Medical Materials Industry Review 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY

• THE YEAR 2002 IN REVIEW
  • BIOTECH
  • HOSPITALS
  • MEDICAL DEVICES

BIOMATERIALS

• RETINAL CELL TRANSPLANT SAVES RAT VISION
• MOUSE THYMIC CELLS GROW INTO FULL GLAND
• VIRUS DESTROYS PROSTATE CANCER
  • VIRUS DESTROYS PROSTATE CANCER (CONTINUED)
• VIRAL ENZYME FIGHTS DRUG-RESISTANCE
• STEM CELLS THAT CONTROL AGING
• STEM CELLS REPAIR HEART
  • STEM CELLS REPAIR HEART (CONTINUED)
• BLOOD STEM CELLS TARGET GENES
• STEM CELLS MAY TREAT LIVER FAILURE
• STEM CELLS RESTORE RATS AFTER STROKE
• ANTIBODIES, ENZYMES MAY REPAIR SPINAL DAMAGE
• CELL THERAPY REDUCES MYOCARDITIS IN MICE
• PIG GUT REPAIRS KNEE LIGAMENTS IN RABBITS
• ADULT STEM CELL MAKE CARTILAGE USED IN MICE
  • ADULT STEM CELL MAKE CARTILAGE USED IN MICE (CONTINUED)
• SYNTHETIC PROTEIN HALTS HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
• STEM CELLS REPAIR PARKINSON'S DAMAGE
  • STEM CELLS REPAIR PARKINSON'S DAMAGE (CONTINUED)
• STEM CELLS MAY YIELD LUNGS
• ADULT STEM CELLS REPAIR BONE
• CAVE BACTERIA MAY HELP STOP CANCER
• BODY'S LACTOFERRIN MIGHT BLOCK BIOFILM
• STEM CELLS MAKE VESSELS AFTER STROKE
  • STEM CELLS MAKE VESSELS AFTER STROKE (CONTINUED)
• MARROW CELLS TURN INTO LIVER CELLS
• ADULT MARROW CELLS DIFFERENTIATE
• VESSELS DEVELOPED FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS
• SELECTIVE NANOFILTERS FOR PROTEINS, DNA
• ECMO KEEPS DONOR ORGANS VIABLE
• BIOENGINEERS CREATE WORKING COW KIDNEYS
• VIRAL VECTORS EXPAND DELIVERY
• STEM CELLS PRODUCE BONE, CARTILAGE
• STEM CELLS BOOST STROKE RECOVERY
• BEATING HEART MUSCLE GROWN
• FIRST HUMAN ISLET TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED
• ADULT STEM CELLS COULD COAT STENTS
• COMPOUNDS TARGET TUMOR BLOOD VESSELS
• PACEMAKER MADE FROM GUINEA PIG MUSCLE
  • PACEMAKER MADE FROM GUINEA PIG MUSCLE (CONTINUED)
• POLYMER MEMBRANE, PROTEIN REMOVE TOXINS
• BLOOD VESSEL CELLS FROM STEM CELLS
• UMBILICAL CORD STEM CELLS CULTURED
• BACTERIAL PROTEIN KILLS TUMORS
• ADULT STEM CELLS HOLD PROMISE
• NEURAL STEM CELLS TRACK, DESTROY CANCER
• VIRAL SHELL DELIVERS WITHOUT SIDE EFFECTS
• COMBINATION FIGHTS KIDNEY CANCER
  • COMBINATION FIGHTS KIDNEY CANCER (CONTINUED)
• ANTIBODY BINDS TO CANCER CELLS
• MOST STEM CELLS MADE TO TRANSFORM
• TREATMENTS FOR GENETIC DISEASES
  • TREATMENTS FOR GENETIC DISEASES (CONTINUED)
  • TREATMENTS FOR GENETIC DISEASES (CONTINUED)

