Medical equipment producer Smith & Nephew (S&N) is using DS Smith's reusable and recyclable polypropylene (PP) packaging for transporting orthopedic surgical devices. DS Smith Plastics, Extruded Products, a business unit of DS Smith, has ...
Pexco Medical, a division of Pexco LLC, has purchased through its Spectrum Plastics operation a new 55-ton Roboshot injection molding machine for the purpose of developing new medical tools and advancing its biomaterial processing ...
Stellar Technologies, a leading manufacturer of complex, ultra-precise components and assemblies for medical applications, announced today the completed addition of 10,000 square feet of new manufacturing space. The expansion includes a new ...
FMI Inc. FMI Inc. announced the official opening of their medical silicone molding manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China. The company has built the state-of-the-art clean room as an addition to the facility owned and operated since 2004 ...
Tags: medical devices, Health, Medicine
Spectrum Plastics Group Pexco LLC enters the injection molding business, acquiring the Minnesota-based operation of Spectrum Plastics, Inc. Pexco LLC, a leading North American specialty plastics processor, has entered the injection ...
Tags: Spectrum Plastics, Plastics, Chemicals, injection molding
ArthroCare Corp. of Austin, TX will pay $30 million to settle securities fraud-related charges with the U.S. Department of Justice, the DOJ recently announced. Federal prosecutors say shareholders lost more than $400 million in mid-2008 ...
Tags: Surgical Instruments, Arthrocare, Fraud Case Securities
Smith & Nephew, a medical technology company, has agreed to acquire the assets and business of Politec Saude relating to Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management products in Brazil. In 2013 Smith & Nephew announced its intention ...
Over the past year, most major public medical device companies have fared well, with a few hiccups here and there. That said, the device industry is confronting challenges such as a dip in elective surgery volume, a rise in recalls related ...
Rust and stain-free finished metals are present in numerous objects we use. Washing machine drums, surgical devices, knives and any metallic object that has to be free of deformation, corrosion and minute tears needs to be cleaned and ...
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ArthroCare, a US-based surgical devices, instruments, and implants manufacturer, has completed the purchase of ENTrigue Surgical, a privately held Delaware firm, in an all-cash deal of $45m. ENTrigue is involved in the designing and ...
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Teleflex, a US-based critical care and surgical devices provider, has purchased Ultimate Medical and its affiliates. The financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. Ultimate Medical is supplier and developer of airway ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is evaluating the safety of Intuitive Surgical's robotic surgical devices. Currently, the agency is studying a small group of surgeons who use the surgical device, which is used in over 2,000 ...
Dermatology products developer Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire contact lenses developer Bausch + Lomb Holdings for a cash consideration of $8.7bn, as part of its strategy to enhance ...
Encision, a US-based developer of surgical devices, has entered into an agreement to distribute Virtual Ports' laparoscopic organ retraction devices in the US. The small-profile devices including EndoGrab and the EndoLift use Virtual ...
Tags: Encision, Organ Retraction Devices
Healthcare products company Covidien has been awarded with $176.5m verdict in patent litigation against Ethicon Endo-Surgery,a Johnson & Johnson company. The suit filed is related to Ethicon's Harmonic line of ultrasonic surgical products ...
Tags: Covidien, Patent Infringement Suit, Ethicon Endo-Surgery