Ceramic

GAC International Launches Mystique(R) MB Second Generation Ceramic Bracket

BOHEMIA, N.Y., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GAC International ( www.gacintl.com ) announced today the launch of its newest option in ceramic brackets, Mystique(R) MB. This second generation ceramic bracket incorporates a thoroughly tested and proven mechanical lock base system into the design, ensurin...

Amedica Receives CE Mark for the World's First FDA-Cleared Valeo(TM) Ceramic Spinal Implant System

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced today that it has received a CE (Conformite Europeene) mark for its Valeo(TM) family of ceramic spinal intervertebral spacers. This family incl...

American Academy of Dermatology: Dermatologists Warn Ceramic Flat Irons Could Damage Hair and Lead to Hair Breakage

Straight hair enthusiasts urged to give their hair a break by limiting use and avoiding improper application of popular hair device CHICAGO, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- While hairstyles come and go, pin-straight hair favored by A-list celebrities and emulated by scores of loyal fans from coa...

C5 Medical Werks Applies for Clearance, Certification and Licensing for the Global Marketing of ZirDent(TM) Ceramic CAD/CAM Dental Blocks

Independent assessments worldwide verify safety and quality of technically advanced zirconium oxide material. DENVER, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- C5 Medical Werks, a leading provider of ceramic solutions for the medical device industry, has submitted a 510(k) pre-market notificatio...

Amedica Receives FDA Special 510(k) Clearance for its Valeo(TM) Ceramic Spinal Implant

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted a Special 510(k) marketing clearance for Amedica's Valeo(TM) ceramic VBR spinal im...

Amedica's Silicon Nitride Ceramic Bearing Technology Receives Prestigious HAP Paul Award for Use in Total Hip Arthroplasty

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced today that a paper it presented on the in-vitro testing and evaluation of its silicon nitride ceramic bearings for total hip arthroplasty won t...

Ben Shappley Joins Amedica's Leadership Team

...opaedic implant company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced today that Ben Shappley ha...ca's advanced and heavily-patented silicon nitride ceramic technologies will play a continuing major role in ...plant company focused on using its silicon nitride ceramic technologies to develop and commercialize a broad ...

Align Technology Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results

...s of clear, nearly invisible, removable appliances that gently move teeth to a desired final position. Because it does not rely on the use of metal or ceramic brackets and wires, Invisalign significantly reduces the aesthetic and other limitations associated with braces. Invisalign is appropriate for treatin...

Align Technology Provides Update on Patent Litigation with Ormco Corporation

...s of clear, nearly invisible, removable appliances that gently move teeth to a desired final position. Because it does not rely on the use of metal or ceramic brackets and wires, Invisalign significantly reduces the aesthetic and other limitations associated with braces. Invisalign is appropriate for treatin...

David Nagel Joins Align Technology Board of Directors

...s of clear, nearly invisible, removable appliances that gently move teeth to a desired final position. Because it does not rely on the use of metal or ceramic brackets and wires, Invisalign significantly reduces the aesthetic and other limitations associated with braces. Invisalign is appropriate for treatin...

Ceramic in Medical Technology

Positive Mosquito Count for West Nile Virus Lead DEP, Southeastern PA Counties to Ramp up Treatment Activities

...uals can take a number of measures around the home to help eliminate mosquito-breeding areas, including: -- Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots or similar water-holding containers that have collected on your property. -- Pay attention to discarded tires. Stagnant water is where most mos...

MIV Therapeutics Announces Pivotal Test Results Further Validating Company Stent Coatings Meet Critical FDA Fatigue Guidelines

...ed CE Mark certification, with MIVT's HAp technology, a novel polymer-free drug-eluting stent coating. The test results proved that MIVT's microporous ceramic coating demonstrated exceptional durability with no failures, exceeding critical FDA longevity requirements. The bench test successfully demonstrate...

Ceramic in Medical Products

Arx™ Ceramic Spinal Spacer System™

Description: The Arx Ceramic Spinal Spacer System provides innovative, biocompatible implants based on Amedica's patented MC2 technology that offers physicians and patients an alternative to other synthetic and allograft bone implants used for the restoration of spinal anatomy....
Company:Amedica Corporation

Ceracup - Ceramic Liner

Description: The Ceracup has a standard profile plastic component with a ceramic insert and the benefit of alumina-alumina contact....
Company:Biomet Orthopedics, Inc

Trident Ceramic Acetabular System

Description: The Trident ceramic acetabular system provides several important benefits and meets greater demands of younger, more active patients....
Company:Stryker Corporation

Lineage Acetabular Ceramic Liners

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Company:Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

Jarvik 2000

Description:...he hand, the Jarvik 2000 pump is about the size of a C battery. Within its welded titanium shell sits a direct-current motor, a rotor supported by two ceramic bearings, and a single moving part: a small, spinning titanium impeller that pumps blood from the heart at up to 7 liters per minute. Rather than take...
Company:Jarvik Heart, Inc.

