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October 2012

Dermagraft approved in Canada for treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

1 October 2012
Dermagraft, a human fibroblast-derived dermal substitute, has received regulatory approval from Health Canada as a class IV medical device for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), a complicat
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Emergency helmet trauma bandage

1 October 2012
An improved emergency helmet trauma bandage has been developed by California, USA-based inventors.
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Kolon to appeal Kevlar ruling

1 October 2012
Kolon Industries is to appeal against the civil lawsuit for $919.9 million awarded to DuPont against it in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia during 2011.
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Sulzer technology boost for NatureWorks

1 October 2012
Proprietary production equipment that is currently being shipped from Sulzer Chemtech in Switzerland to the NatureWorks Ingeo plant in Blair, Nebraska, USA, will allow the production of new PLA fibres
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Effective coating of catalytically active Ti02 onto textiles

1 October 2012
Clariant, headquartered in Muttenz, Switzerland, has just secured a world patent in respect of photocatalytically active textiles for the removal and decomposition of organic and inorganic pollutants
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Additive manufacturing first on Obama list

1 October 2012
A billion-dollar initiative by the US Obama administration - the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) - will see the foundation of a dedicated additive manufacturing institute as the f
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