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UBM Canon Introduces Medtech Issues in an Election Year Project

UBM Canon’s medical content team has announced a new project focused on the upcoming US election and its impact on the medtech industry. The project is called Medtech Issues in an Election Year and includes a dedicated page on the MD+DI website, e-newsletters and a webcast series. The MD+DI page, available at www.mddionline.com/election, already has [...]

Rap Music Powers Medical Pressure Sensor

At the IEEE MEMS conference in Paris this week, Purdue researchers introduced an implantable sensor that can be powered by exposure to music, according to a Purdue press release. Music within 200-500 Hz causes a cantilever in the device to vibrate.  Strong bass, common in rap music, is especially suitable because of its low frequency sound. [...]

It?s Official: Interface Extrusion Process Is Pyrogen Free

From the wire: Independent statistically significant test results from a leading laboratory have shown that Interface catheters extruded solely in a cleanroom environment are free of pyrogens. Results from three different methods of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) testing for endotoxins indicate the extrusion lines can be classified as ?pyrogen free.?  The implications of these test [...]

UK Physicians Warned about Silimed Breast Implants

After the Pip implant scandal, breast implants from another manufacturer are now causing cancer fears in Europe, according to an article in the Daily Mail. A senior manager at the UK hospital chain Nuffield Health has warned the chain’s leading doctors to avoid offering Silimed implants, manufactured by the German company Polytech Health and Aesthetics, to [...]

DSM and EPflex to Collaborate on Medical Guidewires with DSM ComfortCoat Hydrophilic Coating

DSM Biomedical (Heerlen, Netherlands) and EPflex (Dettingen an der Erms, Germany) have announced that they will collaborate on a new set of guidewires with ComfortCoat hydrophilic coating, a proprietary DSM technology. EPflex, a manufacturer of metallic single use products for minimally invasive surgery, will manufacture the guidewires and DSM, a biomedical materials company, will provide [...]

How Social Media and Open Access Journals Are Changing Research

An article on the New York Times website this month discussed a new generation of research websites, where scientists can collaborate and share their studies. The article compares “open science” with traditional peer-reviewed journals, quoting researchers that consider the traditional process to be expensive (for the readers), slow and elitist. Scientists are seeking out new [...]

Medtech Week Recap: Barack Obama Details Plan to Bring Manufacturers Back to the United States

Last week, US President Barack Obama presented a blueprint for reshoring?bringing manufacturing back to the United States?in his State of the Union Address. Obama proposed tax breaks and financial incentives for American companies that bring back jobs to the United States. It remains to be seen if these ideas get implemented, however, cautions MPMN Editor [...]

Is CE Mark ?Good Enough?? LinkedIn Members Weigh In

Over the years, a growing number of medical device companies in the United States have decided to obtain the CE mark for new products before attempting to approve products through FDA. While FDA is not monolithic, many in the industry view the European system as generally more consistent, transparent, and often easier to deal with [...]

Why Is the United States Upset Over the Device Levy?

Nick Woods, Director of Hill Woods Medical Media Ltd, has written an editorial for MD+DI. In it, Woods explains that US manufacturers aren?t really arguing the right way to get the device tax repealed. ?The only problem is, chaps, that the legislature is either not listening or it doesn?t believe you. Lobby all you like, but [...]

Medisiams and World Medtech Forum Lucerne Join Forces

Medisiams, the supplier trade fair from West Switzerland, is going to be integrated into the World Medtech Forum Lucerne held from 25 to 27 September 2012 in Lucerne, Switzerland. This decision was made by the Medical Cluster, Medtech Switzerland, Siams SA and Messe Luzern AG to establish Switzerland as a vital hub for the research, development and production [...]