KOB, a global B2B manufacturer of medical devices and elastic special textiles, won the innovation award at the 2024 Medical Device Network Excellence Awards for…
An infant hernia bandage device that can be applied to an infant’s body to compress a hernia area is disclosed by David Phillips of Amite…
A compression garment for post-surgical healing and rehabilitation in which a main closing zipper is located in the rear of the garment has been designed…
A bed sheet system for hospice patients or patients undergoing palliative care has been developed by Oscar Schrag, a biomaterials researcher and data-driven designer focused…
Sustainable textile firm Woolchemy has released a research paper assessing the performance of its proprietary material, neweFlex, a high-performance, wool-based acquisition distribution layer designed for…
A pivotal clinical trial of a “pill-on-a-thread” test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for oesophageal cancer, has welcomed its first…
Claimed to be the world’s thinnest “spaghetti”, nanofibres made from starch, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, have been created by a research…
Sweden-based hygiene and health company Essity is expanding production capacity of athletics tape by investing in a new production line for Leukotape K to meet…
A patch for easier and more effective treatment of psoriasis could also be used in the treatment of other inflammatory skin diseases, say Danish researchers.
A low-profile stent-graft with improved flexibility, in particular for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms, has been developed by TriVascular Technologies.