A Saco company is stepping up production of quality control kits that are vital to making sure coronavirus tests are accurate. Maine Molecular Quality Controls’ kits are used by laboratories that process tests for coronavirus and other illnesses. The company has some control kits on the market now and another six will be released in [...]
Portland medical technology startup MedRhythms Inc. continues to develop its product pipeline with the awarding of a second patent and the creation of a patient advisory board. The company said it has been issued a patent for audio technology in its digital therapeutics system, which uses sensors, software and music to improve walking in patients [...]
A subsidiary of veterinary diagnostics firm Idexx Laboratories Inc. will begin producing COVID-19 test kits for people, and the company is offering previously developed testing for pets at its labs worldwide. The Westbrook-based company announced Monday that its human health subsidiary, Opti Medical Systems, is in the early stages of rolling out test kits specifically [...]
Sanford, Maine, April 21,2020 - The Baker Company, global leader in containment technology, owner of Baker Ruskinn, itself a global leader in anaerobic and precision low-oxygen culture solutions for microbiology and cell culture applications, has partnered with Lucid Scientific, to distribute their unique RESIPHER solution that turns a multi-well plate into a dynamic oxygen consumption [...]
Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc., of Scarborough, has been acquired by a Japanese biotechnology company. Yokogawa Electric Corp. purchased all shares of Fluid Imaging, according to a news release. Terms were not disclosed. Fluid Imaging is a developer of automated imaging solutions that help analyze cells and other microscopic particles that are suspended in liquid media. [...]
PORTLAND, Maine, April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MedRhythms, a Portland, Maine-based company building direct stimulation digital therapeutics that use sensors, software, and music to measure and improve walking, announced today the issuance of patent US20190022351A1 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This is the second granted patent in MedRhythms' portfolio. The patent, entitled "Enhancing Music [...]
While many Maine businesses are laying workers off, there are some that are hiring and ramping up production. Read more
Maine’s life science companies, representing a variety of products and services, are finding themselves on the forefront of the worldwide effort to stop COVID-19 and adding employees as they increase production. From Sanford to Guilford to Bar Harbor, the companies make everything from biological safety cabinets to swabs to COVID-19 tests. And the businesses are [...]
The parent company of Maine Medical Center is exploring whether the state’s manufacturing and construction industries can help fashion and supply the masks, face shields, gloves and protection equipment needed to handle the growing wave of coronavirus testing and treatment expected in the state’s hospitals. MaineHealth reached out over the weekend to the state’s industrial [...]
As of 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 23, 107 Maine residents have been confirmed positive for the coronavirus, according to the state. Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support this mission by purchasing a digital subscription. A Piscataquis County company that makes medical testing swabs is at the center [...]
