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From Medical Design & Outsourcing

• J&J’s Ethicon touts surgical stapler study
  Ethicon — part of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) — is highlighting new study results in which its Echelon powered stapler with gripping surface technology (GST) had a lower rate of bleeding-related complications than a competing Medtronic product. Ethicon funded the peer-reviewed study, which appears online in Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. The study compared the Echelon… […]
• Instron to hold virtual biomedical testing open house
  Instron (Norwood, Mass.) plans to hold its first-ever virtual Biomedical Testing Open House, August 24–27. Register on Instron’s website. The online event will bring together materials testing experts for a mix of presentations and Q&A sessions. Topics will include  PPE and medical device testing, understanding regulatory standards, ensuring data integrity and traceability, and more. Experts… […]
• Nolato Group acquires GW Plastics
  GW Plastics (Bethel, Vt.) announced today that the Nolato Group (Torekov, Sweden) has acquired it. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. GW Plastics’ seven global manufacturing facilities will join Nolato’s more than 25 facilities worldwide — creating a solid position for the newly merged company in North America, Asia and Europe. Officials at… […]
• Abbott launches study of next-gen ablation catheter
  Abbott today announced it has enrolled the first participants in its TactiFlex PAF IDE study to evaluate the performance of the TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor-Enabled. The catheter is designed to treat people suffering from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) with symptoms that are unable to be managed by medication. TactiFlex combines Abbott’s contact force-sensing technology within… […]
• This implantable transmitter could provide a wireless option for biomedical devices
  The Purdue University research team is touting a fully implantable radio-frequency transmitter chip they developed for wireless sensor nodes and biomedical devices. The transmitter chip consumes the lowest amount of energy per digital bit among similar technologies published to date, according to the researchers, who published their results in the journal IEEE Transactions on Circuits… […]
• How a Mars rover is enabling better surgical robots
  From the Perseverance Mars Rover on its way to Mars to race cars, maxon (Taunton, Mass.) credits the aerospace and automotive industries with presenting demanding design challenges that are bearing fruit in other spaces such as surgical robotics. The company’s GPX UP planetary gearbox, for example, is well-suited to provide haptic feedback for surgeons because it… […]
• Australian researchers think they’ve found a way to attach hydrogels to medical implants
  A research team at the University of Sydney said that it developed a plasma technology to attach hydrogels to polymeric materials. In a paper published in Advanced Functional Materials, the team of biomedical engineers said the plasma technology attaches the jelly-like hydrogel substances that are structurally similar to human soft tissue to the polymeric materials,… […]
• Steris ticks up on Street-beating Q1
  Steris (NYSE:STE) shares ticked up as the market closed today after reporting first-quarter results that beat the consensus forecast. The Dublin, Ireland-based sterilization and surgical products company posted profits of $88.1 million, or $1.03 per share, on sales of $668.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, for a 3.9% bottom-line gain despite a… […]
• Times Microwave Systems introduces next-gen micro coaxial cables
  Times Microwave Systems recently launched PhaseTrack 047, which the Wallingford, Conn.–based company describes as a phase stable, highly flexible, micro coaxial cable. Designed for DC to 70 GHz frequency ranges, PhaseTrack 047 is meant to meet size and performance needs for healthcare, spaceflight, 5G and telecom, test measurement and many other “in-the-box” applications. The smaller… […]
• DTW: What in the world will Thrive Earlier Detection do with $257 million?
  In this week’s podcast, two executives from Thrive Earlier Detection explain how the “turbo-charged” diagnostics company intends to upend how, when and where cancer is diagnosed. Dr. Isaac Kinde, co-founder and head of research and innovation, walks us through the company’s CancerSEEK test and how the company is marrying new technology with an innovative clinical… […]
• How the resumption of elective surgery may spur demand for high-volume surgical instruments
  (Image courtesy of Micro) Hospitals’ need for single-use surgical instruments may spike as they resume elective procedures following the worst of COVID-19. Outsourcing with a credible tubing partner allows OEMs to focus on core competencies internally and free up other resources for maximum competitive advantage. Jim Jock, Micro As elective surgeries resume during this time… […]