Implant in Biological Technology

Results From Neurotech's NT-501 Phase 2 Retinitis Pigmentosa Studies Demonstrate Consistent Biological Effect on Photoreceptors

... in animals. NT-501 is an intraocular implant that consists of human cells that have been ... patient received either a high or low dose NT-501 implant in one eye and a sham treatment in the fellow ... the therapeutic protein which diffuses out of the implant at the target site. ECT thereby enables the ...

Innocoll, Inc. Files 510 (k) Application for CollaRx Lidocaine Sponge

... Surgical Implant, a biodegradable leave-behind implant currently in phase III development for the ... to its lead product, CollaRx GENTAMICIN SURGICAL implant to a division of Baxter International (NYSE: ... diabetic foot ulcers and CollaRx Bupivacaine implant for the management of post-operative pain, both ...

Cochlear Americas Provides Support for Cochlear Implant Recipients to Pursue Higher Education

... who have received a Nucleus(R) cochlear implant - a small electronic device that can provide a ... profoundly deaf and received a Nucleus cochlear implant at age 2. Emily is enrolled in the Schreyer ... cochlear implant. She received a second cochlear implant in her other ear as a teenager. She is pursuing ...

Globus Medical's INDEPENDENCE(TM) Spacer System: The MILDER(TM) ALIF Solution

... Medical, Inc., the largest privately held spinal implant manufacturer in the world, today announced the ... deliver a simple, repeatable procedure with an implant that is anatomically matched to a broad range of ... Inc. is the largest privately held spinal implant manufacturer in the world and is based in ...

Indevus Pharmaceuticals Announces Fiscal 2008 Year End and Fourth Quarter Results

... the positive difference that a once-yearly implant (vs. monthly injections) has made in improving ... our Phase III trial for our octreotide implant to treat acromegaly. The 140-patient ... the prospects and benefits for the octreotide implant in this market, which currently exceeds $1.0 ...

Stenum Hospital Does its 600th American Disc Replacement Surgery

... the breakthrough Spinal Kinetics M6 implant. This implant achieves the ultimate goal of replicating the ... is a major benefit not available in any other implant we have seen! The M6 implant is approved for use in Europe. ### Read the ...

Neurotech Announces the Opening of Its GMP Manufacturing Facility in Cumberland, Rhode Island

... receives either a high or low dose NT-501 implant in one eye and a sham treatment in the fellow ... subject receives either a high or low dose NT-501 implant or a sham treatment in one eye only. Best ... the therapeutic protein which diffuses out of the implant at the target site. ECT therefore enables ...

Baxter Announces Licensing Agreement for Innocoll's Gentamicin Surgical Implant in the United States

... in the United States. The gentamicin surgical implant will be the first and only biodegradable, ... of SSIs during surgery. The collagen-based implant is saturated with a high concentration of ... during and after surgery. The gentamicin surgical implant is fully biodegradable and can be left in the ...

OpenClinica EDC Solution Deployed for Retina Implant Studies

... in many ways is analogous to the popular cochlear implant used as a hearing prosthesis. The device will ... challenging for smaller biotech companies. Retina implant is among numerous other biotech and ... expense and complexity." About Retina implant AG: Founded in 2003, ...

Cochlear Announces Milestone in Hearing Restoration With 120,000 Nucleus(R) Cochlear Implants

... Medical Center performs the 120,000th cochlear implant device procedure. Today, 72-year-old New ... those who are profoundly deaf. A cochlear implant is a device, which bypasses damaged hair cells in ... be able to hear." Since the first commercial implant in 1982, cochlear implants have become the ...

VIDEO from Medialink and Med-El: New Technology is Music to People's Ears

... ) A cochlear implant provides a sense of sound to a person who ... Unlike a traditional hearing aid, the implant does not amplify sound but directly stimulates ... nerves with electric impulses. Now a new implant system, Maestro, is taking hearing technology to ...

Indevus Receives Approvable Letter from FDA for NEBIDO(R)

... and the octreotide implant for acromegaly. About NEBIDO NEBIDO(R) is a ... is a soft and flexible 12-month hydrogel implant that provides histrelin, a luteinizing ... SUPPRELIN LA SUPPRELIN(R) LA is a subcutaneous implant indicated for the treatment of central precocious ...

Guided Surgery Technology Gaining Popularity in the Dental Implant Market

... of guided surgery technology into dental implant procedures will increase dramatically over the ... helping to improve clinical confidence in dental implant therapy. This technology uses a digital x-ray ... Bicon Dental Implant, BioHorizons, Biomet 3i, implant Direct, IMTEC, Lifecore Biomedical, Nobel ...

