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The UK's Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association (AHPMA) has attacked plans by the Local Government Association to introduce a scheme for councils to pay families up to GBP80 to opt for r
A wound dressing suitable for insertion in nasal passages is described in US Patent 7 022 890 by Ferris Pharmaceuticals.
A wound dressing and an epidermal positioning mechanism is outlined by Wallace Beaudry in US Patent 7 022 891.
An improved wrist splint that can be shaped to support a patient's hand, wrist and forearm in comfort is outlined by Seaberg in US Patent 6 981 956.
A device for releasable emplacement around the head of a patient is described in US Patent 7 025 062 by Floyd and Elizabeth Bigelow of Houston, Texas, USA.
The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of the superabsorbent polymers (SAP) unit of Dow by Germany's Degussa."After examining the operation, the Commission concluded that the tr
Yunnan Baiyao Group, the Chinese woundcare marketing partner for Alltracel Pharmaceuticals, has secured regulatory approval for the first in a range of stop-bleeding products featuring Alltracel's pat
The global market for medical textiles, including absorbent hygiene products, hospital and healthcare products, and implants and scaffolds, is estimated at Euro184 billion a year, according to Dr Chri
An arm sling that can be adjusted to allow movement or total immobilization has been developed by Bernadette Jestrabek-Hart of Meridian, Idaho, USA.
Speaking at Rapra Technology's Fifth International Conference on Medical Polymers, Director of Mather Technology Solutions Dr Robert Mather highlighted the medical applications of polymer textile fibr
A team of chemists, materials scientists and tissue engineers at the UK's University of Sheffield has developed a dissolvable scaffold for growing new areas of skin.
Specialized Industries (SPIC), part of the Nuqul Group with manufacturing operations in the Middle East and USA, has inaugurated a new nonwoven fabric plant in Thuheibeih, Jordan.
Coloplast's Senior Vice President for the Urology & Continence Care Division Svenn Poulsen is to leave the company at the end of August 2006.
Israeli seamless intimate apparel maker Tefron has sold its ownership interest in the US-based AlbaHealth business, which manufactures and sells textile healthcare products.
An arm sling that allows part of the patient's limb to extend from a portion of the sling for either exercise or use of the limb or hand has been developed by Carol Scudere of Columbus, Ohio, USA.
The All Nippon Nonwovens Association (ANNA) reports growth in the medical/hygiene sector for nonwovens produced in Japan last year.
A US survey of wound care clinicians showed that selecting the most cost-effective dressing and managing exudate are the biggest issues they face.
A multilayered material claimed to have various therapeutic effects has been developed by Archie Donaldson of Nassau, Bahamas.
A flexible,multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties is disclosed in US Patent 7 005 556 by Argentum Medical.
Angiotech Pharmaceuticals is to acquire Quill Medical, a manufacturer of minimally invasive aesthetic surgery and wound closure technology.
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