Dural in Medical News

Collagen Matrix, Inc. Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for SynOss(TM) Synthetic Mineral Bone Graft Material

...major medical device companies. In addition to the products in the oral surgical area, Collagen Matrix's marketed products include: DuraMatrix(TM) for dural repair, Neuroflex(TM), NeuroMatrix(TM) for peripheral nerve repair, OssiMend(TM) for bone repair in orthopedics and spine, and the Matrix Collagen Fam...

FDA Requests Recall of All Shelhigh Medical Devices

... are used in infants, children and adults. The products include pediatric heart valves, tube-like devices for blood flow (conduits), surgical patches, dural patches to aid in tissue recovery after neurosurgery, annuloplasty rings to help repair heart valves, and arterial grafts. ...

Combined Imaging Approach may Be Effective in Diagnosing Some Brain Clots

...RI scans, to evaluate a small subgroup of patients who have clinical and imaging features consistent with what is called partially recanalized chronic dural sinus thrombosis. This is a condition in the membrane surrounding the brain where blood flow has been partially reestablished in a previously blocked ...

Combined Imaging Approach may Provide Better Identification of Difficult-to-diagnose Brain Clots

...RI scans, to evaluate a small subgroup of patients who have clinical and imaging features consistent with what is called partially recanalized chronic dural sinus thrombosis. This is a condition in the membrane surrounding the brain where blood flow has been partially reestablished in a previously blocked ...

Craniofacial Surgery Gives Tijuana Teen Chance to be 'Normal' Kid

...” Danielpour explained. “The dura (dura mater: the outermost membrane covering the brain) was absent in much of the injured area, so I had to create a dural patch graft to protect the brain and to prevent spinal fluid from leaking. We reconstructed the cranium and the base of the skull to make it more prom...