New products

It’s all a bit weird. Companies issue press releases containing information about their rosy prospects all the time, but they don’t often charge you for the privilege of reading them. Tissue Regeneration Technologies obviously has other ideas.

Wright Medical Group, Inc. has announced the full commercial launch of the ORTHOLOC™ 3Di Reconstruction Plating System for foot and ankle surgery. The system is to be made available this month in both the U.S. and international markets.

Covidien’s V-Loc™ knotless suture has now been combined with its endoscopic suturing devices with claimed significant time saving for surgeons.

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation has announced that it is to plug a gap in its range by distributing a private label version of the aap Implantate AG stainless headed compression screw system.

Covidien is announcing the global launch of its Nellcor SpO2 module designed for use on Philips patient monitoring platforms.

Symmetry Medical Inc. launches a new product designed to mechanically compress the myometrium during postpartum uterine atony after routine caesarian section.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation has received conditional IDE approval from the US FDA to initiate a clinical trial to study its GLX next-generation tissue treatment platform applied to a surgical bovine pericardial heart valve. It seems EU regulatory barriers are somewhat lower, the product having been CE marked in May.

Medtronic, Inc. has synchronised the U.S. launch of the recently FDA cleared Endurant® II AAA Stent Graft System with the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting being held right now. The company claims its new iteration enhances access and ease of use compared with the first generation product.

Smith & Nephew has announced the launch of its Truclear 5.0 System, according to the company the smallest hysteroscopic morcellator system to receive FDA 510(k) clearance. The company claims its system’s smaller size now provides surgeons with the potential of using it in the office setting.

Minimally invasive and complex spine specialist K2M, Inc., has announced the debut of the MESA® Small Stature Spinal System, a Ø4.5 mm line extension of the company’s revolutionary low profile, zero torque family of products for the treatment of complex spinal deformity.

Covidien says its new Radial Reload allows surgeons to cut and securely staple colon tissue up to 2 cm deeper into the pelvis than the Ethicon Contour® Curved Cutter Stapler.

Zimmer Holdings Inc chose last week’s EFORT congress at which to launch its Sidus™ Stem-Free Shoulder system which it claims is ideal for patients with early to mid-stage osteoarthritis.

Cook’s range of fine needle biopsy histology needles is enhanced by the addition of this new 25gauge iteration, which, according to the company, is the smallest gauge endoscopy needle available today.
Let’s not argue about how to spell gauge by the way.

Covidien has unveiled its new range add HALO 90 ULTRA for ablative treatment of large Barrett’s Oesophagus lesions. The device, which comes from the stable of recently acquired Barrx Medical, is double the length of its HALO 90 brother and as such can reduce ablation treatment time and in so doing shorten the procedure.

Biomedical Structures LLC reckons its newly-unveiled high-precision tapering textiles could be used to create more lifelike synthetic scaffolds

So the EU (European Commission) funds a collaborative project to develop a technology that addresses a very real (and rather high profile) clinical need. Collaborating companies benefit and so thrive and employ more people, in so doing addressing the need to do just that. This new continental collaborative concept might just work and if it does everyone’s a winner.