Two Year Study Confirms SUPPRELIN(R) LA Implant Maintains Profound Suppression of Hormones in Children With Premature Onset Puberty

... acetate), the only once-yearly subcutaneous implant for the treatment of central precocious puberty ... puberty and that the removal of the first implant and insertion of the second does not influence ... 2 boys) aged 5 to 11 years opted to have a second implant placed. At all sites, a pediatric surgeon removed ...

Scient'x Re-Acquires Isobar License

... Scient'x was first to market in the spinal implant industry with dynamic rod technologies. With over ... with dynamic rod technologies of any spinal implant company. Now 20 years old and the largest independent spinal implant company outside of the USA, Scient'x has been ...

BioHorizons Announces the Purchase of Implant Logic Systems

... announced today the completion of its purchase of implant Logic Systems, Ltd. ("ILS"), first announced on January 30, 2008. implant Logic Systems will operate as a subsidiary ... our product offering to include VIP Virtual implant Placement planning software and CAD/CAM surgical ...

ATS Medical Announces First North American Commercial Implant of the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis

... announced the first North American commercial implant of the ATS 3f(R) Aortic Bioprosthesis. ... ATS 3F valve requires a very simple technique to implant which is easy to reproduce and should lead to ... commented, "Our first North American commercial implant is another milestone in our effort to broaden ...

Innocoll Announces Dosing of First Patient in a Second US Phase 2 Clinical Trial to Investigate CollaRx(R) BUPIVACAINE SURGICAL IMPLANT for the Management of Post-operative Pain

... to investigate CollaRx(R) BUPIVACAINE SURGICAL implant for the management of post-operative pain, has commenced dosing. Innocoll's BUPIVACAINE SURGICAL implant is a biodegradable and fully bioresorbable matrix ... patient recovery. Innocoll's BUPIVACAINE SURGICAL implant is intended to provide pain control directly at ...

BioHorizons Announces Agreement to Purchase Implant Logic Systems

... N.Y., Jan 30 /PRNewswire/ -- BioHorizons implant Systems, Inc. ("BioHorizons") announced today ... and provider of technology solutions for the implant dentistry market. ILS's Virtual Implant Placement ... to view CT scans and create virtual implant treatment plans. Implantologists can then use ...

Indevus Comments on Bayer Healthcare Discontinuation of Viadur(R)

... VANTAS(R) to be Only Once-Yearly implant for Prostate Cancer in U.S. Market Indevus ... (histrelin implant) will be the only 12-month implant for the palliative treatment of advanced ... only the technology of our once-yearly Hydron implant can offer, resulting in improved patient ...

Innocoll Announces Closing of $30 Million Equity Financing Investment

... is a fully biodegradable, leave-behind surgical implant impregnated with the broad spectrum ... of the U.S., to EUSA Pharma. GENTAMICIN SURGICAL implant is currently in phase 3 clinical development in ... projected peak U.S. sales of GENTAMICIN SURGICAL implant at more than $200 million per annum. Other late ...

Tutogen Medical, Inc. Reports Year-End Fiscal 2007 Financial Results

... ), a leading manufacturer of sterile biological implant products made from human (allograft) and animal ... products and surgical instruments to successfully implant those products. The 92% sales growth in 2007 in ... Medical, Inc. manufactures sterile biological implant products made from human (allograft) and animal ...

Millennium Research Group Offers New Marketrack Service that Tracks European Dental Implant Market

... -- Millennium Research Group's European Dental implant Marketrack service offers insight into an important dental implant pricing trend in Europe. The average price of ... over time and allow clients to follow dental implant price fluctuations across Europe." About ...

Amedica Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Valeo(TM) Cervical Plate

... C7 vertebral bodies of the cervical spine. The implant and related instruments are designed to ... of Amedica Corporation. "The clearance of this implant represents another milestone toward the ... Amedica Corporation is an emerging orthopedic implant company focused on using its silicon nitride ...

BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. (BME) Receives FDA Clearance for Spine Use of Its Memory Metal Implants

... company and leader in orthopedic shape memory implant technology, today announced that the U.S. Food ... and super-elastic properties, the OSSpine(TM) implant is inserted while in its malleable state at room ... Using BME's patent-pending OSSforce(TM) implant Controller, ...

Bone-growing nanomaterial could improve orthopaedic implants

... rate. The team took titanium the most popular implant material around and chemically treated it and ... intervene to avoid additional surgery. Right now, implant patients must get an X-ray or undergo a bone scan ... have a long way to go to make an intelligent implant a reality, but our new results are a strong first ...

