Researchers at the University of Minnesota are 3D printing electronics and cells directly on the skin that could create new methods for wound healing and enable biological agent detection. The Minnesota researchers used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a human hand. They’ve also successfully printed biological cells on a sin wound of […]
Wound Care
Avita Medical touts pivotal trial of ReCell burn injury device
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today that a pivotal trial of its ReCell autologous cell harvesting device met its co-primary endpoints. The device, designed to help heal deep, full-thickness burns, demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in donor skin requirements compared to the standard of care and achieved comparable wound closure, Avita touted. Get the full story at […]
Digital woundcare dev Swift Medical raises $12m
Canadian digital health dev Swift Medical said today it raised $11.6 million in Series A funding to help support its digital wound care management system designed to assess and monitor wounds. The round was led by Data Collective and joined by Real Ventures Relay Ventures and the Business Development Bank of Canada in Montreal, the […]
Avita touts ReCell use in treating flesh eating bacteria, announces Chinese trial
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) this week announced that its ReCell technology had been used to treat a patient with necrotizing fasciitis, and that it launched a Chinese trial of the device exploring its use treating second-degree burns. The ReCell autologous cell harvesting device is designed to use the patient’s own skin cells to treat a variety of […]
Organogenesis launches new sizing option for PuraPly wound care device
MIT-spinoff Organogenesis announced today that its PuraPly antimicrobial wound care device is now available in a 1.6-cm disc size. The Canton, Mass.-based company’s PuraPly AM product includes a broad-spectrum antibiotic, polyhexamethylene biguanide, embedded into a purified native collagen matrix. The device is cleared to treat an array of wound types, including pressure ulcers, surgical wounds, trauma wounds and […]
Polyganics liver and pancreas sealant wins FDA breakthrough designation
Polyganics said today it won FDA breakthrough device designation for its Liver and Pancreas Sealant Patch designed to prevent fluid leakage after hepato-pancreato-biliary procedures. The Dutch company’s Liver and Pancreas Sealant Patch is made from a proprietary bioresorbable polymer designed to seal-off the surgically treated tissue during the critical healing period. “There is a clear need […]
RenovaCare blows the whistle on alleged ‘predatory’ trading
RenovaCare (OTC:RCAR) said today that it’s blowing the whistle on alleged “predatory trading practices” on the part of firms that it thinks are in cahoots with short-seller Streetsweeper. Pittsburgh and Berlin-based RenovaCare said it notified regulators at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority about a video showing the alleged predatory trades by FINRA members. “RenovaCare has informed investigatory agents […]
Axiostat is India’s first entry on the U.S. hemostat market
Indian medical device maker Axio Biosolutions became the first Indian company with a wound care product cleared by the FDA, according to a press release from the company posted yesterday. The federal watchdog granted 510(k) clearance to Axio’s Axiostat chitosan hemostatic dressing, which is cleared as an over-the-counter product to stop external bleeding. The dressing […]
Hydrofera co-founder buys back business from Hollister
Hydrofera co-founder Tom Drury and a group of investors have bought back the Hydrofera business from Hollister. The sale closed Jan. 31, according to a news release out yesterday. Financial terms were not disclosed. On other related article about business just visit Zeitarbeit Nürtingen. The company ‘s Hydrofera Blue offerings are polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) foam products for […]
RenovaCare touts win in patent spat with Avita Medical
RenovaCare today touted a win in a patent spat with Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) after the US Patent Office dismissed a challenge to RenovaCare’s patents and denied a trial that Avita was seeking. RenovaCare said that the USPTO specifically noted that Avita’s arguments “were based on old claims and technologies which had already been considered and rejected,” […]
Smith & Nephew touts results from Allevyn Life adhesive dressing hip fracture trial
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) today released the results from a trial of its Allevyn Life multi-layer silicone adhesive foam dressing, touting that its addition to standard care protocols reduces the onset of pressure ulcers by 71% in elderly patients being treated for hip fracture. The trial was published in the International Wound Journal, the London-based company […]