Biomedical Materials - Issue 5, 2012

International Newsletters Ltd, May 2012

A monthly news alert which addresses all the latest developments in ceramics, composites, metals, polymers and textiles for biomedical use including advances in materials, product launches and trials, industry news, international regulatory issues and an alerting service to the latest research results.

Reports on new and existing application areas: artificial organs and skin, bioprostheses, bone repair, catheters, contact lenses, dental materials, drug delivery, ophthalmics, orthopaedics, sutures and tissue engineering. Every month, this concise newsletter will keep you up-to-date with the latest research in a format that doesn’t take all day to read. Biomedical Materials provides you with abstracts of the latest research findings and details of new materials being tested or developed, as well as all the industry news, such as markets, product trials and corporate strategies. Plus, all news articles contain contact details so you can follow up items of specific interest directly with the companies and institutes concerned.

Materials

- Amniotic membrane allograft has US market launch
- Antibacterial envelope cuts infection rates
- Toray Industries develops antithrombogenic material

Products

- Titanium implant approved for treatment of oesophageal reflux
- Novus Scientific launches mesh
- Putnam Plastics offers clear polyimide medical tubing
- Spinal implants get Euro approval
- Orthopaedic firm wins US patents
- CircuLite reports on micro-pump

Industry news

- Open Mind Technologies promises improved implants and instruments
- Sandvik divests Medical Solutions

Health and Safety

- UK regulatory agency advises against allmetal hip joints
- US health agency will hold talks on metal hip joints
- US agency reports Thoratec recall of heart assist device

Market Round-up

Calendar

Implant News

- Breast implant rejects cancer growth
- Breast implant maker wins fundin

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