Archive for June, 2011
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
A large group of relatively healthy people looking to control their health is an underserved market for health devices, a recent IBM report found. The IBM Institute for Business Value's report titled "The future of connected health devices" was based on interviews with medical device makers and consumer electronics companies ...
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Grenoble-based research and technology organisation Leti was founded 43 years ago with the mandate to develop technologies in concert with industry. It was a novel concept in France at the time. To some extent, it still is.
The annual meetings organised by Leti on the Minatec campus in Grenoble are an ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Rofin and Raydiance have extended their partnership agreement for an additional three years. The initial agreement, which started in June of 2010, was for one year. The collaboration between Rofin, a manufacturer of laser solutions for industrial material processing, and Raydiance, a developer of ultrafast laser technology, allows for the ...
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
According to a current survey conducted by German Medical Technology Association BVMed, medical device companies are still underestimating the importance of social media. The survey states that 70% of the companies are not active or very restrained in their use of social media. Over two-thirds of the companies have no ...
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
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Sensirion AG has launched a new microflow switch for ultralow liquid flow rates and bubble detection. The LG01 sensor is designed for integration into biomedical devices and makes fluidic systems more reliable by enabling the detection of ...
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Many people pay lip service to multidisciplinary this and convergence that, but François Berger is the real deal. A professor of oncology at Grenoble University Hospital (CHU), Berger is also Director of Clinatec, a biomedical research centre on the Minatec campus in Grenoble, France, where research and technology organisation Leti ...
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Resonetics LLC is relocating to a larger facility in Nashua, NH. Because of the significant growth of its medical division, the new facility is 50% larger than the previous location. As further expansion plans call for a doubling again by 2012, the firm has reserved surrounding space to accommodate this ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
Grenoble extended a warm welcome to the 300-plus people attending the 13th Leti Annual Review today, and so did Leti director Laurent Malier. Referencing temperatures that would reach 32°C later in the day, Malier expressed hope that the presentations lined up for the day would generate some figurative heat inside ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
Dolomite, a designer and manufacturer of microfluidic devices, has introduced a flexible range of microfluidic connectors and interfaces allowing users to integrate their microfluidic devices into new and existing systems by creating fast and reliable multiway fluidic connections between pumps, valves and other microfluidic devices. The range includes a linear and ...
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
Early registration rates are available for two more weeks for the International Conference on Biotribology, which takes place on 18 to 21 September 2011 at the Imperial College in London. The conference will explore topics ranging from artificial joints and implants to soft-tissue friction.
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Friday, June 24th, 2011
A neural implant that can restore lost brain function and improve short-term memory in rats may one day help people suffering from memory loss caused by stroke, dementia or other brain damage. The device consists of a tiny chip, a set of 32 electrodes and a very sophisticated algorithm that ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
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QuickTrace Ltd will release a product upgrade to its LabelTrace software next month. LabelTrace is designed to allow physicians and nurses to quickly and easily print labels and test request forms. The system ...
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