Analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA says that its subsidiary Isolink in Milpitas, CA is shipping customized optical solutions to Varian Medical Systems Inc of Palo Alto, CA for radiation oncology ...
Covidien is making an $860 million bet that people would much rather swallow a pill-sized camera than undergo a traditional colonoscopy. Dublin, Ireland–based Covidien, announced over the weekend that it will pay $30 per share for ...
Bruin Biometrics, a privately-held medical device manufacturer, has announced that it has received ISO 13485:2003 and EN ISO 13485:2012 certification, including CMDCAS certification, for its quality management system with its notified body ...
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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 ...
Helium reserves on earth are limited, which could spur makers of MRI machines to look to the moon to fine reserves of this valuable noble gas. The dwindling supply of helium, which is also used in silicon wafer manufacturing, arc welding, ...
Swedish medical devices company Molnlycke Health Care has announced the launch of its Avance Solo, a true negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system, in the UK. Medela, Molnlycke Health Care's collaboration partner within NPWT, has ...
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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 ...
Jarvik Heart, a manufacturer of cardiac assist devices, has announced the Shonin approval from the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) for the Jarvik 2000 heart, a small left ventricular assist device implanted inside ...
After a series of media reports, it is clear that wireless implanted medical devices can be hacked. Although the risk is now more hypothetical than actual, the vulnerabilities warrant attention. Implanted devices often rely on wireless ...
It may be years, if ever, before drones are delivering Amazon.com products to people’s doorsteps. But they’ve already been successfully field-tested when it comes to delivering crucially needed medical supplies. Andreas ...
A new water-resistant material could provide another tool for medical device designers. Boston University and MIT researchers in the journal Nature describe a material with a novel surface structure that provides very high level of very ...
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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, ...
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of SABIC and Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu, officially opened the company's state-of-the-art SABIC Technology Center (STC) in Bengaluru, India in a ceremony which ...
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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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Avalon Laboratories, LLC Avalon will showcase its capabilities to offer feature-rich single piece medical devices not currently available with extrusion technology in booth #204 at BIOMEDevice San Jose. Avalon will showcase its ...
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