Cohera Medical, a developer of absorbable surgical adhesives and sealants, has obtained regulatory approval to commence human clinical trials on its single-part synthetic surgical sealant in Europe. Designed as an adjunct to standard ...
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OsteoMed, a developer of small bone implants and biologics, has launched OsteoVation QWIK to fill bony voids and gaps of the skeletal system. Comprised of a proprietary composite of calcium phosphate and calcium sulfate granules, ...
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Aesculap, a B Braun company, has launched an adjustable, gravitational shunt valve, Miethke proSA, to provide surgeons with a new treatment option for patients with hydrocephalus. The valve provides resistance to cerebral spinal fluid ...
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Mexico Bariatric Center (MBC), a healthcare facilitator which helps patients undergo metabolic and bariatric surgeries, has added Single-Incision Laproscopic Surgery (SILS) to its service offerings. By making a single incision, known as ...
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A thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology is required to perform cosmetic surgery on the breast, but some of the most fascinating facts about breasts aren't essential knowledge in the operating room. The plastic surgeons at ...
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Expanding Orthopedics, a spinal device company, Vin Germany for a clinical study of its XPED Expanding Pedicle Screw system. The system, which is commercially available in Europe, is designed to provide improved anchoring of the implant ...
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Roszdravnadzor, the Russian healthcare agency, has granted regulatory approval to SpineGuard's handheld, wireless device PediGuard. Available as classic, curved and cannulated designs, PediGuard detects possible vertebral cortex ...
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Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality with a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wearing 3-D ...
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Germany-based medical technology company ulrich medical has launched flamenco Universal Spinal Fixation system, designed for use in complex spine and degenerative fusion applications, in the US. Featuring 5.5mm rod and tulip head design, ...
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Absorbable surgical adhesives and sealants developer Cohera Medical has obtained $17m in Series D financing through private investors. The capital will be used by the company to expand adoption of its internal surgical adhesive in Germany ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to Medtronic's AIRvance Bone Screw System. The approval allows surgeons to perform a hyoid suspension procedure independently or in combination with other procedures including ...
Blue Belt Technologies has treated the first three US patients for unicondylar knee replacement (UKR), using its NavioPFS orthopedic surgical system. The UKR procedures, performed at the US-based Community Regional Medical Center, ...
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Planmed Oy has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Planmed Verity Extremity Scanner for providing fast 3D imaging of subtle extremity fractures that have been missed when using 2D radiographs at ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Ethicon Endo-Surgery's ENSEAL G2 Articulating Tissue Sealer, designed to allow surgeons to take a perpendicular approach to seal vessels up to 7mm in diameter and ...
Health care supply chain and contracting company Novation has granted a new three-year agreement to Teleflex Incorporated to provide its Weck Vista Bladeless Laparoscopic Access Ports. The agreement, which will be effective from 1 April ...