Sunbeam Xenon Light Sources

Description:...tting. Whether used with headlights, endoscopes, or video equipment, the Sunbeam Xenon Light Source combines the quality of a long-lasting xenon ceramic lamp with the practicality of solid-state circuitry to create a quiet light source that is cost-effective and durable....
Company:Applied Fiberoptics, Inc.

USA Elite System™ Rotating Continuous Flow Resectoscopes

Description:...nt of the sheaths. The result no rotating components in the urethra and no tangled tubing due to rotating flow ports, simplifying procedures. The new ceramic tip design increases durability and minimizes burned distal tips, resulting in cost savings....
Company:GYRUS ACMI

CFI S Fluor Series

Description:...es Designed with a narrow top and a 2mm working distance to allow microelectrodes to be inserted into the specimen at 45 degrees, these objectives use ceramic and glass nose cones to isolate them thermally and electronically. Since they are FLUOR lenses, they are designed for fluorescence and have very high ...
Company:Nikon

Lineage Acetabular Cup System (Ceramic)

Description:... The Lineage acetabular system with ceramic liners uses sophisticated manufacturing methods and materials to minimize wear debris generation....
Company:Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

The Modular Revision Hip Stem

Description:... Cementless hip stem revisions offering optimal version setting for each patient. Compatible with modular link ceramic or cobalt chromium femoral heads with up to 4 neck lengths, or the link saddle device....
Company:Link Orthopedics

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Ceramic in Medical Dictionary

Glazes

... ceramic glazes generally contain silica to form glass,...ears we still sell high quality clay, glazes and ceramic items. ... Minnesota Clay Co. USA's glazes and u...een formulated for over 50 ... Features Duncan ceramic paints and glazes . Glazes , Glazes for...

Ceramic in Biological News

Scientists create tough ceramic that mimics mother of pearl

Biomimicry technological innovation inspired by nature is one of the hottest ideas in science but has yet to yield many practical advances. Time for a change. Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have mimicked the structure of mothe...

Phthalic symbol

...aterials for microbial growth and reproduction. The researchers then tested this phthalate-digesting microbe by immobilizing cells on a new type of ceramic honeycomb support. They then measured the before and after concentration of phthalate in a simulated wastewater sample. Initial concentration was 100 ...

CU-Boulder study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago

... Since indigenous peoples in tropical South America use manioc today to brew alcoholic beverages, including beer, the CU-Boulder team will be testing ceramic vessels recovered from various structures at Ceren for traces of manioc. To date, 12 structures have been excavated, and others detected by ground-pe...

New journal on advanced glass research to debut

... WESTERVILLE, OH The American ceramic Society (ACerS) announced today that it is launchi...eer-reviewed journals: The Journal of the American ceramic Society and the International Journal of Applied ceramic Technology. These journals are among the most cit...

Former NASA astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar to speak at NJIT's biomedical engineering seminar

...tion Mir. Dr. Dunbar holds BS and MS degrees in ceramic engineering from the University of Washington, and...e Shuttle. Dr. Dunbar is a member of the American ceramic Society (Fellow), the National Institute of ceramic Engineers, the Society of Women Engineers and the ...

NC State finds new nanomaterial could be breakthrough for implantable medical devices

...evice or rejecting it completely. Now a new study finds that nanoporous ceramic membranes may be used to resolve these issues. Dr. Roger Narayan an associ...anes. The study suggests that the human body will not reject the nanoporous ceramic membrane. Narayan adds that this could be a major advance for the developme...

Nanoscale coating protect products -- and the economy

...) uses hafnia, zirconia and alumina in their smart ceramic coatings for metal. "We engineer these to behave differently than they would in a ceramic with a larger microstructure," says Elizabeth Hopp... advantages of using nanolaminate architectures in ceramic films, says Robert Lad, director of the Laboratory...

ST Kinetics and NTU set up Southeast Asia's first cold spray research center

...cated in ST Kinetics Plant. The centre houses a sophisticated cold spray facility, where substantive research outcomes in metallic and polymeric-based ceramic nanocomposite coatings have already been achieved. ...

Ceramic material revs up microwaving

...that use less energy may soon be possible with new ceramic microwave dishes and, according to the material sc...ing with Hiroaki Katsuki and Nobuaki Kamochi, Saga ceramic Research Laboratory, Saga, Japan, developed a ceramic from petalite and magnetite sintered together that...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 23, 2008

...n Pennsylvania and Japan report development of new ceramic materials that heat up faster and retain heat long... production of new genres of sturdy-heat-resistant ceramic materials. However, no optimal process had been de...veloped. The scientists describe preparation of ceramic plates from mixtures of magnetite and petalite, tw...

Ceramic in Biological Technology

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

SALT LAKE CITY, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced today that it has received a CE (Conformite Europeene) mark for initial rollout of their spinal intervertebral spacers using novel CSC (cancellous-st...

