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The power and potential of medical devices
This short film highlights the importance of medical devices to health care and reviews the challenges and way forward for improving access to medical devices.  View film 


Innovations

KUDUwave 5000 Audiometer

GeoAxon have developed an audiometer to suit the needs of South Africa, yet also be attractive to other markets.

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Chest Drainage System

Developed and manufactured in South Africa, the SINAPI CHEST DRAIN range aids recovery by improving drainage efficiency and promoting patient mobility
 
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy device

MD2M is assisting a product developer in the development of a novel pump to access this growing market. The product will be released in 2011.

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Stereotactic Pointer

A frameless navigation system used in neurosurgery to localise brain tumours and cysts.
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Ti-TaMED Spinal System

 The Ti-TaMED spinal system is a comprehensive spinal system that can be easily inserted by surgeons and it is user-friendly to theatre staff. It is locally manufactured to provide an affordable system of the highest quality that is accessible to the South African market and globally. For a more detailed look into our products and company, please visit http://www.titamed.co.za  

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Lodox whole body scan

To save the lives of the critically injured, the period following an injury is deemed to be the "golden hour". 13 Seconds, however, can be priceless!

The Lodox Statscan is a digital x-ray scanning system that can produce clear, diagnostic full-body x-ray pictures in just 13 seconds

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Industry News

US FDA lays out ambitious goals for driving drug and device innovation, but funding hazy

The US Food and Drug Administration has developed a set of actions it plans to take to buoy drug and device innovation by creating a rapid drug development pathway for targeted therapies, streamlining and reforming regulations and beefing up the.....

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Medtronic's ablation system beats drug therapy in persistent AF trial

Medtronic's Phased radiofrequency (RF) ablation system has shown benefits over drug therapy in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), a group that is not currently treated with the technique and could represent a new market for.....

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Medtronic's ablation system beats drug therapy in persistent AF trial, but fails on safety

Medtronic's Phased radiofrequency (RF) ablation system has shown benefits over drug therapy in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), a group that is not currently treated with the technique and could represent a new market for.....

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Spanish medtech faces further change in move to relax prescription laws

The Spanish health ministry plans to reform a key piece of healthcare products legislation, with the aim of enabling nurses to prescribe and dispense medical devices and medicines, in ways that only doctors can at present.

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Kinetic to issue $1.65bn in bonds as part of leveraged buy-out by Apax

Wound care firm Kinetic Concepts plans to sell $1.65bn of senior notes as part of its $6.3bn takeover by private equity firm Apax Partners, down from the $2.55bn it was originally looking to raise. The company may have reduced the amount it is.....

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EU medtech industry says change "imperative" to bring sustainable healthcare

The EU medtech industry has promised to change in order to deliver solutions for today's healthcare needs. While it commits to proving the cost-saving potential of medical technology and delivering value-based innovation, industry requests that.....

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Spain bullish over rebirth of “more competitive” industry-friendly regulator

Spain has established the steering committee of the healthcare products regulatory agency AEMPS, completing its transformation into what the government claims will be an internationally more competitive body, better able to support the.....

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US FDA and CMS launch parallel review pilot for medical devices

The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have launched a voluntary pilot programme in which the agencies will conduct concurrent reviews of medical devices for FDA approval and Medicare.....

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French medtech industry launches last-ditch effort to turn back most draconian reg changes

The French medtech industry is facing a change in its regulatory landscape as the new law on strengthening the healthcare system looms. But it has not given up the fight to resist some of the most far-reaching changes that threaten the ability of many.....

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US politicians turn the screws on MOM hip implants and brain stents

Metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants and brain stents could soon come under tighter scrutiny after a group of US Democrats has asked for further investigation of the devices' safety profile.

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