MEDTEC France - 2012, une première à Lyon !

Health Hack Day Aims to Connect Talented Developers with Investors

Psykologifabriken and Hoa’s Tool Shop, two Swedish companies, will hold what they say is the world’s first Health Hack Day in May in Stockholm. The event aims to make developers aware of the many opportunities in creating apps for the healthcare market. It will take place on 18?20 May 2012. The idea was born after [...]

Pacemakers That Get Their Energy from . . . the Heart

The race to find alternative sources of energy has taken an intracorporeal turn, as researchers far and wide attempt to find a way to power pacemakers without the use of batteries. Back in November, medtechinsider reported on a material that can generate power by absorbing light from outside the body, thereby eliminating the need for [...]

UC Berkeley Research Could Help Patients Unable to Speak

Research at the University of California, Berkeley may one day help patients unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis. Neuroscientists have decoded electrical activity in the brain’s temporal lobe, the location of the auditory system, in people listening to conversation. It might be possible to apply the same principles to what people think, since [...]

Swedish Company Breaks Mould in Suzhou for Medtech Suppliers

The landscape of medical manufacturing in China today looks an awful lot like the automotive sector did 15 to 20 years ago, says Karl Stillman, Regional Sales Director, Asia, for injection moulder and contract manufacturer Rosti. Back then, the automobile industry had not yet realised high-volume output, and ?global automakers were looking for good manufacturers [...]

Nanodiamonds Could Improve Safety of Metal Hip Implants

Hip replacement can provide great relief for patients with damaged hips, reducing pain and discomfort associated with everyday activities. Unfortunately, hip implants can also result in implant failure. The recent metal-on-metal hip recalls have demonstrated the risks of metal debris that is released due to joint wear, causing tissue damage and inflammation. Researchers at the [...]

Will Ireland Mate Ducks and Geese to Make Better Medical Devices?

Guest blogger Dave Selin, European Sales Manager, Uson, writes: The US FDA 21 CFR Part 11 standard for software validation has long been an international standard adhered to by global device manufacturers. It has assured that production line records are tamper-free. As a manufacturer of leak detection instrumentation used on a wide range of medical device production lines, [...]

Medtech Week Recap: Czech Republic to Establish Biotechnology Centre near Prague

Last week, the Education Ministry of the Czech Republic approved the establishment of the Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre (Biocev), to be built near Prague. The project is a collaboration between the Czech Science Academy and Prague’s Charles University and will focus on the development of drugs, diagnostics, tissue engineering and natural antibiotics. The plan is to [...]

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 [...]