Archive for the ‘Orthopaedics’ Category
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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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
As much as 5% percent of the adult population is affected by musculoskeletal disorders, and that number can only grow given current demographic trends. So it should come as no surprise that orthopaedics is one of the fastest growing sectors within the medical technology industry, accounting for approximately €28 billion ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Leading-edge medical technology and a competent team of German doctors allowed Bono, frontman of the rock band U2, to return to the stage after undergoing back surgery nine weeks earlier. Without its lead singer, U2's 2010 European summer tour could not have taken place as scheduled. The 50-year-old singer had to ...
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
At OrthoTec Europe, taking place 29 and 30 September 2010 in Zürich, Switzerland, Rösler will present its latest drag finishing systems for the surface treatment of medical implants made from titanium and other high-alloy metals. To prevent contamination, the surface of the parts must be extremely smooth. Compared with robotic grinding and buffing, ...
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
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The current tendency in bone tissue engineering is developing materials that temporarily substitute for the bone while inducing its regeneration in such a way that this, temporary material, disappears ...
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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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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 30th, 2010
As soon as a hip, knee or other orthopaedic device is implanted in the body, an amazing race begins. “That’s when a race for the surface of the implant starts between the host cells and bacteria,” explains Thomas Bauer from Hôpital Ambroise Paré in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France. As bacteria ...
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