• Researchers Develop New Technology to Improve Neural Implants

    Updated: 2011-10-31 00:39:34
    Electrical implants that shut down excessive activity in brain cells hold great potential for treating epilepsy and chronic pain. Likewise, devices that enhance neurons’ activity may help restore function to people with nerve damage. A new technology developed at MIT and Harvard Medical School may overcome the primary drawback to this approach, known as functional [...]

  • This Week’s Most Popular Headlines Qmed

    Updated: 2011-10-27 08:34:43
    Jump to Navigation Login Register Username or e-mail : Password : Create new account Request new password HOME SUPPLIER DIRECTORY Supplier Categories Supplier A-Z NEWS Medical Device News Supplier News MPMN About MPMN Ask the Experts MPMN Archive Subscribe Blog Newsletters Resources White Papers Brochures Datasheets Webcasts Videos Events Home MPMN Medtech Pulse Blog This Week’s Most Popular Headlines This Week’s Most Popular Headlines The big attention grabber this week involved St . Jude Medical's chairman and CEO , Daniel Starks . When asked by an analyst about possible safety problems with one of the medtech firm's heart defibrillator leads , Starks went on a 10-minute salvo that involved biting remarks about rival Medtronic Inc . Defending the Riata lead , Starks referred to the

  • Researchers Develop New Technique to Visualise Live Cancerous Cells

    Updated: 2011-10-26 18:25:12
    Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have developed a new technique to visualise live cancerous cells using luminescent metal-based nanotechnology, according to a university press release. The research is a collaboration between the School of Chemistry and the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and was recently published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. It [...]

  • Five Pioneering Medical Products to Watch Qmed

    Updated: 2011-10-26 15:34:57
    Jump to Navigation Login Register Username or e-mail : Password : Create new account Request new password HOME SUPPLIER DIRECTORY Supplier Categories Supplier A-Z NEWS Medical Device News Supplier News MPMN About MPMN Ask the Experts MPMN Archive Subscribe Blog Newsletters Resources White Papers Brochures Datasheets Webcasts Videos Events Home Galleries shana's Galleries Five Pioneering Medical Products to Watch Five Pioneering Medical Products to Watch Continue to the Next Photo Five Pioneering Medical Products to Watch While seemingly every medical device purports to be groundbreaking and innovative , only a select few truly live up to these marketing claims . In the following Web gallery , MPMN spotlights five medical devices that we think are true trendsetters and could potentially

  • Nontoxic and Biocompatible Gallium Nitride Could Be Used in Medical Implants Qmed

    Updated: 2011-10-26 15:34:52
    , Jump to Navigation Login Register Username or e-mail : Password : Create new account Request new password HOME SUPPLIER DIRECTORY Supplier Categories Supplier A-Z NEWS Medical Device News Supplier News MPMN About MPMN Ask the Experts MPMN Archive Subscribe Blog Newsletters Resources White Papers Brochures Datasheets Webcasts Videos Events Home MPMN Medtech Pulse Blog Nontoxic and Biocompatible , Gallium Nitride Could Be Used in Medical Implants Nontoxic and Biocompatible , Gallium Nitride Could Be Used in Medical Implants Researchers at North Carolina State University NC State Raleigh and Purdue University West Lafayette , IN have shown that the semiconductor material gallium nitride GaN is nontoxic and is compatible with human cells . This discovery could open the door to the material’s

  • UBM Canon’s 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards Calls for Entries

    Updated: 2011-10-25 22:35:06
    The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program is accepting entries for its 2012 competition from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture or distribution of finished medical devices or medical packaging products. The MDEA is presented by UBM Canon and sponsored by MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry) magazine. Now in its 15th [...]

  • Editor’s Note October 25, 2011

    Updated: 2011-10-25 17:40:07
    OneMedForum SF 2012 is around the corner and we are gearing up to present some of the most promising companies and technologies, as well as innovative approaches to funding the growth economy. In this issue: Alexei Marko, CEO of Neovasc [CVE:NVC]discusses the company’s innovative Reducer device used to treat refractory angina. Peter Winter, consultant to the biotechnology industry, brings us financings and business developments in the global diagnostics business in his column “This Week In Diagnostics“. Peter has over 30 years experience as a scientist, science journalist, and publisher. Dr.

  • Ruland Introduces Miniature Couplings for Medical Applications

    Updated: 2011-10-25 09:17:08
    Ruland Manufacturing offers miniature rigid couplings for a wide variety of medical devices. Common applications include test and measurement systems, imaging, patient positioning and liquid handling such as chromatography. Rigid couplings are zero-backlash, torsionally stiff and have high torque capacity. According to Ruland, they should be used when shaft misalignment is neither present nor desired, with [...]

  • MPMN October 2011, Volume 27, No 8 Qmed

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  • Editor’s Note October 17, 2011

    Updated: 2011-10-17 16:49:22
    As OneMedForum SF 2012 approaches, OneMedSentinel is on the lookout for some of the most promising companies and technologies, as well as innovative approaches to funding the growth economy. In this issue: Gonzague Issenman, CEO of STENTYS [EPA:STNT] admits the company may solve one of the biggest problems in treating Acute Coronary Syndrome. Zosano Pharma, Inc. and Asahei Kasei Pharma formed a collaboration to develop Teribone, a patch treatment for osteoporosis. This transdermal technology provides efficient delivery using a noninvasive and painless system. Peter Winter, consultant to the biotechnology industry,

  • The Gold Standard 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award Winners Qmed

    Updated: 2011-10-07 23:15:21
    : Jump to Navigation Login Register Username or e-mail : Password : Create new account Request new password HOME SUPPLIER DIRECTORY Supplier Categories Supplier A-Z NEWS Medical Device News Supplier News MPMN About MPMN Ask the Experts MPMN Archive Subscribe Blog Newsletters Resources White Papers Brochures Datasheets Webcasts Videos Events Home Galleries shana's Galleries The Gold Standard : 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award Winners The Gold Standard : 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award Winners Continue to the Next Photo The Gold Standard The Medical Design Excellence Awards MDEA program honors medical devices that demonstrate product innovation , design and engineering achievement , end-user benefit , and cost-effectiveness in manufacturing and healthcare delivery . Flip through the

  • MPMN September 2011, Volume 27, No 7 Qmed

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  • An eye gene colors butterfly wings red

    Updated: 2011-09-20 20:33:13
    Red may mean STOP or I LOVE YOU! A red splash on a toxic butterfly's wing screams DON'T EAT ME! In nature, one toxic butterfly species may mimic the wing pattern of another toxic species in the area. By using the same signal, they send a stronger message: DON'T EAT US! . Now several research teams that include Smithsonian researchers in Panama, have discovered that Heliconius butterflies mimic each other's red wing patterns through changes in the same gene........

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