Archive for September, 2009
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
When doctors disconnect a heart-lung machine after finishing heart surgery, they need to turn on the ventilator quickly, or the patient will suffer brain damage, writes David Talbot in “Plug-and-Play Medicine,” published in the September 18 edition of the MIT Technology Review. Right now, however, there is no way for ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Notified Body BSI has launched CE-Dedicated FastTrack, a CE marking programme that is designed to help medical device manufacturers get their products quickly and safely to European markets. BSI introduced the programme at the 2009 Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) Annual Conference, which took place September 13–16 in Philadelphia.
CE-Dedicated FastTrack provides ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Argotec Inc., a supplier of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film and sheet to medical device manufacturers, unveiled its new 95,000-sq-ft headquarters and state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA, this week. The addition of this new facility increases the company’s total operation to more than 150,000 sq ft. “The added capacity ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
A total of 160,027 hip and knee joint replacement operations were reported to the UK’s National Joint Registry (NJR) during the period April 2008 to March 2009, which represents 92.5% of all operations performed in England and Wales in the National Health Service and in independent healthcare sectors.
The just published ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_9053" align="alignleft" width="271" caption="In an advance toward developing nanoelectronic devices, US scientists arranged segments of DNA into tiny letters that spell BYU. Image Courtesy of Brigham Young University"] [/caption]
From the wire: Researchers from Brigham Young University (BYU) found how to shape custom segments of DNA into tiny letters ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
[caption id="attachment_9009" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Purdue mechanical engineering doctoral student Shaoyi Wen (left) and technician Andrew Hecht review data using a laser deposition system. The system works by depositing layers of a powdered mixture of metal and ceramic materials, melting the powder with a laser and then immediately solidifying each layer ...
Posted in Laser technology, medtechinsider | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
A novel battery developed by Swedish researchers is constructed primarily from algae, paper and salt-water. The thin and flexible batteries would be an inexpensive and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional lithium batteries. Developed at Uppsala University, the flexible battery uses thin mats of tangled cellulose fibers as electrodes and ...
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
On the wire:
"Surgical teams are actively seeking innovative wound-closure products with improved performance and ease-of-use to seal surgical staple lines and stop severe bleeding," one of the inventors, Ishay Attar, told ISRAEL21c.
Living in Haifa during the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah war, Attar and fellow biomedical engineer Orahn Preiss-Bloom were horrified by television ...
Posted in New Products, medtechinsider | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
PolyOne Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) has received the Frost & Sullivan 2009 North American Plastics in Medical Tubing & Catheters Product Line Strategy of the Year Award. The award highlights PolyOne’s continuous innovations that provide sustainable solutions for the medical industry, notes a press release issued by the company today.
“Our ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
NuSil Technology LLC has developed an ultra-soft silicone elastomer for applications that require a low 000 durometer as well as low modulus and high elongation. MED-4286 has a feel similar to a firm gel but with greater physical properties. It is suitable for potting, encapsulating or moulding devices.
Featuring a low, ...
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Monday, September 14th, 2009
ALLTEC GmbH’s acquisition of FOBA Technology + Services GmbH brings together more than 65 years of combined experience in laser marking and engraving.
For 25 years, ALLTEC has been developing and manufacturing laser marking solutions for the world market. Since 2004, its Laser Business Unit has been the technology centre for ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
From the wire:
Israeli scientists have developed an “electronic nose'” that can detect cancer and kidney disease by testing breath samples. The noninvasive, portable breathalyser test uses gold nanoparticles to detect the diseases. The results show great promise for fast, easy and cost-effective diagnosis and screening of the diseases, according to ...
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