Mar 29 | Products
Magnesium Elektron, a world leader in the
development, manufacture and supply of high performance magnesium alloys, today
gave details of its research activities in the area...
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Mar 15 | Products
Biomedical Structures LLC (BMS), a developer of biomedical
textiles for medical devices and other advanced clinical applications, today
announced new capabilities for the high-precision...
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Mar 1 | Products
Banner Medical has announced a long term exclusive agreement
with Veridiam, Inc. (formerly Carpenter Special Products) of San Diego, California.
Under this agreement...
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Jan 18 | News
PERKASIE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--US BioDesign announced
today the launch of its cardiovascular biomaterials business segment. This
portion of US BioDesign will be responsible for the research, analysis and
production of products and services in the cardiovascular device area.
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Jan 6 | News
TORONTO--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority
on medical technology market intelligence, the US market for orthopedic
biomaterials will grow at an average of just under seven percent per year, to
total approximately $4 billion by 2016.
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Jan 4 | Articles
In recent years, there has been great excitement about the
use of neuromodulation to treat a wide array of medical conditions and
diseases. The technology uses electrical signals to stimulate or block
different nerve impulses in the body and is adapted from technology used in
cardiac rhythm management. Advanced ceramic materials are playing an important role in
the technology and are poised to play an even greater one as these medical
devices flood onto the market to treat an increasing number of ailments.
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Dec 19 2011 | News
WASHINGTON/PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) and the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) have entered into a ground-breaking collaboration to
support and develop regulatory science for the safe and effective use of
biomaterials in medical devices.
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Dec 13 2011 | Products
Copper foam, now available from Goodfellow, combines the
outstanding thermal conductivity of copper with the structural benefits of a
metal foam.
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Dec 2 2011 | Products
Ensinger, Inc. now offers thin gauge TECANYL(R) PPO sheet,
manufactured by Penn Fibre, Ensinger’s thin gauge sheet manufacturing division.
Thin gauge TECANYL...
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Nov 30 2011 | News
DSM,
a global leader in biomedical materials, today announced that it has signed
ajoint collaboration agreement with AdeTherapeutics to accelerate the company’s
scar reduction and pain management product development strategy in
neurosurgery, specifically in spine surgery and craniotomy.
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Nov 10 2011 | News
Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) announced
that it has received a U.S. trademark
for Sharkskin™ high-roughness textured alumina material, manufactured at its Hayward, CA
site. Sharkskin provides a high-roughness surface texture integral to the
alumina base material. The roughened surface improves...
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Nov 7 2011 | News
DSM,
a global leader in biomedical materials, and Svelte® Medical Systems, Inc., a
privately held company developing next generation endovascular therapies, today
announced they have entered into a license and supply agreement granting Svelte
the right to use DSM’s proprietary bioerodible amino acid...
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Oct 28 2011 | Articles
Material options for medical devices are not limited to only
plastics or metals. Biomedical textiles play an important role, serving as
solutions for a number of areas of the medical device community, including the
cardiovascular sector. This article provides insight into how these textile
solutions are fabricated, what specific materials are utilized, and what unique
products are able to be realized.
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Oct 6 2011 | Products
Custom manufactured clad composite wire that lets medical
device makers innovate more effectively by combining several properties into a
single wire is available from Anomet Products, Inc.
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Jul 7 2011 | Articles
For engineers and designers of medical devices, familiarity with
U.S. patent rights is necessary to protect inventions. Before filing an
application, it is important to distinguish "prior-art" from "novel"
inventions.
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Jun 27 2011 | Articles
Industry leaders Ken Breeding, Platform Technology Manager, Medical Devices at Eastman Chemical Company and Prakash Pawar, Applications Development Engineer at Momentive Performance Materials, respond to questions regarding advanced materials for medical
devices.
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Jun 22 2011 | Articles
Coated titanium was to be replaced as the material for the
stator housing in a right ventrical assist device. Zirconia ceramic was the
material selected and expert machining met the needs for very tight tolerances
to fabricate the component.
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