Today, there are a wide variety of medical devices that employ implantable silicones, including pacemakers, cochlear implants, stents, and implants used in cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries.

FDA regulations categorize medical devices into three classes, with varying levels of control to manage risks and ensure the safety of medical technologies.

Smart implants revolutionize healthcare with embedded sensors for real-time monitoring. Polycarbonate urethanes offer ...

The outbound communication brings sensor signals and device conditions to the reader outside the body. The sensors can monitor physiologic signals, such as blood pressure, intracranial pressure, core ...

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200,000 implantable pacemakers, about 200,000 heart valves, thousands of venous stents, and other prosthetics. Similar concerns have cropped up with other medical devices, such as metal-on-metal ...

In animal studies, the researchers found that the implantable device detects an overdose ... for those threatened by other emergent medical conditions such as anaphylaxis or epilepsy.

Implantable ... The follow-up of the device can be performed also remotely, through an automatic transmitter and Web-based software. The Confirm™ (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA) offers ...

announces the launch of FibGel—a natural injectable hydrogel for permanent implantable medical devices. FibGel is a nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel made from birch wood cellulose and water only, ...

The risk associated with implantation of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator ... The long-term risk of having an ICD, including lead- or device-related malfunction, infection, and ...

This guidance replaces NICE medtech innovation briefing 298 on TriageHF Plus for remotely monitoring people with cardiac implantable electronic devices ... related to a medicine or medical device used ...