Digital manufacturer Protolabs (NYSE:PRLB) announced today that MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.) and Cleveland Clinic Innovations are joint winners of the company’s Cool Idea Award: Healthcare Grant. These grants provide in-kind manufacturing services to the support development of medical products to spur innovation in the field. MedStar Health’s … [Read more...] about Protolabs’ healthcare grant spurs 2 feeding tube inventions
FDA: Abiomed Impella RP survival rate steady when appropriate patients are implanted
The survival rate of right-heart failure patients treated with the Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) Impella RP heart pump remained about the same during the latest round of post-approval studies, according to the FDA. That latest rate of survival 30 days post-explant, post-discharge survival or switch to another therapy rate was 72.7%, or 16 out of 22 … [Read more...] about FDA: Abiomed Impella RP survival rate steady when appropriate patients are implanted
LivaNova pulls the plug on transcatheter mitral valve repair device
LivaNova (NSDQ:LIVN) said recently that it is ending its Caisson Interventional transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) program and plans to restructure its heart valve business to improve profitability. The company’s heart valve business represented nearly $130 million in revenue during fiscal 2018 and saw its revenue numbers decline over … [Read more...] about LivaNova pulls the plug on transcatheter mitral valve repair device
Freudenberg Medical debuts continuous inner measurement for tubing
Freudenberg Medical said today it has developed a ground-breaking new technology to continuously measure the inner geometry of silicone tubes. The new technology is meant to significantly increase product quality for high-precision applications, such as pacemaker lead insulation, and dramatically cut down on material usage and process time, … [Read more...] about Freudenberg Medical debuts continuous inner measurement for tubing
Freudenberg expands medical balloon development in Minnesota
Freudenberg Medical said today it has added medical balloon development and balloon rapid-prototyping services to its product development center in Minnetonka, Minn. By establishing a "Balloon Development Center of Excellence," Freudenberg has centralized its balloon development activities to further decrease turnaround times for prototypes … [Read more...] about Freudenberg expands medical balloon development in Minnesota
Microspec founder takes the long view on medical tubing
Microspec CEO Tim Steele remembers when polyurethanes were relatively new. It was the 1970s, and the only polyurethanes were industrial grade, not medical grade. Steele is a PEEK pioneer who founded Microspec in 1989 and opened up shop in Jaffrey, N.H. the following year. Microspec has grown and moved twice more, the last time to Peterborough, … [Read more...] about Microspec founder takes the long view on medical tubing
Medtronic recalls certain balloon catheters
Medtronic is voluntarily recalling certain balloon dilation catheters that have proven difficult to remove from patients’ bodies. The recall affects a subset of the company’s Euphora and Solarice semi-compliant rapid exchange balloon dilatation catheters manufactured from February 27, 2019, through July 31, 2019, according to a letter sent to … [Read more...] about Medtronic recalls certain balloon catheters
How to make adhesives work for your medical tubing
Medical device companies have many factors to consider when deciding which adhesives to use with tubing. An adhesives manufacturer explains them. The best tubing in the world won’t help a medical device to work if it won’t adhere properly. Determining the right adhesive technology for your medical tubing depends on several factors, according … [Read more...] about How to make adhesives work for your medical tubing
Biomerics adds Northeast Laser & Electropolish in merger
Interventional device contract manufacturer Biomerics said this week that it is merging with Northeast Laser & Electropolish (NLE), a Monroe, Conn.-based company. NLE offers medtech contract manufacturing, laser processing, machining and metal-finishing services. The merger will create a metals division of Biomerics, called Biomerics NLE, to … [Read more...] about Biomerics adds Northeast Laser & Electropolish in merger
These tiny ‘mirrors’ could make tracking catheters easier
Clinicians around the world perform millions of endovascular procedures per year, using catheters and guided by X-rays to place stents or remove blood clots. That's a lot of radiation for patients and physicians to endure, and the X-rays don't even provide the most precise images, according to Torben Pätz, a mathematician at the Fraunhofer … [Read more...] about These tiny ‘mirrors’ could make tracking catheters easier
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