Resonetics Appoints Medical Device Veteran As Chief Executive Officer
Resonetics, supplier of polymer micromachining services and systems for the life sciences industry, announced that Tom Burns has been named...
Aug 13 2012,
25 Considerations for Companies Seeking Clarity in Design Controls
Tegra Medical Announces New Vice President of Business Development
Walter Gacek has 29 years of experience in the medical device industry, with a strong working knowledge of all technical...
Aug 13 2012,
Geomagic Expands Executive Management Team After Record FY 2012
Geomagic announced promotions and appointments to its executive team following record sales during the fiscal year which ended June 30,...
Aug 09 2012,
The State of American Medicine – Orthopaedics and the Vampire Economy
Individuals and private corporations, not the government, make the world better. Dr. Lee Hieb has studied economics and history, and...
Aug 09 2012,
Market Growth Rates in Orthopaedics – OMTEC 2012 Opening Panel Discussion
OMTEC 2012 Opening Panel Discussion addressed multiple topics, including trends in innovation and R&D investment in orthopedics....
Aug 09 2012,
Teleflex Medical OEM Receives Patent for High-Strength, Coreless Force Fiber Suture
Teleflex Medical OEM has been issued U.S. Patent No. 8,088,146 addressing a suture that combines a proprietary coreless braid design...
Aug 07 2012,
Pilot Results Move GHX Closer to Delivery of Healthcare Industry’s First Implantable Device Supply Chain Solution
GHX announced successful results from initial implantable device supply chain pilot program sites. By enabling collaboration and automation, one provider...
Aug 07 2012,
Purac Acquires Fiberlive Technology from Vivoxid
Purac acquired the FiberLive™ technology from Vivoxid. The acquisition includes the intellectual property of the FiberLive™ technology and its key personnel....
Aug 03 2012,
Medicare: Trends in Beneficiaries Served and Hospital Resources Used in Implantable Medical Device Procedures
Results from a U.S. government agency report summarize data on average length of stay, patient characteristics, discharges, etc. Highlights include: ...
Aug 03 2012,
Cadence Opens 25,000 Square Foot Expansion
In just over one year, Cadence has filled 50 of the 65 positions they promised to create within three years. In...
Aug 02 2012,
In Vivo Bone Growth Assessment in Preclinical Studies and Clinical Trials
The significance of in vivo investigation has become increasingly important as bone substitutes have grown in structural and compositional complexity....
Aug 02 2012,
FDA to Guide Device Makers on Marketing Application
FDA launched a program to help device makers identify regulatory requirements early in the device development process....
Aug 02 2012,
The Post-Market Imperative: Understanding the requirements for effective post-market clinical follow-up
In my previous BONEZONE article, “Basic Anatomy of a Design Dossier” (BONEZONE March 2011), I presented an overview of the...
Aug 02 2012,
Young Injured Athletes May Fare Better when Treated with Autograft ACL
Studies suggest that young athletes who underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with allograft were ~7 times more likely to...
Aug 02 2012,
Gluing Bones with Polyurethane Hierarchical Nanocomposites
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are investigating improvements to the mechanical properties of polyurethane adhesives by combining them...
Aug 02 2012,