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German private equity player SHS said it invested an undisclosed amount in Emerging Implant Technologies and its 3D-printed orthopedic implants.
EIT develops 3D-printed orthopedic devices and implants, sporting a portfolio of spinal fusion cages and patient-specific implants.
By Editor-in-Chief A partnership between universities and industrial companies in Ireland has resulted in a new research centre opening in NUI Galway, according to the Irish Times.
Galway Centre
The Cúram centre for medical device research is a €68 million investment from Science Foundation Ireland, industrial companies including, Aerogen, Boston Scientific, Cook Medical, Medtronic, Mylan, Neuravi, Stryker Instruments and the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.
The centre has six academic partners including UCD, Trinity College, Dublin, Universities of Limerick, University College Cork, the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and the National University of Ireland Galway.
By [email protected] (Megan Wood) Surgical Neurology International published the paper.
Here are four insights:
1. Texas-PEG successfully restored a rodent's motor and sensor neuronal signals after it experienced a spinal cord injury.
2. The rodent experienced full motor control recovery after two weeks.
3. Graphene possesses a conductive surface property in stimulating neuronal growth.
4. The researchers hope their study will lead to eventual human trials, testing Texas-PEG to heal human SCI.
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Stryker, Zimmer Biomet, NuVasive & more: 12 key notes
By [email protected] (Megan Wood) Here are four key notes:
1. Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation will now serve as the only tissue provider for Spineology's allograft product lines.
2. Spineology's portfolio includes its latest Incite Cortical Fibers.
3. A bone grafting solution, Incite Cortical Fibers are ultra-thin, entangled cortical bone fibers offering a large surface area of exposed growth factors for bone growth stimulation.
4. The fibers also offer an osteoconductive matrix for cellular attachment and proliferation.
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Stryker, Zimmer Biomet, NuVasive & more: 12 key notes
By James Chisum BioFactura, Inc. announced today entry into a non-exclusive license agreement with Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.relating to one of the biosimilar product candidates that Momenta is developing.
By Editor-in-Chief Via Bluetooth, the pen device communicates with Windows, Android and iOS platforms. This foregoes the need for specific software installation and facilitates connecting clients' RFID reading devices to their existing IT infrastructure.
The opportunity to transfer energy and bidirectional data wirelessly over a comfortable distance makes RFID very interesting for medical implants. On User Day, September 20th, Reinhard Jurisch, Managing Director at microsensys, will present “Possibilities of passive RFID technology for the realization of human medical implants”. The presentation shows theoretical and practical designs of different antennae which are operating on magnetic field coupling and by electromagnetic fields.
By Editor-in-Chief Research Beam added a report on “World 3D Printing Medical Devices Market - Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014 - 2020”
Summary
Large patient population, expansion of distribution networks by the key market players, awareness about benefits of 3D printing technology and its adoption across the emerging countries in Asia-Pacific are the factors that drive the growth of the 3D printing medical devices market globally. In addition, growing government investments to enhance the application of 3D printing technology in various industries, including healthcare, is likely to drive the demand of this market.
By Editor-in-Chief The flexibility of 3D printing allows designers to make changes easily without the need to set up additional equipment or tools. It also enables manufacturers to create devices matched to a patient’s anatomy (patient-specific devices) or devices with very complex internal structures. These capabilities have sparked huge interest in 3D printing of medical devices and other products, including food, household items, and automotive parts.
By Editor-in-Chief By Andrew Trounson, University of Melbourne
Two years of snowboarding, professional kitesurfing and hanging out on the beach isn’t most people’s idea of how medical research breakthroughs are made.
But for Dr Gil Stynes, taking time out from surgical training may have revolutionised the potential for body implants and opened the way for wires, robotics, and even decorations, to be permanently implanted through our skin.
Watching crustaceans at the beach got Dr Stynes thinking about the possibilities for mimicking an exoskeleton in humans by creating medical devices that could attach through the skin without the risk of infection.
Intravenous lines, catheters, and prosthetic rods are all implanted through the skin but are at constant risk of infection because our skin refuses to adhere to them, leaving a gap open to bacteria.
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