Vascular Graft Solutions ’ aneurysm graft used in hemodialysis patients
Vascular Graft Solutions’ Frame external support
Vascular Graft Solutions has reported the first clinical use of its Frame external support technology in high-flow arteriovenous (AV) fistulas. The first five cases were performed by Dr. Vladimir Matoussevitch from Cologne University Hospital in Germany.
The braided cobalt chrome, kink-resistant external support was designed for autologous vein grafts in bypass or reconstruction of peripheral arterial blood vessels. Mattoussevitch used them to prevent high-flow AV fistula and aneurysmal enlargement complications, which are common in patients undergoing routine...
Source: Mass Device - August 20, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Vascular vasculargraftsolutions Source Type: news
Zavation's New Facet Screw System and SI Joint Screw System Improve Operating Room Functionality
Zavation will be showcasing two new products in September, 2018; the Facet screw system and the Sacroiliac (SI) System. The facet screw system is a minimally invasive and permanent implant made of cobalt chrome alloy. It serves as a fusion and fixation system all-in-one and provides mechanical support and stability. The Sacroiliac (SI) System is a fixation system is made from titanium alloy and is intended for sacroiliac joint stabilization. It features easy insertion and comes in multiple...This story is related to the following:Health, Medical,& Dental Supplies and EquipmentSearch for suppliers of:Surgical Equipment& Sup...
Source: Industrial Newsroom - Health, Medical and Dental Supplies - August 14, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Source Type: news
Device Safety and Regulations Questioned in The Bleeding Edge
Netflix’s movie, The Bleeding Edge, is about allegedly unsafe medical devices, how they got to market, and how difficult it is to get them off the market. Living in New York, I actually saw it in a movie theater. It has also received a modest amount of press with various radio, print, and online interviews.
The principals behind the movie, Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering, and Amy Herdy, are established documentary filmmakers as is evidenced by the high production values that go well beyond talking heads and statistics. The issue of faulty medical devices is approached through the personal stories of v...
Source: MDDI - August 14, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: William A. Hyman Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Source Type: news
BWXT completes acquisition of Nordion business
BWX Technologies (BWXT), a U.S. government nuclear components supplier, has...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Sterigenics closes on Nordion acquisition (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 7, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
"We are guinea pigs": New documentary explores risks of medical devices
"The Bleeding Edge" filmmakers speak with patients suffering apparent complications from cobalt hip replacements and the Essure permanent birth control device (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
"We are Guinea pigs ”: New documentary explores risks of medical devices
"The Bleeding Edge" filmmakers speak with patients suffering apparent complications from cobalt hip replacements and the Essure permanent birth control device (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Netflix ’ s ‘ The Bleeding Edge ’ blasts medtech & FDA
Essure activist Angie Firmalino discusses surgeries with a nurse in Netflix’s ‘The Bleeding Edge.’
Netflix has unleashed a blistering indictment of the medical device industry, the FDA and doctors who accept money from medtech in its new documentary, ‘The Bleeding Edge,’ released today.
The film depicts people who have suffered injuries and/or illnesses following placement of Bayer’s Essure sterilization device, Johnson & Johnson’s vaginal mesh, various manufacturers’ metal artificial hips, and women whose surgeons used Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robotic arm to perform hysterect...
Source: Mass Device - July 27, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: 510(k) Blog Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Gynecological Metal-on-Metal Neurological Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Regulatory/Compliance AdvaMed Bayer British Medical Journal Intuitive Surgical JAMA Internal Medicine johnsonandjohn Source Type: news
"We are Guinea pigs ”: New docunmentary explores risks of medical devices
"The Bleeding Edge" filmmakers speak with patients suffering apparent complications from cobalt hip replacements and the Essure permanent birth control device (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health care industry responds to documentary on medical device risks
"The Bleeding Edge" speaks with patients suffering apparent complications from cobalt hip replacements and the Essure permanent birth control device (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What the Netflix Documentary ‘Bleeding Edge’ Gets Right About the Dangers of Medical Devices in America
A new Netflix Original documentary sheds light on a topic that’s opaque to many: the medical device industry in America.
The film, called The Bleeding Edge, claims that the way medical devices make it to the U.S. market is lax and potentially dangerous. The filmmakers interview doctors and patients who say they’ve been personally harmed by an array of devices—including cobalt-based hip replacements, vaginal mesh and robotic surgery devices—and who feel that the guardian group of the medical device industry, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is not doing enough to protect them.
It’...
Source: TIME: Health - July 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized Documentary Medical Devices medicine Netflix Netflix Original The Bleeding Edge Source Type: news
NuVasive Launches Next-Gen Reline Spine Fixation System
NuVasive has launched its Reline MAS Midline (RMM), the next evolution of its Reline system designed to provide procedural versatility in a compact midline construct.
The San Diego, CA-based company said the RMM incorporates extremely low-profile modular implants and advanced system instrumentation to address alignment and potentially reduce adjacent segment transition syndrome. The system, when combined with NuVasive access and interbody technologies, is designed to provide a minimally invasive approach to bilateral decompression under complete visualization, interbody fusion, and stabilization with pedicle screws.
Deli...
Source: MDDI - July 17, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Orthopedics Source Type: news
ITG, Bruce Power team up on lutetium-177 production
German firm Isotope Technologies Garching (ITG) and nuclear reactor operator...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 6, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Tandem catalysis for asymmetric coupling of ethylene and enynes to functionalized cyclobutanes
Transformation of simple precursors into structurally complex cyclobutanes, present in many biologically important natural products and pharmaceuticals, is of considerable interest in medicinal chemistry. Starting from 1,3-enynes and ethylene, both exceptionally inexpensive starting materials, we report a cobalt-catalyzed route to vinylcyclobutenes, as well as the further enantioselective addition of ethylene to these products to form complex cyclobutanes with all-carbon quaternary centers. These reactions can proceed in discrete stages or in a tandem fashion to achieve three highly selective carbon-carbon bond formations ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 5, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Pagar, V. V., RajanBabu, T. V. Tags: Chemistry reports Source Type: news
Uganda:Cancer Institute 'Resumes' Radiotherapy Services
[Observer] Radiotherapy services at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) have fully resumed following the completion of the servicing of the Cobalt 60 Radiotherapy machine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 14, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Modern alchemists are making chemistry greener
(Princeton University) Modern alchemists are trying to replace precious metals with greener, cheaper alternatives. Princeton Chemistry Professor Paul Chirik and his team have synthesized an epilepsy medication using one-electron oxidation that replaces rhodium and dichloromethane with the much greener cobalt and methanol. " Earth-abundant catalysts [can] not only replace the precious metal ones, but they offer distinct advantages, " said Chirik, including " new chemistry that no one's ever seen before " and " a reduced environmental footprint. " (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
