Consumables and Implantables

The over one million pacemakers implanted each year worldwide currently require an additional surgical procedure every 5–10 years to replace the batteries. Dartmouth engineering...

The titanium cervical BEE cage has a structure of a honeycomb, which allows for bony ingrowth, and reduces the use of titanium limiting the risk of X-ray artefacts.

Surgical Planning Associates (SPA) announced a step forward in how surgery can be performed with the introduction of a HipInsight augmented reality (AR) intra-operative...

Researchers at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - Guwahati (NIPER-G) have come out with two products that promise to be of...

Scientists develop a new miniature NMR implant measures neuronal activity.

Centinel Spine, LLC, the largest privately-held spine company focused on anterior column reconstruction, announced its novel STALIF M FLX 3D-Printed ALIF device was listed...

In its effort to fight against COVID-19, the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has come up with a two-bed tent with necessary medical facilities that...

Polyethylene is a common plastic and it is often one of the materials used in medical implants because it is an acceptable synthetic polymer that is biologically inactive and does not degrade in the body.

Pulling off a band-aid may soon get a lot less painful.

Recently the government said the ceiling price of orthopaedic knee implants will be monitored to ensure that the cost does not increase beyond 10 per cent in a given year.

Recent developments in tissue clearing allowed researchers to obtain first cellular views of intact transparent mouse organs in 3D. These methods, however, were not applicable to human organs.

Species-specific Liver-Chip identifies distinct drug toxicities in human, rat, and dog models; Could improve success rate of drug candidates in clinical trials.

Right implant selection, adoption of global best practices, quality and skill of a surgeon plays a key role in making an orthopedic surgery successful...

Haptic force needle insertion simulator is a low-cost, hand-held device that simulates the tactic feeling of the instrument passing through several layers of tissue.

With the latest advancements, 3rd generation immunoassays for Transfusion Transmitted Infections are now giving way to the 4th generation assays, that are designed on parameters such as early detection, better sensitivity and specificity, reduction in infection rates, affordability, etc. - Ratan Shetty

Mumbai Stroke Society in association with Global Hospital, Parel and The Rotary Club of Bombay Worli recently organised an informative training session for doctors...

A notification was issued recently by CDSCO. Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator, Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD) said, “We are baffled to see...

The researchers observed that the reproducibility of the temperature profile is controlled by constant gas release, which is dictated by the shape of the lithium mould.

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has been nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) as a...