COMPAMED - The trade fair for suppliers and manufacturers of medical technologies invites you to Düsseldorf / Germany from 12 - 15 November 2018.

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Arriving safely in the laboratory: protective bags for specimen transportation

The transport of clinical samples requires the reliable protection of both the shipped sample and its environment. The right packaging plays a crucial role. We have visited the Versapak Company, which makes –among many other items- protective bags used for the safe transportation of clinical samples.

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Twofold protective shield: Packaging for patient samples

When it comes to the transport of medical samples, there are two important aspects. On the one hand, the sample itself must be optimally protected, otherwise it will become unusable for analysis. On the other hand, the outside world must not come into contact with potentially infectious material.

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Spectacle lens designed by PolyU slows myopic progression by 60 percent

A specially designed spectacle lens developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was found to have slowed down myopia progress by 60% in participating children, and 21.5% of them had their myopic progression halted completely. This lens will be launched in summer this year, offering a non-contact, spectacle lens solution to myopic children.

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Materials at COMPAMED 2017

In medical technology, special attention must be paid to the choice of materials especially regarding the manufacture of surgical instruments or implants. That is the reason why material technology is a very fast developing discipline. COMPAMED 2017 shows what are the trends in material industry.

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Spider silk key to new bone-fixing composite

University of Connecticut researchers have created a biodegradable composite made of silk fibers that can be used to repair broken load-bearing bones without the complications sometimes presented by other materials.

Spectacle lens designed by PolyU slows myopic progression by 60 percent

A specially designed spectacle lens developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was found to have slowed down myopia progress by 60% in participating children, and 21.5% of them had their myopic progression halted completely. This lens will be launched in summer this year, offering a non-contact, spectacle lens solution to myopic children.

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Newly-developed permeable capsule could be packed with cells that fight cancer

One way that cancer may be fought in the future is with micro-sized capsules containing living cells engineered to secrete toxins that attack cancer cells. Although the science of cell micro-encapsulation has yet to overcome certain limitations, recent developments in Sweden might finally offer a way forward.

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Laser-based x-ray imaging picks up speed

Using a novel, laser-based X-ray technique, laser physicists in Garching have imaged a bone sample in three dimensions by microtomography within minutes, thus taking a significant step towards the medical application of the technology.

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A bone fracture glue is successfully tested on live animals, with stronger fixation than dental fillers

Acute bone fractures may soon be treated with an adhesive patch inspired by dental reconstruction techniques. Scientists in Sweden report a new method which they say offers unprecedented bonding strength and a solution to the incredibly difficult problem of setting an adhesive in the wet environment inside the body.

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World's first biosensor chips based on copper and graphene oxide

Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed biosensor chips of unprecedented sensitivity, which are based on copper instead of the conventionally used gold. Besides making the device somewhat cheaper, this innovation will facilitate the manufacturing process.

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Berkeley engineers build smallest wireless nerve stimulator

In 2016, University of California, Berkeley, engineers demonstrated the first implanted, ultrasonic neural dust sensors, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like device could monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in real time. Now, Berkeley engineers have taken neural dust a step forward by building the smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator to date.

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Robotics takes mass spec to the third dimension

Within the past decade, many advancements have been made in the 3-D market from printing to movies. Now scientists report in ACS' Analytical Chemistry that by combining a robotic arm and mass spectrometry, they can analyze the surface of irregularly shaped 3-D objects, potentially opening up new branches of forensics and pharmaceutics.

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Organoids created from patients' bladder cancers could guide treatment

Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers have created patient-specific bladder cancer organoids that mimic many of the characteristics of actual tumors. The use of organoids, tiny 3-D spheres derived from a patient's own tumor, may be useful in the future to guide treatment of patients.