CARDIOLOGY

• BRAIDED STEEL SHAFT IMPROVES CATHETER
• POLYMER SCREENS OUT COMPLICATIONS
• ELASTOMERS REPLACE PVC, LATEX
• SIROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT EFFECTIVE
• STENT ALLOWS LESS INVASIVE PROCEDURE
  • STENT ALLOWS LESS INVASIVE PROCEDURE (CONTINUED)
• PLASTIC SLEEVE MAY DISRUPT STENT'S EFFECT
• TITANIUM IMPLANT BOOSTS FAILING HEARTS
• GENE HALTS HEART FAILURE IN ANIMALS
• POLYESTER CONTAINS HEART ENLARGEMENT
• MAGNETIC PARTICLES TAG HEART ATTACKS
• POLYURETHANE AS ALTERNATIVE TO LATEX
• POLYMERS OFFER DUAL ACTION
• POLYMER ALLOWS EASY STENT CONTROL
• THERAPY IMPROVES HEART FUNCTION
• TITANIUM DEVICE LENGTHENS ARTERIES
  • TITANIUM DEVICE LENGTHENS ARTERIES (CONTINUED)

DERMATOLOGY

• POLYMER LIP IMPLANT REPLACES COLLAGEN, FAT
• HEMOGLOBIN EMULSION SMOOTHES WRINKLES
• SILICONE EMULSION FIGHTS SKIN DISEASE
• SKIN PEPTIDE COULD TREAT INFECTION
• YEAST-DERIVED GEL AVOIDS INFECTION RISK
  • YEAST-DERIVED GEL AVOIDS INFECTION RISK (CONTINUED)

DIAGNOSTICS

• U.S. MARKET FOR MEDICAL IMAGING AND RELATED PRODUCTS TO REACH NEARLY $10 BILLION BY 2007
• Table 1 U.S. USER EXPENDITURES FOE MEDICAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2007 ($ MILLIONS)
• Figure 1 U.S. USER EXPENDITURES FOE MEDICAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT AND RELATED PRODUCTS, 2000, 2001, 2002 AND 2007 ($ MILLIONS)
  • CHILLED NEUTRONS MAY SOLVE MEMBRANE PUZZLES
    • CHILLED NEUTRONS MAY SOLVE MEMBRANE PUZZLES (CONTINUED)
  • MARROW STEM CELLS MAKE BLOOD VESSELS
  • RIGID PLASTIC ELIMINATES MOISTURE
  • POLYMER FILM BRINGS RAPID RESULTS
  • ANTIGEN TEST GETS POSITIVE RESULTS
  • DRY CONTROLS ADDED TO THIN FILM TESTS
  • NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY CANCER DETECTION
    • NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY CANCER DETECTION (CONTINUED)
    • NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY CANCER DETECTION (CONTINUED)

DRUG DELIVERY

• POLYMER COATING BLOCKS PREMATURE ABSORPTION
• MICROSPHERES PROVIDE SUSTAINED RELEASE
  • MICROSPHERES PROVIDE SUSTAINED RELEASE (CONTINUED)
• POLYMER IMPLANT HELPS DENDRITIC CELL VACCINES
• TECHNOLOGY MOVES ENZYMES TO CELLS
• DISPOSABLE CAPSULES SPEED TIME TO MARKET
• S-LAYERS OFFER FILTRATION PROMISE
• METAL-FILLED, SOLUBLE, BUCKEYBALLS MAY DELIVER
• HYDROGEL CHAMBERS HELP DRUG SCREENINGS
  • HYDROGEL CHAMBERS HELP DRUG SCREENINGS (CONTINUED)
• UNIFORM MICROSPHERES GIVE PRECISE CONTROL
• FROM A SINGLE DNA STRAND, A TINY MOTOR
  • FROM A SINGLE DNA STRAND, A TINY MOTOR (CONTINUED)
• POLYMER BALLOON TREATS INCISION PAIN DIRECTLY
• GROWTH FACTOR DESTROYS TUMORS
  • GROWTH FACTOR DESTROYS TUMORS (CONTINUED)
• INJECTABLE POLYMERS BECOME SOLID IMPLANT
• IRON VEHICLES TARGET DISEASE
  • IRON VEHICLES TARGET DISEASE (CONTINUED)
• POLYMER-DRUG COMBO SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
• PORES HELP NANOGATE DELIVER
  • PORES HELP NANOGATE DELIVER (CONTINUED)
• SYNTHETIC FAT ENCASES ANTICANCER AGENTS
• DEVICE DOUBLES AS TISSUE SCAFFOLD
• CHIPS COMPUTERIZE DRUG DELIVERY
• ULTRASONIC PATCH MONITORS INSULIN
  • ULTRASONIC PATCH MONITORS INSULIN (CONTINUED)

