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July 28, 2009





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by Joe Jancsurak, Editor

You shouldn’t miss the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit -- that’s my unsolicited, unbiased opinion.

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Articles



‘Driving’ nerve-cell research

State-of-the-art miniature motors are playing a pivotal role in the micro-world of nerve cells when it comes to research to develop new therapies for Parkinson’s disease and other nervous disorders. Data are also being used to improve the use of control interfaces for artificial limbs, writes Jim Lostetter in the August issue of Medical Design. Lostetter is Manager–Faulhaber DC Motors, MicroMo Electronics, Clearwater, FL.

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Giving your joints an electrochemical bath

A research and development team at Tel Aviv University led by Professor Noam Eliaz, has developed a way to electrochemically deposit synthetic hydroxyapatite, the coating used on metal implants. The coating, which is similar to the main inorganic constituent of enamel, dentin and vertebrate bone is crucial to the implant’s functionality and life.

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Upstate NY companies innovate

Three upstate New York companies are developing and launching medical-device innovations, according to the not-for-profit trade association MedTech, comprised of Upstate New York technology manufacturers, research institutions, and allied professional services and economic development organizations. The companies are InfiMed, AngioDynamics and Welch Allyn.

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New Products



Medical ac-dc power supply

The single-output CSS65 Series of ac-dc 40 to 65-W medical power supplies by TDK-Lambda, San Diego, accept a wide input voltage range.

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New colors for polycarbonates

Medical devices may never look the same as a result of a new line of colors by Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, that meet FDA-modified ISO 10993-1 testing requirements in medical grades of Makrolon polycarbonate and Bayblend polycarbonate/ABS blend resin grades.

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Piezoelectric composite for ultrasound transducers

Piezoelectric composite components by Morgan Technical Ceramics, Fairfield, NJ, are engineered to improve the acoustic performance of ultrasound transducers used in medical applications, including sensors for catheters, blood pressure, auditory sounds, vascular flow, and medical imaging.

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