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Your Medical Implant or Food Wrapper Could Someday Be Made of CBD
Just as lactic acid is a good building block for PLA, CBD’s chemical structure also has the right stuff to be repeated as a polymer.
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3D Printing Can Manufacture Customized Sensors for Robots, Pacemakers and More
These mini-machines are mass-produced in large volumes for hundreds of electronic products.
September 28, 2022
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Orthopedic
Smith+Nephew Debuts Revision Knee Indication on Robotics Platform
It can address robotic-assisted total, partial, and now revision knee arthroplasty.
September 26, 2022
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Implantables
Implantable Shock Absorber May Relieve Knee Pain
The device involves a piston that anchors to the inner side of the femur and tibia bones with a small plate.
September 22, 2022
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Orthopedic
Centinel Spine Claims First Commercial Use of Total Disc Replacement System
The prodisc C Vivo system has been in clinical use internationally since 2009.
September 21, 2022
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Implantables
FDA Clears Medtronic's Insertable Cardiac Monitor for Pediatric Patients
With integrated remote patient management, patients or their caregivers can choose to use their smartphones with the LINQ II ICM.
September 21, 2022
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FDA Designates Drug-Coated Balloon for Coronary Artery Disease
September 19, 2022
The WATCHMAN FLX Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device from Boston Scientific.
Boston Scientific Gets FDA Approval LAAC Device
September 6, 2022
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Second Sight Completes Merger with Nano Precision
September 1, 2022
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FDA Clears Surgical Robotic Platform for Spine Surgery
September 1, 2022
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Intera Artery Infusion Pump Recalled Due to Fast Flow Rates
The problem could impact infusion delivery.
August 31, 2022
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Implantables
Levee Medical Raises $6.6M for Dissolving Scaffold
The Voro Urologic Scaffold is a bioresorbable device designed to be placed during the prostatectomy procedure.
August 23, 2022
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Leucadia Finds Chief Medical Officer to Lead Alzheimer's Implant Efforts
The company's medical device is designed to restore the flow of cerebrospinal fluid through the cribriform plate.
August 22, 2022
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Orthopedic
Zavation Gets FDA Clearance for Anterior Cervical Plate and Spacer System
The Varisync plate includes visual and tactile confirmation of locks.
August 18, 2022
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Cardea Sees Growth in Production Demand for Biosensors
While the use of graphene in electronics has been in the experimental phase for years, it's only recently that scalable production has been achieved.
August 16, 2022
Scientists from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a contact lens that can capture tears for the detection of exosomes, nanometer-sized vesicles found in bodily secretions which have the potential for being diagnostic cancer biomarkers.
Implantables
Smart Contact Lenses for Cancer Diagnostics, Screening
The lens captures exosomes found in tears.
August 12, 2022
Duke researchers have developed a gel-based cartilage substitute to relieve achy knees that’s even stronger and more durable than the real thing. Clinical trials to start next year.
Implantables
Lab-Made Cartilage Gel Outperforms the Real Thing
It can be pressed and pulled with more force than natural cartilage, and it's three times more resistant to wear and tear.
August 12, 2022
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Implantables
Bioengineered Cornea Can Restore Sight
To the blind and visually impaired.
August 11, 2022
With a new approach, the scar tissue (pictured) that usually develops around medical implants has a more aligned architecture that allows drugs to pass through more easily.
Implantables
Design Prevents Buildup of Scar Tissue Around Medical Implants
This phenomenon, known as the foreign body response, can interfere with many other types of implantable medical devices.
August 8, 2022
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Surgical
Glaukos Gets FDA OK for Glaucoma Stent
The company intends to commence initial commercial launch activities for iStent infinite later this year.
August 5, 2022
Netherlands Cancer Institute carried out first successful operation with custom 3D-printed titanium lower jaw.
Surgical
First Successful Operation with Custom 3D-Printed Titanium Lower Jaw
The jaw was completely reconstructed based on the patient's 3D MRI & CT scans.
August 4, 2022
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Implantables
Atia Vision Scores $42M to Advance Its Intraocular Lens
Atia Vision's modular intraocular lens technology aims to address the limitations of current solutions.
August 2, 2022
A gold CD’s thin metallic layer can be separated from the rigid plastic and fashioned into sensors to monitor electrical activity in human hearts and muscles as well as lactate, glucose, pH and oxygen levels.
Implantables
Researchers Recycle CDs into Flexible Biosensors
The fabrication is completed in 20 to 30 minutes without releasing toxic chemicals or needing expensive equipment.
July 26, 2022
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Implantables
SprintRay Debuts Resin for 3D-Printing Dental Crowns
The company said it features high accuracy and a print time of fewer than 60 minutes.
July 25, 2022
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Implantables
Synchron Completes First Human Brain-Computer Interface Implant
The process does not require invasive open-brain surgery.
July 19, 2022