Monday, February 20th, 2012
Bayer MaterialScience presented its range of antimicrobial plastic grades for medical applications last week at MD&M West in Anaheim, CA. Healthcare-associated infections are a rising problem in the United States, and hospitals welcome innovative technology that can help to keep infections at bay. With three antimicrobial polycarbonate grades and one ...
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Rife with interactive tables and data streams about sustainable technologies, the Bayer MaterialScience stand at K 2010 also highlights the development of a smart robotic suit that supports physical movements for patients undergoing rehabilitation. The suit, which has been named HAL (for Hybrid Assistive Limb). is being developed jointly with ...
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Bayer MaterialScience AG and Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by research organisations IMEC (Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands), have announced their partnership in the field of flexible electronics. By joining the Holst Centre eco-system, Bayer can exchange its own expertise with the existing network of academic and industrial partners.
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Nothing succeeds like success, as the saying goes, and here's more proof. Bayer MaterialScience LLC announced at the MD&M East show and conference in New York yesterday that it has made significant improvements to its Medical Coatings Development Centre in Sheffield, UK. (It acquired the site earlier this year when ...
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Bayer MaterialScience has reported that it has opened a new pilot facility for the manufacture of carbon nanotubes in Leverkusen, Germany. The company has invested some €22-million in the planning, development and construction of the facility, which is reportedly the largest of its kind in the world and has an ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Bayer MaterialScience, a leading polymer company, is to acquire PolyBioMed Ltd, a subsidiary of Lombard Medical Technologies plc, which provides polymer coatings, surface treatments and biomaterials. The acquisition gives Bayer MaterialScience access to application areas such as coronary drug eluting stents and catheter systems for interventional cardiology, urology and neurology.
The ...
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
A polycarbonate (PC) resin has been developed to address demand for a radiation-sterilisable material for thin-wall medical applications. Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany) introduced Makrolon Rx2435 at the MD&M East exposition and conference in New York City this week.
Exhibiting the mechanical strength and toughness that is a hallmark of the Makrolon ...
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