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Publication: Biomedical Materials
Date: Monday, September 1 2003

7-9 October 2003, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

2003 CLEVELAND CLINIC MEDICAL INNOVATION SUMMIT

Contact: Christopher Coburn, Executive Director, CCF Innovations, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue W14, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; tel: +1-216-445-4008; fax: +1-216-445-3040;

Internet address: www.ccf.org/innovations

8-10 October 2003, Washington DC, USA

PHASES: MAXIMIZING CLINICAL EFFICIENCY CONFERENCE-Institute for International Research

Contact: Tosha Wesley, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Division, IIR, Institute For International Research, 708 3rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017, USA; tel: +1-212-661-3500, ext 3069; fax: +1-212-599-2192; E-mail: twesley@iirusa.com; Internet address: www.iirusa.com

23 October 2003, Shrewbury, Shropshire, UK

GETTING READY FOR ISO 10993 PART 18--Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices, Part 18: Chemical Characterisation

Contact: David Ingles, Rapra Technology, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK; tel: +44-1939-250383; fax: +44-1939-251118; E-mail: dingles@rapra.net; Internet address: www.rapra.net

24-26 October 2003 and 16-19 February 2004, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: FROM PICTURES TO INFORMATION-Two workshops with emphasis on haemodynamics and application in practice of cardiology

Contact: Ms Sheila Fick or Ms. Sheryl Dohrmann, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street, SW/GO-06-138SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; tel: +1-507-284-0536; fax: +1-507-266-7403; E-mail: echocme@mayo.edu; Internet address: www.asecho.org

30-31 October 2003, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION: A Preview of Early-Stage Medical Technology Companies

Contact: Medtech Insight; tel: +1-949-219-0150; fax: +1-949-219-0067; E-mail: in3@medtechinsight.com; Internet address: www.medtechinsight.com

2-5 November 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HEALTHCARE RISK MANAGEMENT'S 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

Contact: Joe Pixler, American Society for Healthcare Risk Management of the American Hospital Association, 1 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60606, USA; tel: +1-312-422-3987; E-mail: jpixler@aha.org; Internet address: www.ashrm.org

11-12 November 2003, Boston, MA, USA

HARVARD UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON STRATEGIC ISSUES IN AMERICAN HEALTHCARE

Contact: Pam Sullivan, Harvard Conference on American Healthcare, 126 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, USA; tel: +1-617-720-9545; fax: +1-617-720-9507; E-mail: psullivan@harvardconference.org; Internet address: www.hsph.harvard.edu

19-22 November 2003, Dusseldorf, Germany

MEDICA 2003-35th World Forum for Medicine with Congress

Contact: Martin-Ulf Koch, MEDICA Press Office; tel: +49-211-45 60-444/-549; fax: +49-211-45 60-8548.

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16-17 November 1999, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA SYMPOSIUM ON SYNTHETIC BIOABSORBABLE POLYMERS FOR IMPLANTS: ASTM Committee F-4 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices Contact: Dorothy Savini, Symposia Operations, American Society for Testing Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, W Conshohocken, ......

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15-8 August 2001, Foz do Iguaco, Brazil 5TH BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON GLASS RELATED MATERIALS Contact: E-mail: bsglass@if.sc.usp.br 5-8 September 2001, Ankara, Turkey 8TH BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM (BIOMED 8) Contact: Biological Sciences Department, Middle East Technical University, E-mail: biomed@metu.edu.tr ......

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5-8 November 2001, Osaka, Japan 30TH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS Contact: International Society for Artificial Organs; E-mail: ISAO@surg1.med.osaka-u.ac.jp 21-24 November 2001, Dusseldorf, Germany MEDICA--33RD WORLD FORUM FOR DOCTORS, SURGERIES AND HOSPITALS Contact: Martin-Ulf Koch, Press ......

Self-anchoring suture wins US regulatory approval.

A surgical suture that is able to anchor itself in tissue without the need for a suture knot has won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its developer Quill Medical Inc. The trademarked Quill barbed polydioxanone ......

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30 March-1 April 2003, San Diego, California, USA 2003 ANNUAL ANIMAL RESEARCH AND COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE: Making Ethically & Scientifically Informed Decisions Contact: Rachel Jacobs, Production Coordinator, Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research (PRIM&R), 132 Boylston Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA ......

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5-8 September 2001, Ankara, Turkey 8TH BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM (BIOMED 8) Contact: Biological Sciences Department, Middle East Technical University, E-mail: biomed@metu.edu.tr 10-14 September 2001, Udine, Italy BIOMECHANICS OF SOFT TISSUE Contact: Professor Keith Harding, tel: +44-29207-54217; E-mail: cism@cism.it ......

Bound to be Free: The SM Experience.

By Charles Moser & JJ Madeson. New York: Continuum, 1996, 209 pages. Cloth, $24.95. Reviewed by Robert Bienvenu, M.A., Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Ballantine Hall 744, Bloomington, IN 47403. E-mail: bienven@indiana.edu. Once addressed almost exclusively through academic ......

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3-5 April 2000, Newark, New Jersey, USA MEDICAL DEVICE COATINGS Contact: Program Division, Technomic Publishing Co Inc, 851 New Holland Avenue, Box 3535, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA; tel: +1-717-291-5609; fax: +1-717-295-9637; E-mail: seminar@techpub.com; Internet address: www.techpub.com 10-11 April 2000, Newark, ......

Alternate Sources.

Edited by Trevor Jacques. Toronto: Kink, Ink., www.alternate.com (2nd edition), 1996, 454 pages. Paper, $24.95; CD-ROM Standard (v. 1.3.1, 1997), $59.95; CD-ROM Professional, $500.00. Reviewed by Robert Bienvenu, M.A., Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Ballantine Hall 744, Bloomington, ......

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7 November 2001, Glasgow, UK SCOTTISH MATERIALS EXCHANGE DAY: BIOMATERIALS For further information, contact: Carol Scullion, Scottish Polymers Technology Network, Event Manager; tel: +44-141-548-2241; E-mail: c.scullion@mecheng.strath.ac.uk; Internet: www.polymernetwork.org 9-12 December 2001, Hong Kong THE 5TH ASIAN SYMPOSIUM ON BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS ......

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11 November 1998, London, UK INDUSTRIAL PHARMACISTS GROUP/HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS GROUP JOINT MEETING: Practical implications of the EU Directive on good clinical practice Contact: Angela Attah, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN, UK; tel: ......

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11-12 January 2005, San Diego, California; 8-9 March 2005, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA RISK MANAGEMENT (ISO 14971) SEMINAR FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Contact: Kelli Clem, Customer Relations Coordinator, Excel Partnership Inc, 75 Glen Rd, Sandy Hook, CT 06482, USA; tel: 203-426-3281; ......

Bone morphogenic proteins offer hope for improved spinal therapy.

As the incidence of degenerative diseases of the lower back increases, so the demand for bone morphogenic proteins (BMPs) will grow. This, at least, is the forecast of consultants Frost & Sullivan (F&S). High growth is predicted in the firm's ......

Endovascular market is set to take off, says forecast.

The difficulties associated with surgical repair of the descending thoracic aorta could be avoided with the increasing adoption of the endovascular approach, according to a recent report from Research and Markets. In its report, "Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm & Dissection--Endovascular Technology ......

IsoTis wins US patent for reverse phase medium technology.

The use of reverse phase medium (RPM) carrier technology in combination with various demineralized bone matrix (DBM) formulations has been awarded a US patent (Number 7 205 337) for its developer IsoTis Inc. The DBM formulations include those based on ......

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