Category: Technology & Devices
Medical devices come of age with TPEs
Also, download this story from the electronic issue here Incorporating TPEs in the manufacture of medical devices allows for easier processing, just like thermoplastics, and imitating the performance and feel of thermoset rubbers, as well as lower scrap rates, thus assuring […]
Pelican BioThermal introduces new reusable pallet shipper system
Pelican BioThermal launched its advanced new pallet shipper system, Crēdo Cargo. This reusable system, specifically designed to accept a full ISO pallet, will help revolutionize the temperature-controlled bulk shipper market. Following an intensive design, testing and qualification process, the Crēdo […]
Boston Scientific launches online training portal for interventional cardiology
Boston Scientific, a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices, has launched the EDUCARE Virtual Training Institute (VTI) for interventional cardiology, a non-commercial e-learning platform for procedural training of physicians, technicians and nurses from more than 100 countries. The […]
UK doctors are leading the way in the use of compact neonatal MRI scanners
Doctors at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital – located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in England – are paving the way for the use of a compact neonatal MRI scanner designed for imaging the brains of premature babies. The machine at the […]
Blood-repellent titanium surfaces could be the future of medical implants
Engineers at the Colorado State University in the US may have the key to the future of medical implants – a titanium surface that’s extremely repellent to blood. Medical implants like stents, catheters and tubing introduce risk for blood clotting […]
Scientists develop robotic sleeve to help failing hearts continue to pump
A robotic sleeve that help failing hearts continue to pump blood has been developed by scientists based in Harvard and the Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts in the US in collaboration with scientists based in Leeds in the UK. In […]
AI software learns to predict when heart failure may happen
An artificial intelligence (AI) software has learned to analyze blood tests and scans of beating hearts in order to predict when a heart failure may occur, according to a team of scientists at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences. […]
Pelican BioThermal launches new temperature-controlled packaging solution
Minnesota, US-based packaging solutions company Pelican Bio Thermal has introduced a new temperature-controlled shipping solution for the life sciences industry. The CoolPall Vertos Advance, a new high performance, single-use, passive bulk freight shipping solution, is designed to offer the marketplace […]
Hong Kong’s OrbusNeich introduces next-generation coronary scoring balloon
To help cardiologists manage increasingly complex cases, OrbusNeich, a Hong Kong-based global company specializing in the provision of life-changing vascular solutions, has introduced a new non-compliant scoring balloon that targets more resistant lesions–abnormal damage or change in the tissue of […]
NZ wool tech firm to offer face masks for Asian consumers in polluted areas
TexusFibre, an Auckland, New Zealand-based company that develops functional materials derived from natural wool, has signed a wide-ranging distribution agreement with Healthy Breath Limited (HBL), another Auckland company, to deploy its wool-based Helix Filter in a new generation of urban […]
