UConn biomedical engineers are touting a wirelessly controlled “smart” bandage and corresponding platform for delivering medications to chronic, non-healing wounds. UConn’s School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine and School of Engineering comprise the biomedical engineering department, which contributed to developing the smart bandage. Ali Tamayol, an associate professor at UConn, led the development of […]
Wound Care
Could this handheld 3D bioink printer improve wound healing?
The University of Toronto is touting a new handheld 3D printer that is capable of depositing sheets of skin to cover burn wounds and accelerate the healing process. A study, led by Richard Cheng under the supervision of Axel Guenther, published in Biofabrication revealed that the 3D printer completed successful in-vivo trials on full-thickness wounds, […]
7 MD&M East exhibitors you need to know
MD&M East is one of the largest medical device manufacturing events on the East Coast. Its organizer Informa Markets expects more than 8,000 advanced manufacturing professionals at this year’s event – June 11–13 in New York City. A show such as MD&M East allows officials from medtech companies large and small to network with the constellation […]
PolarityTE launches two chronic wound treatment trials
PolarityTE (NSDQ:PTE) said it has begun enrolling patients in two new randomized clinical trials of its SkinTE regenerative tissue product for chronic wounds. The trials will evaluate the SkinTE’s effectiveness in treating diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and venous leg ulcers (VLUs). SkinTE is a human cellular and tissue-based product designed to regenerate full-thickness, functional skin […]
PolarityTE registers bone repair product with FDA
PolarityTE (NSDQ:PTE) said last week that it registered its bone repair product, OsteoTE, with the FDA. The Utah-based company’s technology is an autologous, homologous product designed to repair, reconstruct and replace bone using a patient’s own cells. In preclinical trials, OsteoTE regenerated bone with similar characteristics to natural bone, according to PolarityTE. The company also […]
PolarityTE aims to ‘wage war on skin grafts’ with regenerative tech
PolarityTE wants to eliminate skin grafts with its platform of regenerative technology. The Utah-based biotech is still new to the industry, but co-founders Denver Lough and Ned Swanson are betting that their company can take on the clinical standard of care for wound management. “No other product, whether it be a drug, a biologic device, […]
Avita Medical touts pivotal trial of ReCell burn injury device
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today that a pivotal trial of its ReCell autologous cell harvesting device met its co-primary endpoints. The device, designed to help heal deep, full-thickness burns, demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in donor skin requirements compared to the standard of care and achieved comparable wound closure, Avita touted. “Treatment with the ReCell device […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: March 16, 2018
From Intricon expanding its manufacturing space to Arthrex signing a global distribution deal, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Intricon expands medical footprint Intricon announced in a March 13 press release that it has signed a 5-year lease that will secure 30,000 sq. ft of manufacturing […]
Organogenesis launches new sizing option for PuraPly wound care device
MIT-spinoff Organogenesis announced today that its PuraPly antimicrobial wound care device is now available in a 1.6-cm disc size. The Canton, Mass.-based company’s PuraPly AM product includes a broad-spectrum antibiotic, polyhexamethylene biguanide, embedded into a purified native collagen matrix. The device is cleared to treat an array of wound types, including pressure ulcers, surgical wounds, trauma wounds […]
Ex-Advanced BioHealing exec draws probation in VA fraud case
A former Advanced BioHealing executive who admitted to federal charges that he bribed U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept. doctors to use the company’s DermaGraft biologic wound dressing last week drew probation in the case. Federal had prosecutors accused Todd Clawson, who left the company in 2012, of participating in a scheme to bribe VA physicians to use the DermaGraft diabetic […]
