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Japan’s Medical Device Market Is Getting Better . . .
. . . a little better all the time. Historically hampered by a burdensome regulatory system, Japan’s medtech market is showing marked signs of improvement, thanks to efforts by the regulatory body to...
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Toyobo Develops Tubes to Regenerate Damaged Nerves
Toyobo Co., a maker of synthetic fibres headquartered in Osaka, Japan, has developed resorbable conduits that can help regenerate damaged nerves. The short sections of tubing are made from...
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NEC Develops Mass Production of Carbon Nanohorns, Drug Delivery Among...
Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. (Tokyo) has developed a technology to mass produce nano carbon materials in a horn-shaped structure. Because of their shape and the absence of metallic impurities, the...
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Mizuho Ikakogyo Takes Top Prize at MEDTEC Japan Innovation Awards
Mizuho Ikakogyo’s HyperEye Medical System.Tokyo-based maker of surgical tables Mizuho Ikakogyo received top honours at the MEDTEC Japan Innovation Awards for its HyperEye Medical System, a...
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PM Abe Pins Japan’s Economic Recovery on Medical Industry; MEDTEC Japan 2013...
The timing could not have been better for MEDTEC Japan 2013.Just one month before the show, which was held on 24 and 25 April 2013, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed that he would aggressively...
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日本初の医療機器関連に特化した情報サイトがオープン!
MEDTEC Japan、医療機器専門誌サイトを統合 UBM Canon社は傘下のMEDTEC Japan（医療機器の設計・製造に関する展示会・国際セミナー）と『医療設計と製造技術』（業界専門誌）のサイトを統合し、「MEDTEC Japan Online」として展示会とニュースが合体した共通サイトを2013年3月1日（金）に新設した。新サイトではMEDTEC...
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STI社、ステントなどのOEM・総合的生産プラットフォームを紹介
STI Laser Industries Ltd.は、微小金属製部品のレーザー切断、マイクロマシニング、および仕上げを専門とする医療機器製造業者で、最小侵襲手術に使われるインプラントや手術器具などの医療機器の生産に注力している。主な製品にはステント、心臓弁フレーム、整形外科用機器、手術器具が含まれる。また同社は、ステンレス、コバルトクロム、ニチノールや種々の放射線不透過性金属 (Au, Ta,...
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Japanese Researchers Make Inroads in Development of Less-Invasive...
May 29, 2012 – 1:22 am Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) in Japan have accurately reconstructed intracortical local field potentials (LFPs) by capturing...
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A Yen for Change
Published: July 29, 2010 A Yen for ChangeBurdensome regulations and an atavistic aversion to risk are partly responsible for the relative decline of Japan’s medtech industry. Interview conducted by...
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Organic Thin-Film Transistors Developed in Japan May Benefit Electronic...
Because of their mechanical flexibility, organic transistors have tremendous potential to improve the functionality of pacemakers, hearing aids and related medical devices, but the sensitivity to heat...
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Japan’s Regulatory System to Undergo Needed Overhaul . . . in Time
June 22, 2012 – 8:13 amThe Japanese government will consider revising the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (PAL) and treat medical devices separately, according to a new national strategy drawn up earlier...
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Kyoto Company Vies for Leadership in European Bioabsorbable Stent Market
Published: February 16, 2012 Polymer-based bioabsorbable stents are expected to grab significant market share from bare-metal and drug-eluting stents, reaching a value of more than US$1.7 billion by...
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Nichiyu Giken: Can You Say Diverse?
While in Japan recently, I made a stop at Nichiyu Giken. Talk about a diverse company. Their slogan is “from the ocean to outer space,” and they mean it. My purpose in visiting with them was to discuss...
View ArticleFirst Robot Approved as Medical Device to Start Clinical Trials in Germany
A wearable robot developed by Tokyo-based Cyberdyne Inc. has been approved by certification body TUV Rhineland as a medical device, clearing the way for clinical trials to begin in Europe. The medical...
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Hamamatsu, Kyoto University Develop Commercially Viable Photonic Crystal Laser
Japan-based opto-electronics company Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. and Kyoto University’s Photonics and Electronics Science and Engineering Center have co-developed a photonic crystal laser, which provides...
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第2回MEDTEC イノベーション大賞、募集中
UBM Canon社は、ものづくりの技術を医療機器分野へ発展させた日本企業を顕彰する「第２回MEDTECイノベーション大賞」を実施する。募集期間は2013年1月21日（月）から2013年3月8日金曜日（必着）まで。沢山の応募が来ており、募集締切を当初の3月1日（金）より1週間延長している。...
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着衣だけで心拍・心電図の常時モニタリングを可能にする素材
図1:シルク表面をPEDOT-PSSで均一にコーティングすることで、柔軟性・導電性・生体適合性を損なうことなく、十分な引張強度を与え耐水性・加工性の課題を解決。日本電信電話株式会社（以下、NTT）は、着衣だけで心拍・心電図の常時モニタリングを可能にする素材の作製に成功した。シルクや合成繊維の表面に導電性高分子のひとつであるPEDOT－PSSをコーティングすることで素肌に優しい導電性複合素材にした。従...
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レディガガの臀部手術で新手術法に注目集まる
ポップ界の女王レディーガガが先週、臀部の手術を受けた。１カ月以上前にワールドツアー「ボーン・ディス・ウェイ・ボール」中にケガを負ってから激しい痛みを隠していたが症状が悪化し、滑膜炎になり手術に踏み切ったという。このニュースを受け、英Surgical Innovations社はプレスリリースを配信し、先駆的な低侵襲臀部手術の技法に注目が集まるだろうと期待を寄せている。...
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