Medical Devices

Companies Medical Devices

Synoste, Germany

SYNOSTE is a Finnish venture, which was started in 2007 by three young engineering students Harri, Antti, and Juha studying at Aalto University, Finland. The company was established in Helsinki in 2012 and expanded to Germany the following year. Their passion, skills and competencies have led them t more

News Medical Devices

• Cotton-based hybrid biofuel cell could power implantable medical devices
  

  A glucose-powered biofuel cell that uses electrodes made from cotton fiber could someday help power implantable medical devices such as pacemakers and sensors. The new fuel cell, which provides twice as much power as conventional biofuel cells, could be paired with batteries or supercapacitors to pr more

• Squeezing low-cost electricity from sustainable biomaterial
  

  Mobile phone speakers and motion detectors in cars and video games may soon be powered by electricity generated from low cost and sustainable biomaterials, according to research carried out at University of Limerick (UL), Ireland. Scientists at UL's Bernal Institute have discovered that the biomolec more

• Siemens plans to list Siemens Healthineers

  Siemens AG is preparing to list its separately managed healthcare unit on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Regulated Market. This move, which the company's Supervisory Board approved at its meeting today, is planned for the first half of 2018. "For Siemens Healthineers, t more

Publications Medical Devices

• Structural basis for Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm formation [Microbiology]

  Nosocomial infections and infections of indwelling devices are major healthcare problems worldwide. These infections are strongly associated with the ability of pathogens to form biofilms on biotic and abiotic surfaces. Panantibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most troublesome p more

• Impact of nitinol stent surface processing on in-vivo nickel release and biological response

  Publication date: Available online 27 March 2018 Source:Acta Biomaterialia Author(s): Srinidhi Nagaraja, Stacey J.L. Sullivan, Philip R. Stafford, Anne D. Lucas, Elon Malkin Although nitinol is widely used in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions, a causal relationship between ni more

• Nitric oxide releasing vascular catheters for eradicating bacterial infection

  Abstract The interaction of blood proteins with an implant surface is not only a fundamental phenomenon but is also key to several important medical complications. Plasma proteins binding on the surface of intravascular catheters can promote bacterial adhesion leading to the risk of local and sy more