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Plastics maintain sterility with packaging and gloves, enable precise drug delivery through syringes, and are critical in life- saving equipment like heart valves and dialysis machines. Devices and components such as these often tip the scales in life threatening situations and can directly save lives.Medical grade plastic materials offer several advantages over ...
The field of medicine is constantly evolving, with new procedures and technologies emerging that improve patient outcomes and reduce recovery times. As these innovations advance, the materials that make them possible become increasingly important. One such group of materials, fluoropolymers, is proving to be essential for a variety of cutting-edge medical procedures. Known for their exceptional ...
One significant application is in transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR), a minimally invasive procedure that revolutionizes aortic valve disease treatment. Interventional echocardiography provides real-time visualization, aiding in precise valve placement and ensuring successful outcomes. Beyond TAVR, interventional echocardiography ...
Examples include implantable devices such as pacemakers, artificial heart valves and heart-lung machines.Why is the MDD important?The MDD is essential because it ensures that medical devices are safe and effective before they are placed on the market. ...
Dental Problems Linked To Heart Disease and Diabetes Over the last ten years there has been a growing body of evidence linking periodontal disease and systemic diseases. ...
At present, it has become the metal material of choice for replacement or repair products such as artificial joints, artificial bones, broken bone fixators, spine correction rods, intramedullary nails, artificial heart valves, dental implants, and skulls. Here is an introduction to the medical implantation of nitinol products and porous titanium products ...
Metal samples are extracted in solvent and measured on Sitelab's analyzers. The UVF-3100 and TD-500D display the concentration of oil in ppm units. Test results can be converted to mg/sq-meter if the surface area is known, which is often required for certain applications. ...
This is why they are found in synovial fluid, articular cartilage, heart valves (chondroitin sulfate, the most abundant GAG in the body), skin, pulmonary arteries and liver (heparin with anticoagulant function), tendons and lungs (dermatan sulfate) and cornea and bone (keratin ...
These findings would facilitate the development of novel vascular grafts, heart valves, and cell based therapies for cardiovascular diseases. ...
Nitinol's superelasticity can compress medical devices, such as stents or heart valves, into a shape that fits inside the catheter. Place the catheter in the correct position in the body, release the device, and then restore its original shape. ...
A CHD occurs when the heart or the blood vessels near the heart fail to develop properly before birth. Common examples include holes in the walls of the heart and narrowed or leaky valves. In more severe forms of CHDs, blood vessels or heart chambers may be missing, poorly formed and/or in the wrong place. ...
As the number of patients suffering from heart disease has increased over the years, so too has the need for heart transplants. Unfortunately, the global supply of donor hearts remains limited, and not everyone who needs a heart transplant will receive a matching donor heart in time. ...
In-vivo Evaluation Of A Novel Surgical Heart Valve Prosthesis Designed To Be Durable, Anticoagulant-free And Silent. ...
It was the first transcatheter mitral valve intervention therapy approved to treat select heart failure patients with clinically significant FMR. The Mitraclip system initially was indicated to reduce mitral regurgitation in certain patients whose significant mitral regurgitation and heart failure symptoms result from abnormalities of the mitral ...
The Indian Medical Devices industry is mostly import-dependent with no specific regulations in place till recent times. With the introduction of MDR (Medical Device Rules 2017) attempt has been made to harmonize the Indian medical device Industry as per globally prevailed ...
Methods Test objects consisted of various metallic objects from a personal collection which included nine aneurysm clips, two unfired bullets, one bullet found on a street, a penny, a small steel bolt, a Star-Edwards heart valve, and a paperclip. To determine ferrous properties of each object a magnet was placed over each device and objects demonstrating ...