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Scientists are developing highly innovative uses for both old and new materials in medical devices. Catherine Park investigates.
The global market for rigid video laryngoscopes is forecast to grow significantly by 2016.
Although nitinol offers many advantages for medical device manufacturers, its properties remain relatively unknown.
The medical device industry depends on innovation to help it deliver an improved healthcare system.
The UK medical devices industry is growing, driven by an increase in the ageing and unhealthy population pool.
The UK medical devices industry is growing, driven by an increase in the ageing and unhealthy population pool.
Business continuity plans need to be honed to be effective.
Micro-electrical-mechanical systems could open up a new vein of medical devices.
Across Europe, the public sector is notorious for failing to pay its medical device suppliers on time.
The FDA's recall and labelling authority has come under criticism from members of Congress.
Russell Darley, Institute of Packaging Professionals’ Medical Device Technical Committee, examines the decisions of...
Microcrystalline and nanocrystalline diamond coatings may be used to modify the surfaces of medical devices.
Researchers are making steady progress as they work to develop artificial pancreases for type 1 diabetes sufferers.
The issue of regulation is one that shadows the industry. For all of the concerns that it stifles innovation and threatens to drown the industry in bureaucracy it helps to set the standards, providing clear guidance on expectations.
Part of that process is the auditing of a manufacturing facility. What many people don't realise, according to Norm Howe of the VCI, is that the auditing starts as the inspectors enter the grounds, as he explains to Nic Paton.
Also in this issue, the MDMA's Thomas C Novelli delves into what is fast becoming the murky world of healthcare reform. The proposed device tax, new legislation and concerns over what constitutes effective research are raising concerns about a sustainable product pipeline.
In our cover story Professor Kevin Shakesheff explains the growing interest in regenerative medicine. It seems almost a million miles away from traditional manufacturers but the paths of these two innovative sectors are sure to cross.
