Archive for the ‘medtechinsider’ Category
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Le Parisien newspaper reported this week that Ceraver, which made news earlier this month when it was revealed that it sold improperly certified hip implants to hospitals, has also marketed noncompliant knee implants. According to the daily, which also broke the hip implant story, some 50 patients are walking around ...
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
For many people, breathing in fresh sea air seems to have a therapeutic effect. It turns out that's clinically true for people suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF). Scientists observing surfers with CF discovered that the inhaled mist of seawater has a beneficial effect on lung problems associated with the disease. ...
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
A patch that measures EKG, EEG and EMG and communicates wirelessly with a smartphone could help make home healthcare more comfortable. The device, called Bio-patch, also measures body temperature. When bio-patch is placed on the chest, it measures EKG. Placing the device on the skull measures EEG, and attaching the ...
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Peter Blair Henry, dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, recently published a book titled, Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth, that got a fair amount of media attention. His thesis is that emerging economies are applying economic policies nurtured in the developed economies and prospering in ...
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
Google made several health-related announcements at the Google I/O conference this week in San Francisco, but the most interesting development related to medical technology happened a few days earlier. Computer programmer Lance Nanek announced on his blog that he and a team of programmers had developed a Google Glass hack ...
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Thursday, May 16th, 2013
A device that monitors air quality in operating rooms in real time was named the winner of the first Innovation Awards at MEDTEC France in Lyon. Developed by STS Industrie (Besançon, France) in collaboration with the University Hospital of Besançon (Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Besançon; CHRU) and its associated ...
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
The medical device industry maintains a good reputation among patient groups, a global survey by PatientView has found. Despite a few high-profile scandals last year, such as the Pip implant and hip implant controversies, 40% of respondents said the industry's reputation improved in 2012, according to a press release from ...
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Thursday, May 9th, 2013
The Medical Technology Cluster, France's only organisation of its kind, will fete two decades of facilitating multidisciplinary partnerships and promoting industry at MEDTEC France next week. The event returns to Eurexpo in Lyon on 15 and 16 May 2013.
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Bischof + Klein (Lengerich, Germany) has announced an expansion of its ISO Class 5 cleanroom production capabilities. The 2700-m² facility includes a high-performance automated punching machine that produces single- and two-ply Tyvek cover sheets for disposable syringes. An adjacent packaging line automatically applies protective packaging, and the closed-loop cleanroom chain ...
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
Mobile phones are the dominant space where consumers get their understanding of sensing technologies, and that will inform the development of emerging medical sensing systems, Bill Sermon told MEDTEC UK conference attendees last week. Speaking on wireless medical devices at the conference in London on 1 May, Sermon stressed the ...
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
Birmingham—did you miss it? Apparently not, based on the conversations I had with exhibitors and visitors at the MEDTEC UK exhibition and conference, which moved from the venerable but cavernous NEC to set up shop in the more convivial West Hall of London Olympia this year. The event was held ...
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
MEDTEC UK exhibitors Prisym ID (Wokingham, UK) and Proto Labs (Shropshire, UK) were in a very good mood, and not just because the event settled into its new home at the London Olympia with aplomb. Both companies are recipients of the Queen's Award 2013: Prisym ID received the accolade in ...
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