ENDOCRINOLOGY

• SHAPE-MEMORY METAL ALLOWS SMALL STENT

GASTROENTEROLOGY

• POLYURETHANE STENT VALVE STOPS REFLUX
  • POLYURETHANE STENT VALVE STOPS REFLUX (CONTINUED)

GYNECOLOGY

• BUFFERING POLYMER HALTS GERMS, SPERM
  • BUFFERING POLYMER HALTS GERMS, SPERM (CONTINUED)

HEMATOLOGY

• BOVINE INFUSIONS REPLACE RED BLOOD
• MINERAL PRODUCT STOPS BLEEDING IN SECONDS
• BLOOD SUBSTITUTE SUCCEEDS IN ANIMALS
  • BLOOD SUBSTITUTE SUCCEEDS IN ANIMALS (CONTINUED)

IMAGING

• MANGANESE TECHNOLOGY SAFE FOR MRI
• MORE-UNIFORM CARBON NANOTUBES
  • MORE-UNIFORM CARBON NANOTUBES (CONTINUED)
• COATINGS SHIELD MRI IMPLANTS
  • COATINGS SHIELD MRI IMPLANTS (CONTINUED)

INDUSTRY NEWS

• BOSTON SCIENTIFIC BUYS SMART THERAPEUTICS
• ATRIX IN DEAL WITH PHARMASCIENCE
• AVENTIS BUYS GENE DELIVERY
• ONE BILLION UNITS OF BLOOD FACTOR
• FMC BUYS PRONOVA BIOMED
• SINCLAIR SIGNS U.S. GELCLAIR DISTRIBUTOR
• VASOMEDICAL NAMED TO 'FAST 50'
• MEDICAL SERVICES GETS FIRST ORDER
• STELLAR, G. POHL REACH AGREEMENT
• FLAMEL SIGNS MEDUSA DEAL
• SICOR, EPIC AGREE TO DEVELOP DEPOT
• CORDIS ACQUIRES CATHETER MAKER
• LAM SIGNS EXYGEN FOR QUALITY CONTROL
• MILLENNIUM MERGES WITH COR THERAPEUTICS
• BIOPHAGE IN PACT WITH BIOPOLYMER
• ALLIANCE, INHALE TEAM UP ON PULMOSPHERES
  • ALLIANCE, INHALE TEAM UP ON PULMOSPHERES (CONTINUED)
• CORGENIX, RHIGENE INK DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
• POLYMER EXPANDS INCONTINENCE TEST
• BAXTER BUYS FUSION MEDICAL
• ABBOTT BUYS STENT BUSINESS
  • ABBOTT BUYS STENT BUSINESS (CONTINUED)
• SURVEY SHOWS RISE IN DENTAL IMPLANTS
• PROTEIN POLYMER, SPINE WAVE EXPAND CONTRACT
  • PROTEIN POLYMER, SPINE WAVE EXPAND CONTRACT (CONTINUED)
• MEDTRONIC COMPLETES PURCHASE OF VIDAMED
• GENZYME, EXACTECH TO DEVELOP ORTHOPEDICS
• NEXMED CREAMS ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
• REGENESIS BIOMEDICAL GETS SERIES A FINANCING
• BIOMERICA AND PISA SIGN MARKETING DEAL
• ANGIOPLASTY BEATS CLOT-BUSTING DRUGS
  • ANGIOPLASTY BEATS CLOT-BUSTING DRUGS (CONTINUED)
• SAFETY NEEDLE LINE LAUNCHED
• REPEAT STENTING INEFFECTIVE
  • REPEAT STENTING INEFFECTIVE (CONTINUED)
• IMPLANT BEATS USUAL TREATMENT
• THERASPHERE REDUCES LIVER TUMORS
• EARLY RESULTS FOR DRUG-ELUTING STENT
• BAXTER COMPLETES PURCHASE OF FUSION
• HEALTHPOINT TO MARKET OASIS
• AASTROM MAKES ITALIAN DEAL
• ENDOVASC SIGNS MIV AGREEMENT
• COSEAL REDUCES ADHESIONS IN STUDY
• BD LAUNCHES RETRACTING SYRINGE
• BAXTER, NORTHWESTERN TO COLLABORATE
• PRONEURON, CRAIG HOSPITAL START JOINT PROGRAM
• RETRACTABLE SIGNS WITH CHINESE FIRM
• FIRST POLYLOK LUMBAR DEVICE IMPLANTED
• MEDAREX, IDM SIGN TO DEVELOP CELL DRUGS
• LAM WOUND GEL LAUNCHED
• SPAN-AMERICA BUYS SECURE IV FROM VADUS
• PFIZER BUYS PHARMACIA FOR $60 BILLION
• MEDTRONIC TO ACQUIRE SPINAL DYNAMICS
• ETHICON BUYS SWEDISH GASTRIC BAND
• GUIDANT TO BUY ANGIOTECH
• LYNX SIGNS STEM CELL AGREEMENT WITH CUE
• EXHALE LICENSES FROM BRIGHAM
• VIRAGEN IN ANTI-CANCER DEAL
• MORPHOSYS DELIVERS ANTIBODIES TO CENTOCOR
• BIOMED COMPLETES GLUE AGREEMENT
• PREMIER CONTRACTS FOR WOUND CARE
• GENZYME INKS CELL AGREEMENT
• CORIXA ENTERS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
