FDA clears Integra's LICOX system:

Integra Neurosciences, a division of Plainsboro, New Jersey-based Integra LifeSciences Holdings, has received US FDA 510 (k) clearance to market its LICOX brain tissue oxygen monitoring system. The device, which is manufactured by German-based GMSmbH, provides continuous quantitative regional monitoring of dissolved oxygen and temperature in body fluids and tissues. The small size and long-term stability of the system's sensors make the product useful for critical care and intraoperative monitoring, says the company, which plans to launch the product in the first quarter of the year.