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Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Self-Healing Slippery Surface Coatings for Medical Devices Could Help Thwart Infections

Implanted medical devices like catheters, surgical mesh and dialysis systems are ideal surfaces on which bacteria can colonize and form hard-to-kill sheets called biofilms. Known as biofouling, this contamination of devices is responsible for more than half of the 1.7...

November 2, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Which Spine Robot Will Dominate? 

Surgical robots are used in only about one in 20 spine procedures today, but adoption could grow rapidly according to a recent survey by RBC Capital Markets. U.S. spine surgeons expect that rate to double over the next year, and...

November 2, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Fresenius Medical Care to Buy Med Tech Firm Xenios 

HEILBRONN, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–zfhn Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn, one of the largest private venture capitalists in Germany, has sold medical technology company XENIOS AG to Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (Fresenius Medical Care). XENIOS AG is an internationally active medical technology...

November 2, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

St. Jude Medical Warns of Premature Battery Depletion in Some Cardiac Devices 

St. Jude Medical issued an advisory Oct. 11 warning of premature battery depletion associated with lithium deposits in a small number of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy ICDs. The issues could affect 0.21 percent of the devices...

October 31, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Surgical Simulation Training Tool Released for Knee Implants

Last week saw the public release of a collaborative project from Touch Surgery and Episurf Medical aimed at providing a surgical simulation training tool for Episurf Medical’s Episealer line of personalized knee resurfacing implants. Touch Surgery, based in London, UK, is...

October 31, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Acutus Medical Launches Trial of AcQMap Study

Acutus Medical said today it launched a trial of its AcQMap high resolution imaging and mapping system designed to guide ablation procedures for treating persistent atrial fibrillation. The company’s AcQMap imaging and mapping system is designed to detect and display standard...

October 28, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Zimmer Biomet Acquires Telerehabilitation Business RespondWell

Zimmer Biomet has acquired telerehabilitation startup RespondWell, according to a news release. The deal comes just a few months after the Warsaw, Indiana orthopedics device business rolled out the Signature Solutions program to hospitals to help them improve patient outcomes,...

October 28, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Pollution Particles Damaging Blood Vessels and Could Lead to Heart Disease

Tiny pollution particles produced by vehicle engines and industry are known to worsen heart disease and raise the risk of stroke, but a new study suggests they might also be planting the seeds for cardiovascular disease early on. In healthy...

October 28, 2016

Resource Library

Noisy Coworkers Are a Distraction In the Workplace

Sounds, particularly those made by other humans, rank as the No. 1 distraction in the workplace. According to workplace design expert Alan Hedge at Cornell, 74 percent of workers say they face “many” instances of disturbances and distractions from noise....

October 27, 2016