American Medical Systems, a provider of devices and therapies for male and female pelvic health, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RetroArc retropubic sling system. Designed for the ...
Bolton Medical, a medical device manufacturer, has initiated its Phase II US clinical trial to study the safety and effectiveness of the Treovance abdominal stent-graft with Navitel delivery system. The first two cases were performed on ...
American Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Endo Health Solutions, has obtained CE Mark approval for its RetroArc retropubic sling system, designed to treat female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In collaboration with leading physicians, ...
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. ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, biomaterials
Marsh Networks and Allianz Insurance are extending the range of Allianz commercial products available to Marsh Networks’ member brokers. The agreement means Marsh Networks’ members can gain access to innovative products that are ...
Posted in Printing Equipment and Supplies by Qmed Staff on November 25, 2013 Innovations in 3-D printing have allowed researchers to fabricate human bones, ears, early-prototype human hearts, strips of liver and face prosthetics. In the ...
U.S. scientists report progress of a hormone therapy that can improve the outcome of bone grafts to treat bone loss from disease, birth defects or trauma. Zulma Gazit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Edward Schwarz of Rochester University ...
Tags: parathyroid, hormone, outcome, bone, graft
After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
Tags: imagining, post-antibiotics, future
BME, a US-based manufacturer of Nitinol metal implants for musculoskeletal fixation, has announced the issuance of a new US patent ‘method and apparatus for an orthopedic fixation system’ as part of its Speed and Speed Shift ...
Tags: US Patent, metal implants
BonAlive Biomaterials, a manufacturer of implantable medical devices for bone regeneration, has announced the CE Mark approval and the launch of a patented, ready-to-use and mouldable version of its osteostimulative BonAlive bioactive glass ...
AtriCure, a developer of solutions to treat atrial fibrillation (Afib), has announced the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval to begin enrollment in a clinical study of its AtriClip left atrial appendage exclusion system. ...
Tags: AtriCure, Stroke Prevention
US-based Dallen Medical has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Tensyn band, designed for the fixation of ankle syndesmosis. Previously, the company has obtained FDA 510(k) clearances for its ...
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TauTona, a medical device firm, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a new patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the TauTona tissue injector (TTI), a hand-held adipose tissue ...
Tags: Tautona, Transfer Tool
US-based Salix Pharmaceuticals has announced that The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Deflux premarket approval (PMA) supplement, which requested approval of ...
Tags: Salix, Injection Techniques
Cartiva, a developer of products for the treatment of cartilage injuries and osteoarthritis, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Rehab Matrix Canada, a distributor of foot and ankle orthopedic medical devices. Pursuant to ...