Archive for June, 2010
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Sensors that can detect a heartbeat up to a metre away are now a reality thanks to a team of scientists at the University of Sussex. The electric potential sensors are said to be the first electrical sensors that can detect precisely the electrical activity of the heart without direct resistive ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
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Bacterial pathogens can create transport channels that function similar to syringes, forming a pathway for injecting virulence factors into host cells. Researchers from the Max Planck Society and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing have ...
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
The use of femtosecond laser technology in medtech manufacturing applications may be headed for a Gladwellian tipping point thanks to a collaboration between Rofin, which manufactures laser-based systems for industrial materials processing, and Raydiance, a specialist in the development of ultrafast laser technology. Rofin has incorporated a femtosecond laser source ...
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Cranfield University in the United Kingdom has announced a new short course titled Medical Technology Vigilance: Postmarket Surveillance (PMS) and Risk Management. The three-day course, which is scheduled for 21 to 23 September 2010, will define the terminology and explain the concepts of vigilance, PMS and risk management, their practical ...
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) announced today that it welcomes the launch of the Committee of the Regions Technical Platform for cooperation on Health. The official launch was marked on 11 June by an inaugural stakeholder event dedicated to Structural Funds and Health. ...
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
As you may be aware, the World Cup in South Africa is in full swing and, although this may not be the first thing that comes to mind, medical technology is on the pitch – sort of. Football is a demanding sport that causes a number of injuries: the ankles ...
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
As a member of the medtech and possibly engineering communities, you are familiar with microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technology. But what about the public at large: how do we explain the way that microfluidics works and how it affects their lives? Even more importantly, how do we incite passion for the ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
SteriPack's package testing laboratory has been certified to ISO 17025. The lab is located in the medical packaging supplier's expansive headquarters in Clara, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
"The laboratory accreditation means that we can offer our clients an unsurpassed level of expertise, and proficiency in our testing,” says Gary Leonard, Technical Manager. “It ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The able assistance of two materials suppliers allowed a device manufacturer to shave off nearly 16 weeks from the art-to-part development process of a wireless vital signs monitor. The ViSi Mobile system, which performs continuous vital signs monitoring, is currently being developed by DD Studio (Carlsbad, CA, USA) under the ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
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You don’t hear many companies bragging about their vertically integrated operations. In fact, the concept has fallen out of favour, as evidenced by firms rushing to outsource all but their core business activities. Global supplier of nitinol-based products Memry begs to differ. ...
Posted in Business News, Materials, medtechinsider | 5 Comments »
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
A software tool kit that is available as a free download to qualified users can help makers of medical imaging systems shorten product development times. Version 2.0 of a medical imaging software toolkit (STK) updates and expands Texas Instruments' (TI) collection of imaging algorithms optimised for its TMS320C64x+ digital signal ...
Posted in Imaging, medtechinsider | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
It may be small comfort in light of Britain's overall financial outlook, which appears to grow dimmer each time the the coalition government cracks open the books, but the healthcare industry, at least, is standing firm. That seems to be one of the narratives that took shape at this week's ...
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