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Implants: Conception, Development and Testing of a Medicine Product
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[02/05/2013] Implants have to combine medical and technical know-how in safe medicine products. This is why their development requires close cooperation between physicians and engineers. The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, IWU) takes part in such cooperations: It develops new implants and improves existing technologies.Implants: Conception, Development and Testing of a Medicine Product - Read more
Tiny Surgical Tools Perform Biopsies
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[24/04/2013] By using swarms of untethered microgrippers Johns Hopkins engineers and physicians may have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could prove more effective to access narrow body conduits as well as find early signs of diseases. Tiny Surgical Tools Perform Biopsies - Read more
Greater Hospital Profit-margins
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[17/04/2013] Privately insured surgical patients who had a complication provided hospitals with a 330 percent higher profit margin than those without a complication, according to new research from Ariadne Labs. Greater Hospital Profit-margins - Read more
Drug-coated Stents Prevent Amputation
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[15/04/2013] Minimally invasive procedure proves better than surgery when angioplasty fails in patients with severely blocked leg arteries. Drug-eluting stents can keep clogged leg arteries open, preventing amputation of the leg. Drug-coated Stents Prevent Amputation - Read more
New Method Restores Grip Function
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[11/04/2013] A new method in which a number of operations are performed simultaneously can provide people with tetraplegia with a better grip function and the ability to open their hand. This method also shortens the patient’s rehabilitation period by at least three months, reveals a doctoral thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. New Method Restores Grip Function - Read more
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