Biomedical Materials back issues from Saturday, August 1:
MATERIALS: FDA asks for a further trial on tissue engineered product
Aug 01, 1998 ... The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc (ATS) and its joint venture partner, UK-based Smith & Nephew plc, to carry out an additional controlled clinical trial in support of their Premarket Approval (PMA) application for Dermagraft7 in the treatment of ...
MATERIALS: Medtronic in distribution deal with VenPro for its children=s heart repair product
Aug 01, 1998 ... Medtronic Inc has signed an agreement with the VenPro Corp, based in Irvine, California, to distribute outside the USA a new pulmonary valved conduit made of a bovine jugular vein.The pulmonary valved conduit, a glutaraldehyde-fixed investigational device developed by VenPro, would ...
PRODUCTS: Anti-microbial wound dressings provide longer sustained-release activity
Aug 01, 1998 ... Currently, there is no dry disposable wound dressing capable of sustained-release anti- microbial activity for at least three days after contact with a moist or wet surface, claim the Israel-based inventors of a wound dressing that overcomes this problem.The range of wound ...
PRODUCTS: Slim-line surgical clip maintains bone in place
Aug 01, 1998 ... A U-shaped surgical clip for aiding the consolidation between bone parts, or osteosynthesis, has been developed by Argentina-based inventor Jorge Groiso.The clip avoids the problem of bulkiness associated with some other connecting devices for soft tissue fixation, such as screws ...
INDUSTRY NEWS: Medtronic to merge with Physio-Control
Aug 01, 1998 ... US medical device manufacturer Medtronic Inc and Physio-Control International Inc, a leading provider of external defibrillators for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest, are to merge.Under the terms of the agreement, Medtronic will acquire all shares of Physio-Control. The ...
INDUSTRY NEWS: UK teaching scheme bears fruit in CE mark for artificial hip
Aug 01, 1998 ... A composite hip joint developed by Dorset, UK firm Orthodesign Ltd has won the CE mark of approval, after the company sought help from product design experts at the University of Bournemouth under the umbrella of the Teaching Company Scheme (TCS).The hip joint, known as the Bradley ...
INDUSTRY NEWS: Shareholder sues AdvancedTissue Sciences
Aug 01, 1998 ... A shareholder has filed a lawsuit against US tissue engineering company Advanced Tissue Sciences Inc (ATS) and two of its officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The lawsuit alleges violations of the federal securities laws, and purports to seek ...
INDUSTRY NEWS: United States Surgical completes coronary artery trials
Aug 01, 1998 ... United States Surgical Corp (USS) says it has successfully completed Phase I of clinical trials evaluating the use of the AngioRadJ Gamma System for treating coronary artery disease.One trial, called the ARREST (AngioRad Radiation for RESTenosis) trial, is evaluating the ...
INDUSTRY NEWS: Baxter takes next step in marketing LVAS
Aug 01, 1998 ... Baxter Healthcare Corp, principal US operating subsidiary of Baxter International Inc, said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing the company=s premarket approval application (PMA) for its Novacor7 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS).The Novacor ...
HEALTH AND SAFETY: Dow Corning agrees to US$3.2 billion implant compensation deal
Aug 01, 1998 ... Dow Corning Corp and representatives of women with silicone breast implants agreed to a US$3.2 billion mediated settlement plan that could mark the beginning of the end of the long-running dispute over compensation claims against the company.The so-called consensual settlement ...
EVENTS: Lloyd Instruments offers series of materials testing seminars
Aug 01, 1998 ... UK company Lloyd Instruments Ltd is offering an autumn series of Materials Testing seminars this year, aimed at informing participants from the worlds of industry, education and research about the latest developments in materials testing.The Hampshire-based company has revamped the ...
EVENTS: Scots hi-tech business venture seeks companies for conference presentations
Aug 01, 1998 ... A high technology business initiative, called Connect, that is aimed at encouraging the growth of Scotland=s technology companies, is looking for companies in the high technology and biotechnology sector to take part in an Investment Conference in autumn this year.The conference is ...
PUBLICATIONS: Technomic USA publishes range of biotechnology/ biomaterials information
Aug 01, 1998 ... A range of publications covering various aspects of biotechnology and biomaterials has been produced by Technomic Publishing Co, the US arm of Swiss publisher Technomic Publishing AG.They include the following:* Hydrophilic Polymer Coatings for Medical Devices: ...
RESEARCH ALERT, ORTHOPAEDICS: Sulzer Medica research shows metal on metal artficial hip replacements show less wear
Aug 01, 1998 ... All-metal hip prostheses demonstrate substantially less wear over time than other types of artificial hip joints, according to experiments carried out by researchers at Swiss company Sulzer Medica.They claim that these experiments, along with ten years of experience with Metasul, ...
CALENDAR
Aug 01, 1998 ... 14-18 September 1998, various UK locationsMATERIALS TESTING: SERIES OF ONE-DAY SEMINARSContact: Jenny Watts, Lloyd Instruments Ltd, Forum House, 12 Barnes Wallis Road, Segensworth East, Fareham, Hants PO15 5TT, UK; tel: +44-1488-73737; fax: +44-1488-73773; e-mail: ...
HEALTH AND SAFETY: UK review finds breast implants not harmful but some standards inadequate
Aug 01, 1998 ... An Independent Review Group (IRG) appointed by the British government has concluded that there is no evidence of a link between silicone gel breast implants and abnormal immune system responses or connective tissue diseases. But at the same time it found that women undergoing implant ...