• B&L MOVES LENSES TO IRELAND
• MICROSCIENCE TO LICENSE BIO-DELIVERY PRODUCT
• STEM CELL GRANT RENEWED FOR GERON
• FINAL RESULTS FOR DRUG-ELUTING STENT
• PLATINUM COILS BEAT CLIPPING
• ENCELLE CLOSES FUNDING, BEGINS COLLABORATION
• LAM SIGNS TWO AGREEMENTS IN CHINA
• ADVANCED TISSUE FILES CHAPTER 11
• INAMED AND GENZYME SIGN HYLAFORM DEAL
• COLUMBIA TEAMS WITH ARDANA FOR BIOADHESIVE
• NABI SIGNS AGREEMENTS FOR BIOMATERIAL
• ABBOTT WILL BUILD IN PUERTO RICO
• POSITIVE RESULTS FOR STENT, GUIDEWIRE
• BD LAUNCHES SHORTEST INSULIN PEN NEEDLE
• BRIEFLY NOTED
  • ADVANCED POLYMERS EXPANDS PRODUCT LINES
  • ROYAL PHILIPS ELECTRONICS GETS WARNING LETTER FROM FDA
  • AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNERSNAMES PRICE OF ITS COMMON STOCK
  • BAUSCH AND LOMB TO RESTRUCTURE
  • ADVANCED POLYMERS EXPANDS LINE OF PET HEAT SHRINK TUBING SIZES
  • BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SEES BENEFITS OF STENTING TO TREAT THE HEART
  • TEC INTERFACE SYSTEMS AMONG "FAST 50" INNOVATORS
  • LIFENET TO SUPPLY SKIN TISSUE TO LIFECELL
  • STERION ACQUIRES SURGIDYNE
  • CRUCELL AND CENTOCOR ACHIEVE FIRST GOAL
  • EXACTECH SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH WALDEMAR LINK GMBH AND LINK AMERICA
  • AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CHANGES NAME AND TRADING SYMBOL
  • CORIXA CORP. AND ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC AND CELLULAR SYSTEMS TO DEVELOP TESTS FOR BREAST CANCER
  • SANGUIBIOTECH TO MARKET HEMOGLOBIN EMULSION OXYGEN CARRIER PRODUCTS
  • AVI BIOPHARMA CLOSED PRIVATE EQUITY FINANCING
  • BIOVAIL CORP. ANNOUNCE UNDERWRITING FOR A PUBLIC OFFERING
  • MEDLINE INDUSTRIES SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH AMD-RITMED
  • JOHNSON AND JOHNSON BUYS TIBOTEC-VIRCO NV
  • ESTRADOT IS LAUNCHED BY NOVARTIS PHARMA
  • OTTO BOCK HEALTH CARE INTEGRATES SPRINGLITE'S FEET
  • AVITAR DEVELOPS HYDRASORB PLUS
  • ADVANCED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS GROUP COLLABORATES WITH J&J'S WOUND MANAGEMENT
  • FTC REVIEWING GENZYME'S ACQUISITION OF NOVAZYME PHARMACEUTICALS
  • SULZER MEDICA AWARDED ONE-BILLION-DOLLAR SETTLEMENT
  • CARDIOTECH GETS FDA OK TO MARKET HYDROGEL WOUND AND BURN DRESSING
  • WESTAIM CORP. TO SELL ETHYLENE COATINGS BUSINESS
  • 3M HEALTH CARE INTRODUCES TWO TEGADERM IV DRESSINGS
  • COLOPLAST, DENMARK TO MARKET ROCHESTER MEDICAL'S FOLEY CATHETERS
  • THERMOGENESIS SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH MINOGUE MEDICAL
  • DERMA SCIENCES TO BUY DUMEX MEDICAL ASSETS AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
  • KENSEY NASH AND ORAPHARMA FORM PARTNERSHIP
  • CYTOMEDIX ISSUES AUTOLOGEL LICENSING AGREEMENT TO PROVIDENCE HOME CARE
  • BAUSCH & LOMB TO DOUBLE SIZE OF ITS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
  • VISION-EASE LENS RESUMES TAKING ORDERS FOR CONTINUA D28 LENS
  • ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES 1,000TH IMPLANT OF GENESIS
  • TYCO HEALTHCARE AND NOVATION TO MULTI-SOURCE CONTRACTS
  • GENZYME BIOSURGERY AND GUIDANT SIGN CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

