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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Artist Paints Medical Helmets For Babies

Artist Paula Strawn paints boring white medical helmets for babies into something cool! These helmets are meant to reshape the skulls of children who were born with Flat Head Syndrome. Medical science, man. I love it. related question: How do they...

January 8, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Patient Hand Hygiene: The Missing Link

Abstract: Hospital acquired infections (HAI’s) are a major threat to patient safety and there is substantial evidence that good hand hygiene reduces the transmission of these diseases. However, most hand hygiene initiatives have focused on the role of the healthcare...

January 8, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

A Hearing Test You Can Take On The Phone

Hearing loss can have a negative impact on work. It can lead to social isolation. It can even contribute to dementia. And one-third of Americans 65 and older have some level of hearing impairment. Typically they wait years to get...

January 7, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

This Is Why You Absolutely Need To Stop Wearing Shoes In Your House

Have you ever been to someone’s home and they have all the shoes by the front door outside of the house? I have had several friends mostly from eastern and/or Asian families who do this. I always found it interesting...

January 7, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

The World’s First Wireless, Continuous, Fully Disposable Pulse Oximeter

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — True Wearables, Inc., a medical device start-up based in Orange County, CA, announced today Oxxiom, the world’s first wireless, continuous, fully disposable, single-use pulse oximeter. Oxxiom measures arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse...

January 7, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

ORNL cell-free protein synthesis is potential lifesaver

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Dec. 29, 2015 – Lives of soldiers and others injured in remote locations could be saved with a cell-free protein synthesis system developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The device, a creation of...

January 7, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Surgical Theater Announces Jim Breidenstein as new President & COO of the SNAP Division

CLEVELAND, OH–(Marketwired – Dec 7, 2015) – Surgical Theater, a leader in the field of Virtual Reality and Image Guidance software for surgery, further strengthens its leadership team, and further advances its competitive advantage by the recent hiring of start-up...

December 9, 2015

Resource Library

The 2016 Medical Device Job Survey

In our inaugural 2010 Medical Device Jobs Survey of 2,150 medical device industry professionals, 28% indicated that they were “actively looking” with an additional 28% answering that there was a “strong possibility” of a job change in 2010. All in...

December 7, 2015

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Xenex Wins 1st Place Infection Control ESP Award

Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot was awarded the first place Infection Control award in Surgical Products’ annual Excellence in Surgical Products Awards. To learn more about the product, Surgical Products connected with the experts at Xenex. ​ Numerous studies have shown that standard cleaning practices leave contamination on OR surfaces...

December 3, 2015