Implant May Treat All Forms of Blindness

Featured in this issue:      Smallest Efficient Pump for Portable Devices  |  Webinar: How Do You Define Best Practices In Your Healthcare Facility?  |  Qosina Adds Barbed Kynar® Connectors to Its Line  |  Weiss-Aug — Leading Provider: Medical Insert/Injection Molding  |  Three Considerations That Will Expedite Your Hand Controller Specification  |  Basic Low Pressure Compact Sensor 1 December 2016 Share with a friend Add to Safe Senders List |  If you can't view this email, please click here   Learn more   Implant May Treat All Forms of Blindness A proof of concept clinical trial allowed the blind recipient of a visual cortical prosthetic to distinguish spots of light. The Orion™ I device, from the same developers as the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis "bionic eye," bypasses the optic nerve to directly stimulate the visual cortex. While the Argus implant is intended to treat adults with severe retinitis pigmentosa, the new device offers potential to restore vision to those blinded due to any cause.     View now   Smallest Efficient Pump for Portable Devices KNF Neuberger, Inc. Introducing NMP 03 micro gas pump, the smallest portable device pump available. New NMP 03 provides consistent, linear transfer from a few milliLiters to 500 mL/min, along with outstanding efficiency, light weight (11 g), and quiet operation. Ideally suited for portable/battery-operated applications such as NPWT and patient monitoring.     Learn more   Webinar: How Do You Define Best Practices in Your Healthcare Facility? IEEE GlobalSpec, Inc. Attend this webinar to learn how Anixter's Infrastructure as a Platform addresses the foundations of patient-centered interoperability that can provide agility for budgets, scalability for demand, and flexibility for technology choices. Join Anixter for a webinar on December 6, at 2PM EST.

View now   Mobile Cancer Diagnostics with Mobile Phone A multi-channel smartphone spectrometer and app developed at Washington State University detects a known cancer biomarker, providing portable, laboratory-grade accuracy for clinicians. The mobile lab built on an iPhone 5 can analyze eight lab samples simultaneously for human interleukin-6, a biomarker for lung, prostate, liver, breast, and epithelial cancers. Diagnostic accuracy up to 99% compared to standard laboratory instruments is reported.   Learn more   Low-pressure Sensors Cover Greater Range Two new, digital, low-pressure sensors from Silicon Microstructures cover the pressure range from 0.3-2.0 PSI and feature better than 1% initial accuracy. The new SM5221 and SM6221 models complement the company's established product families SM1221 and SM4221, extending the series measurement range to 0.3-30 PSI. Applications for the low-pressure MEMS sensor series include medical instrumentation and industrial automation. View now   Qosina Adds Barbed Kynar® Connectors to Its Line Qosina Corp. Qosina recently added 11 new barbed Kynar® connectors to its line. Configurations include straight, elbow, T, and reducers. Kynar® is a highly durable, premium PVDF thermoplastic material that is resistant to solvents. Visit our Web site today to request samples or place an order.     Learn more   Weiss-Aug — Leading Provider: Medical Insert/Injection Molding Weiss-Aug Co., Inc. Weiss-Aug is a valued partner for custom insert-molded assemblies for the medical device industry. The company provides total product lifecycle management and the capability to fabricate small, complex parts to large insert molded components. Weiss-Aug manufactures components and assemblies for surgical devices, including electro-surgical, ophthalmic, and safety-needle capture. 13485:2004 Certified.     Three Considerations That Will Expedite Your Hand Controller Specification Daco Hand Controllers You want the specification process to be as quick and painless as possible. Factoring in these three elements ahead of time will help streamline the process and ensure your hand controller is user friendly, robust, and fit for purpose. Read more.   Learn more     Basic Low Pressure Compact Sensor All Sensors Corp. The BLC series is intended for use with non-corrosive, non-ionic working fluids such as air, dry gases, etc. The compact size of this series will provide excellent opportunities for small mobile devices. The basic output is also ratiometric to the supply voltage and is operable from 0.9 to 1.8V DC, ideal for battery applications.   View now

View now   Glucose-sensing Contact Lens A contact lens that detects glucose in tears could become a noninvasive alternative to traditional blood draws for glucose monitoring by diabetics. University of Houston engineers built the tiny device by stacking several layers of gold nanowires on top of a gold film. The layered nanoarray is produced by solvent-assisted nanotransfer printing, which optimizes the use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering to detect glucose in tears.   Learn more   Giving Infections the SLIPS A coating inspired by nature prevents infectious biofilm formation on surgical mesh, left ventricular-assist devices, and other medical implants. The slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) coating was inspired by the carnivorous pitcher plant, which uses the porous surface of its leaves to create a slippery surface for capturing insects. Coatings on medical-grade Teflon materials and liquids were shown to resist bacterial adhesion in animal models.