Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Affiliated to the European Basan group, but independently owned in the UK by Russ Bird since its launch in 2003, Basan UK is bucking the trend and investing in growth. The company is moving its logistics centre to larger facilities in Basingstoke. The new headquarters building will double its storage ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Staying connected and sharing events with family, friends or co-workers in real time is becoming more and more popular these days. The Internet, webcams, cell phones, and social-networking sites like Twitter or facebook have made hyper-connectivity possible.
And now doctors are starting to give live updates on their surgeries via Twitter. As CNN ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
From the wire: Supplier of high-performance tubing Zeus Inc. (Orangeburg, SC, USA) has developed a new technology platform in the field of electrospinning, a process that produces nano- to microscale-thick polymer fibres. Zeus is able to develop fabrics with complex shapes from solutions, pastes and bioabsorbables. The result is a broad ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Researchers at Bio Nano Consulting (BNC), have produced a miniaturised version of the London tube map, measuring 2 x 3 mm, which is approximately the size of a pinhead. The map was etched using specialised lasers by Dr Richard Winkle, a BNC researcher at Imperial College London, whilst testing the ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
In spite of all the bad news, the Bundesverband Medizintechnologie (German Association of Medical Technology), or BVMed, has reinforced its statement from last year in which it predicted that the med-tech sector would remain stable and generate new jobs in 2009. The overall mood in the industry seems positive. A study ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
From the wire: The new MEMS-based optical pressure sensor from Opsens Inc. measures 0.25 mm o.d., which is smaller than 1 French on the catheter scale. Its President and CEO, Pierre Carrier, said, "With this new product we have achieved a major reduction in size without any compromise on yield ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
A couple years ago, while researching an article on biomaterials, I stumbled on intriguing information on a polymer that could swell and contract in response to a small electrical stimulus. Then offered by Swedish firm Micromuscle AB, the technology was developed at the Department of Physics and Measurement Technology of ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
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French firm Arkema has acquired Oxford Performance Materials, a manufacturer of corrosion- and chemical-resistant polymers for a variety of applications. The company's Oxpekk-brand polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) resin products are suited for use in long-term medical ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
“We’re good listeners.” In a nutshell, that is how Jabil, a supplier of medical electronics manufacturing and moulding services headquartered in Saint Petersburg, FL, USA, came to establish a Single-Use Device (SUD) business for the med-tech industry, says Tony Allan, Vice President, Global Business Units. The company made the announcement ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
The latest funding brings the total investment secured by the Centre for NanoHealth to £21.6 million. This sum includes £10 million of funding from the Welsh European Funding Office, £7.6 million from Swansea University and £2.5 million from industry.
The Centre for NanoHealth at Swansea University will enable, for example, researchers ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
The new electronics work with a range of amperometric gas and chemical sensors, that is, those that operate by ramping the voltage and reading the current response. The benefits they offer are
-simplified operation
-low manufacturing cost
-factory programmability
-customisable and user friendly
-compact battery operated design.
Isis Innovation would like to talk to companies interested ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
The Swiss Medical Cluster will hold a seminar on materials and surface technology for implants March 19-20 in Interlaken, Switzerland, as part of the industry organisation's Meet the Expert series. The conference programme will include expert sessions as well as open papers. There will be dedicated time for discussion and networking. The goal of ...
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