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• Advances in bioabsorbable stent materials

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  Advances at Tel Aviv University in development of bioabsorbable materials for use in coronary stents are discussed: http://www.lifesciencesworld.com/news/view/125802 The ability to control both drug-elution rate and the time to bioabsorption by the body make these developments noteworthy for their potential to ...
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• Commercial success in tissue engineering, cell therapy and transplantation

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  Tissue engineering involves taking either autologous, allogeneic or xenogeneic cells and redirecting those cells to carry out fundamental processes. Often the researcher will use a biomaterial matrix and seed the cells into this matrix. The redirection may take the form of stimulating the cells to become stem cells or ...
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• Medtech to “grow” in 2010

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  In the course of a week, two separate surveys of the medtech industry have confirmed that executives foresee business in 2010 moving positively, but without an abundance of optimism — or effort. The Emergo Group survey of 1,000 medtech executives illustrated results similar to the smaller, anecdotal Tatum LLC , ...
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• Bioabsorbable stent from Abbott showing promise at three years post-implant

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  Three-year data from a trial of 30 patients implanted with a bioabsorbable, drug-eluting coronary stent from Abbott are showing the promise of this alternative stent technology, according to a press release from the company. Abbott’s bioabsorbable coronary stent is an  everolimus-coated coronary scaffold is made ...
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• Country-specific variations in wound management clinical protocols, markets

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  Clinical protocols for the treatment of specific wounds can vary considerably from country to country. Venous stasis ulcers, which account for approximately 4% of wounds and 75% of leg ulcers, are treated with short stretch compression bandages in Germany, elastic adhesive bandages in Italy, high compression bandages ...
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• Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy and Transplantation: Products, Technologies & Market Opportunities, Worldwide, 2009-2018

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  Publishing a new report in December 2009:  Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy and Transplantation: Tissue Engineering, Cell Therapy and Transplantation: Products, Technologies & Market Opportunities, Worldwide, 2009-2018. This report examines the status of technologies, applications and markets for tissue ...
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• Pace of investment in medical technology: up, down, static

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 110
  The level of investment in medical technology has been erratic of late, with July and August financings each totaling in excess of $400 million, while October financings barely crossed $200 million (and would have been much less if not for a $40 million by Direct Flow Medical and $55 million by TransEnterix).  See ...
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• Trends in coronary stent prices (hint: not all down)

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  In a relatively classic scenario, established technologies have seen a loss of their once-premium pricing while emerging technologies are able to command an increasing premium as reward for their sophistication. The worldwide coronary stent market is following the predicted course.  Bare metal stents have been on ...
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• Optimism in medtech

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  A recent survey of medical technology industry executives by  Atlanta-based executive services firm Tatum LLC, as reported in The Journal of New England Technology , revealed a tone of “cautious optimism” among the group as they looked out over the next couple months: Almost two-thirds of those executives ...
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• Dyslipidemia therapy takes a step forward

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  In medical technology development, there are perennially long-shot technologies being pursued for their ability to make an order of magnitude shift in treatment.  This, of course, seems to be the thrust of a majority of biotechnology development, which seeks to provide cures where only palliative treatments (drug or ...
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• Angel investment is biggest in medical technology

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  Among the many sources of investment (in principle, anyway) in medical technology are venture capital firms and angel investors.  Given their nature as typically more private individuals whose investments are not as readily reported, since the source of funding is less likely to be part of a publicly reported fund, ...
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• Coronary artery disease treatment map

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  As an exercise, I found it worthwhile to map out the various options available or under development for the treatment of coronary artery disease. We assess the emphasis of current, near-term and future possible options for treatment in the color-coded scheme: Bold, black:  Current, dominant treatment options ...
  2 weeks ago

• DES and other coronary artery disease treatment tech trends

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  A steady rate of technology development in coronary stents, producing an equally steady stream of new stent market introductions, is focused on expanding aggregate stent caseload (through penetration of what would otherwise be coronary artery bypass caseload) or shifting the balance even further toward concentration ...
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• NovaRay raises $5.9M for digital X-rays

  
  VentureBeat — Authority: 793
  NovaRay Medical , maker of digital X-ray technology used for medical imaging, has brought in $5.9 million of an anticipated $10 million round of equity rights and securities, according to a filing with the SEC. Based in Newark, Calif., the company is backed by Wheatley Medtech Partners,among undisclosed others.
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• Medtech Startups — 500 most recent

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  We have added the option to purchase and download, in Excel format, the 500 most recently identified medical technology startups. PRODUCT: Medtech Startups 500 most recent — $295.00   See the Medtech Startups Database . bookmark to
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• Human-device interface making big advances

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 110
  The human-machine interface has been the subject of development at least since amputation or congenital defect has been an issue.  Recent developments have now made it seem likely that recipients of, for example, prosthetic arms will gain orders of magnitude better control, sensitivity and a semblance of normal ...
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• New Report Available on Advanced Wound Management Worldwide

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  The $5 billion global market for wound management products and technologies is comprised of commodity-like dressings and bandages (little differentiation beyond price) as well as advanced wound management products like physical wound healing systems (NPWT, others) designed to tackle the pervasive problem of high-cost, ...
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• Medtech: Where is the opportunity?

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  The areas of greatest opportunity in medtech are those which have already demonstrated they have plenty of upside, even if a robust number of competitors have already begun targeting them. Areas of the strongest market growth in medical technologies that we are seeing have emerged out of the major segments we have ...
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• The Device Industry Is Too Easy a Target

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 110
  In a Nov. 5 article in the NY Times, Barry Meier takes more than a scathing perspective of the device industry. By the account given, the device industry runs like a business, seeking profit as a motive that is secondary only to self-preservation. But wait, the physicians are either all ignorant of anything that ...
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• Venture Capital in Healthcare

  
  advanced medical technologies — Authority: 129
  Regularly updated list of venture capitalists investing in healthcare .  Links to portfolio pages.
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