Advanced Bionics Deploys CEVA-TeakLite(TM) DSP Core to Enhance Its Harmony(TM) HiResolution(R) Bionic Ear System

... battery life for state-of-the-art cochlear implant system SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 18 ... 120(TM) processing feature, to help cochlear implant recipients appreciate music, use the telephone, ... required for its state-of-the-art cochlear implant system," said Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of CEVA. ...

Dental Implant Market Insights Webinar

... Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: DENTAL implant MARKET INSIGHTS WEBINAR (audio and online ... webinar outlining our knowledge of the dental implant industry. Sign up to gain information derived from our Global Dental implant report series and Dental Implant Marketrack. In ...

Zimmer and Tutogen Announce Agreement for International Distribution of Biological Products

... a leading manufacturer of sterile biological implant products made from human (allograft) and ... offers one of the most comprehensive dental implant product lines available, including the Tapered Screw-Vent(R) implant System and Puros Allograft family, and provides ...

Tutogen Medical, Inc. and Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Announce Agreement for International Distribution of Biological Products

... ), a leading manufacturer of sterile biological implant products made from human (allograft) and ... Medical, Inc. manufactures sterile biological implant products made from human (allograft) and animal ... offers one of the most comprehensive dental implant product lines available, including the Tapered ...

Innocoll Announces Provisional Findings From Its Three Phase 2 Clinical Trials Investigating CollaRx(R) GENTAMICIN TOPICAL for the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetic Foot Infections

... its US marketing rights to its lead product, CollaRx GENTAMICIN SURGICAL implant to Baxter Healthcare, a division of Baxter International Inc (NYSE: BAX ... and prevention of infected diabetic foot ulcers and CollaRx Bupivacaine implant for the management of post-operative pain, both of which are currently in ...

LASIK and Vision Correction Experts from Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Achieve Top Awards at ASCRS Meeting

... delivered the honorary Jan Worst lecture to the International Intraocular implant Club. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 29, 2009 -- ... delivered the honorary Jan Worst lecture to the International Intraocular implant Club. Charleston LASIK surgery expert Dr. Kerry Solomon, Professor of ...

Boston Scientific to Donate Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices to Heartbeat International for Implantation in Needy Patients

... provide device programmers, programmer software and software updates, and implant accessories to Heartbeat International to support device implant and follow-up care. About Boston Scientific Boston Scientific ...

Amedica Receives CE Mark for Valeo(TM) Ceramic Spinal Implant System Incorporating CSC Technology

... spacers expands our ability to bring our portfolio of innovative spinal implant products to important markets in Europe, Asia and other regions of the ... About Amedica Amedica Corporation is an emerging orthopedic implant company focused on using its silicon nitride ceramic technologies to ...

BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. (BME) Announces the Appointment of Keith M. Peeples as Vice President, Sales and Marketing

... Inc., an orthopedic company that manufactures an interpositional knee implant system. From 1999 to 2006, Mr. Peeples was Vice President of Sales at The ... compression and fixation system activated by the patented OSSforce(TM) implant Controller. Web site: http://www.bme-tx.com ...

How Long Will the Economic Downturn Affect the Dental Biomaterials Market?

... dental biomaterials are being used in a growing proportion of dental implant procedures, the market for these products will be dampened by the global financial crisis in the coming years as many patients postpone dental implant procedures or choose less expensive alternatives such as crowns. ...

CUREXO Technology Corporation Launches Its ROBODOC(R) Surgical System at Upcoming Orthopaedic Conference in Las Vegas

... open platform providing surgeons with a choice of implants from the major implant manufacturers. "I am very pleased to share my experience using ... being able to execute what you plan, you can now address issues such as implant fit and sizing, as well as off-set and leg length which are very important ...

Singapore Medicine - Singapore Doctors Use Hi-Tech Implant to Add Space to Narrowed Spinal Canals

... is then guided to the space that needs to be widened or distracted. An implant (drum) is then railroaded between the affected spinous processes to widen the space between them. Specially-designed metal 'wings' help keep the implant in place by catching onto the adjacent vertebrae. Unlike a ...

LifeModeler, Inc. Provides $400,000 Grant to InMotion Musculoskeletal Institute

... Real-time surgery feedback could improve results of implant operations. SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A software ... post-operative recovery to evaluate in detail the full effectiveness of implant procedures. The potential for increasing patient mobility is greatly ...

Trusted LASIK Surgeons Welcomes Mobile Alabama Expert Refractive Eye Surgeon Richard Duffey, M.D. to Its LASIK Directory For Consumers

... eye hospital, where he has done missionary work teaching corneal and lens implant surgery procedures to doctors in China, Sudan, Mongolia, Peru, West ... surgeon and partner/owner of Premier Medical Eye Group, a LASIK, lens implant and comprehensive practice that serves the Mobile, Alabama community and ...