Archive for April 2016
Patent Awarded to 4WEB Medical for Novel Programmable Truss Implant Technology
4WEB Medical, the industry leader in 3D printed orthopedic implants, announced at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery (ISASS) annual meeting today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued US Patent No. 9,271,845 B2, entitled “Programmable Implants and Methods of Using Programmable Implants to Repair Bone Structures”. The issued claims…
Read MoreBetter fix for torn ACL
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a torn anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is one of the most common knee injuries. Approximately 200,000 Americans experience a torn ACL each year, and more than half undergo surgical repairs. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed a model to show…
Read MoreZika Virus Linked to Additional Brain Disorder
The Zika virus may be associated with an autoimmune disorder that attacks the brain’s myelin similar to multiple sclerosis, according to a small study that is being released today and will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, April 15 to 21, 2016. “Though our study is small,…
Read More“Smart” Dressing Provides Doctors Warning of Wound Infections
BiMedis has already featured a very interesting article about the clinical trials of the handheld autofluorescence imaging platform, PRODIGI. In recent times, several freshness indicators have been patented for food products which react to time and temperature, letting you know when something spoils. Now, researchers have developed a wound dressing that glows green when it detects…
Read MoreHow an obscure medical technology caught the eye of Joe Biden. And John Grisham
An obscure medical technique involving zapping a body part with converging beams of sound is finally getting some high-profile attention. Focused ultrasound, as the procedure is known, is used commercially in the United States to treat just a few medical conditions, including uterine fibroids and prostate cancer. Just over two dozen hospitals and clinics across…
Read MoreSurvey: Medical sales reps like the money, not their bosses
Although medical sales reps report that relationships with patients and providers are the things they like best about their jobs, those who say they’re least satisfied with their jobs are also the ones who make the least, according to a survey of more than 1,400 reps. The MedReps.com survey also reveals what medical sales reps…
Read MoreAnnual CEO Health Care Survey Finds Patient Engagement, Population Health, & Consumerism Top Concerns
While care transformation continues to lead the list of concerns for hospital and health system executives, The Advisory Board Company’s Annual Health Care CEO Survey found meeting consumer expectations and patient engagement join the top concerns. The study found 47 percent of executive respondents said that they were extremely interested in addressing the challenge of rising…
Read MoreTyber Medical Claims Bactria Decline on Implants
Tyber Medical, LLC, a privately held medical device company located in Morristown, New Jersey, announces that research ongoing at Northeastern University, Chicago, demonstrate a statistically significant reduction in bacteria on implant surfaces processed with the firm’s BioTy, a Modified Surface Treatment. The research performed at Thomas J. Webster, Ph.D.’s Nanomedicine Lab at Northeastern University establishes…
Read MoreElectric Fork Adds Taste to Salt-free Meal
A prototype of the “electric flavoring fork,” which generates a salty taste by stimulating the tongue with electricity, was announced in Japan. The fork was developed based on the “electric flavoring” technology being researched by Hiromi Nakamura at Rekimoto Lab, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo. It is an application of an…
Read MoreLDR Holding: More Good News for Mobi-C
LDR Holding Corporation has announced in a March 29, 2016 news release that, “Five-year clinical results of cervical total disc replacement compared with anterior discectomy and fusion for treatment of two-level symptomatic degenerative disc disease: a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter investigational device exemption clinical trial” has been published by the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. “Mobi-C…
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