NEWS

New pacemaker without battery

New technology avoids complications during catheter replacement of mitral valve

NEWS IN IMPLANTOLOGY

Novel brain pacemaker first used for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Number of cosmetic surgeries on the rise (Germany)

Objective classification of glistenings in IOL

On Implant-Registries: Implant registries represent an additional benefit for the patient

One-day functional rehabilitation with Zygoma implants

Optimal deep brain stimulation sites and networks for stimulation of the fornix in Alzheimer’s disease

Optogenetic cochlear implant to improve hearing

organ donor card

Organs derived from donor pluripotent stem cells using a xenogenic environment

Organs in miniature format

Organs in miniature format

Orthopedic implant: More comfortable thanks to full weight-bearing capacity

Osseointegration of zirconia dental implants in animal investigations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Osteogain® loaded onto an absorbable collagen sponge

Outcomes for Absorb Stent Acceptable at One to Two Years, with Caveats

Overcoming Addiction for the Sensory Impaired

Pacemaker For Larynx Allows Patients To Breathe Easier

Pacemaker hack may put malware directly on the device

Parameter-Specific Morphing Reveals Contributions of Timbre to the Perception of Vocal Emotions in Cochlear Implant Users

Paris court awards compensation to women for faulty breast implants

Parkinson’s disease: Better overall behavioural outcomes with bilateral subthalamic stimulation plus medical therapy

Patient Dissatisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Patient Dissatisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Patients and physicians see the benefits of cardiac catheter treatment differently. Patients overestimate it.

Patients of faulty hip implants can seek damages

Paving the Way for Electronic Organs-on-a-Chip

Percutaneous Revascularization for Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Perfectly fitting knee joints from the 3-D printer

Performance of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves

Peri-implant tissue conditions in implants placed with simultaneous augmentation procedure

Permanent implantable cardiac support systems

Phrenic nerve stimulation for the treatment of central sleep apnea

PIP Poly Implant Prosthesis: German supreme court announces decision for 27.02.2020

Plastic Surgeon Must Pay $5 Million for Illegally Restricting Negative Reviews

Platform for testing, development and approval of cardiovascular implants planned

Poietis Automates the Manufacturing of Biological Tissue

Polymeric Materials And Coronary Angioplasty Devices

Positive interim result for aftercare app for heart transplantation

Possible causation between breast implants and the development of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) / GERMANY (Update 14.11.2019)

Postoperative management of weight bearing and rehabilitation after lumbar spinal surgery

Prevalence of hearing loss
and hearing aid provision in the
Gutenberg Health Study

Procedural Volume and Outcomes for Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement

Prophylaxe Diagnostik Therapie periimplantärer Erkrankungen (dental implants, Zahnimplantate)

Proprioception from a neurally controlled lower-extremity prosthesis

Proton Pump Inhibitors and the Risk of Osseointegrated Dental Implant Failure

Randomized clinical trial evaluating the effect of splinting crowns on short implants in the mandible 3 years after loading

Readability and topics of the German Health Web

Recall of certain breast implants and tissue expanders from market

Recall of textured Allergan Natrelle BIOCELL and McGhan implants and tissue expanders (2018)

Reduction of biofilm formation on titanium surface with ultraviolet-C pre-irradiation

Regeneration therapy for lost teeth

Regenerative heart valves: from simulation to replacement

Registries of implantable medical devices in Europe

Regulation on Medical Devices Europe (MDR) causes unrest

Rehabilitation after leg amputation with transcutaneous osseointegrated prostheses

Release of chlorhexidine from titanium dental implant

Reliability In Medical Electronic Devices

Removal Rates of Dental Implants Placed in Conjunction With Autologous Bone and Xenogeneic and Synthetic Alloplastic Materials in Finland Between 1994 and 2012

Reorientation of independent patient counseling in Germany

Research network in Hanover conducts research on intelligent implants

Resorbable vascular wall stent in development

Restorative Neurostimulation to Activate the Lumbar Multifidus

Results for the Ischemia Trials: To Intervene or Not to Intervene

Retina chip implanted

Ridge Augmentation Comparing an Allograft Plus Autogenous Bone Chips to an Osteoinductive Demineralized Bone Matrix

Risk of Death Following Application of Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons and Stents

Risk of Death Following Application of Paclitaxel‐Coated Balloons and Stents in the Femoropopliteal Artery

Risk of Death Following Application of Paclitaxel‐Coated Balloons and Stents in the Femoropopliteal Artery of the Leg (Systematic Review/Meta‐Analysis)

Risk of Type III Endoleaks with Use of Endologix AFX Endovascular AAA Graft Systems (FDA)

Robotic System for Dental Implants

Samara University presents anatomically adapted implants

SARS-CoV-2: CO2 traffic signals can be used as an orientation guide for good or bad ventilation.

