There is potential for new sealant, hemostasis and closure treatments designed to facilitate surgical treatments of neurological disorders; most existing alternative treatments are pharmological therapies limited to reducing symptoms and few cures exist. An important driver in this market segment is the increasing aging population, with a consequent growing prevalence of age-related disorders. Also, new [...]
Obesity puts a burden on so many aspects of life that the socioeconomic cost is almost inevitably enormous—as well as very difficult to accurately pin down. At the individual level, there is the lower quality of life, days missed from work, decreased wages, premature retirement, potentially unemployment, and the medical costs of related illnesses, which [...]
New medical technologies represented in specific companies recently added (September 2008) to the Medtech Startups Database: Recombinant proteins and cells for intervertebral disc cell regeneration Non-hydrogel polymer used to stimulate tissue growth in dental/orthopedic applications Biomaterials and biologics for repair of bone and cartilage Portable endoscopic imaging Device treatments for restless leg syndrome (RLS) Disposable [...]
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