medical implants

New nanomaterial could be breakthrough for implantable medical devices

harminka — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:55:57 -0600

A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants.

Miniature implantable medical devices

harminka — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:47:20 -0500

Over the last 10 years, researchers and clinicians have begun to use microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which combine electronics technology with tiny mechanical devices like sensors and valves embedded in semiconductor chips--in the biomedical laboratory, to help automate diagnostic testing procedures.

Researchers design artificial cells that could power medical implants

harminka — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:52:34 -0500

Researchers at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants.

Implantable device to manage congestive heart failure symptoms

harminka — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:13:35 -0500

Northwestern Memorial’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is one of seven programs in the country participating in new study aimed at improving the heart’s pumping action and helping to manage congestive heart failure symptoms.

X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum

harminka — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:02:23 -0500

Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class collections.

Youngest patient worldwide to have auditory implant in brain stem

harminka — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:46:13 -0600

A team of ear, nose and throat specialists and neurosurgeons at the University Hospital of Navarra, led by doctors Manuel Manrique Rodríguez, specialist in ear, nose and throat surgery and Bartolomé Bejarano Herruzo, specialist in paediatric neurosurgery, have successfully operated on a 13 month-old girl from Murcia, who had been born deaf due to the lack of auditory nerves.

MIT develops thin-film 'micro pharmacy'

harminka — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:00:37 -0600

A new thin-film coating developed at MIT can deliver controlled drug doses to specific targets in the body following implantation, essentially serving as a “micro pharmacy.”

Freeze-dried tendon implants prove effective in early studies

harminka — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:27:49 -0600

Donated, freeze-dried tendon grafts loaded with gene therapy may soon offer effective repair of injured tendons, a goal that has eluded surgeons to date.

Gloomy forecast for Nobel Direct after 3 years

harminka — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:45:04 -0600

Three years after patients were given Nobel Direct dental implants, the risk of the implant loosening has increased even more. A follow-up by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden shows that eight per cent of the implants are lost.

“Nanohybrid” plastic may expand use of biodegradable plastic

harminka — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:23:46 -0600

Scientists in New York are reporting development of a new biodegradable “nanohybrid” plastic that can be engineered to decompose much faster than existing plastics used in everything from soft drink bottles to medical implants. The study is scheduled for the Nov. issue of ACS’ Biomacromolecules, a bi-monthly journal.

Bone-growing nanomaterial could improve orthopaedic implants

harminka — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:04:37 -0500

For orthopaedic implants to be successful, bone must meld to the metal that these artificial hips, knees and shoulders are made of. A team of Brown University engineers, led by Thomas Webster, has discovered a new material that could significantly increase this success rate.

New medical implants should react with body

harminka — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:26:52 -0500

A world leader in medical implants calls for a rethink in our approach to building medical implants.