News & Press Releases
GE Healthcare expands home health business
GE Healthcare, Chalfont St. Giles, UK, has bought Living Independently Group Inc. to expand its home health care business...
InHealth awards $1.4M to study socioeconomic impact of medical technologies
The Institute for Health Technology Studies (InHealth) (inhealth.com), Washington, has awarded three new research grants totaling more than $1.4 million to investigators at the University of Southern California, Northwestern University, and Stanford University...
Nano technology on the rise in medical
cording to the National Nanomanufacturing Network enewsletter, nanotechnology is changing the status quo in the healthcare industry. ...
3D-bioprinter
The world's first commercial 3D bio-printer for manufacturing human tissue and organs is delivered. ...
Singapore: Big player in medical?
In 2008, Singapore’s medical technology sector contributed about U.S. $2 billion in manufacturing output and over 8,000 jobs....
Selecting a Wireless Technology for “Medical-Grade” Foot Controls
STEUTE is pleased to offer a free white-paper entitled “Selecting a Wireless Technology for a Medical-Grade Foot Control”....
Obesity is big opportunity
Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos “Toby” Cosgrove recently made headlines for his remarks about obesity when he told a New York Times reporter that if it were up to him, and if there weren’t legal issues, he would not only stop hiring smokers (the Clinic has), he would also stop hiring obese people...
'Test drive' programming software
Denso Robotics, Long Beach, CA, is offering a three-month free trial of its WINCAPS III offline programming software....
Industry Defends FDA
Medical device industry officials defended the FDA at a recent Congressional hearing, calling the agency's oversight of their products FDA has comprehensive...
Seal-coupler device is key to automated pill-dispensing system
The Parata Max by Parata Systems, Durham, NC (parta.com), holds and automatically dispenses up to 232 finished prescriptions, more than the 196 average...
Tactile Pressure and Force Measurement
Real-time, tactile-sensing systems by Tekscan are capable of measuring critical patient/surface interface pressure with minimal interference....
The global stage: Medical manufacturing in China
The recent CMEF show seemed to indicate that China is a major player in the global medical-manufacturing market....
Webinar to present unique approach to plastic gear development
Advancements in design, materials, manufacturing and inspection are affecting plastic gears used in medical devices...
ISO 13485 certification plays role in expansion effort
PMC Medical’s recent registration to ISO 13485:2003 is one in a series of strategic steps to continue its growth in the medical device market, according to the Cincinnati-based company...
Double-digit growth through 2012 predicted for EMR market
A paradigm shift involving patient access to personal health records (PHRs) via Internet-based electronic medical records (EMRs) is in full swing according to a recent report by Kalorama Information...
Multitasking: Myth or Reality?
New research showing that humans may not be as good as we think we are at doing several things at once is presented in an NPR article, "Think You're Multitasking? Think Again". ...
Where’s our Pickens?
Oilman-turned-wind-crusader, T. Boone Pickens, has an escape plan for our nation’s energy mess. It involves natural gas, wind turbines and lots of them, and a commitment to invest in clean-tech innovations...
Research shows ‘monkeying around’ may benefit the paralyzed
University of Washington - Seattle researchers recently showed that monkeys taught to play a computer game were able to overcome wrist paralysis with an experimental device that might lead to new treatments for patients with stroke and spinal cord injury...
Hernia repair innovation launched by Cook
In an ongoing commitment to soft tissue repair innovation, Cook Medical, Bloomington, Ind., announced the global launch of its newest generation of Biodesign technology at the 2008 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons held Oct. 12-16 in San Francisco. ...
Breast MRI shows double-digit growth
"In the first half of 2008 the total number of patients undergoing MRI of the breast increased 23 percent over the same period in 2007," reports Anna Fisher, an analyst with Arlington Medical Resources, which recently published its imaging market guide....
DFMA, China Webinar
Manufacturing strategists are invited to a webinar titled “Using DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) to Rethink Your China Manufacturing Strategy,” Oct. 16, 2008, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT....
FDA clears catheter
Interrad Medical has received 510(k) clearance for its SecureAcath PICC, a catheter with a subcutaneous securement system. ...
Cook Medical to create 200 jobs in Ireland
Cook Medical announced that it will generate 200 new jobs through a $35.79 million (25 million euros) expansion of its manufacturing plant in Limerick, where 500 persons currently work....
Purdue researchers ‘capture’ foodborne illness-causing
A Purdue Research Park-based company has developed a method to capture and detect foodborne illness-causing bacteria such as E. coli that promises to be quicker and less expensive than current conventional technology on the market ...
Cook Medical to create 200 jobs in Ireland
Privately-held medical device company Cook Medical will generate 200 new jobs through the expansion of its manufacturing plant in the southwestern Irish city of Limerick, the Irish government said on Tuesday...
