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Medical Device Patent News of the Week
Recent medical patent approvals show that technology continues to advance and simplify healthcare. There is also proof that inventors, engineers, and companies are aware of growing health trends and concerns. These medical device patents reflect a forwarding thinking concern for both patients and physicians. Sanovas, Inc., known for its work in micro-invasive technology, has obtained a pate... Read More
Medical Device Patent News for November 14
The latest advancements in the medical world include devices that are focused on invasive, internal uses of technology to limit surgical trauma and improve the function of implanted instruments. These accomplishments have recently received medical device patent approvals and are well on their way to changing the look of modern medicine. Soulor Surgical, a collaboration of Dr. Roger Brecheen... Read More
Medical Device Patent News of the Week
Medical device patents continue to show the full range research and technology are having on modern medicine. The latest patent approvals include those that affect imaging, cancer fighting therapy, treatment of life threatening aneurysms and interbody devices. Positron Corporation has received medical device patent approval for their semiconductor detector. This medical device is used to map coord... Read More
Discussion on the Gene Patent Debate
The questions surrounding gene patenting are many and varied. Is it ethical? Is it legal? Is it wise? Who owns our genes? Will the patenting of genes result in increased medical costs and limited access to specific DNA sequences? Will it create barriers to medical testing and research? What is to be made of the argument that genes, like plant life, are products of nature and cannot be invented?
From Tongue Depressors to Pacemakers – Patenting a Medical Device
Since its inception in 1790, the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued over 8 million patents. A significant number of those were for medical devices. When you think of the term medical device, a number of things come to mind such as pacemakers, ventilators, and defibrillators. Each is a complex, advanced machine that required significant research and development and some level of skill ... Read More
