayo Clinic spies enzyme that destroys brain-clogging Alzheimer’s protein
Mayo Clinic scientists believe they’ve found an enzyme that could defeat Alzheimer’s disease by destroying the brain-clogging protein that is a hallmark of the condition as it advances.Continue reading
AZBio Announces Finalists for 2012 Bioscience Company of the Year
The 2012 Bioscience Company of the Year will be announced at the AZBio Awards on October 23, 2012 at the Phoenix Convention Center.Continue reading