Archive for the ‘Orthopaedics’ Category
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Medical device manufacturer Ceraver has sold artificial hip replacements that had not been properly certified, French newspaper Le Parisien reported yesterday. The noncertified hips were sold to about 60 hospitals in France, and over 1000 artificial hips have been confiscated, according to the Telegraph. The scandal unraveled after a tip ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
She wasn't born that way, but Lady Gaga has had a hip problem for some time apparently and has just undergone hip arthroscopy to repair a labral tear. The condition led her to cancel part of the Born This Way Ball world tour. When the news was announced, Surgical Innovations ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
In June 2012, Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak told an investor's conference that part of his mission was to "expand access and enhance value in China." We did not have to wait long for Ishrak to execute on this mission statement. In August 2012, Medtronic inaugurated the Shanghai Innovation Center, its ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
New details are emerging in the scandal surrounding former EU health commissioner John Dalli and the nomination for his successor, Tonio Borg. Liberal members of the European Parliament have expressed strong criticism over Borg's conservative social views, with Swedish MEP Cecilia Wikstrom leading the outcry by calling Borg "a dinosaur." Meanwhile, ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
The Netherlands-based 3-D motion tracking company that gave the potty-mouthed teddy bear its moves in the movie Ted has announced the introduction of demonstrators for gait and shoulder analysis. The products developed by Xsens (Enschede) combine its wireless motion tracker development kit with scientifically validated ISEO and Outwalk protocols. Published ...
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Friday, October 5th, 2012
The use of additive manufacturing for the fabrication of metal-based implants will be among the featured topics at this year’s International Wohlers Conference. The 14th annual conference, which is entirely devoted to the production of high-value metal parts using the additive process, is scheduled for November 29 at EuroMold 2012 ...
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Monday, September 24th, 2012
The brain is a difficult organ to treat with drugs. Doses need to be high enough to penetrate the tissue, but low enough to be safe. Bioengineers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have developed nanoparticles that can infiltrate the brain safely.
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
The Goldlilocks principle—not too large, not too small, just right—has shown up in the most unlikely places including, now, nanofibre-based scaffolding. Researchers in the United States have developed a technique for creating scaffolds from nano-sized fibres that are dense enough to guide tissue to grow in an organised way but ...
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Monday, August 6th, 2012
From the wire: Purac Biomaterials, which develops, manufactures and markets resorbable polymers and monomers for medical applications, has acquired Finland-based Vivoxid. The acquisition includes intellectual property for the company's FiberLive technology and its key personnel. Purac, which is headquartered in Gorincham, Netherlands, made the announcement on 3 August.
A composite consisting ...
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Monday, July 30th, 2012
A PhD-bound bioengineering student researcher at Clemson University (Clemson, SC, USA) and his team have constructed a knee simulator designed to capture the key motion characteristics of a normal knee with artificial bones and implant. The goal of the project is to determine the effects of alignment and ligament configurations ...
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Monday, July 30th, 2012
In 2007, a German report led to the International Association of Athletics Federations banning the runner Oscar Pistorius from participating in the Olympics. The report found that his two prosthetic legs gave him an advantage because they absorb levels of stress that his ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2012
In the competitive landscape of the orthopaedic industry, securing funding for a new idea, concept or technology can be difficult. During the OrthoTec Europe trade show, which takes place 12–13 September in Zürich, Switzerland, a new platform will be launched to help inventors connect with potential investors and industrial partners.
The ...
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