Blindness: Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[14/05/2012] Using tiny solar-panel-like cells surgically placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of degenerative eye diseases. Blindness: Retinal Prosthesis Could Better Restore Sight - read more

Gender Determination: “Intersexuality is not a disease“

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[10/04/2012] Most people are clearly female or male. Nature however – human nature as well – also knows other gender types. Intersexuality has always been around in the world and now it is time for society and medical science to finally accept it. Gender Determination: “Intersexuality is not a disease“ - read more

Guideline: Monitoring Spinal Cord During Surgery May Help Prevent Paralysis

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[12/03/2012] The American Academy of Neurology is issuing an updated guideline that recommends monitoring the spinal cord during spinal surgery and certain chest surgeries to help prevent paralysis, or loss of muscle function, related to the surgeries. Guideline: Monitoring Spinal Cord During Surgery May Help Prevent Paralysis - read more

Product development: “If you fail early, you will reach your goal faster“

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[01/03/2012] Medical devices are becoming increasingly complex and develop faster and faster technically. Modern medicine would be unthinkable without the use of new and more delicate equipment. But there can also be risks to patients, since a comprehensible handling cannot be guaranteed in all cases – it can’t even be excluded in experienced medical specialists.  Product development: “If you fail early, you will reach your goal faster“ - read more

Knee Replacement Surgery: Benefits of Local Anaesthesia

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[13/02/2012] Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson University have shown that local anaesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin for pain management following total knee replacement surgery. Knee Replacement Surgery: Benefits of Local Anaesthesia - read more

Preoperative MRI: Lower Risk of Nerve Damage in Prostate Cancer Surgeries

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[24/01/2012] Preoperative MRI helps surgeons make more informed decisions about nerve-sparing procedures in men with prostate cancer, according to a new study of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Preoperative MRI: Lower Risk of Nerve Damage in Prostate Cancer Surgeries - read more

Community centre in Democratic Republic of the Congo

[22/12/2011]  Community centre in Democratic Republic of the Congo - read more

Doctor Monika Hauser in the gynecological ambulance in Kosovo

[22/12/2011]  Doctor Monika Hauser in the gynecological ambulance in Kosovo - read more

Forums for women in Rwanda

[22/12/2011]  Forums for women in Rwanda - read more

Generate income in Democratic Republic of the Congo

[22/12/2011]  Generate income in Democratic Republic of the Congo - read more

International women's rights organisation

[22/12/2011]  International women's rights organisation - read more

Legal advice in women's prison Kabul

[22/12/2011]  Legal advice in women's prison Kabul - read more

Psychosocial care in Liberia

[22/12/2011]  Psychosocial care in Liberia - read more

Rabia Balkhi Hospital in Afghanistan

[22/12/2011]  Rabia Balkhi Hospital in Afghanistan - read more

Signature handing over to the Federal Chancellery in Berlin

[22/12/2011]  Signature handing over to the Federal Chancellery in Berlin - read more

Women’s centre in Liberia

[22/12/2011]  Women’s centre in Liberia - read more

MEDICA EXCELLENCE AWARD 2011 -23

[21/11/2011]  MEDICA EXCELLENCE AWARD 2011 -23 - read more

Artificial blood vessels

[19/11/2011]  Artificial blood vessels - read more

Disposable Tubing

[19/11/2011]  Disposable Tubing - read more

Enzyme AmbLOXe

[19/11/2011]  Enzyme AmbLOXe - read more

Hybrid-Connector

[19/11/2011]  Hybrid-Connector - read more

Injections

[19/11/2011]  Injections - read more

Medical label machine

[19/11/2011]  Medical label machine - read more

O-Rings

[19/11/2011]  O-Rings - read more

Quick Connect Fittings and Couplings

[19/11/2011]  Quick Connect Fittings and Couplings - read more

Sensor

[19/11/2011]  Sensor - read more

Silicon-Rubber

[19/11/2011]  Silicon-Rubber - read more

Spider Silk

[19/11/2011]  Spider Silk - read more

A Heart for MEDICA

[18/11/2011]

The heart is one of the most important organs that keep the human body alive. The photo gallery "A heart for MEDICA" presents instruments and devices used in cardiac surgery and diagnostics. A Heart for MEDICA - read more

Movement at MEDICA - Physiotherapy and Orthopedics

[18/11/2011]

