Implants

Companies Implants

Amedrix GmbH, Germany

Amedrix GmbH, a German based company in Esslingen, Germany, develops, produces and markets three-dimensional collagen based implants designed to repair defects in articular cartilage and for other promising application areas. The implants are composed primarily of highly pure nativ collagen produced more

BellaSeno GmbH, Germany

BellaSeno is a preclinical stage medical device company developing innovative porous bioresorbable breast implants! Bellaseno's breakthrough Senella® technology platform comprises bioresorbable polymer technology that, after implantation, aims to enable regeneration of natural breast tissue. more

CorTec GmbH, Germany

CorTec enables communication with the nervous system – for the cure of disease. Our Brain Interchange technology is an implantable system that records and stimulates brain activity chronically for long-term use. As a closed-loop system, it can control stimulation online based on brain activity reco more

News Implants

• Evonik has sold its stake in Finnish medical technology start-up
  

  Evonik Venture Capital has sold its stake in Synoste Oy to Globus Medical. Evonik’s four-and-a-half-year partnership with the Finnish start-up was beneficial to both companies, supporting the development of Synoste’s technology for orthopedics and giving Evonik further insights into the medical appl more

• Neuromodulation start-up closes EUR 15M Series C financing round
  

  WISE Srl, a medical device company developing next-generation implantable leads for neuromonitoring, neuromodulation and brain-machine interfacing, announced the closing of a EUR 15 million Series C financing round. New investors, led by CDP Venture Capital SGR, and including Indaco Ventures I Fund more

• Electrostimulation instead of medication
  

  Today, a large number of diseases are treated with medication. This is often associated with side effects that can be serious for people who are already ill. A new therapeutic approach, known under the keyword "bioelectronic medicine", provides for the therapy of diseases by means of electrostimulat more

Videos Implants

Graphene spikes that kill bacteria

A tiny layer of graphene spikes becomes a deadly weapon and kills bacteria, stopping infections during procedures such as implant surgery. This is shown in new research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, recently published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials Interfaces. more

Publications Implants

• Impact of change of matrix crystallinity and polymorphism on ovalbumin release from lipid-based implants

  Publication date: 30 May 2018 Source:European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 117 Author(s): Luisa Duque, Martin Körber, Roland Bodmeier The objectives of this study were to prepare lipid-based implants by hot melt extrusion (HME) for the prolonged release of ovalbumin (OVA), more

• Fine-tuning pro-angiogenic effects of cobalt for simultaneous enhancement of vascular endothelial growth factor secretion and implant neovascularization

  Publication date: Available online 4 April 2018 Source:Acta Biomaterialia Author(s): Yoke Chin Chai, Luis Freitas Mendes, Nick van Gastel, Geert Carmeliet, Frank P Luyten Rapid neovascularization of a tissue-engineered (TE) construct by the host vasculature is quintessential to warra more

• High strength, biodegradable and cytocompatible alpha tricalcium phosphate-iron composites for temporal reduction of bone fractures

  Publication date: Available online 9 February 2018 Source:Acta Biomaterialia Author(s): E.B. Montufar, M. Casas-Luna, M. Horynová, S. Tkachenko, Z. Fohlerová, S. Diaz-de-la-Torre, K. Dvorak, L. Celko, J. Kaiser In this work alpha tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP)/ iron (Fe) compos more