Medical Equipment Articles
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CanaQuest Medical Corp (OTC: CANQF)
About: CanaQuest Medical is an award-winning, Clinical Stage/Life-Sciences company focused on the drug discovery and development of next-generation targeted therapeutics within the endocannabinoid system and specific brain receptors. The Company is focused on treating neurological conditions, such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder “PTSD,” including ...
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Dehisced Surgical Wound Post Calcaneal Repair - Case study
Patient History Patient is a 54-year-old male who underwent surgery to remove implanted hardware and osteophytes following a calcaneal fracture repair. Post-operatively, the surgical incision dehisced. The resulting wound was open for a period of 4 weeks and was refractory to standard of care, wet-to-dry dressings, and an Unna boot. Patient was offered the option to be referred to a plastic ...
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Dehisced Surgical Wound Post Amputation - Case study
Patient History Patient is an 88-year-old female (post-BKA) who developed a large blister on the distal end of the stump within the first month post-op. It was treated with Kerlix and standard wound care at a LTCH. Three months later, the wound had a large area of eschar with purulent drainage. Patient taken to O/R for wound revision and primary closure with NPWT applied to the wound area. Wound ...
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New Screening Solution Offers Hope in the Battle Against TB
In recent years, a number of ‘old’ diseases have re-emerged as significant threats to world health, driven by factors such as population migration and modern transportation. Of particular concern is the increase in the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) infection, a highly contagious disease spread through the air when infected people cough, sneeze or spit. According to statistics ...
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Cedars Sinai Affiliate Saves Thousands on Orthopedic Instruments, Implants and Disposables with OptioSurgical - Case Study
The Company Cedars Sinai Surgery Center of the Pacific This high-volume orthopedic facility is one of the most technologically advanced outpatient surgical facilities in Southern California. The center is owned by its physicians and focuses on sports medicine, joint replacement, and fracture fixation. The savings delivered by OptioSurgical resulted in a ROI in the first 90 ...
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Midwest ASC Management Company Realizes Over 50% Savings with OptioSurgical - Case Study
The Company Medical Consulting Group, LLC With 70 surgery centers across the country, MCG helps to provide surgery center management and development, and continuously looks for innovative ways to serve its surgery center partners. The savings delivered by OptioSurgical resulted in a ROI in the first 90 ...
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A breath screen for active tuberculosis at the point-of-care
Tuberculosis (TB) is on the rise, and traditional technologies are not up to the task of containing this fast-spreading disease. But a fast, robust, and low-cost optical system is enabling point-of-care testing Driven by various social factors, a number of “old” diseases have recently reemerged to significantly threaten world health. Of particular concern is the increase in ...
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Reusable Optics vs. Disposable Optics
Every visualization based product development process in the medical device industry is unique due to factors such as function, use, performance, and cost objectives. In some cases optical devices function stand-alone, while others are complementary to the primary device, impacting the way the development process unfolds. Broadly speaking, devices may be generally categorized as reusable or ...
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Pelvic Autonomic Nerve Mapping Around the Prostate by Intraoperative Electrical Stimulation With Simultaneous Measurement of Intracavernous and Intraurethral Pressure
Purpose: In previous studies we noted that the neurovascular bundle was not identical to the bundle of the cavernous nerve fibers. In this study we sought to prove these anatomical findings electrophysiologically and map the autonomic nerve fibers by intraoperative simultaneous measurement of intracavernous pressure and intraurethral pressure. Materials and Methods: Between January 2004 and May ...
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Accessible Beginnings: Deaf-run Ava’s Mission for Total Inclusion
Because no one wants to be left out of any conversation. Imagine sitting at a dinner table with your friends and family. Everyone’s eating and having a great time, jokes are made, and laughs are shared. Now imagine that they’re all speaking in a language that’s inaccessible to you. You try to use context clues to keep up with the conversation. Still, it’s hard to know ...
By Ava
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Transvaginal Hybrid Notes Cholecystectomy: Current Techniques and Advantages
Abstract Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has proven to be a safe and effective procedure, with low rates of com- plications and mortality since its introduction in the late 1980s. However, surgeons have been working to develop alternatives to this technique to improve clinical outcomes and the level of patient satisfaction. Natural orifice trans- luminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is one such ...
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How Medical Devices can Help People with Disabilities Become More Independent
At Tubus Technology we believe that all people should have the same opportunities. That includes opportunities online in an ever-evolving digital world. If you’re suffering from physical limitations in your upper limps you know that is difficult. In this article we review some of the different diagnoses that cause paralyzation in arms and hands. Then we assess some of the assistive ...
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3 Ways to Get your Mobility Back After an Injury
Getting older means facing more kinds of challenges. Suddenly, there is a need for a caregiver, and mobility isn’t as easy as it once was. Additionally, everyday objects and homes can become a nuisance for movement and safety. As people grow older, injuries become more serious, since they begin to have more of an effect on mobility in the future. For lots of elders, a bad injury can ...
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How to Take Care of your Mental Health After a Spinal Cord Injury
An injury to your spinal cord changes your life dramatically. Paralysis in both arms and legs forces you to come to terms with your body that no longer functions like it used to. You’ll have to rethink how you go about those daily activities that’s easily taken for granted - how you work, eating dinner, using the bathroom and using technological devices like the phone, tablet or ...
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Liposomes as Drug Delivery Vehicles
Due to the amphiphilic nature of lipids in liposomes, they can serve as candidate vehicles for drug delivery, and liposomes have received more attention than other systems because of their remarkable ability to deliver drugs to their target sites. Advantages of Liposomes as Drug Delivery Vehicles l As drug delivery vehicles, liposomes have low toxicity and immunogenicity, and the high ...
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Applications of Liposomal Drug Delivery System Technology
Liposomes are a novel drug delivery system (DDS). They are bimolecular vesicles that form spontaneously when phospholipids are dispersed in water. Liposomes vary in size, composition and charge and can be used as carriers for a wide range of drug molecules, such as chemotherapeutic agents, antimicrobial and antiviral drugs, antiparasitic drugs, genetic material, vaccines, therapeutic proteins, ...
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EluNIR First-in-Patient Implantation- Case Study
Background This paper outlines the first in-patient implantation of the EluNIR™ ridaforolimus eluting elastomeric stent (Medinol Ltd.). This complex case involved a patient with a flow-limiting lesion in a native coronary artery post bypass surgery. The new EluNIR stent system includes a stent with a low metal footprint which comprises struts of variable width: ultra-narrow struts having ...
By Medinol
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How to choose the right pushbuttons/pilot light’s color for your machine interface?
For anyone who is not involved in the industrial world, being in front of a machine can be disconcerting. And the control panel, even though it is often clear and uncluttered, can still quickly look like a Christmas tree to those who do not know how to figure it out. Between the different HMI screens, the buttons of all colors and the indicator lights and tower lights multiplying the flashing and ...
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EluNIR DES in a Challenging Case - Case Study
Background: This paper describes a challenging case of implantation of the EluNIR™ Ridaforolimus eluting elastomeric stent (Medinol Ltd.). This complex case involved a patient with a flow-limiting lesion in a native coronary artery post bypass surgery. The new EluNIR stent system includes a stent with a low metal footprint that comprises struts of variable width: ultra-narrow struts ...
By Medinol
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An evaluation of the AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System in symptomatic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) - Case Study
Study Overview: Design: Prospective, randomized, open-label, multi-center, international, clinical safety and efficacy investigation. Randomization: Treatment with AccuCinch System plus guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) or GDMT alone. Enrollment: 400 randomized subjects at up to 80 centers worldwide ...
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