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Innovations: High-tech retainers let paralyzed patients control wheelchairs and computersThe Tongue Drive System being developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology www.gatech.edu (gatech.edu) lets incapacitated people, those with high-level spinal chord injuries, operate a computer or maneuver an electric wheelchair, all by moving their tongues. The device consists of upper and lower dental “retainers” a person wears and an Apple iPod or iPhone. 
Creative design cuts cost out of high-mix, low-volume manufacturingHow one company saved $2.5 million in tooling and reduced individual part cost by nearly 74%.... Did you hear? Hearing aid elastomers meet multiple challengesFlexible material choices advance hearing options.... R&D Notebook-The America Invents Act and how it affects medtechAfter six years of lobbying, arm-wrestling, horse-trading and debate the most comprehensive reforms and changes to US patent system in over 60 years is now law. This is The Leahy (D-VT) Smith (R-TX) “America Invents Act” or “AIA.”... 
MPC 2011 Photo GalleryPrototyping, Proto Labs, Stratasys, Inc, Meier Tool & Engineering, Morris Technologies, Hexagon Metrology, Inc, Objet Geometries, and Directedmfg.... New ProductsAntimicrobial plastic extrusionsSafe Surfaces extrusions by Sandee Manufacturing, Franklin Park, IL, bring antimicrobial properties to translucent, opaque and other plastic materials... ASIC innovation for advancing ultrasound appsSamplify Systems, a Silicon Valley semiconductor and solutions start-up, has applied its 
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advertisement most recent newsCovalon achieves FDA Approval for antimicrobial silicone adhesive film dressing for securing vascular access medical devicesCovalon Technologies Ltd has received FDA approval of IV Clear, a breakthrough antimicrobial silicone adhesive film dressing designed for securing vascular intravenous access devices. According to the company, Covalon’s IV Clear antimicrobial film dressings have a number of unique and highly desirable characteristics, including: • It is the only vascular access securement dressing approved by FDA that combines the comfort of skin-friendly silicone adhesive technology with the advanced antimicrobial protection of two gold-standard antimicrobial agents – chlorhexidine and silver. ... Agilent to acquire Dako for $2.2 billion as next step in growing role in clinical diagnosticsAgilent Technologies Inc and EQT, a Sweden-based private equity group, announced the execution of a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire Dako, a Denmark-based cancer diagnostic company. The $2.2 billion acquisition (on a debt-free basis) is the largest in Agilent’s history, according to the company.... Siemens Hearing Instruments USA launches Facebook page to celebrate better hearing and speech monthSiemens Hearing Instruments, Inc has launched an official Facebook page, www.facebook.com/SiemensHearingInstrumentsUSA, to bring greater understanding about the impact of hearing loss and to highlight the latest developments that the hearing care industry is delivering to improve the lives of those living with hearing loss. Siemens’ entrance into the social media world coincides with Better Hearing and Speech Month, which every year raises awareness about communication disorders and promotes treatment to help overcome hearing, understanding, or speaking challenges...
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Parkinson’s research results in new treatments
Many people think of Parkinson’s disease (PD) merely as uncontrolled shaking or tremors. Yet, virtually all people with PD’s suffer from a wide variety of afflictions and symptoms, including bradykinesia (slow body movements), dyskinesia (uncontrolled body movements, e.g. flailing), impaired speech, dizziness, loss of the sense of smell, urinary incontinence, constipation, and muscle stiffness. Many times shuffling replaces normal gait and posture becomes stooped-over....
