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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

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

hiQ Labs Granted Access to LinkedIn Public Information by Federal Judge

A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled that Microsoft’s LinkedIn unit cannot prevent a startup from accessing public profile data, in a test of how much control a social media site can wield over information its users have deemed to...

August 15, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Missing Skull Bone Replaced with 3D Printing

Only a decade ago, the idea of printing parts of the human body through 3D printing was still in the realm of science fiction, according to Dr. Gaurav Gupta, MD, Assistant professor of neurosurgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical...

August 11, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Fresenius Set to Acquire NxStage Medical for $2B

Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s largest provider of dialysis products and services, has signed an agreement to acquire NxStage Medical, Inc., (NxStage) (Nasdaq: NXTM) a U.S.-based medical technology and services company. NxStage, which just like Fresenius Medical Care North America,...

August 7, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

TransEnterix Announces Enhanced Capability to Perform Micro Incision Robotic Surgery

  RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TransEnterix, Inc. (NYSE MKT: TRXC), a medical device company that is pioneering the use of robotics to improve minimally invasive surgery, today announced that surgeons have now performed the first 3mm micro laparoscopic robotic surgeries...

August 1, 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

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Hearing Implants to Stream Music from App

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — People with hearing implants will soon be able to stream music and take phone calls wirelessly from Apple devices. Apple is teaming up with medical device maker Cochlear Limited to develop the first-ever cochlear implant sound...

July 31, 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

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

What do you think? Tech Company Inserts Microchips in Employees

It sounds like the start of a dystopian novel. A company called Three Square Market inserts microchips in the hands of its employees, right between the thumb and pointer finger. Being part machine does not hurt much, Tony Danna, vice...

July 27, 2017