Eleventh Circuit Grants Immunity to Officer Who Shot Child Lying on the Ground
The Eleventh Circuit ’s decision in Corbitt v. Vickers, handed down last week, constitutes one of the most grotesque and indefensible applications of the qualified immunity I ’ve ever seen. The case involves a claim of excessive force against Michael Vickers, a deputy sheriff in Coffee County, Georgia, who shot a ten-year-old child lying on the ground, while repeatedly attempting to shoot a pet dog that wasn’t posing any threat. Without even deciding the constitution al question, a majority of the Eleventh Circuit panel granted qualified immunity to Vickers, simply because there was no case on point with this partic...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 15, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Jay Schweikert Source Type: blogs
Low Cost Medical Devices for Low-Resource Regions: Interview with Prof. Saad Bhamla, Georgia Tech
Advances in medical technology continue apace, with sophisticated new medical devices and therapies becoming available on an ongoing basis. However, medical technology often comes at a premium, and for low-resource regions sometimes even relatively basic medical devices, such as hearing aids, are inaccessible because they are too expensive. Similarly, basic equipment, such as centrifuges, that are commonly used in diagnostic or medical research laboratories can cost a lot, making it unaffordable for laboratories in many countries and institutions.
These barriers to using tools commonly available elsewhere a...
Source: Medgadget - July 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Diagnostics Emergency Medicine ENT Exclusive Genetics Materials Pathology Public Health Source Type: blogs
Protein-Loaded Antimicrobial Hydrogel to Treat, Prevent Bone Infections
Bone infections are quite common following orthopedic surgery or as a result of injury or disease. They can be incredibly difficult to treat, and heavy duty antibiotic regimens coupled with debridement surgery is the current approach. Even after all that, inflammation is a frequent side effect. Now, researchers at Georgia Tech have created a hydrogel material that can be used to treat bone infections and even prevent them from happening following surgery.
Their hydrogel contains lysostaphin, an antimicrobial enzyme that kills bacteria but that doesn’t increase inflammation. Previously, lysostaphin was not very...
Source: Medgadget - June 28, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Materials Medicine News Orthopedic Surgery Plastic Surgery Source Type: blogs
CorMatrix Cor PATCH for Repair of Broken Hearts Gets FDA Clearance
CorMatrix, a company out of Roswell, Georgia, has won FDA clearance for the Cor PATCH epicardial patch. The device is indicated for use at the locations of aneurysms, in adults who have suffered a heart attack that led to the ventricular walls becoming thinner, or anywhere else where structural support or repair of the heart would be helpful.
The patch is made using the new generation of the CorMatrix ECM extracellular matrix, which, unlike other competing devices derived from animal tissues, does not have any nuclear remnants, bits of cell wall, or lipids. It does still carry over factors that help tissues to grow into t...
Source: Medgadget - June 14, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Source Type: blogs
Cord Tissue Stem Cells Cure Joint Pain
Kim Worley had experienced a life-changing car accident that shattered the bones in the lower part of her left leg. The T-bone accident landed Kim in a six-hour surgery to piece the bones in her leg back together. Even after her year-long recovery, Kim never fully healed and experienced constant pain in her knee, hip and neck.
Determined to find relief, she contacted Dr. Heller at Heller Healthcare, a chiropractic facility in Brunswick, Georgia. Treating all her patients individually, Dr. Heller develops treatment approaches based on the condition of her patients. For Kim, this meant receiving a transfusion of mesenchymal ...
Source: Cord Blood News - May 23, 2019 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Maze Cord Blood Tags: Cord Tissue stem cells Source Type: blogs
