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'Living lab' for smart homes

1 July 2010
Sensors will soon be able to 'read' the health and well-being of those who live in a house and upload the information to a secure website for a relative or carer living remotely - even hundreds of mil
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Progress for Ingeo

1 July 2010
At the recent international biopolymers conference, Innovation Takes Root 2010, held in Dallas, Texas, NatureWorks confirmed US Pacific Nonwovens as the exclusive agent for Ingeo spunmelt (both spunbo
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Far Infrared for Formula 1

1 July 2010
The Fir-Vest, invented by Cyprus-based company Fir-Tex Ltd, is said to provide improved muscle strength, balance and circulation as a result of the incorporation of FIR - far infrared rays.
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Kimberly-Clark opens first manufacturing plant in Russia

1 July 2010
Kimberly-Clark has officially opened its first plant in Russia in Stupino, near Moscow. The new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility features two Huggies diaper lines.
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Biomedical Structures receives growth capital to fund expansion

1 July 2010
Biomedical Structures (BMS), a supplier of customdesigned biomaterials and textiles used in advanced clinical applications from orthopaedics and reconstructive surgery to tissue engineering, has compl
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Highly porous self-cohered web material with haemostatic properties

1 July 2010
Implantable bioabsorbable nonwoven self-cohered web materials with a high degree of porosity have been developed by Gore Enterprise Holdings of Newark, Delaware, USA, a subsidiary of W.L.
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Cover protects an intravenous site

1 July 2010
An easily installable cover for preventing wetness or contamination of an intravenous (IV) site is disclosed in US Patent 7 662 116 by Connie Ritchey of Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
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Huggies Little Movers Jeans Diapers launched in the USA

1 July 2010
Kimberly-Clark has announced the US launch of its limited edition Huggies Little Movers Jeans Diapers, described as "a unique, fun and stylish denim-inspired fashion for babies during the summer month
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Composite dressing with vacuum reservoir for faster healing

1 July 2010
A composite wound dressing that draws wound fluids into an internal vacuum reservoir is disclosed in US Patent 7 699 823 by Tyco Healthcare.
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Knee brace with adjustable force dosimeter and sensor

1 July 2010
An orthotic knee brace for treating uni-compartmental osteoarthritis in a knee joint is described by Bellacure.
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Multilayer combination of an electric stimulation electrode and a dressing

1 July 2010
GerroMed Pflege- und Medizintechnik has developed a combination of wound dressing and electrode for the uniform electro-stimulation of a wound.
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Procter & Gamble being sued over Pampers Dry Max claims

1 July 2010
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is being sued by parents claiming new Pampers diapers have caused severe rashes and other skin conditions on their children, court documents showed, assertions the compa
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Traumatic amputation dressing

1 July 2010
An integrated and complete dressing for the care and treatment of traumatic amputations, large pattern wounds, such as shrapnel wounds, and burns has been developed by Tactical Medical Solutions of An
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Derma Sciences receives CE mark to sell Algicell Ag in Europe

1 July 2010
Medical device and pharmaceutical supplier Derma Sciences has announced that its Algicell Ag wound dressings have received a CE mark for use in the European Union (EU).
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Asia-Pacific sector to grow

1 July 2010
The Asia-Pacific healthcare market, which has recorded solid growth over the past decade, is projected to grow further from US$246 billion in 2009 to US$348 billion in 2012.
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Call for skin-coloured hospital gowns

1 July 2010
Changing the hue of hospital gowns and bed sheets to match a patient's skin colour could greatly enhance a physician's ability to detect cyanosis and other healthrelated skin colour changes, according
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Rapid progress towards commercial industrial ink-jet printer

1 July 2010
Xennia Technology Ltd and Reggiani Macchine SpA have completed a full-scale demonstration model of their diagonal, multi-pass digital ink-jet textile printer.
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Curtain reduces impact of explosions

1 July 2010
Testing is underway at a UK Government-approved facility on a new type of blast-proof curtain that gets thicker, not thinner, when stretched to provide better protection from the effects of bomb explo
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Climbing rope is easily spliced

1 July 2010
The need for a firm, uniform-shaped rope for climbing that can also be spliced easily has finally been met by an invention from New England Ropes Corp, claims the company from Fall River, Massachusett
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Huntsman adds three more treatments to High IQ range

1 July 2010
Huntsman Textile Effects has added three finishes to its High IQ(r) brand, including High IQ Clean and Dry Comfort, which is used to prevent water from penetrating the fabric to give the wearer a clea
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