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Lakhmir Chawla, MD, of Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals Joins ExThera Medical Board of Directors

Professor Lakhmir Chawla, MD, has joined the board of directors of ExThera Medical Corporation, a privately held medical technology company whose Seraph 100 Microbind Affinity Blood Filter is authorized in the United States to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients. Dr. Chawla also serves as the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at the company Dr. Chawla is an internationally renowned ...

Mar. 23, 2021

By ExThera Medical Corporation

Align Technology announces winner of 2020 Invisalign Ortho Summit Case Shoot-Out

Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN) today announced the winner of the 2020 Invisalign Ortho Summit Case Shoot-out, one of the Company’s live case presentations during the virtual Summit. Dr. Keith Sellers of Charlotte, North Carolina received the greatest number of attendee votes for his Class II/Class III Invisalign case presentation. The Invisalign Ortho Summit Case Shoot-out program ...

Mar. 5, 2021

By Align Technology, Inc.

Asensus Surgical Announces FDA Clearance in General Surgery

Asensus Surgical, Inc. (formerly TransEnterix, Inc.) (NYSE American: TRXC) , a medical device company that is digitizing the interface between the surgeon and patient to pioneer a new era of Performance-Guided Surgery™, today announced the Company has received an additional FDA clearance for the Senhance Surgical System which allows for indication expansion in general surgery in the United ...

Mar. 3, 2021

By Asensus Surgical US, Inc.

Novaerus Defend 1050 cleared by FDA as 510(k) Class II Medical Device

Defend 1050 uses patented NanoStrike® technology to damage and inactivate airborne micro-organisms. Dublin, Ireland and Stamford, CT - Novaerus, a WellAir company that delivers clean air solutions to help prevent the spread of infectious outbreaks, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Novaerus Defend 1050 (NV 1050) as a 510(k) Class II Medical Device ...

Feb. 1, 2021

By WellAir

Carmat outlines commercial and development plan for its total artificial heart

Addressable market in the bridge-to-transplant indication of more than 2,000 patients a year in Europe Company prepares for commercial launch in Q2 2021, with initial focus on Germany and France Robust clinical plan to support adoption and sales development Virtual conference with Stéphane Piat today at 5 pm CET CARMAT (FR0010907956, ALCAR), the designer and developer of the ...

Jan. 6, 2021

By Carmat

Atmo exhibits at Australian Gastroenterology Week

Atmo Biosciences exhibited at Australian Gastroenterology Week Conference in Adelaide thanks to the generous support of C.R. Kennedy. CEO Mal Hebblewhite reported plenty of interest from gastroenterologists regarding the two clinical trials Atmo recently commenced with Professor Peter Gibson at Monash University. There was also lots of discussion about using the Atmo Gas Capsule as a research ...

Sep. 23, 2020

By Atmo Biosciences

ExThera’s Affinity Blood Filter Is Used to Treat COVID-19 Patients

Treatment of COVID-19 with ExThera’s Seraph®100 Microbind® Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph 100) has begun in hospitals in Germany and Italy. Seraph 100 treatments of COVID-19 are also expected to begin soon in France and the USA. Seraph 100 is the only ‘hemoperfusion device’ approved for the reduction of pathogens in blood. In recent EU clinical cases improved lung ...

Mar. 26, 2020

By ExThera Medical Corporation

AdjuCor enters BMBF supported research collaboration for developing 3D printable biomimetic polymers that mimic properties of the pericardium.

MUNICH, Germany – February 4th, 2020: In the future, novel polymers should make it possible to individually manufacture artificial elastic tissue replacements for pericardium, heart valves or blood vessels. In the PolyKARD project, biomimetic polymers are being developed that can imitate the mechanical properties of pericardial tissue. Using 3D printing and electrospinning, these ...

Feb. 4, 2020

By AdjuCor GmbH

Some Health Care Professionals in Puerto Rico at Risk of Exposure to Waste Anesthetic Gases

Waste anesthetic gases (WAGs) are small amounts of volatile anesthetic gases that leak from a patient’s anesthetic breathing circuit into the air of operating rooms during the delivery of anesthesia. These gases may also be exhaled by patients recovering from anesthesia. Waste anesthetic gases include both nitrous oxide and halogenated anesthetics. The Occupational Safety and Health ...

