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Use Error Takes a Hit in New MDR Guidance

Posted in Regulatory and Compliance by MDDI staff on November 21, 2016 The FDA has released a final guidance on Medical Device Reporting for Manufacturers. This follows the corresponding draft guidance of July 2013 and replaces the guidance of March 1977, which is no longer available on FDA’s website. That guidance was ambiguous with regard to […]

How Artificial Muscles Could Transform the Lives of Some Military Veterans

By Nathan Hurst, November 22, 2016 Injury is a sad fact of military service, especially in wartime. According to a study performed by scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, by far the most frequent is soft tissue injuries to skin, fat and muscle. Of these, muscle damage is particularly difficult to […]

How Surgeons Stay Focused for Hours

By Lucette Lagnado, Nov. 16, 2016 Organ-transplant surgeons have skills most of us can only dream about. One, concentrating for hours straight, is something we can aspire to. Transplanting a liver can take eight to 10 hours. Surgeons are on their feet the whole time, hunched over the operating table. They minimize breaks for the bathroom or […]

Medtronic shares slip on missed Q2 sales mark, lowered outlook

NOVEMBER 22, 2016 BY BRAD PERRIELLO Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) shares dropped in pre-market trading today after the world’s largest medical device company missed Wall Street’s expectations with its fiscal 2nd-quarter sales and lowered its outlook for the rest of the year. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic posted profits of $1.12 billion, or 80¢ per share, on sales of […]

Clinical and retrieval evidence for corrosion of spine implants

All prosthetic implants are subject to some degree of wear and corrosion in the body. Wear is a mechanical process resulting from changes in load distribution and micro-motion, while corrosion is an electrochemical process of metal degradation. Certain types of corrosion, such as fretting, occur when chemical and mechanical factors, including crevice and abrasive wear, […]

Could the FDA be dismantled under Trump?

By Sheila Kaplan – Published November 22, 2016 WASHINGTON — Has President-elect Donald Trump put a bull’s-eye on the Food and Drug Administration? It’s been less than a year since Robert Califf was sworn in as the Food and Drug Administration’s chief, but already the agency is facing post-election upheaval. Public health advocates are bracing for […]

Minimally invasive lumbar decompression may be performed safely without prior experience

23rd November 2016 Junyoung Ahn (Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA) and others report in The Spine Journal that continued surgical experience in the context of minimally invasive lumbar decompression, with or without discectomy, is associated with reduced operative times and reduced hospital stay, but not improved clinical outcomes. They conclude […]

First Choice Healthcare Solutions Issues Formal Financial Guidance for 2017 Full Year Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

MELBOURNE, FL–(Marketwired – Nov 22, 2016) – First Choice Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(OTCQB: FCHS) (“FCHS,” “First Choice” or the “Company”), one of the nation’s only non-physician-owned, publicly traded healthcare services companies focused on the delivery of total musculoskeletal solutions with an emphasis on Orthopaedics, including spine care and treatment, today issued formal financial guidance of $40-$45 […]

Konica Minolta Partners with Mindray to Further Expand MSK Ultrasound Portfolio

WAYNE, NJ –(Marketwired – November 21, 2016) – Konica Minolta Healthcare announced today it has entered into a partnership with Mindray, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, to bring exclusive musculoskeletal (MSK) portable ultrasound solutions to the market. Konica Minolta solidifies its leadership position in MSK imaging by continuing to establish […]

SPINEWAY : Increase in capital of €1.4 million and entry of TINAVI Medical Technologies into Spineway”s capital

By GlobeNewswire,  November 21, 2016 SPINEWAY, a company specialising in implants and surgical instruments for the treatment of vertebral (spinal) problems, is proud to announce that the Chinese company TINAVI Medical Technologies has joined its capital, following a €1.4 million increase in capital. Following approval by the General Meeting on 4 November, Spineway increased its […]

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