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Weekly Round Up
23 May 2012
Latest Companies

Modulight - Development, Manufacturing and Distribution of Medical Lasers

SteriBeam Systems - Pulsed UV (PUV), Pulsed Electrical Fields (PEF) and Cold Plasma Sterilisation Systems

maxon motor - High-Precision Drive Solutions for Medical Technology

Exopack Advanced Coatings - Polyurethane-Based Components for Wound Dressings

z-microsystems - Moulding of 'Lab-On-A-Chip' Under Clean Room Conditions

Press Releases

Discover How Small Parts Can Save Countless Lives with Indo-MIM's New White Paper
Indo-MIM is a leading provider of metal injection moulding (MIM) solutions for a range of medical device, orthopedic and orthodontic applications.

Synergy Health to Open Ethylene Oxide (EO) Facility in Central America
Synergy Health will be the first sterilisation service provider to open an ethylene oxide (EO) facility in central America.

Novozymes Supplies New and Improved Hyaluronic Acid from Q7 cGMP Facility
Novozymes Biopharma, part of Novozymes A/S, the world leader in bioinnovation, has announced the first shipment of the company's bacillus-derived hyaluronic acid, Hyasis, from its newly inaugurated manufacturing facility in China, which represents an investment of more than DKK 350 million. The first commercial products using Hyasis as a raw material are expected to reach the market in Q2 of 2012.

EuroMedtech™ 2012 in Grenoble is Welcomed by Region's BioCluster Members
EBD Group, the leading partnering firm for the life science industry, will host the fourth annual EuroMedtech™ international medtech partnering conference in Grenoble, France, 31 May - 1 June 2012 at the Convention Center of the WTC Grenoble.

New Distribution Structure in Eastern Europe for maxon motor
The maxon motor Group continues to strengthen its local services and takes over the drive business for maxon drive systems in the Eastern European region from Uzimex AG.

White Papers

Discover How Small Parts Can Save Countless Lives
Indo-MIM provides industry-leading solutions for MIM medical device, orthopedic and orthodontic...

Connecticut Spring & Stamping Equipment Catalogue
Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS) manufacturers and prototypes all varieties of springs, metal stampings, fourslide/vertislide products, and assemblies. We specialize in close...

New Thin Absorbent Skin Adhesive
A new thin absorbent skin adhesive (TASA) has been developed which has similar properties to acrylic adhesive but with the ability to absorb wound...

Autocam Medical - Precision-Machined Components for Medical Applications
Autocam Medical has extensive custom tool production capabilities, including several five-axis CNC cutter grinders, operated by toolmakers with extensive tool making and design...

Micro Molding: An Alternative to Offshoring Medical Devices for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Medical device companies have long benefited from the global outsourcing of labor and manufacturing and are now expanding the role of global outsourcing to include product design and...

Features

Improving outcomes – the benefits of medical device start-ups
Innovative technology is the only way the healthcare industry can deliver improved patient outcomes at lower costs. Elly Earls speaks to Sagentia's Paul Wilkins and Toby Wilson Waterworth of the Atlantic Accelerator about how small medical device start-ups that create these innovative devices can successfully navigate the long, complex road to market.

Mobile medicine: top remote healthcare innovations
Remote healthcare could be the key to cutting re-admissions and meeting the huge demands being placed on hospitals. Hospital Management lists some of the best ways to make quality medical care available wherever it's needed.

Snapshot: The US cloud computing market for medical imaging
Advances in diagnostic imaging are driving a need for new ways to access, store and share medical images. Using detailed research compiled by GlobalData, this snapshot charts the dynamics behind a market set to grow by 27% to 2018.

Prosthetics: designed to fit – and fast
Elly Earls catches up with Elaine Figgins, of the University of Strathclyde’s National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics, and Anna Reyes-Potts, of Trulife, a manufacturer of orthotic and lower limb prosthetic devices, to find out how CNC machining and rapid prototyping are giving patients quicker access to a wider choice of prosthetic devices than ever before.

Snapshot: Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) - pipeline and market forecasts
The global market for ventricular assist devices (VAD) is forecast to grow to more than $1 billion by 2017. Using detailed research from GlobalData we report on a market set for rapid growth as technological advancements allow VADs to become viable treatment options for heart failure patients in the future.

Projects

Standardising USB in Medical Applications
USB is gaining popularity in the medical segment. One of the major challenges for medical designers is medical standards compliance, as Cuauhtemoc Medina Rimoldi explains.

Connecting Healthcare with USB
Telehealth systems enable the healthcare industry to cope with an ever-increasing elderly population and the associated chronic diseases. David Niewolny and Dr Jose Fernandez of Freescale Semiconductor explore the next revolution in the form of USB.

The Perfect Cure: IR Spot Curing Speeds Production and Saves Energy
Abstract: A new generation of advanced infrared spot curing systems delivers optimal curing quality, cuts cure time four-fold, and mitigates the energy consumption and
environmental impact of oven curing.

Medical Surgical Instrument, MLE and Plasma Surgical – Developing the PlasmaJet®
"MLE possess a remarkable technical ability; they are brilliant at understanding a brief and are very passionate and sincere about providing a good result. We would recommend them to anyone and wouldn't dream of going elsewhere," Peter Gibson, Plasma Surgical.

Creanova Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner
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