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Prosthetic (Prosthesis) devices, such as an artificial leg, that replace a part of the body. Prostheses are typically used to replace parts lost by injury (traumatic) or missing from birth (congenital) or to supplement defective body parts. Inside the body, artificial heart valves are in common use with artificial hearts and lungs seeing less common use but under active technology development. Other medical devices and aids that can be considered prosthetics include artificial eyes, palatal obturator, gastric bands, and dentures.

Nanotechnology holds promise for developing surgical measures

A new review published in WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology explores how nanotechnology may provide powerful new tools that could have a marked impact on the therapeutic and diagnostic measures available to surgeons.

1 Mar 2011

Swedish brain scientists create illusion of owning three arms

How we experience our own bodies is a classical question in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been believed that our body image is limited by our innate body plan - in other words that we cannot experience having more than one head, two arms and two legs. However, brain scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now shown that it is possible to make healthy volunteers experience having three arms at the same time.

25 Feb 2011

Sensable's new Intellifit TE Digital Restoration System offers wide range of benefits to dental labs

Sensable Dental, a division of Sensable, announced the newest version of its Intellifit TE Digital Restoration System that offers dental labs even more choice, performance and flexibility in digitally designing and fabricating a wide range of dental restorations.

25 Feb 2011

UT Southwestern Medical Center launches new multidisciplinary abdominal wall surgery program

A 2002 auto accident started Rex Smith down a dark and difficult road. The collision perforated his colon, requiring multiple surgeries that subsequently weakened his abdominal muscles until they could no longer hold in internal organs.

23 Feb 2011

Rapid advancements in joint replacement technology

Past presidents such as Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush are among the millions of Americans who have undergone some form of joint replacement/repair surgery. While we see presidents come and go, advancements in joint replacement technology are up for reelection much more often.

21 Feb 2011

Swedish neuroscientist demonstrates how brain produces sense of ownership of the body

Leave your body and shake hands with yourself, gain an extra limb or change into a robot for a while. Swedish neuroscientist Henrik Ehrsson has demonstrated that the brain's image of the body is negotiable. Applications stretch from touch-sensitive prostheses to robotics and virtual worlds.

21 Feb 2011

John Theurer chief to present videos on new limb-sparing surgical techniques at AAOS conference

James C. Wittig, M.D., chief of the division of skin and sarcoma cancer at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center will present eleven different educational videos on innovative approaches to orthopedic oncology at the upcoming American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference.

20 Feb 2011

Pittsburgh researchers awarded funds for testing brain-computer interfaces in patients with spinal cord injuries

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have been awarded funding for two projects that will place brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in patients with spinal cord injuries to test if it is possible for them to control external devices, such as a computer cursor or a prosthetic limb, with their thoughts.

18 Feb 2011

Rinsing technique with betadine may reduce infection rate following total knee, hip arthroplasty

A rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total knee and hip joint replacement surgery according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center.

18 Feb 2011

San Francisco area patient files DePuy hip replacement recall lawsuit

Wendy R. Fleishman, a partner in the national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announces that Alec MacPhail, of Danville, California, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against DePuy Orthopedics, Inc., and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, Inc., for manufacturing an allegedly defective prosthetic hip implant device sold under the brand name DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System.

18 Feb 2011

Study: Simultaneous knee replacement linked with higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes within 30 days

Replacing both knees in one surgery, or simultaneous total knee replacement was associated with significantly fewer prosthetic joint infections as well as other revision knee operations within one year after surgery, compared with total knee replacements performed in two separate procedures.

17 Feb 2011

Veterans organizations urge Administration and Congress to invest $65.3B to meet veterans health-care, benefits

Four of the nation's leading veterans service organizations are urging the Administration and Congress to invest $65.3 billion to sufficiently meet veterans health-care and veterans benefits needs. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, the administration has proposed $61.9 billion in discretionary spending for fiscal year 2012. The budget proposal now goes to Congress for consideration.

15 Feb 2011

Dabigatran drug helps prevent blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation

The newly approved drug dabigatran is an alternative to warfarin to help prevent dangerous blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to updated guidelines from the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society.

15 Feb 2011

World's earliest functional prosthetic body parts on Egyptian mummy

Two artificial big toes - one found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy - may have been the world's earliest functional prosthetic body parts, says the scientist who tested replicas on volunteers.

14 Feb 2011

DENTSPLY 2010 net sales increase 2.9% to record $2.221 billion

DENTSPLY International Inc. today announced sales and earnings for the three months and year ended December 31, 2010.

9 Feb 2011

UW research receives Keck Foundation grant to restore lost brain function using neurochips

Tiny, implantable computers that would restore brain function lost to disease or injury is the goal of University of Washington research recently funded by a $1 million, three-year grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation.

9 Feb 2011

FDA proposes new Innovation Pathway program for pioneering medical devices

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed the Innovation Pathway, a priority review program for new, breakthrough medical devices and announced the first submission: a brain-controlled, upper-extremity prosthetic that will serve as a pilot for the program. The FDA also announced plans to seek further public comment before the Pathway can be used more broadly.

9 Feb 2011

New replacement valve can help patients to avoid multiple open-heart surgeries

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of major birth defects in the U.S., affecting about 34,000 babies each year. Twenty percent of these patients are born with a malformation of the pulmonary valve, which is a flap-like opening on the right side of the heart that is responsible for regulating the blood flow to the lungs. Now, a new replacement valve being used at Rush University Medical Center can help patients with damaged heart valves delay or avoid multiple open-heart surgeries.

3 Feb 2011

FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Sonitus Medical's SoundBite Hearing System

Sonitus Medical, Inc., a medical device company that manufactures the world's first non-surgical and removable hearing prosthetic to transmit sound via the teeth, today announced that it has received FDA clearance for its SoundBite Hearing System. The FDA 510(k) clearance is the first for the company and the product.

27 Jan 2011

FDA approves On-X AAP with Vascutek Gelweave Valsalva Graft

On-X Life Technologies, announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the On-X Ascending Aortic Prosthesis with the Vascutek Gelweave Valsalva Graft.

23 Jan 2011

Prosthetic News and Research

Nanotechnology holds promise for developing surgical measures

Swedish brain scientists create illusion of owning three arms

Sensable's new Intellifit TE Digital Restoration System offers wide range of benefits to dental labs

UT Southwestern Medical Center launches new multidisciplinary abdominal wall surgery program

Rapid advancements in joint replacement technology

Swedish neuroscientist demonstrates how brain produces sense of ownership of the body

John Theurer chief to present videos on new limb-sparing surgical techniques at AAOS conference

Pittsburgh researchers awarded funds for testing brain-computer interfaces in patients with spinal cord injuries

Rinsing technique with betadine may reduce infection rate following total knee, hip arthroplasty

San Francisco area patient files DePuy hip replacement recall lawsuit

Study: Simultaneous knee replacement linked with higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes within 30 days

Veterans organizations urge Administration and Congress to invest $65.3B to meet veterans health-care, benefits

Dabigatran drug helps prevent blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation

World's earliest functional prosthetic body parts on Egyptian mummy

DENTSPLY 2010 net sales increase 2.9% to record $2.221 billion

UW research receives Keck Foundation grant to restore lost brain function using neurochips

FDA proposes new Innovation Pathway program for pioneering medical devices

New replacement valve can help patients to avoid multiple open-heart surgeries

FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Sonitus Medical's SoundBite Hearing System

FDA approves On-X AAP with Vascutek Gelweave Valsalva Graft

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Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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