Archive for the ‘Materials’ Category
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
After the Pip implant scandal, breast implants from another manufacturer are now causing cancer fears in Europe, according to an article in the Daily Mail. A senior manager at the UK hospital chain Nuffield Health has warned the chain's leading doctors to avoid offering Silimed implants, manufactured by the German company ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Mast Carbon, a manufacturer of synthetic carbon–based specialty materials based in Basingstoke, UK, has established a spin-out company to commercialise biomedical carbon in a joint venture with Second Mile. Named Acesco Health, the spin-out is developing a proprietary range of activated carbon bead products that combine the usual benefits of ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
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Obviously, there's an awful lot of pharmaceutical packaging on display at Pharmapack Europe, but medical packaging also gets a fair amount of attention at the annual event. If you live in or near Paris, or are just looking for an excuse to spend some time ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
A supplier of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) has developed a technology that offers three times the coefficient of friction (COF) of conventional materials under wet and dry conditions without affecting physical or rheological performance. Marketed under the Thermolast W trade name by Kraiburg TPE, the technology enables manufacturers to eliminate the ...
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Innovative Plastics, a business unit of materials supplier Sabic, has announced that its plants in Campinas, Brazil, and Tortuguitas, Argentina, are now certified to produce US FDA–compliant and biocompatible resins. With this initiative, the company hopes to be a significant link in the supply chain of booming medical markets in ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
RTI International Metals, a supplier of titanium-based components to the aerospace and defense sectors, is set to acquire Remmele Engineering Inc., a provider of precision machining and engineering services with a presence in the medical device supply chain. The acquisition is valued at US$182.5 million and is expected to close ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
Pan-European medical technology trade association Eucomed has issued a statement expressing "great concern" that Poly Implant Prothèse (Pip) may have violated regulations by using industrial-grade silicone in breast implants and allegedly falsifying or withholding documents. In the press release, Eucomed strongly condemns Pip's behaviour and breach of trust, if the ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
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Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have developed photo-regulated self-assembling macroscopic materials that preserve their adhesive properties in water. The research may inform the ...
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
From the wire: A new online toolkit developed at MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory allows researchers to find materials with specific properties by exploring an ever-growing database of more than 18,000 chemical compounds. The site’s tools can quickly predict how two compounds will react with one another, what that ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Materials technology consultancy Ceram reports that it has developed a new range of hydroxyapatite (HA) biomaterials. By substituting different elements into HA to change its basic chemical makeup whilst retaining its physical structure, Ceram has been able to produce a range of multi-elements-substituted hydroxyapatite (mx-HA). The biomaterial's properties extend ...
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Washington State University researchers have used a 3-D printer to create a bone-like material and structure that can be used in orthopaedic procedures, dental work and to deliver medicine for treating osteoporosis. Paired with actual bone, it acts as a scaffold on which new bone can grow and ultimately dissolves ...
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Researchers at Toyobo Co. (Osaka, Japan) have developed an antithrombogenic coating that could suppress systemic inflammatory response (SIR) syndrome. By using biologically active agents instead of heparin, the scientists were able to dramatically improve the materials’ inhibition of SIR.
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