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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Design | Materials | Prototyping | Research & Development
New Technologies Reshape Orthopedic Design
Additive manufacturing, materials, software, and human factors considerations all impact today’s development strategies.Mark Crawford, Contributing Writer 08.15.18
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Design
Coming Clean: Developing Standards for Cleaning Reusable Devices and Instruments
Five years ago, I shuddered to read the headlines about “dirty” endoscopes being used in colonoscopies and the speculation that followed. Are colonoscopies really safe? Is this what’s creating new superbugs? Why weren’t hospit…Dawn A. Lissy, President & Founder, Empirical 08.15.18
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Design | Research & Development
Tips to Help Ensure a Successful Surgeon Design Team
Design surgeons and surgeon design times have been at the core of the significant advances that have occurred in the medical device market in the last few decades. Working with surgeon design teams is inspirational, mentally demanding, and exciting.…David C. Kelman, President, Kelman & Company Consulting LLC 08.15.18
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Materials | Trauma/Sports
Self-Fitting Scaffold Promotes Bone Regeneration
Until now, no bone scaffold in commercial market possesses such shape memory self-fitting effect.The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 08.14.18
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Biologics | Materials | Spine/Neurology | Trauma/Sports
3D-Printed Scaffold Could Help Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
Research combines cutting-edge cell bioengineering and unique 3D-printing techniques.Videos University of Minnesota 08.13.18
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Biocompatibility & Testing
Sotera Health's Nelson Labs Acquires N.J.-Based Gibraltar Laboratories
Strengthens Nelson Labs’ outsourced testing capabilities to better serve the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.Business Wire 08.08.18
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Biologics | Materials | Trauma/Sports
Biocompatible, Bioresorbable Polymeric Material Could Repair Damaged Bones
Lab specialists developed a 3D porous material made of collagen and chitosan, an analog of bone tissue.Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University 08.07.18
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Large Joint | Materials
Study Proves Lower Revision Rate with 'Cross-Linked' Polyethylene Hip Implants
The use of "XLPE" resulted in a significant reduction in the rate of revision at 16 years.Wolters Kluwer Health 08.06.18
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Biologics | Materials
RTI Surgical & Aziyo Biologics Partnership Expands Access to ViBone Bone Repair
Agreement will boost availability of ViBone, a next generation cellular bone matrix product.Business Wire 08.02.18
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Coatings/Surface Modification
3D-Printed Implants Shown to Help Grow 'Real Bone'
Chemically coated, ceramic implants successfully guided the regrowth of missing bone.NYU Langone Health/NYU School of Medicine 08.02.18
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Materials | Spine/Neurology | Trauma/Sports
Surgical Cement Heals Spinal Fractures with Magnetic, Targeted Drug Delivery
Researchers were able to guide magnetic nanoparticles directly to lesions near the fractures.University of Illinois at Chicago 07.30.18
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Biocompatibility & Testing | Packaging & Sterilization
Millstone Medical Welcomes Chief Information Officer to Headquarter Facility
Khrishna Mangal most recently served as a consultant for Paragon Medical.Millstone Medical Outsourcing 07.26.18
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Biocompatibility & Testing | Contract Manufacturing | Machining & Tooling | Prototyping
Empirical Celebrates 20 Years of Service in the Medical Device Industry
The Empirical family of companies is hosting a 20th anniversary celebration and pig roast Aug. 3-5.Empirical 07.24.18
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Biologics | Materials
Bioventus to Divest BMP Development Program to Viscogliosi Brothers
Bone morphogenic protein (BMP) helps stimulate the body to heal itself.Business Wire 07.23.18
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Machining & Tooling
Cadence Expands CNC Electrochemical Grinding Technology
Enables processing of harder materials such as spring tempered steel for profile grinding-shavers.Cadence 07.19.18
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Coatings/Surface Modification | Spine/Neurology
FDA OKs First Nanotechnology PEEK Devices for Spinal Intervertebral Fusion
Vallum Corporation receives FDA clearance for Its PEEKplus nanotexturing.Business Wire 07.17.18
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Materials
Modern Plastics Announces Fall 2018 Building Expansion
The new space will consume an additional 10,000 square feet of climate-controlled clean warehouse space.Modern Plastics 07.10.18
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Coatings/Surface Modification
A Molecular Label: Traceability for Medical Implants
Researchers have used polymers to chemically "label" an implant at the molecular level.CNRS 07.06.18
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Extremities | Large Joint | Materials
Graphene Foam Could Ease Osteoarthritis Joint Pain
Researchers test how graphene foam might function under forces like high impact.Newswise 07.06.18
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3-D Printing/Additive Mfg. | Spine/Neurology
FDA OKs Renovis Surgical's Trabecular Hyperlordotic ALIF Interbody Spinal Fusion System
Tesera implants utilize additive manufacturing (3D printing) with a roughened, highly porous surface structure.PR Newswire 06.28.18
