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Patent Watch (September 2009): Novel materials for longer-wearing bone implants and PDT for more focused cardiac ablation 23 October 2009

The following analysis comprises a selection of some of the most interesting patent applications published during September 2009 and is split into key clinical areas for ease of reading and trend spotting. The tables include continuation and ...

Clinica market research: European ostomy market shows 5-7% growth 09 October 2009

The European ostomy bag/pouch market is estimated to be worth $780m and is growing at rates of mid-to-high single digits per year (5-7%), according to data compiled by Clinica. The market comprises mainly colostomy bags/pouches, ileostomy ...

The search for solutions to radioisotope supply problems 08 October 2009

The current shortage in international supplies of technetium-99m (Tc-99m), the isotope used in more than 80% of diagnostic applications, together with concerns about the use of weapons-grade uranium (HEU) to make the related isotope molybdenum-99, ...

Patent Watch (August - Part 2): Breath test sniffs out lung cancer and inkjets print tissue and cells

29 September 2009

This second instalment of Patent Watch, featuring patent applications published during August 2009, looks at IP in the electromedical, cardiovascular and biomaterial sectors. Electromedical A new sensor for noninvasive breath testing of lung cancer ...

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EXPERT VIEW

Successor at Medtronic must choose how to ride out the bumps

23 February 2011

Bill Hawkins’ yet-to-be-appointed successor at Medtronic may be taking over at what is seen as a bad time for the group and the CRM/cardiovascular industry. But the burning question is who will the new chairman and CEO be? The announcement yesterday ...

German medtech innovation: Could do better

28 January 2011

The local economic signs have been improving for some months, and now the German medtech industry has received a fillip of sorts, in the shape of a just-released parliamentary report on the conditions for the growth of the industry. The policy ...

The bell tolls for German health minister

19 November 2010

There are those in this world who are clearly masters of their own destiny and those who are oracles of their own doom. German health minister Philip Rösler apparently has a foot in both camps. When he was catapulted into his post ahead of some of ...

Embryonic stem cell research finally reaches year zero

13 October 2010

The biggest single step so far on the path towards commercially-available human embryonic stem cell (hESC) therapies was taken last week when researchers in the US began a trial of an experimental therapy in spinal injury patients. The trial would ...

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PATENT WATCH

Magnetically-enhanced cell therapy and Philips' cancer biomarkers for personalised treatment

19 July 2011

As of this edition, Clinica’s Patent Watch has changed its focus to medtech areas which are witnessing fast growth. These include regenerative medicine, drug delivery and emerging areas within personalised medicine such as molecular diagnostics. New ...

Radiofrequency kyphoplasty and simplified uro-gynae surgery

19 November 2010

Clinica's Patent Watch looks at the previous month's most interesting patent applications. April's list of patent applications include a new method for treating spinal fractures with bone cement curable with radiofrequency energy, a rapid ...

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01 July 2010

Photo-acoustic imaging and electrostatically-coated stem cells

12 May 2010

Clinica's Patent Watch looks at the previous month's most interesting patent applications. In March, the list includes a new biological bone growth treatment, a minimally-invasive hernia repair patch and a new type of surgical superglue that can be ...

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