Dec. 16, 2019

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Plastics Healthcare Market Watch Highlights Plastics Growing Role in Medicine

In a Plastics Market Watch report released today, Watching: Plastics’ Contribution to Healthcare, The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) reported a growing demand for plastics in a number of healthcare sectors including pharmaceuticals, surgical equipment and tools, vision/dental/hearing, research labs and more. According to the report, medical equipment and supplies production ...

Sep. 30, 2019

By Plastics Industry Association (Plastics)

Clariant Adds Pharmaceutical Desiccant Packet Production Capability in Cuddalore, India

The Clariant Healthcare Packaging business unit is now producing desiccant packets at its plant in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. The addition expands the range of desiccant products immediately available to customers in the region and increases global capacity. The plant now manufactures both Continu-Strip® continuous-roll desiccant packets and individually cut desiccant packets in a full ...

Aug. 27, 2019

By Clariant International Ltd.

The Lancet: Nerve transfer surgery restores hand function and elbow extension in 13 young adults with complete paralysis

Nerve transfer surgery has enabled 13 young adults with complete paralysis to regain movement and function in their elbows and hands, according to the largest case series of this technique in people with tetraplegia (paralysis of both the upper and lower limbs), published in The Lancet. During the surgery, Australian surgeons attached functioning nerves above the spinal injury to paralysed ...

Jul. 31, 2019

By Siemens AG

Planmeca and Navigate Surgical Technologies Join Forces to Launch Innovative Solutions for Dental Im

Dental manufacturer Planmeca and Navigate Surgical Technologies (NST), a provider of real-time surgical navigation solutions, are pleased to announce their cooperation. This partnership aims to provide dental implant surgeons with technological innovations that will deliver enhanced patient outcomes through improved accuracy and precision, as well as through simplified digital workflows. Dynamic ...

Mar. 14, 2019

By Navigate Surgical Technologies Inc.

Congratulations to our winners for August 2018

The ATA Scientific Encouragement Award is hosted four times each year and provides young scientists access to financial assistance to enable them to collaborate with peers at scientific meetings and to launch their careers within their field of study. The topic of our latest competition focused on the strong link between cognitive behaviour and foods. While studies continue to show evidence that ...

Dec. 6, 2018

By ATA Scientific Pty Ltd

Anxin medicine introduces you to the secrets of medical polymer materials

Medical polymer materials for the first time into the line of sight of people in 1949, is the first published the prospect of medical polymer materials, for the first time introduced the use of poly (methyl methacrylate as a person's skull, joint and femoral, using polyamide as the clinical application of surgical suture, since then, usher in rapid development of medical polymer materials, is ...

Dec. 4, 2018

By Shaanxi Ansen Medical Technology Development Co., Ltd.

Countdown to GC`s 100th Anniversary!

GC will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2021. For the purpose of communicating to all societies its slogan of “Smile for the World” toward the realization of “Vision 2021”, targeting at the year of 2021, GC had designed a symbol in February 2017 to convey the concept of “GC Contributing to Health and Smile of People in the World”. On this occasion, GC ...

May 1, 2018

By GC America Inc.

Renishaw hosts UK Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer for visit focused on research and development

The Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond visited Renishaw's headquarters site near Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, yesterday (24th November) for a tour of the company's main research and development (R&D) facilities. Following a meeting with senior Renishaw directors, the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer toured the company's Innovation ...

Nov. 25, 2016

By Renishaw plc

Renishaw opens dedicated healthcare facility at its South Wales site

Global precision engineering company Renishaw plc has announced a new Healthcare Centre of Excellence at its Miskin site, located close to Cardiff, South Wales. The Centre, which was formally opened on 29th September by The Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales, provides a facility for the manufacture of custom medical devices, as well as education and training for the life sciences ...

Oct. 4, 2016

By Renishaw plc

ORNL Supplier Database - Stay in Touch!

Small business owners seeking to do business with the U.S. Department of Energy may already be aware of the Oak Ridge Supplier Database. The Small Business Programs Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) would like to keep in touch with you periodically about pertinent, small business-related information. This may include updates from ORNL, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Small ...

Dec. 8, 2014

By US Department of Energy

Agilent Technologies and Seoul National University hospital collaborate on biomarker research

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Seoul National University Hospital, one of Korea's top medical centers, today announced a strategic collaboration for the development and verification of various biomarkers for the development of drugs, including narcotics, immune-suppressants and biomarkers. "There are gaps in the medical industry that hamper the quality of care we can provide to ...

Oct. 16, 2013

By Agilent Technologies, Inc.