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Engineered Metal Solutions to Showcase at MD&M East Exposition
April 30, 2013 4:56 pm | by MDT Staff | Product Releases | CommentsATW Companies will be highlighting its leadership in engineered metal solutions for medical devices at the MD&M East Exposition, Booth #3434 from June 18-20, 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Foil on Ceramic Carrier Current Sense Chip Resistors
April 30, 2013 4:35 pm | by MDT Staff | Stackpole Electronics, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsStackpole announced the release of the CSRF0603 and CSRF0402 sizes to add to their broad current sense resistor product group. The CSRF0603 is available in resistance values from 5 to 10 milliohms in 1% tolerance and 75 ppm TCR.
MD&M East 2013
April 30, 2013 4:30 pm | by MDT Staff | EventsThe newly reformatted MD&M East four day conference running alongside the tradeshow, covers everything you need to know from concept development to supplier management, giving you the essential updates to successfully management every step in the product development efficiently and cost effectively.
RAPID 2013: Additive Manufacturing Solutions
April 30, 2013 4:14 pm | by MDT Staff | EventsNo longer an "emerging technology," additive manufacturing is leading industry innovation. From design, to prototype to production parts—vision becomes reality at SME’s RAPID Conference and Exposition. This technology has moved beyond ‘plastic’ parts of the past to full scale production in metals, alloys and more. See what’s possible for your operation at RAPID 2013.
Pre-Clinical Study and Initial Clinical Experience Highlight Potential Benefits of Hansen Medical's Robotic Technology in Treating Carotid Arteries
April 30, 2013 4:03 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsHansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the results from a recently published pre-clinical study describing potential benefits of Hansen Medical's robotic technology for the treatment of carotid arteries. The study results appeared in...
The Value of 5S Workplace Organization Methodology Programs
April 30, 2013 3:42 pm | by Jim Norton, President, Custom Products & Services, Inc. | Blogs | CommentsMany manufacturing facilities have opted to follow the path toward a “5S” workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology as part of continuous improvement or lean manufacturing processes. 5S is a system to reduce waste and optimize productivity through maintaining an orderly workplace and using visual cues to achieve more consistent operational results.
Cut to the Bone
April 30, 2013 2:54 pm | by Gus Breiland, Customer Service Engineer Manager, Proto Labs Inc. | Proto Labs, Inc. | Articles | CommentsAs material costs rise, designers are attempting to use as little as possible for their components without sacrificing the functionality or durability of a part. While this is the goal for virtually every designer across every industry, accomplishing it can be a challenging task. Using rapid injection molding for prototype parts, designers can get a much better handle on achieving this task.
Femasys Launches FemCerv Endocervical Sampler, A Revolutionary Solution For Cervical Cancer Screening
April 30, 2013 2:25 pm | by PR Newswire | News | CommentsATLANTA, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Femasys Inc., a medical device developer of women's healthcare solutions, announced today the U.S. launch of the 510(k) cleared FemCerv™, an innovative endocervical curettage device. FemCerv is designed to collect a complete,...
2-Year-Old Girl Gets Windpipe Made from Stem Cells
April 30, 2013 2:04 pm | by Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsA 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment. Hannah Warren has been unable to breathe, eat, drink or swallow on her own since she was born in South Korea in 2010.
MDI Achieve Announces Exclusive Partnership With Homecare Homebase
April 30, 2013 1:48 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMDI Achieve, provider of MatrixCare, the market-leading, certified Electronic Health Record solution for the long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) continuum, today announced that MatrixCare will integrate with Homecare Homebase, the best in breed healthcare information solution for homecare and...
SonaCare Medical to Integrate SmartTarget Image Registration and Fusion Software from University College London into Industry Leading Prostate HIFU System
April 30, 2013 1:20 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsSonaCare Medical, a global leader in minimally invasive High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, and UCL Business PLC (UCLB), a leading technology transfer company that supports and commercializes research and innovations from UCL (University College London), today announced a...
Women Smokers May Have Greater Risk for Colon Cancer Than Men
April 30, 2013 1:00 pm | by AACR | News | CommentsSmoking increased the risk for developing colon cancer, and female smokers may have a greater risk than male smokers, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Organogenesis to Present Large Retrospective Comparative Effectiveness Analysis and Health Economic Data in Chronic Wound Healing at The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society Meeting
April 30, 2013 12:56 pm | by Bio-Medicine.Org | News | CommentsOrganogenesis Inc., a commercial leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that it will present new Apligraf® comparative effectiveness data and chronic wound burden of illness economic analyses at the Symposium of Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) and Wound Healing Society (WHS) Meeting (SAWC Spring/WHS) held May 1-5, 2013...
InBreath Scaffold and Bioreactor Used in First U.S. Transplant of a Regenerated Trachea
April 30, 2013 12:12 pm | by Globe Newswire | News | CommentsHarvard Bioscience has announced that the InBreath tracheal scaffold and bioreactor system manufactured by Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc. (HART), its wholly owned regenerative medicine technology subsidiary, were used in the first successful transplant of a regenerated trachea in the United States.
Surgeons Perform First-Ever 'Blindfolded' Simulated Robotic Procedure
April 30, 2013 12:01 pm | by PRNewswire | News | CommentsDespite all of the advances in robotics, the ability to provide the operator of a robotic system with a sense of touch (haptics) still remains a significant problem. This is no more dramatically illustrated than in the use of robots in surgical procedures.