The American Ceramic Society releases new ACerS-NIST phase equilibria diagrams CD-ROM database

Westerville, OH December 8, 2008 The American Ceramic Society and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have just released ACerS-NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams CD-ROM Database (Version 3.2). The new version contains more than 21,000 evaluated phase diagrams of ceramic systems such a...

JD Technologies, LLC Selected by FCT Ingenieurkeramik GmbH to Represent Their High Performance Ceramic Expertise In the United States

JD Technologies, LLC will use their extensive field sales expertise and established relationships in numerous industries to pursue new applications for FCT's proven engineered ceramic manufacturing design, development and testing expertise. Boston, Massachusetts (PRWEB)...

SACHEM Launches New Products for High Purity Advanced Ceramic Powders : Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions Offer Unique Advantages over Inorganic Bases in the Manufacture of Advanced Ceramic Nanoparticles

SACHEM has published a white paper titled “Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions as Enablers for Advanced Ceramic Nanopowders” online. This white paper outlines the challenges in manufacturing high-purity ceramic powders on a nanometer scale, as well as the advantages of SACHEM...

SACHEM Launches New Products for High Purity Advanced Ceramic Powders : Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions Offer Unique Advantages over Inorganic Bases in the Manufacture of Advanced Ceramic Nanoparticles

SACHEM has published a white paper titled “Avanta AC™ Advanced Ceramics Solutions as Enablers for Advanced Ceramic Nanopowders” online. This white paper outlines the challenges in manufacturing high-purity ceramic powders on a nanometer scale, as well as the advantages of SACHEM...

Purification of Murine IgG1 Using UNOsphere S and CHT Ceramic Hydroxyapatite Chromatography, Rev A

Purification of Murine IgG1 Using UNOsphere S and CHT Ceramic Hydroxyapatite Chromatography, Rev A Henry Lai, PhD, and Samuel G Franklin, PhD, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., 2000 Alfred Nobel Drive, Hercules, CA 94547 USA Introduct...

New nanotube coating enables novel laser power meter

... absorbs light efficiently, is more stable than some conventional coatings such as carbon black, and resists laser damage as effectively as commercial ceramic coatings. Among other test results, NIST has found that multiwalled carbon nanotubes perform better than single-walled nanotubes. Researchers are c...

Domain walls that conduct electricity

... thin films of the material created by Lane Martin of MSD; both are members of the Quantum Materials program. "To make the films we hit targets of ceramic oxides containing bismuth and iron with a laser pulse and convert the solid to a plasma plume that is deposited on the substrate," Martin explains. "W...

Progentix Orthobiology and NuVasive Sign Investment Agreement

..., a unique suite of osteoinductive-like material products for clinical application in bone regenerative surgery. CuriOs is based on surface structured ceramic biomaterial scaffolds that, in preclinical testing, have shown the ability to attract stem cells after implantation. W: http://www.progentix.c...

Align Technology Receives Expanded Regulatory Approval in Japan

...s of clear, nearly invisible, removable appliances that gently move teeth to a desired final position. Because it does not rely on the use of metal or ceramic brackets and wires, Invisalign significantly reduces the aesthetic and other limitations associated with braces. Invisalign is appropriate for treatin...

Ceramic in Biological Products

PRO S-7C Stirrer, Ceramic Top, 115 V from PRO Scientific

Description: The PRO S-7 stirrers deliver accurate and repeatable results. Spill-resistant housing channels fluids away from internal components. The Front panel features easy-to-use controls which allow users to dial-in adjustments. 7"x7" ceramic tops feature a chemical resistant, reflective white top plate s...
Company:PRO Scientific

DALTsix Gradient Maker from GE Healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences

Description:...Immobiline DryStrip gels.Simple-to-use 1.0-mm or 1.5-mm pre-assembled hinged gel cassettes.Innovative design simplifies loading and unloading.Built-in ceramic heat exchanger and buffer circulation pump ensure efficient cooling. Category: Proteomics, Expression Analysis, 2-D Electrophoresis....
Company:GE Healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences

High Pressure Dual Piston Analytical Pump from Cecil Instruments Ltd.

Description:... drive compensation, reducing pulsing to negligible levels. Flow rates from 0.001-10mL/min are selectable in 0.001mL steps. The pump heads, using ceramic inserts, are inert and bio-compatible. Pumps may be programmed from their keypad, using the 4 line LCD display of menus, prompts, parameters, etc.Up...
Company:Cecil Instruments Ltd.

TSQ Quantum Ultra from Thermo Scientific

Description:...tions so that probe position can be optimized for maximum sensitivity and robustness. Its new, ultra-high temperature, self-cleaning APCI probe, with ceramic heater technology, virtually eliminates carryover. The TSQ Quantum Ultras innovative technology endows it with the widest linear dynamic range and l...
Company:Thermo Scientific

Ceramic in Biological Dictionary

Substrate

... Substrate (building), Natural stone,masonry surface, ceramic & porcelain tiles. Substrate (aquarium), the material used in the bottom of an aquarium ... In biochemistry, a substrate is a molecule ...