Oticon Medical, a manufacturer of bone anchored hearing systems, has obtained 510(k) approval the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Ponto Plus bone anchored sound processors in regular version (down to a hearing loss of ...
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Clear, crystalline and dynamic uses of an every day component Of all the materials put to use and on display during Miami's art extravaganza, we saw several shimmering, shiny—but also innovative—works utilizing glass. Fragile, ...
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US-based The Orthopaedic Implant Company (OIC) has launched its proximal humerus plate for upper extremity fractures. OIC has designed the proximal humerus plate for two key challenges specific to proximal humerus fractures. These ...
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"Mo", the face of Mohawk's SmartStrand Unleashed Campaign Mohawk continues to put the soil- and stain-resistance benefits of SmartStrand carpet to the test. Now that SmartStrand has successfully taken on zoo animals, messy kids and a ...
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The largest medical device companies have had a good run on the stock markets this year, with many clocking in double-digit percentage growth in stock prices over the past 12 months. There are always exceptions to the rule, however. Here ...
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One year of exercise can ensure steady maintenance of bone density to help prevent fractures in older breast cancer survivors, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Jessica Dobek and Kerri Winters-Stone, both of the Oregon Health and Science ...
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Pinnacle Foods is set to locate the production of its recently-acquired Wish-Bone salad dressings business at its manufacturing facility in St. Elmo, Illinois. The company plans to invest $40m - $50m over the next 12 to 18 months for the ...
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Neurotransmitters play a powerful role in managing the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system in many animals, controlling mood, energy levels, aggression, social bonding, and sexual behavior. For example, many antidepressant drugs ...
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Do you know that test equipment calibration accessories are extremely used in market production? There are great precision receptors and accessories available which are appropriate for calibrating other instrumentation like pressure ...
Cochlear, a provider of implantable hearing solutions, has obtained an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Cochlear Baha 4 attract system for use in the US. The new Baha 4 attract system is a magnetic Baha bone ...
A diet low in vitamin D causes damage to the brain, a study in rats shows, University of Kentucky researchers say. Lead author Allan Butterfield of the University of Kentucky's Center of Membrane Sciences, faculty of Sanders-Brown Center ...
Lowering CT dose and improving workflow are not choices that clinicians should have to make, so Toshiba CT is putting customers first by providing the industry's best solutions to solve these challenges. To make complex exams easier, ...
Cytocell announced the availability of a new range of in vitro diagnostic tests to aid in detecting patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL), a cancer of the lymphocytes. In total Cytocell has 19 different FISH probes ...
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Amedica, a biomaterials company, has announced collaboration with Kyocera Industrial Ceramics, a ceramics producer, to manufacture medical devices from Amedica's silicon nitride biomaterial at Kyocera's Vancouver, Washington facility. ...
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US-based BioMedical Enterprises (BME) has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance (K131640) for its upgraded HammerLock Nitinol intramedullary fixation system for hammertoe deformities. The patent-pending HammerLock ...