Recently added articles from Biomedical Materials:
Hip joint with new material wins CE Class III approval.(MATERIALS)
Oct 01, 2009 ... US company Active Implants Corp (AIC) said this European Class III approval of its trademarked TriboFit acetabular buffer represented an important step in validating the use of polycarbonate-urethane (PCU) as a new bearing material in the reconstruction of the human hip joint. ...
Stratatech launches full-thickness human skin in European market.(MATERIALS)
Oct 01, 2009 ... US regenerative medicine specialist Stratatech Corp is launching its full-thickness human skin model onto the European market. Trademarked StrataTest, the skin is composed of both an epidermis and a dermis and has the physical, chemical and histological characteristics of native ...
Cook's peripheral artery drug-eluting stent wins euro approval.(PRODUCTS)
Oct 01, 2009 ... A drug-eluting stent, designed specifically to treat severe blockages in the challenging and largest artery in the leg, the first such stent of its kind, has received the CE mark, according to manufacturer Cook Medical Inc. The company say that this approval for the polymer-free ...
Swedish hearing system wins US marketing clearance.(PRODUCTS)
Oct 01, 2009 ... A bone anchored hearing system for those hearing-impaired people who cannot use traditional hearing aids has gained marketing clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to Swedish developer Oticon Medical AB. The trademarked Ponto system represents the ...
World's smallest neurostimulator wins European approval.(PRODUCTS)
Oct 01, 2009 ... A neurostimulator for treating the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, developed by St Jude Medical Inc, has been awarded the CE Mark. The company describes the BrioT neurostimulator as the world's smallest, longest-lasting rechargeable deep brain stimulation (DBS) device. A ...