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Medical Devices That Use Breathing Gas Pathways, Like Oxygen Masks, Can Pose Risks To Patients?
Air from the device and its parts can enter the patient's breathing passageways, exposing internal tissues to chemical emissions and condensates. Patients receiving supplemental oxygen can expose others to exhaled air…
The Bandage - Reinvented for the 21st Century
A sterile bandage, also known as a sterile dressing, is any material that is free from infectious matter and that is used to cover an open wound or injury to help control bleeding and prevent additional contamination…
Colostomy & Colostomy Bags
Driven by an aging global population, increasing life expectancy, and rising incidence of incontinence diseases, the global market for ostomy and incontinence products market is forecast to reach US$15.7 billion by th…
Plastic Sleeves That Cures Diabetes
What is the Plastic Sleeve and what does it do?
Synthetic Windpipe
“What makes this procedure different is it’s the first time a wholly tissue-engineered synthetic windpipe has been made and successfully transplanted, making it an important milestone for regenerative medicine”.
Double J Stent
Removal of tumors from either the ureter or the kidney
Drug Eluting Stents & Balloons - A Breakthrough In Interventional Cardiology
In an age of fast cars and fast food, it is little surprise that speedy, minimally invasive treatments have taken centre stage in important treatment arenas. However, unlike care and food, medical treatment, when admi…
William Harvey - By his discovery of the circulation of the blood, Harvey revolutionized physiology which had been based on the assumptions about how materials flow through the blood vessels
He is the first to describe correctly and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart. Many doctors still relied on Galen for much of their knowledge, but Harvey li…
Survey Results on The Structure of Medical Device Firms' Quality/Regulatory/Compliance Functions July 2006
Survey Results on The Structure of Medical Device Firms' Quality/Regulatory/Compliance Functions
About Humanitarian Use Medical Devices (HUDs)
On June 26, 1996, FDA issued a final rule to carry out provisions of the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 regarding humanitarian use devices (HUDs). An HUD is a device that is intended to benefit patients by treating…