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There Are Plenty of Ingenious Devices Included as Finalists in Medical Excellence Awards.
Apr 17, 2014From a zipper-like wound closure device that can be peeled off at home to a telemedicine robot, there are plenty of ingenious devices included as finalists in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards. It is worth noting, however, that ...
Tags: Reshaping Medtech, Health, Medicine
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Engineers Designed New Tools to Help Restore a Surgeon's Sense of Touch
Jan 22, 2014Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
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K2M Held Spinal Device Company in The World Focused on Developing Innovative Solutions
Jan 13, 2014K2M, Inc., the largest privately held spinal device company in the world focused on developing innovative solutions for the treatment of complex spinal pathologies and minimally invasive procedures, today announced it has received 510(k) ...
Tags: K2M, CAYMAN Minimally Invasive, CAYMAN Plate System, 510(k)clearance
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Innovative Adhesive Technology Published as a Cover Feature in The High Impact Journal
Jan 10, 2014Innovative adhesive technology published as a cover feature in the high impact journal, Science Translational Medicine Gecko Biomedical, a French medical device company developing 'bio-inspired' biodegradable surgical glues and patches ...
Tags: Gecko Biomedical, bio-inspired, biodegradable surgical glues
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Researchers Developed a New Type of Surgical "Glue" to Help Repair Sick Children's Hearts
Jan 9, 2014Researchers have developed a new type of surgical "glue" that they say could help treat children born with heart defects, such as a hole in the heart. The adhesive can quickly stick biodegradable patches inside a beating heart. Unlike ...
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Definitive Agreement To Acquire Estech Has Been Announced by Atricure
Dec 23, 2013AtriCure, a provider of Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) medical device, and Endoscopic Technologies, d/b/a Estech, have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AtriCure has agreed to acquire Estech. Under the agreement, AtriCure ...
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LLC Avalon Will Showcase Capabilities to Offer Feature-Rich Single Piece Medical Devices
Nov 28, 2013Avalon 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 ...
Tags: Avalon, present, polymer, solution casting, technology, feature-rich
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These Capabilities Could Assist in Preoperative Planning of Minimally Invasive Procedures.
Nov 22, 2013In what could be a game changer in the field of medical imaging, an Israeli firm known as RealView Imaging enables physicians to manipulate and analyze a patient's internal organ anatomy in midair in real time. A physician can, for ...
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Mazor Robotics Spinal Surgery Technology Has Been Purchased by Baptist Medical Center
Mar 25, 2013Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in Florida, US, has acquired Mazor Robotics' Renaissance surgical guidance system to perform the first minimally-invasive spinal surgery. Baptist Medical is a community hospital and the central hub of ...
Tags: Medical Center, Medical, health system
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ES2 Spinal System Has Been Introduced by Stryker
Mar 19, 2013Stryker, a US-based developer of medical implants, surgical and imaging technologies, has introduced ES2 spinal system. The system, which uses the company's Xia 3 pedicle screw technology, is designed for one-step, percutaneous placement ...
Tags: Stryker, ES2 spinal system, screw technology
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Weck Vista Laparoscopic Access Products to Novation Is Provided by Teleflex
Feb 7, 2013Health 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 ...
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US Launch of Flexcath Advance Steerable Sheath Is Announced by Medtronic
Jan 17, 2013Medtronic has introduced the FlexCath Advance Steerable Sheath, which facilitate easier access to reach the inferior veins of the heart when delivering and positioning the company's Arctic Front Advance Cryoballoon system in the left atrium ...
Tags: Medtronic, minimally invasive procedures, FlexCath sheath
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Teleflex Has Launched Complete Line of Weck Access Devices for Laparoscopic Use
Dec 17, 2012Teleflex has launched complete line of Weck Access devices including Weck Vista bladeless access ports and Weck EFx Endo Fascial Closure system, designed for use during laparoscopic procedures. The company said during minimally invasive ...
Tags: Teleflex, Weck Access devices, laparoscopic procedures
