A first-ever regulation on organ donation coordinator management will be issued this week by the National Organ Donation Management Center to make it easier for the public to donate organs. The 200-plus coordinators at the center will ...
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Whatever your reason may be to have plastic surgery, it is not a decision to be taken lightly. In choosing a plastic surgeon to perform very risky operations, one should be educated in the background of the chosen physician. Dr. Kevin ...
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Locally owned Courage Couture announced the launch date of its new clothing line as July 1st, 2013. The line can be worn by any woman but was designed for women with uneven breasts. This group of women would include women who are born with ...
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Blue Belt, next generation surgical orthopedic instruments developer, has received 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Stride Unicondylar Knee implant system. With the clearance, the Stride implant ...
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INVISALIGN, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customised, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell ...
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Fujikura has inked a licensing agreement with Micro-Imaging Solutions (MIS) to jointly market nano-sized, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, based endoscopes. This agreement focuses on the commercial manufacturing ...
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Surgical and therapeutic medical device company Vycor Medical has been issued US patent for its ViewSite Brain Access System. VBAS is a suite of cylindrical disposable devices which provide neurosurgeons a stable, minimally invasive ...
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GE Healthcare has launched a new magnetic resonance (MR) imaging technique Mavric SL to accurately image soft tissue and bone in patients with MR Conditional-labeled implants. Developed in collaboration with Hospital for Special Surgery ...
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Your lawn could become a "toe-away" zone if you’re not careful when operating rotary-blade lawn mowers. The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission estimates more than 37,000 Americans suffer a power mower-related injury each year. ...
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Australia shoppers chasing bargains have a new tool - each other. Shopping aggregation site Lasoo has updated its app so that consumers can crowdsource the best price, location and availability by sharing barcode data scanned by their ...
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London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in Canada has performed Bonebridge, a bone conduction hearing implant. Developed by MED-El Medical Electronics, Bonebridge is a technology that makes it possible for hearing impairments, including ...
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Globus Medical has launched Fortify I, an expandable corpectomy spacer with integrated screws for further stability in addition to supplemental fixation. FORTIFY I is an additional option in the Globus portfolio of expandable spacers that ...
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Induchem was praised by the entire cosmetic industry for its new ingredient Neodermyl at in-cosmetics in Paris this month, which received the Innovation Zone Best Ingredient Gold Award. Sponsored Links Acute Pain Management Training The ...
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Sorin Group has received an investigational device exemption (IDE) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a clinical study of its PERCEVAL S sutureless aortic tissue valve. The bioprosthetic valve is designed ...
Vycor Medical has obtained two new patents for its Spinal ViewSite Cervical Access System (VCAS). The patents, including 2008-518369 and 11/993280, are for the US and Japan and cover an introducer and retractor system for use in spinal ...