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Biotronik first to land MDR certification for a high-risk device
Biotronik said today that it is the first medtech manufacturer to receive European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) certification for a Class III (highest risk) medical device. The newly certified device is Biotronik’s Renamic programmer software, which enables physicians to program and test implanted cardiac devices such as pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy systems,…
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Preparing for EU-MDR Product Submissions: A Sustainable Approach
What Is the EU MDR? In May 2017, the EU published the new European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR). The new regulation replaces the MDD (Medical Device Directive) and went into force on May 25, 2017. Medical devices have three years to comply while in vitro diagnostics have five years. The reasons for the…
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Teens awarded national scholarships for groundbreaking medtech research
The Davidson Institute for Talent Development recently announced the recipients of its 2019 Davidson Fellow Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to 20 students across the U.S. each year. The program offers $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 college scholarships to students 18 years or younger who have completed projects that could be beneficial in science, technology, engineering,…
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Pneumatic valve ensures noise-free, discrete breast pump design
The breast pump’s last significant redesign was in 1956, the year Elvis Presley released his first single. That changed in 2015 when, while on vacation, Samantha Rudolph read The New York Times blog article that asked, “Shouldn’t the breast pump be as elegant as an iPhone and as quiet as a Prius by now?” Although […]
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Cortland Biomedical unveils new medical device textile manufacturing facility
Cortland Biomedical yesterday said it has built a new manufacturing facility for custom textile structures for medical devices. The Cortland, N.Y.-based facility has certified cleanroom manufacturing spaces with ISO Class 8 cleanrooms for fabric formation and ISO Class 7 cleanrooms for assembly, scouring and post-processing. “Our team is committed to partnering with our customers to…
