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As an innovator and leader in surface coating technology, Alfa Chemistry develops effective solutions that modify various surfaces from metals, glasses, and polymers. Earlier this month, Alfa Chemistry launched a comprehensive portfolio of hydrophobic polymers, which aims to make breakthroughs for both researchers and industrial manufacturers. The newly released hydrophobic polymers are ...
Team Gleason and Synchron, an endovascular brain computer interface company, today announced a partnership agreement to provide patient-focused feedback on their platform to transform daily life for patients with physical and speech disabilities like ALS, muscular dystrophy, and cerebral palsy. The partnership will enable Synchron to collaborate with Team Gleason’s expert committees and an ...
Synchron, a brain computer interface company, today announced a Twitter takeover by Philip O’Keefe, one of the patients implanted with the Stentrode brain computer interface. Mr. O’Keefe is the first person to successfully message the world on social media directly through thought using an implantable brain computer interface. Mr. O’Keefe, a 62-year-old man with amyotrophic ...
FORT WAYNE, IN – BioPoly LLC has announced that the first BioPoly® Great Toe surgery in the U.S. was completed on September 30, 2021. The surgery was performed by Dr. Steve Herbst of Central Indiana Orthopedics in Muncie, Indiana. “The BioPoly Great Toe implant addresses a large unmet need in the market, and we are thrilled to have it available in the U.S. now. This small implant ...
Synchron, a venture-backed brain data transfer company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application for its flagship product, the Stentrode™ motor neuroprosthesis. This early feasibility study (EFS) of the device will begin later this year at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, and will assess the safety ...
NASHUA, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vallum Corporation, a medical device company, today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) spinal interbody fusion device with a PEEKplus® nanotextured1 surface created by Vallum’s proprietary and patented Accelerated Neutral Atom Beam (ANAB) technology. ...
Healionics Corporation, a private medical device company, announced today the completion of a $4.5M convertible note financing round. The financing supports the first human study, currently underway, of the company's innovative STARgraft vascular graft. In preclinical studies, STARgraft demonstrated improved ability to maintain blood flow compared to on-market vascular grafts, thereby offering ...
CARMEL, Indiana. (July 30, 2019) – Nanovis today announced the commercial launch of its bioceramic nanotube enhanced FortiCore interbodies following a successful alpha launch. The FortiCore interbodies are designed with a unique, proprietary, patent protected bio-ceramic enhanced titanium nanotube surface. The nanotubes are applied to a deeply porous, fully interconnected titanium ...
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Healionics Corporation, a Seattle-based medical device company, has announced the addition of Ryan Takeuchi to its board of directors. Takeuchi brings 20 years of experience in medical devices and private equity, and most recently served as divisional business leader of W.L. Gore’s Medical Products Division. “We appreciate Ryan’s vote of confidence in Healionics and our market ...
Healionics Corporation, a Seattle-based medical device company, has received notice from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of a $1.7M Fast-Track Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant in support of regulatory approval and a clinical study of STARgraftTM, its innovative synthetic vascular graft. Andrew Marshall, Healionics’ Chief Technology ...
Healionics’ STARport HD, a novel preclinical stage implantable device that allows needle-free bloodstream access for hemodialysis treatment, has been selected by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) to be featured at the ASN exhibit booth at Kidney Week 2016 as one of several new technologies portraying the future of kidney disease treatment. Kidney Week 2016 is the 50th annual kidney ...
Healionics Corporation, a Seattle-based medical device company, today announced the appointment of Mike Connolly as Chief Executive Officer. Connolly brings 25 years of leadership in the medical device industry including extensive experience in both operating and venture investing roles. “We are fortunate to add a leader of Mike’s caliber,” said Andrew Marshall, Director and ...
This specification covers the materials, dimensional tolerances, constructions, and mechanical properties for standard metallic implantable strands and cables. Materials shall be manufactured using equivalent size wires in the cold-worked and stress-relieved or annealed condition. Standard strand constructions shall be 1×3, 1×7, and 1×19 strand. Cabling ...
Intervertebral body fusion devices are generally simple geometric shaped devices, which are often porous or hollow in nature. Their function is to support the anterior column of the spine to facilitate arthrodesis of the motion segment. This test method is designed to quantify the subsidence characteristics of different designs of intervertebral body fusion devices since ...
This specification covers polyoxymethylene (acetal) resin for medical applications. This specification provides requirements and associated test methods for a form of this thermoplastic which is intended for use in manufacturing medical devices, instrumentation or components thereof. Physical and mechanical properties of medical grade ...
This specification covers the raw material and final product requirements, and the associated test methods for the selection of porous high density and ultra high molecular weight polyethylenes intended for use in surgical implants. The porous polyethylene may be used as a free standing product or as a coating on a substrate in nonloaded ...
This specification covers the chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical requirements for wrought annealed titanium-6aluminum-4vanadium ELI (extra low interstitial) alloy (R56401) to be used in the manufacture of surgical implants. The products are classified into: strip, sheet, plate, bar, forging bar, and wire. The heat analysis shall conform to the ...
1. Scope 1.1 This specification covers the material requirements for high-purity, dense aluminum oxide for load-bearing surgical implant applications. 1.2 This specification does not cover finished parts (for example, femoral heads, acetabular inserts, dental implants and the like). It is intended as a ...
This specification covers total knee replacement (TKR) prostheses used to provide functioning articulation by employing femoral and tibial components, allowing a minimum of 110' of flexion to high flexion. Replaceable components of modular designs, for example, tibial articulating surfaces and all components labeled for or capable of being used with cement, regardless of ...
This specification covers the chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical requirements for wrought titanium-15 molybdenum alloy to be used in the manufacture of surgical implants. The product shall be classified as: strip; sheet; plate; ...