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Aluminium Oxide Coating Could Make Silicon-Based Medical Implants More Functional

A new medical device coating could reduce the costs of developing medical implantable sensors that work in direct contact with living tissue in the body. The coating is patent-pending and was developed by researchers at Ohio State University, according to a university press release. While researchers continue to make advances in the field of implantable [...]

Microcontroller Enables All-in-One Device for Diabetics

Integration is good, especially for diabetics. Insulin-treated diabetics typically need to to have at hand a lancet, test strips, blood glucose meter, injection device and some form of diary to manage their treatment. That’s a lot of stuff to carry around. The Brighter One device developed by Brighter AB (Stockholm) integrates all of these functions [...]

UK Royal Academy of Engineering Report Outlines Lessons Medtech Industry Can Learn from Engineering Sector

The medical device industry has much to learn from the engineering sector when it comes to demonstrating the safety of new devices, according to a report from the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. The report was produced following a roundtable discussion featuring clinicians and engineers. It was designed as a response to the upcoming revision [...]

Galway Companies Join EU Project to Develop New Medtech Manufacturing Technologies

Two companies based in Galway, Ireland’s medtech hub, are contributing their expertise to a pan-European project designed to develop new technologies for medical manufacturing, reports www.siliconrepublic.com. Crospon, founded in 2006 to develop minimally invasive surgical devices, and Adama Innovations, which was spun out from Irish nanoscience institute CRANN earlier this year, have been selected to [...]

Ethylene Oxide Sterilisation Course Offers Participants Opportunity to Discuss Products Confidentially

An interactive course offered by High Edge Consulting will provide a detailed insight into ethylene oxide sterilisation. The course will be offered on 25 June and 15 October 2013 at Holiday Inn in Birmingham, UK.   The course will cover practical aspects of the process and the detailed regulatory requirements necessary to achieve compliance to [...]

Metal Alloy Could Increase Visibility of Medical Implants under X-ray

A new metal alloy could help medical implants become more visible under X-rays. The material was developed by researchers from the Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI) at the University of Limerick. Many implantable medical devices are made with materials that don’t show up well when using medical imaging. This can cause problems during minimally [...]

Puracon Expands Medical Packaging Footprint in Germany and United States

Puracon GmbH is expanding production capacity at its home base in Germany and plans to build a facility in the United States. The new facility at the company’s Rosenheim, Germany, location will have a 6000-sq-m production area, tripling its current footprint. As part of the construction project, Puracon has commissioned a second cleanroom. The new [...]

UK MHRA Announces Tracking System for Medical Implants

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is piloting a new tracking system for high-risk medical devices. The tracking system will start in four NHS trusts and will incorporate unique device identifiers (UDIs) into patient electronic records and national Hospital Episode Statistics databases, and analysis by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. The system [...]

Irish Engineering Student Helps Zimmer Reduce Production Bottlenecks

Zimmer Orthopaedics is eliminating production bottlenecks at its facility in Shannon, Ireland, and it has an engineering student to thank. Patrick Byrnes, who is enrolled at Cork Institute of Technology, analysed where bottlenecks occurred in Zimmer’s existing manufacturing processes as part of a competition organised by Ireland’s professional engineering body. Engineers Ireland awarded Byrnes the [...]

France Lets “Sunshine” In: What Transparency Really Means for the Medical Industry

As reported in medtechinsider on 31 May 2013, France has implemented the remaining sunshine regulations. The regulations are an extension of the Bertrand law, which was passed in 2011, requiring all healthcare-related enterprises to exercise greater transparency in their relations with customers. In this article, René Clément, co-chair of Medimark Europe, which serves as an [...]