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LVEDC: Lehigh Valley remains hub for major manufacturers
At its Fall Signature Event, LVEDC highlighted the Lehigh Valley’s $9B manufacturing industry and launched a “Made in the Lehigh Valley” campaign.
Olympus launches ScopeLocker Air endoscope drying cabinet
Olympus debuts the ScopeLocker Air drying cabinet to enhance endoscope reprocessing with built-in airflow, HEPA filters, and flexible sizing.
Olympus receives FDA clearance for new endoscopes
Olympus receives FDA clearance for its new EZ1500 EDOF endoscopes, offering sharper imaging and enhanced detection for GI procedures.
LVEDC: Strong education system key to attracting tech companies
The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation held its fall signature event, Tech & Talent for Tomorrow’s Lehigh Valley, at the new Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown Thursday.
Olympus receives FDA approval for new ureteroscope device
Center Valley-based Olympus, U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance of its first single-use ureteroscope system, RenaFlex.
Olympus hires new general counsel
Center Valley-based Olympus, a global medical technology company providing solutions for medical and surgical procedures, announced the appointment of Neil Boyden Tanner as global general counsel.
Olympus Innovation Ventures invests in endoscopy diagnostics company
Olympus Innovation Ventures, Center Valley-based Olympus’ venture capital fund, made its first investment in a Carlsbad, California company Wednesday.
Laura McHugh to receive 2021 Athena Award
Laura McHugh, associate vice president of marketing & communications for the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, will be this year’s recipient of the Athena Award from the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Women’s Business Council.
Olympus to distribute new tool which retrieves foreign items from human body
Olympus Medical Systems Group has entered into an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Endo-Therapeutics, Inc., for SwirlNet, a therapeutic tool used for endoscopic foreign body retrieval from the body, such as buttons, batteries and marbles.
FDA approves Olympus’ redesign of device once linked to infections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared Olympus Corporation of the Americas to sell a revised version of a medical device used to examine a patient’s internal organs. Olympus revised the device, called a duodenoscope, after it was linked to outbreaks of a potentially deadly bacteria.
Volunteer Center hopes to boost worker retention with intern service program
As an expansion of its Day of Caring – when area businesses send employee volunteers to area nonprofits for community service projects – the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley Friday is holding its first-ever day of volunteering for corporate interns.
