People who suffer bad bone breaks or have chronic spine and craniofacial conditions may eventually have those problems heal much faster, if a human clinical trial produces good results. An Israeli company has made a polymer membrane implant that heals broken bones 40% faster than traditional methods. The company, RegeneCure, based in Jerusalem, tested the [...]
Medical Device Industry Wants FDA to Change
May 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
Venture capitalists, companies, and lobbyists are beginning to apply a lot of pressure to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change the way it handles medical device applications. They argue the FDA’s handling of medical devices is stifling innovation in the U.S. As reported by Luke Timmerman in a Xconomy.com article that got [...]
GAO Concerned About Medical Device Approval Process
April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has raised concerns about the approval process that high-risk medical devices undergo — or rather, don’t undergo — by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The federal watchdog group says the agency recently took steps to see if certain high-risk medical devices, such as artificial hips and external defibrillators, [...]
Retinal Prostheses Improved With Polymers
April 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Retinal blindness in several forms afflict millions of people. Scientists would like to create implantable microelectronic prostheses to help these patients see better. Researchers at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, have come up with a series of waterproof polymer coatings that both protect the prostheses and the sensitive eye tissue of the patient. The research [...]
