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Stryker launches a smart hospital bed
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) announced this week that it launched the ProCuity wireless smart hospital bed to improve efficiency and safety while lowering costs. The intelligent bed was designed to help reduce in-hospital patient falls at all acuity levels while also improving nurse workflow efficiencies and safeties at lesser cost to the hospital. Stryker said in a news…
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Closed Fluid Delivery Systems: Unmet Needs in the Hospital and Home Care Environmentby Steve Bello, Business Development Director, Halkey-Roberts Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL. The home healthcare market is growing rapidly and is…
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Electronic Valve TechnologyThe following is an overview of different technologies available when selecting the correct electronic valve for your application. Spider Valve…
Nanosilica Filled, LED Curable Adhesive: In this video, Master Bond experts use a portable LED light source to demonstrate how to apply and cure LED405Med, a biocompatible adhesiveMaster Bond LED405Med is a one component, LED curing adhesive system that meets ISO 10993-5 cytotoxicity requirements for use in…
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Acuitive Technologies wins FDA clearance for tendon interference screw system
Acuitive Technologies announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its CitreLock interference screw system. CitreLock with CitreGen material technology, a next-generation thermoset bioresorbable synthetic polymer, is designed to attach tissue during orthopedic surgeries, including the fixation of ligaments or tendon graft tissue repairs of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, knee and foot extremities,…
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Stryker launches a smart hospital bed
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How SpaceX is helping Medtronic prepare for the next pandemic wave
As COVID-19 cases erupted around the globe earlier this year, Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) faced unprecedented demand for its ventilators. At first, Medtronic engineer Matt Phillips wasn’t sure how the company was going to supply enough ventilators to meet the surging global need. Then Elon Musk called with a proposal. Space Exploration Corporation (SpaceX), Elon Musk’s California-based company…
