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Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Medical Device Heal Thyself: Self-healing rubber on the horizon

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new type of rubber that is as tough as natural rubber but can also self-heal. The research is published in Advanced Materials. Self-healing materials aren’t new...

August 15, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Treat Chronic Pain with New Medical Device and not Opioids

Terri Bryant was working at a cheese factory in 2000 when she injured the delicate, rubbery discs between her spinal bones. That was the start of her chronic pain. Two years later, she had back surgery and started regularly taking...

August 1, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Spider Silk Repairs Damaged Nerves and Tissues

The golden orb-weaver spider from Tanzania spins such strong webs that Tanzanian fishermen use them for fishing. Their spider silk is more tear-resistant than nylon and four times more elastic than steel, is heat-stable up to 250° C, extremely waterproof...

July 28, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

‘Microneedle’ Patch Promises Painless Flu Vaccine

Would you be more likely to get your flu vaccine if, instead of getting a shot, you could simply stick a patch on your skin? A small new study suggests that such a patch is safe to use and that...

July 7, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

The New War On Sepsis

Dawn Nagel, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., knew she was going to have a busy day, with more than a dozen patients showing signs of sepsis. They included a 61-year-old mechanic with diabetes. An elderly man...

June 28, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Medtronic’s Tyrx Antibacterial Envelope Aims to Reduce Infection Rates

Medtronic PLC has quietly signed up more than 140 U.S. hospitals and clinics in a program that aims to cut infection rates in heart devices using its innovative dissolvable surgical envelopes and rebates. Replacing heart devices that have become infected...

June 19, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

FDA Releases List of Reuseable Medical Devices with Highest Infection Risk

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday published a list of reusable medical devices that hold the greatest risk of infection transmission or poor performance if not appropriately reprocessed, reports Regulatory Focus.   The agency will now require device makers...

June 12, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Chicago Startup Iterum Therapeutics Raises $65M to Combat Drug-resistant Superbugs

A small pharma company in Chicago just got big money to fight an even bigger problem: drug-resistant infections that spread in hospitals. Iterum Therapeutics has raised $65 million in an oversubscribed Series B round of funding. The money will go...

May 23, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Axovant Sciences Announced Good News for Dementia Patients

Axovant Sciences has announced positive preliminary results from a Phase II trial directed at reducing hallucinations in patients with dementia. Axovant Sciences is a biotech located in Bermuda, a British tropical island in the Atlantic ocean. From there, the company...

February 14, 2017