4,571 exhibitors will be showcasing their products at MEDICA 2011. Clearly structured, MEDICA covers the entire range of medical equipment needs in practices and hospitals - among them Physiotherapy and Orthopedics. Movement at MEDICA - Physiotherapy and Orthopedics - read more

Ballon catheter

[18/11/2011]  Ballon catheter - read more

Emergency Defibrillator

[18/11/2011]  Emergency Defibrillator - read more

Human Muscles

[18/11/2011] How human muscles look like can be seen at several physiotherapy-booths at MEDICA. Human Muscles - read more

Innovative Therapies

[18/11/2011] 4,571 exhibitors will be showcasing their products at MEDICA 2011. Clearly structured, MEDICA covers the entire range of medical equipment needs in practices and hospitals - among them Physiotherapy and Orthopedics. More devices for physiotherapie you will find in the halls of Messe Duesseldorf. Innovative Therapies - read more

Larg Bone Surgery System

[18/11/2011]  Larg Bone Surgery System - read more

Laser safe glasses

[18/11/2011]  Laser safe glasses - read more

Model of a heart

[18/11/2011]  Model of a heart - read more

Patient Monitor

[18/11/2011]  Patient Monitor - read more

Physiotherapy Devices

[18/11/2011] The world of Physiotherapy has a lot to offer. You can see new treatments and therapies at MEDICA 2011. Physiotherapy Devices - read more

Physiotherapy Exercises

[18/11/2011] 4,571 exhibitors will be showcasing their products at MEDICA 2011. Clearly structured, MEDICA covers the entire range of medical equipment needs in practices and hospitals - among them Physiotherapy and Orthopedics. Physiotherapy Exercises - read more

ReinHeart

[18/11/2011]  ReinHeart - read more

Retractor

[18/11/2011]  Retractor - read more

Retractor for collecting internal artery

[18/11/2011]  Retractor for collecting internal artery - read more

Strong Stretcher

[18/11/2011] Meanwhile, stretcher in physiotherapy can handle more and more weight and are therefore also very suitable for obese people. Strong Stretcher - read more

Surgical forceps

[18/11/2011]  Surgical forceps - read more

Trade Fair halls of MEDICA

[18/11/2011] 4,571 exhibitors will be showcasing their products at MEDICA 2011. Clearly structured, MEDICA covers the entire range of medical equipment needs in practices and hospitals - among them Physiotherapy and Orthopedics. Trade Fair halls of MEDICA - read more

Treadmills in physiotherapy

[18/11/2011] In physiotherapy innovative treadmills are used. Treadmills in physiotherapy - read more

Epilepsy: Ultrathin Flexible Brain Implant Offers Unique Look at Seizures

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[18/11/2011] Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a flexible brain implant that could one day be used to treat epileptic seizures. In animal studies, the researchers used the device – a type of electrode array that conforms to the brain's surface – to take an unprecedented look at the brain activity underlying seizures.  Epilepsy: Ultrathin Flexible Brain Implant Offers Unique Look at Seizures - read more

Vist Els

[18/11/2011]  Vist Els - read more

Disturbance of the Rhythm: Atrial Fibrillation Threatens Life

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[17/11/2011] Atrial fibrillation is most common in a middle and advanced age and can have many triggers. Many people are suffering from this increase, however, the origin is still unknown.  Disturbance of the Rhythm: Atrial Fibrillation Threatens Life - read more

Electric car

[16/11/2011] The car weights just 400 kg (curb weight), accelerated to moderate 25 km / h, very compact (3.11 m length, 1.20 m). Thus in a emergency case even the remotest corners of golf courses can be reached sufficiently fast. A trunk contains the necessary medical devices, instruments and articles for the initial treatment.  Electric car - read more

Hans-Peter Bursig and Heinz-Peter Hippler

[16/11/2011] Hans-Peter Bursig (Managing Director of the ZVEI eV, Frankfurt) and Heinz-Peter Hippler (Managing Director of IVAM Microtechnology Network eV, Dortmund). Hans-Peter Bursig and Heinz-Peter Hippler - read more

Highlight 5

[16/11/2011]  Highlight 5 - read more

Highlight 5

[16/11/2011] Gerd Norden (VLK e. V., Düsseldorf) and Prof. Dr. Werner Alfons Scherbaum (President of MEDICA) at the Press Conference MEDICA and COMPAMED 2011. Highlight 5 - read more

