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Special concession on PTI training courses for new and growing life science organisations

Following its recent introduction of innovative game-based e-learning modules, Pharmaceutical Training International (PTI) is providing the opportunity to make substantial savings on its full range of training courses to start-ups and SMEs (with fewer than 50 employees), as well as non-profit organisations and government bodies...

From Pharmaceutical Training International 10 Apr 2015

National study comparing minimally invasive lumbar decompression (mild) with epidural steroid injections (ESIs) reaches full enrollment

Lumbar spinal stenosis is primarily a degenerative, age-related narrowing of the lower spinal canal resulting in compression of the nerve roots. MILD treats this compression by removing small portions of lamina and hypertrophic ligamentum flavum in a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure through an opening about the size of a baby aspirin...

9 Apr 2015

MTI Expo 2015 to focus on engineering requirements in the medical technology sector

April 29-30, Ricoh Stadium, Coventry sees the next edition of the Med-Tech Innovation exhibition take place – engineering is the thread that runs through the whole show.

30 Mar 2015

K2M announces enhanced complex spine portfolio with addition of its innovative NILE™ alternative fixation spinal system

NILE features low-profile, robust implants and intuitive and light ergonomic instruments, intended to provide stabilization between the spine and the rod, and to allow for reduction, translation, compression and distraction while sparing the anatomy...

26 Mar 2015

Multimodality at the Center for Advanced Biomedical Imaging: an interview with Professor Mark Lythgoe, UCL

Imaging techniques used to live in medical physics departments, where physicists worked on them, but now we're seeing biologists, cell biologists and developmental biologists looking at cellular processes and it's those advances that are really enabling imaging to move forward in a way that it hasn't previously been able to...

From Bruker BioSpin Group 25 Mar 2015

Bayer launches new polycarbonate blend grade tailored for wearable medical devices

New grade offers high level of chemical resistance, excellent rigidity and toughness and limited biocompatibility compliance

11 Feb 2015

Olympus FLUOVIEW FVMPE-RS Multiphoton microscope series adds two new systems for imaging deep, rapidly changing biological specimens

Olympus has announced the release of two new configurations in its FLUOVIEW® FVMPE-RS multiphoton laser scanning microscope series -- a Gantry microscope system and an inverted microscope system.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 9 Feb 2015

Distribution partnership announced by Nanion Technologies and Axion Biosystems

Nanion Technologies, a leading provider of automated patch clamp platforms, and Axion Biosystems, originator of the first high throughput microelectrode array system, today announce a distribution partnership in Europe and China. Nanion will immediately carry Axion’s MEA-products, supporting a broad range of biomedical applications.

17 Jun 2014

Lucideon invests in an Agilent 7900 Quadrapole ICP-MS to extend its analysis techniques offerings

Lucideon, the international provider of materials development, testing and assurance, and formerly known as Ceram, is pleased to announce it has invested in the latest Agilent 7900 Quadrapole Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).

From Lucideon 21 May 2014

Catheter coating: an interview with Dr. Hinke Malda, Director of Medical Coatings, DSM Biomedical

DSM’s biomedical work brings new material innovation to market through the development of novel materials-based solutions that meet the present and future needs of the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

22 Apr 2014

National clinical trial to test new avenue for tinnitus treatment

UT Southwestern Medical Center will take part in a national clinical trial to test a device that could provide relief for people suffering from tinnitus, a persistent buzzing or ringing sound in the ears. The device uses nervous system stimuli to rewire parts of the brain, in hopes of significantly reducing or removing tinnitus.

7 Mar 2014

Professor wins $1M to create medical devices that lead to greater control of prosthetics in soldiers

Dr. Walter Voit, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been awarded $1 million to create medical devices that will lead to greater control of prosthetics in wounded soldiers.

17 Dec 2013

White paper discusses the effects of particle shape and size on the properties of medical materials

Ceram, the international materials technology company, has published a new white paper for the medical devices industry, ‘The Effects of Particle Size Distribution on the Properties of Medical Materials’.

3 Dec 2013

Temple University surgeons use CVHP Scalpel to remove inoperable metastatic Stage 4 Breast cancer

On September 18, 2013, a surgical team at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., performed a groundbreaking procedure on a patient who had previously been diagnosed with inoperable metastatic Stage 4 Breast cancer, using the Canady Vieira Hybrid Plasma Scalpel developed and sold by US Medical Innovations, LLC.

25 Oct 2013

Ceram hosts free webinar on ‘How Clean is Your Device?’

Ceram, the international materials technology company, will be hosting a free webinar, ‘How Clean is Your Device?’ on Thursday 21 November at 3pm (UK time).

17 Oct 2013

Digital security: an interview with Jon Edgcombe, leader of the software technologies group at Cambridge Consultants

Digital security is a key requirement in our product designs, especially in markets such as healthcare where the design is complete long before final regulatory approval. From a commercial point of view, ignoring data privacy, device authentication, and anti-counterfeit at design stage is no longer a tenable position for a connected product that produces sensitive patient data – even if it is nominally pseudonomised.

2 Oct 2013

Researchers take major step in development of possible treatment for stroke recovery

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have taken a step toward developing a new treatment to aid the recovery of limb function after strokes.

2 Oct 2013

Understanding tribological damage in biomaterials and medical implants

During their service life, most biomaterials and medical implants are vulnerable to tribological damage. In addition, the environments in which they are placed are often corrosive. The combination of triobology, corrosion and the biological environment has been named ‘bio-tribocorrosion’. Understanding this complex phenomenon is critical to improving the design and service life of medical implants. This important book reviews recent key research in this area.

20 Sep 2013

ParaVision® 6 software from Bruker introduced at 2013 World Molecular Imaging Congress

At the 2013 World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC, www.wmicmeeting.org), Bruker today introduces its ParaVision® 6 software, setting new standards in preclinical MRI software that delivers significantly enhanced productivity for both, routine users and accomplished experts. A redefined workflow introduces optimized, application-oriented experimental protocols, an intuitive, interactive 3D scan planning viewport, and automatic reporting. Thanks to its DICOM-based data exchange module, ParaVision 6 seamlessly integrates with data from multimodal imaging studies employed in many preclinical research labs.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 19 Sep 2013

Companion diagnostics: an interview with Trevor Hawkins, SVP, Strategy, Innovation and Business Development for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

Companion diagnostics is critical in helping to pave the way for personalized medicine, in which the treatment is adapted and precisely tailored to the patient.

From Siemens Healthineers 27 Aug 2013