Archive for the ‘Orthopaedics’ Category
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Hip replacement can provide great relief for patients with damaged hips, reducing pain and discomfort associated with everyday activities. Unfortunately, hip implants can also result in implant failure. The recent metal-on-metal hip recalls have demonstrated the risks of metal debris that is released due to joint wear, causing tissue damage ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Dixons Surgical Instruments (Wickford, United Kingdom), has invested in a vertical machining centre from System 3R (Vällingby, Sweden) to keep up with the increased demand for an orthopaedic ring fixator system for the repair of limb bones.
The external Ilizarov stainless steel system is used to lengthen and reshape limb bones, ...
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Wearable electronics is the new trend in medical design, as an earlier medtechinsider post on electronic tattoos demonstrated. Soon heart monitors might be as thin and flexible as the Band-Aid, reported MED in a blog post last week.
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
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Exhibitors from every link in the orthopaedics supply chain will present their products and services at OrthoTec Europe later this month. The exhibition and conference returns to the Movenpick Hotel in Zürich-Regensdorf, Switzerland, on 28 and 29 September 2011. ...
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
If you have any doubts about the future growth prospects of the orthopaedics industry, consider this: in approximately 20 years, one-third of Europe’s population will be older than 65. Many of those active seniors will need hip and knee implants as they groove into their golden years. The biomaterials needed ...
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
A nontoxic magnesium alloy suitable for the fabrication of resorbable implants that stabilise fractures and promote new bone growth is available for commercialisation from the University of Florida in the United States. The magnesium alloy contains calcium and strontium, enabling implants made from the material not only to mimic natural ...
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Korean researchers have developed a technique for producing cancellous and cortical bone implants. Previous studies have focussed on producing cancellous bone, which has a spongy, honeycombed structure. However, artificial bones for practical applications must also imitate cortical bone, the hard, strong tissue found on the outer layers of bone. By ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
After last year's success, trade show organiser and publishing company UBM Canon will be holding the OrthoTec Europe exhibition and conference again this year. The event for design and manufacturing professionals in orthopaedic devices takes place 28 and 29 September at the Mövenpick Hotel in Zürich-Regensdorf, Switzerland. Tailored to meet the needs ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
From the wire: Granta Design has announced a new online information resource covering the properties of human bone - part of an expanded materials information solution for orthopaedic device manufacturers. Granta's tools, demonstrated at this week's OrthoTec 2011 Conference in Warsaw, Indiana, United States, are intended to make it easier ...
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
A new test shows promise for detecting the early stages of a major cause of failure in joint replacement implants, so that patients can be treated and perhaps avoid additional surgery. Almost 10% of the more than 1.5 million total joint replacement operations performed worldwide each year fail and require ...
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Thursday, January 6th, 2011
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An international consortium led by researchers at the Università Bocconi (Milan) has received a US$240,000 grant ...
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Monday, November 29th, 2010
The Zimmer Manufacturing site in Etupes, France, is using an innovative surface treatment process for coating hip implants. The process involves applying layers of titanium and hydroxylapatite by means of a semi-automated plasma treatment system. The technique dramatically reduces the potential for biocontamination between the coating process and packaging of ...
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