• THE YEAR PAST, THE YEAR AHEAD
• TRENDS IN THE MAKING
  • BIOMATERIALS
  • CARDIOLOGY
  • DERMATOLOGY
  • DRUG DELIVERY
  • GYNECOLOGY
  • HEMATOLOGY
  • ONCOLOGY
  • OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • ORTHODONTICS
  • ORTHOPEDICS
  • Orthopedics (Continued)
  • PULMONARY
  • WOUNDS/TISSUE REPLACEMENT
  • Wounds/Tissue Replacement (Continued)

INTERNAL MEDICINE

• POLYMER IMPLANT CHECKS BLOOD FLOW
  • POLYMER IMPLANT CHECKS BLOOD FLOW (CONTINUED)

LEGAL AND REGULATORY

• FDA APPROVES BONE COMPRESSION DEVICE
• DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY INFRINGED, COURT SAYS
• NOVARTIS GETS FDA NOD
• CDC COMPLETES CRYOLIFE TESTING
• ISOSLEEVE GETS FDA APPROVAL
• COMMITTEE VOTES FOR GLIADEL WAFER
• COURT RULES FOR IGEN
• FDA CLEARS DERMABOND FOR MICROBE PROTECTION
• FDA APPROVAL LETTER GOES TO VIVELLE-DOT
• FDA PANEL Oks BONE GRAFT
  • FDA PANEL Oks BONE GRAFT (CONTINUED)
• COURT RULES DEPUY INFRINGED INTERPORE
• AASTROM'S KIT GETS CE MARK
• SULZER REACHES TERM SHEET AGREEMENT
• ZILA GETS ANOTHER PATENT FOR ORATEST
• HEALTHPOINT WINS STRATUS LAWSUIT
• MEDTRONIC GETS CLEARANCE FOR VALVE
• FDA CLEARS SPINAL IMPLANT
• HEMOLINK NOT CLEARED FOR CANADA THIS YEAR
• SIROLIMUS-ELUTING STENT GETS CE MARK
• NEOPHARM FILES FOR ARBITRATION
• TRICUSPID VALVE GETS FDA NOD
• VIVELLE-DOT GETS EXPANDED APPROVAL
• FDA CLEARS DRESSING FOR CHRONIC WOUNDS
• FDA OKAYS WOUND GEL
• SPINAL IMPLANT GETS FDA APPROVAL
• APPROVAL INCREASES USES FOR SOFT TPE
• PARTIAL EUROPEAN APPROVAL FOR INTERCEPT
• DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR WOUND GEL
  • DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR WOUND GEL (CONTINUED)
• FDA REQUIRES POST MARKET REPORTS
• ATRIX SUSPENSION PRODUCT APPROVED
• FDA CLEARS HYDROFIBER WOUND DRESSING
• NEURON GETS CLEARANCE FOR LUMBAR CATHETER
• LUMBAR GRAFT GETS FDA NOD
• NON-APPROVABLE LETTER FOR RISPERDAL CONSTA
