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Irish researchers think their new material could enable better spinal cord repair
What’s so special about Apollo Endosurgery’s stomach-shrinking weight loss tech?
4 tips for medical device companies that are choosing a quality management system
How Google and iCAD will partner to advance AI mammography
Silicon Valley contract manufacturers form full-service group
New results detail J&J Embotrap design’s first-pass performance in stroke patients
Cardinal Health expands single-use device reprocessing facility
A new mechanically active adhesive fights muscle atrophy
November 2022 Issue: 2022 Medical Device Handbook
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What’s so special about Apollo Endosurgery’s stomach-shrinking weight loss tech?
Apollo Endosurgery — set to be purchased by Boston Scientific for $615 million — develops new devices and minimally invasive procedures for weight loss. The procedure is called endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) and the device that made it possible is the OverStitch endoscopic suturing system. Austin, Texas-based Apollo Endosurgery first won 510(k) clearance for OverStitch…
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Irish researchers think their new material could enable better spinal cord repair
Researchers at the University of Limerick in Ireland shared research demonstrating progress in spinal cord tissue repair. The researchers, who conducted work at UL’s Bernal Institute, published their findings in Biomaterials Research. According to a news release, they developed new hybrid biomaterials. They turned to nanoparticles built on existing practices in tissue engineering. As a…
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Viant expands Design & Development West Center of Excellence in California
Viant today said it has completed the expansion of its Design & Development West Center of Excellence in Fremont, California. The facility’s footprint is now 67% larger, totaling 25,000 sf² across two buildings co-located with the company’s complex molding and assembly facility. The expansion triples the amount of ISO 8 and ISO 7 cleanroom space…