Innovative Holter-Systems

[16/11/2011] Some arrhythmias can be detected only with invasive sensors, because conventional "Holter" systems can not be applied over such long periods and alternative systems have limitations. "CareMon" is a permanent portable system that allows non-invasive automated monitoring of ECG and other vital signs for over years. Innovative Holter-Systems - read more

Jan Wolter

[16/11/2011] Jan Wolter (Manager - SPECTARIS e. V., Berlin) at the press conference MEDICA and COMPAMED 2011. Jan Wolter - read more

Operation Theatre Lighting

[16/11/2011] 4,571 exhibitors will be showcasing their products and services at MEDICA 2011 over an exhibition space of app. 116.000 square metres (net). Clearly structured, with each market segment assigned its own exhibition hall, MEDICA covers the entire range of medical equipment needs in practices and hospitals. Operation Theatre Lighting - read more

Ultrasound System

[16/11/2011] Philips presents at MEDICA 2011, the world's first ultrasound system with a wipe-clean surface. Meanwhile more and more imaging systems, such as ultrasound and x-ray are not only for diagnostic purposes, but support therapeutic interventions in operating rooms and other hygienically sensitive areas used in the hospital. Ultrasound System - read more

Heart Transplant: Researchers Develop New Way to Predict Survival

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[07/09/2011] Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed a formula to predict which heart transplant patients are at greatest risk of death in the year following their surgeries, information that could help medical teams figure out who would benefit most from the small number of available organs. Heart Transplant: Researchers Develop New Way to Predict Survival - read more

Study: Success of Brain Surgery for Severe Epilepsy

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[02/09/2011] Two-thirds of people with severe and otherwise untreatable epilepsy were completely cured of their frequent seizures after undergoing neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, according to a new study. Study: Success of Brain Surgery for Severe Epilepsy - read more

Attack of the microorganisms: Medical Science and Technology against hospital-acquired Infections

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[01/09/2011] Time and again it sweeps through the media and we hear of serious diseases, like for instance MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), which attack patients in hospitals. Needless to say these diseases happen, but they have long ago come to the forefront of hygiene experts, who fight with a vengeance to prevent essentially “man-made” infections in clinics and hospital facilities. Attack of the microorganisms: Medical Science and Technology against hospital-acquired Infections - read more

Poloxamer Gel: Sutureless Method for Joining Blood Vessels

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[29/08/2011] Reconnecting severed blood vessels is mostly done the same way today — with sutures — as it was 100 years ago, when the French surgeon Alexis Carrel won a Nobel Prize for advancing the technique. Now, a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed a sutureless method that appears to be a faster, safer and easier alternative. Poloxamer Gel: Sutureless Method for Joining Blood Vessels - read more

Warning Signs: Predict Kidney Injury After Surgery

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[15/08/2011] Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common – but preventable complication after surgery that can lead to other complications or even death. The use and development of biomarkers will help physicians diagnose and treat acute kidney injury. Three protein measurements indicate who has a high risk of developing kidney injury after heart surgery, according to two studies. Warning Signs: Predict Kidney Injury After Surgery - read more

Robot-assistance: “The procedure is minimally traumatic“

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[22/07/2011] The da Vinci Surgical System revolutionizes the job in the operating room. For several months, surgeons at the RWTH Aachen University have worked with the da Vinci Surgical System. Here, the surgeon no longer stands alongside the patient, but instead works at a console from which he operates the surgical instruments inside the patient.   Robot-assistance: “The procedure is minimally traumatic“ - read more

Quality surgical blades and more - Kehr Surgical

( Source: MEDICA-TradeFair.com )

[20/11/2010] Surgical blades are essential for almost every surgery. Different surgeries require different blades. The company Kehr satisfies these demands. MEDICA.de spoke to Rajiv Kehr, Director of Kehr Surgical Private Limited. Quality surgical blades and more - Kehr Surgical - read more

Product Highlights at MEDICA 2010

[17/11/2010]
More than 4500 exhibitors show their products and innovations at the world's largest medical technology trade fair in Dusseldorf. In our gallery you can see, which highlights have attracted our attention this year. Product Highlights at MEDICA 2010 - read more