• STENT GETS FDA GO
• FDA APPROVES POLYMER COATING
• ANTI-ADHESION HYDROGEL APPROVED
• FDA CLEARS TEST FOR LUPUS
• U.S. SURGICAL GETS NOD FOR INDERMIL
• BONE REPAIR PRODUCT APPROVED IN EUROPE
• CRYOLIFE REACHES AGREEMENT WITH FDA
• APPLIED MEDICAL GETS INJUNCTION AGAINST TYCO
• PANEL Oks APPROVAL FOR BONE PROTEIN
• EUROPE APPROVES SCION'S CLO-SUR
• BRIEFLY NOTED
  • LAM PHARMACEUTICAL FILES PREMARKET NOTIFICATION FOR IPM WOUND GEL
  • THERMOGENESIS GETS APPROVAL INVESTIGATIONAL DEVICE EXEMPTION FROM FDA
  • NEOPHARM'S SS1-PE38 GRANTED ORHPAN DRUG STATUS BY FDA
  • CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES GETS 2001 LITIGATION SETTLEMENT PAYMENT FROM ACLARA BIOSCIENCES
  • TWO PATENT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT SETTLEMENTS ANNOUNCED

NEUROLOGY

• COOLING DEVICE TREATS MIGRAINES
• PEPTIDE TRIGGERS SPINAL CORD GROWTH
• GAS MAY PROTECT DAMAGED NERVES
• BIORESORBABLE POLYMER RESTORES HAND CONTROL

ONCOLOGY

• DUMMY RECEPTORS REDUCE TUMOR SIZE
• NANOCIRCLES SHUT DOWN DISEASE GENES
• GLASS BEADS EXTEND CANCER SURVIVAL
• ENGINEERED VIRUS SNITCHES ON CANCER
  • ENGINEERED VIRUS SNITCHES ON CANCER (CONTINUED)
• NANOPARTICLE, GENE CUT TUMOR BLOOD SUPPLY
• CHIPS IMPORTANT IN CANCER PROGNOSIS
• COMPLEX CAUSES MELANOMA REGRESSION
• POLYVINYL EMBOLIZATION DEVICE LAUNCHED
  • POLYVINYL EMBOLIZATION DEVICE LAUNCHED (CONTINUED)

OPHTHALMOLOGY

• PLASTIC LENSES BEAT STEEL
• HYDROGEL LENSES RESIST INFECTION
  • HYDROGEL LENSES RESIST INFECTION (CONTINUED)
• POLYMER BAND MIGHT RESTORE VISION
• POLYMER IMPLANT DELIVERS FOR 3 YEARS
• LENS BIOCOMPATIBLE, BACTERIA RESISTANT
• IMPLANT CORRECTS REFRACTIVE ERROR
• POLYMER IMPLANT REDUCES EYE AILMENTS
• LIGHT COULD REPAIR EYE INJURIES
  • LIGHT COULD REPAIR EYE INJURIES (CONTINUED)
• CHIP TRIGGERS SIGHT FOR BLIND
• FIGHTING BACTERIA ON CONTACT LENSES
  • FIGHTING BACTERIA ON CONTACT LENSES (CONTINUED)

