Archive for the ‘Implants’ Category
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Since 2001, the market for plastics in the medical device sector has grown by 3% annually and, according to projections by experts, will account for four million metric tons by 2010. Engineering plastics with their high performance capabilities are even growing at an ...
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
PolyMedex Discovery Group has expanded its range of services for implantable polymers to include cleanroom blending of bone growth additives in polymers. The company has invested in state-of-the-art twin screw extrusion technology to allow for small scale development batches that are scalable to full production.
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
[caption id="attachment_15375" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="A new kind of degradable implant can stimulate the body to regenerate itself. Source: Fraunhofer"][/caption]
The body can heal minor bone injuries itself - but with major injuries, it needs help. That‘s when implants frequently come into use. In contrast to long-term implants based on titanium, degradable ...
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Trends in the US implantables market are presented in a new study from the Freedonia Group Inc.. Some of its highlights, including the products with the greatest opportunities are outlined below.
Orthopaedics. Demand for orthopaedic implants will grow by 8.8 percent annually to reach nearly $26 billion in 2014. The market ...
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
ASTM International Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices is developing a proposed new standard that will create a uniform labelling system for implant manufacturers. ASTM WK27458, Guide for Presentation of End-User Information on Implant Package Labelling, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F04.22 on Arthroplasty.
“The current effort ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
CE-approved in 2009, the QUANTUM Humeral Composite Nailing System from N.M.B. Medical Applications Ltd has now been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The system is an innovative intramedullary interlocking nail made of ENDOLIGN from Invibio Biomaterial Solutions. This is an inherently pure and inert composite of continuous ...
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_10217" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Researchers implanted a medical device in the abdominal wall of a cow to test a new authentication system. Image courtesy of ETH Zürich "][/caption]
In recent years, device manufacturers have been adding wireless functionality to a growing number of devices such as pacemakers and cardioverter defibrillators. The ...
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
The University of Colorado and Biotricity Medical Inc. recently entered an option agreement that allows Biotricity Medical to develop technology for implantable biogenerators. These biogenerators provide a long-term, potentially inexhaustible, power supply to implanted medical devices such as pacemakers and insulin pumps and thereby remove the need for repeated power ...
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
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Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research conducted at Imperial College London. By comparing bone-like material grown from various ...
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
Developments in sensors and actuators, wireless communications, implantable power sources, biocompatible materials and micro-assembly techniques have enabled the advancement of intelligent, implantable devices for a variety of therapies.
There is now growing interest in dramatically extending the use of implantable devices for real time diagnosis, remote monitoring and ongoing therapy that ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Headquartered in Paso Robles, California, USA, and celebrating its 20th birthday this year, IQMS provides enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to help manufacturers achieve leaner, more cost-effective operations. The company has opened an office in Bishop’s Stortford, UK, to provide a direct sales channel to UK manufacturing and enhance support ...
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Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Sandvik’s new European Centre of Excellence for orthopaedic implants and instruments is to be sited in South Yorkshire, UK, six miles from Sandvik’s casting operation. The Centre will bring together the machining and finishing operations from its two existing facilities in Sheffield to then hold in one location the processes ...
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