Archive for the ‘Medical Device Patenting News’ Category
Hair Comes Growth!
Imagine 82 medical-grade lasers aimed at your hair follicles to stimulate growth on a receding hairline? HairMax has unlocked the wonders of cellular follicle growth through a medical device that uses therapeutic light. Several Intellectual Property Patents give HairMax a leadership position in the hair transplant sector, projected to expand by 25% over the next 7 years. Hair loss (and hair ... Read More
Listen Carefully, Inventor
Few can argue that nothing imbues more trust and credibility into an approaching doctor than the sight of the mythical stethoscope that hangs loosely around his neck, symbolizing 257 years of medical evolution including some important patents along the way. While historians will mark 1761 as a key year in which the value of chest percussion was identified in Vienna, others will remind us of ov... Read More
Groundbreaking Wheelchair Medical Device Wins Patents in United States, Canada and Japan!
A recent medical innovation in the wheelchair sector demonstrates an inventor’s keen understanding of the power of patents to protect a groundbreaking idea and lay the foundations for financial success. Matt Mackenzie, a Nova Scotia entrepreneur has successfully received patents in the U.S., Canada and Japan for Paraglide, an automated wheelchair repositioning device, acknowledging it will take ... Read More
Lessons To Be Learned in a Medical Device Inventor’s Journey
Sometimes medical device inventors need to travel back in time to analyze earlier innovators who have crossed the divide from being a dreamer to becoming a successful patent holder with regular annuities and royalties from their invention. But even when success strikes, its duration may be short lived offering us valuable lessons for those who follow similar paths. Such is the case when examin... Read More
New Medical Device: Restoring Sight to the Blind
An intersection of far-sighted government regulation and American entrepreneurship is accelerating interest in an innovative medical device that offers promising hope for up to 6 million people suffering from partial blindness. An electronic brain implant or bionic eye developed by Second Sight utilizes a pair of glasses equipped with cameras and external processors to relay electrical pulses to... Read More