ORTHOPEDICS

• METAL HIPS TRUMP PLASTIC
• ADULT STEM CELLS REBUILD LIGAMENTS
  • ADULT STEM CELLS REBUILD LIGAMENTS (CONTINUED)
• MATRIX ALLOWS 100% BONE PRODUCT
• CULTURED CHONDROCYTE SHOWS POTENTIAL
  • CULTURED CHONDROCYTE SHOWS POTENTIAL (CONTINUED)
• COLLAGEN PUTTY HOLDS SPINE FUSION PROTEINS
• POLYMER SCREWS DOWN ACL RECONSTRUCTION
• COMPOUND ALLOWS HAIR-LIKE NANOTUBES
• GLASS MAY REPAIR BONE, TREAT ARTHRITIS
• SEA SPONGE MAY YIELD ARTHRITIS RELIEF
• GENSCI'S DYNAGRAFT REFORMULATED
• COMPOSITE HIP MATCHES BONE STIFFNESS
• COMBO MAY REPLACE DISCS
• ELASTOMER-TITANIUM DISC CUSHIONS VERTEBRAE
• COMPOSITE IMPLANT FUSES SPINE
• COMPOSITE FOR ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE
• HEART VALVE RING IS MORE DURABLE
• SYNTHETIC MOLECULE SPEEDS FRACTURE HEALING
• STRONGER METAL FOR IMPLANTS
• COATINGS OFFER SURFACE CONTROL
  • COATINGS OFFER SURFACE CONTROL (CONTINUED)

PERIODONTAL

• GTR BARRIER ADDS ANTIBIOTIC

PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

• POLAR CRYSTAL MAY PURIFY DRUGS
• SYSTEM ALLOWS CYCLICAL TESTING
• SILICA MIST IMPROVES MEMBRANES
• VECTOR PROCESS GETS BIGGER YIELD
• DEDUSTER IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITS
• TFF TOOLS ENHANCE DRUG DEVELOPMENT
  • TFF TOOLS ENHANCE DRUG DEVELOPMENT (CONTINUED)
  • TFF TOOLS ENHANCE DRUG DEVELOPMENT (CONTINUED)

PULMONARY

• ACRYLIC RESIN AIDS JAW POSITIONING
• POLYMER LUNG SHOWING PROMISE
  • POLYMER LUNG SHOWING PROMISE (CONTINUED)

• CARBON NANOTUBES MAY IMPROVE X-RAYS
  • CARBON NANOTUBES MAY IMPROVE X-RAYS (CONTINUED)

UROLOGY

• MICROCRIMPING FIBERS IMPROVES CLEARANCE
• SILICONE INSERT TAMES INCONTINENCE
• CERAMIC PARTICLES BIND PHOSPHATES
• POLYMER CREAM IMPROVED FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
• IMPLANT DESIGNED FOR KEYHOLE REPAIR

• POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL BREAKS DOWN GOUT

• POLYMER PARTICLES HALT BLEEDING
• EPTFE SELF-ADHESIVE, RAPID LOADING
• 71% MAINTAIN WOUND CLOSURE
• SILICONE INSERT BEATS INCONTINENCE
• POLYMER MICROSPHERE AIDS ULCER TREATMENT
• WHEELCHAIR CUSHION ADDS AIRFLOW
• SILICONE PADS THE WAY
• SHAPE-MEMORY PLASTIC CAN TIE KNOTS
• SHAPE-MEMORY PLASTIC CAN TIE KNOTS (CONTINUED)
• GROWTH FACTOR PROTECTS SKIN
• KERATIN MATERIALS AID TISSUE GROWTH
• SILVER DELIVERS TO DEEP WOUNDS
• BANDAGE COULD REPAIR TISSUES
• ELASTIC POLYMER CLOSER TO NATURAL TISSUE
• OXYGEN CARRIER WORKS IN CHRONIC CASES
• POLYMER MATRIX WITH A SILVER LINING
• POLYMER INTERACTS WITH EXUDATE
• BIOPOLYMER FOR POTENT COAGULATION
• SILICONE SHEETING PREVENTS SCARRING
• FASTEST ABSORBED SUTURE LAUNCHED
• POLYURETHANE ABSORBS FIVE TIMES ITS WEIGHT
• POWDER EFFECTIVE FOR SURGICAL HEMOSTASIS
• BRIEFLY NOTED
  • U.S. ARMY LAB TREATS WOUNDS WITH DENDRIMER NANOCOMPOSITES
  • SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTRODUCE EQUALIZER CUSHION

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES