Zimmer Vitamin E UHMWPE Cleared by FDA
Zimmer, Inc. has received FDA clearance on their highly crosslinked, Vitamin E containing UHMWPE. The 510(k) application is for a hip liner, and is being marketed under the trademarked name “Vivacit-E” (pronounced ‘vicacity’). Zimmer is advertising the new material in their Continuum acetabular shell system, shown above. Link to 510(k) Link to Zimmer Continuum Website
Synthetic Fat
Medical device and instrumentation design and development usually requires testing the prototypes in a simulated environment. Interest in treatments involving patients with high fat content has led to requests for tissue models containing a large amount of simulated fat. Using their skills in custom polymer formulations, researchers at Cambridge Polymer Group have developed a simulated […]