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LaunchPad Lands Coveted Grant for Dental Bone Graft: In more than 30% of dental implant cases, existing bone graft materials fail to achieve the desired clinical results, and another bone graft procedure must be conducted, increasing the overall time and cost of the treatment. That's where LaunchPad Medical could potentially change the game with its new dental bone graft solution based on the company's Tetranite technology. The Lowell, MA-based company won a $1.8 million gra...nt from the Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center to initiate a pivotal animal study of its technology. The grant was funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Dental and Cranial Research to improve the translation of promising tissue engineering and regenerative medicine technologies for dental, oral, and craniofacial clinical practice. This isn't the company's first win, either. Previously, LaunchPad won two prior grants from the same center. The current grant, the largest of the three, is expected to support a pivotal animal study and generate enough data to file an investigational device exemption application with FDA to start a clinical trial. "Unlike most exiting dental bone graft materials, this enhanced formulation of Tetranite resorbs and is replaced by bone on a timescale commensurate with existing graft materials but does not require ancillary containment devices like membranes or meshes or fixation aids like tacks and screws," said Joseph P. Fiorellini, professor and director of the postdoctoral periodontics program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and principal investigator for this grant. "The clinical use of this material will reduce the time and complexity of ridge augmentation procedures and likely lead to more consistent results with regard to maintaining the original volume of grafts." Roughly 44% of all patients who receive a dental implant have a missing tooth when they start treatment and, depending how long the tooth has been missing, varying degrees of bone loss, LaunchPad said. These patients must undergo a ridge automation procedure in which particulate-based bone graft materials are placed using membranes and fixation aids to contain the graft during the healing process. These procedures increase the width and height of a jawbone to replace atrophied bone so that a dental implant can be successfully placed. LaunchPad said it is initially developing its technology for use in the dental market, however the company is also working to develop adhesive applications for the broader orthopedics market. https://bit.ly/2z89Hbq See more

New EUA Places Abiomed Firmly in the COVID-19 Conversation: Sometimes when the discussion of tackling the novel coronavirus comes up, the use of medical devices gets lost in the shuffle. Most of the conversation surrounding COVID-19 comes from either the promise of a vaccine or the expansion of tests. Abiomed is adding to the conversation surrounding medtechâs potential contribution to the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Monday, the Danvers, MA-based company by receiving E...Continue reading

Medtech in a Minute: Philips Regulatory Win, Eko's Telemedicine Play, and More: Philips Wins Regulatory Nod for Clinical Surveillance Biosensor Philips won a nod from FDA and a CE mark for a next-generation wireless wearable biosensor to help monitor COVID-19 patients in hospital. The Amsterdam, Netherlands-based company touts its next-generation device as being able to enhance clinical surveillance in its patient deterioration detection solution to help clinicians detect ri...sk so they can intervene earlier and help improve care in lower acuity care areas. Â Eko Moves Deeper into Telemedicine in the Age of Social Distancing The digital health company is launching a platform that will combine its cardiac monitoring technology with telehealth. The company said the platform incorporates its digital stethoscope and ECG live-streaming with embedded video conferencing and FDA-cleared algorithms for heart murmur and atrial fibrillation detection. Â Will Emerging Contact Tracing Solutions Be Put to Work?Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative launched by global health organization Vital Strategies, released a playbook that describes four essential actions governments need to take to reopen society quickly and safely in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://bit.ly/3gEMX3D See more

InspectIR Systems Launches Trial for Mobile Device to Detect COVID-19: InspectIR Systems has launched a clinical trial focused on using a mobile device for the detection of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The Frisco, TX-based company began the trial on Wednesday and said it will test the InspectIR portable breathalyzer. "As most of us have experienced, the world has changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. We challenged our development teams with a simple question: 'Can we... help?' We quickly realized our devices could identify COVID-19 in the breath and help with the unique circumstances facing the U.S. and the world right now," InspectIR CEO Tim Wing, said in a release. "It provides detection of VOCs on the breath, including COVID-19, Influenza A and more, in as little as 90 seconds. This means health professionals can almost immediately have an accurate diagnosis and begin effectively treating the patient â giving them a far better chance for a positive outcome." One of the many challenges of facing the current COVID-19 testing is the frequency of false positives as well as false negatives, which have been reported potentially as high as 48.5%. In a release, InspectIR COO John Redmond said, "Accuracy has been an issue with COVID-19 testing since the beginning of the crisis. Our device is specifically designed for trace detection in the high part-per-trillion. We believe it will provide the most accurate results on the market. There are few viable non-invasive detection tools available today." https://bit.ly/2ZR8U9A See more

Advanced Technology for Plastics Staking and Swaging: Plastic swaging and staking technology is favored for many types of plastic-based assemblies because by forming a plastic post or flap, it is possible to securely connect or âcaptureâ components made of a diverse range of materialsânot just plastics, but metals, fabrics, filter media, and even PCBs, switches, and electronics. Permanent and strong thermoplastic stakes or swages can be made quickly and at relatively l...Continue reading