Archive for May, 2010
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Medisize Corp. has expanded tool-making capacity at its production plant in Kontiolahti, Finland. Customers will benefit from a number of improvements, notes the company, not the least of which is faster turnaround times. Medisize manufactures medical and diagnostic devices and related products on a contract basis. Its core products include ...
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
Dissatisfied with the high-voltage electrical fields and low production rate associated with electrospinning processes, researchers at Harvard University have developed a low-voltage rotary jet-spinning technology that allows for the high-output fabrication of tiny, aligned, 3D nanofibres. Using a drum and a nozzle, the technique enables the production of biocompatible nanotextiles for a ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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Scientists from four universities in the United States have created a way to use light-activated nanoshells as building blocks for 2D and 3D structures. The structures could be used in chemical sensors, nanolasers and light-absorbing ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Starting 15 July, Qmed, a prequalified supplier directory and news source for medical device OEMs, will launch a daily e-newsletter in association with European Medical Device Technology magazine. The daily will report on developments in the global medical technology industry and its associated suppliers as well as highlight articles from the ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
I know, you've heard it before, but this time they really mean it! I'm not talking about plugging the oil volcano in the Gulf of Mexico—at the time of writing it's too soon to know if operation "top kill" worked. This is about how telehealth will change the healthcare system ...
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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Stomach examinations are uncomfortable. No doubt. But this could soon be a thing ...
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
According to a recent survey conducted by IVAM Research, micro and nano products are still reaching double-digit growth rates, in spite of the economic crisis. The study, called the “Micro/Nano Atlas of Germany”, provides a complete and unique overview over the micro- and nanotechnology industry in Germany, including research activities and priorities ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Approximately 40,000 people in Europe each year are waiting for a cornea transplant, without which they will never see again. Help for at least some of them may be in sight thanks to the development of ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Japan's first think tank focused on the medical device industry has been established. The Medical Device Strategy Institute (MDSI) will initiate research and generate dialogue on policy issues of interest. Among its projects is a paper on market trends spanning a quarter century. It is a noteworthy development because Japan’s ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
Greater flexibility and new nest sizes are among the attributes of the new Jetwing 2010 assembly system from sortimat Technology GmbH and Co. The company will introduce the enhanced features at next month's Automatica exhibition in Munich, Germany.
The 50 x 100 and 400 x 100 mm nest sizes extend the ...
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
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Researchers at MIT are working to improve the fit of hearing aids through the development of new 3D ...
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
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From the Wire: Researchers from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have ...
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