Satisfaction with Total Knee Prosthesis (german)

Scientific investigation of sterile packaged medical devices (german original)

Second Historic Transplant of Pig Heart into Patient

Self-charging pacemaker

Self-healing capacity of fiber-reinforced calcium phosphate cements

Sensitive drill for hearing implants

Serotonin and the Risk of Osseointegrated Implant Failure

Serotonin Inhibitors and Risk of Dental Implant Failure

Sights on implantable ‘living pharmacy’

Silica sol-gel hybrid coatings for metal implants

smartphones may affect implanted pacemakers

Soft occluder for the left atrial appendage

Soft Robotics: Fluid‐Driven Intrinsically Soft Devices

Soft tissue expansion before vertical ridge augmentation: Inflatable silicone balloons or self-filling osmotic tissue expanders?

Spatially Heterogeneous Tubular Scaffolds for In Situ Heart Valve Tissue Engineering Using Melt Electrowriting

Speaker-independent auditory attention

Spelling interface using intracortical signals enabled neurofeedback training

Spelling interface using intracortical signals in a completely locked-in patient enabled via auditory neurofeedback training

Spinal chord stimulators (implant files)

Spinal cord implant for locomotor deficits due to Parkinson’s disease

Spinal cord neuromodulation rapidly restores trunk and leg motor functions after complete paralysis

Spiral pressure cardiac biventricular assist device presented (Cardiotwist)

Sport and total joint arthroplasty

Standard Of Care And The Internet Of Medical Things

Stem cell-derived mouse kidneys

Studies on the Mechanisms of Anti-Inflammatory Activity Coatings on Dental Implants

Study shows benefits to treating all clogged arteries at once after heart attack

Supplemental calcium and vitamin D and long-term mortality in aortic stenosis

Surgical treatment of proximal fractures of the humerus in elderly patients

Synchronizing both sides of the heart with wirelessly powered, leadless pacemaker (porcine model)

TAVR with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients

Temporal Sensitivity Measured Shortly After Cochlear Implantation

Testing company to pay more than ten million euros in breast implant scandal

Textile replacement for tympanic membrane and hip endoprosthesis

Thalamic deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury

The doctor-patient relationship and the commercial use of health data in the EU

The European MDR: Impetus, Impacts, And Current Status

The human cost of neurotechnology failure

The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioartificial kidney

The safety of Metal-on-Metal joint replacements with a particular focus on hip implants

The sensitivity of bone conduction for dental implants

The treatment of peri-implant infections on dental implants (S3 guideline, GERMANY)

The use of biological heart valves

The Use of Biological Heart Valves

The world’s smallest stent

There is no reason to panic about net implants in the pelvic floor (german, translated)

TIA (transient ischemic attack) and stroke: neurologists for more precise patient selection for stent treatments

Timing of dental implant placement

Tips for Clinicians – Keeping Your Patients’ Connected Medical Devices Safe

Tissue-engineered intervertebral disc implant

Titanium and zirconium oxide implants in comparison (dental)

Tongue pacemaker which allows MRT

Toothless lower jaw justifies social insurance claim on implants (Germany)

Total alloplastic TMJ replacement (guideline, excerpt, german)

Total Hip Arthroplasty or Hemiarthroplasty for Hip Fracture

Total knee arthroplasty not always necessary for severe knee osteoarthritis

Total Knee Replacement – Computer-Assisted versus Conventional

Total knee replacement after high tibial osteotomy – Analysis

Tracking Lab-Grown Tissue With Light

Träger von Cochlea-Implantaten nehmen stimmliche Emotionen schlechter wahr

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Technologies

Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement

Treatment of vocal fold bowing using neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Trochanteric fractures treated with the Gamma Nail System

Two-piece dental zirconia implants in the posterior region

Unintentional magnet reversion of an implanted cardiac defibrillator by an electronic cigarette

Unintentional magnet reversion of an implanted cardiac defibrillator by an electronic cigarette

Update: Breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma

US scientists design an artificial kidney with Nano filters that could replace dialysis

US to Investigate Health Impact of Nickel, Silicone in Medical Implants

Use of Collagen, PTFE and PRF Membranes in Bone Reconstruction

Use of Platelet-Rich-Fibrin (PRF) in Dental Implantology (guideline, GERMANY)

Vaginal mesh implants, Problems, Class action

Vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation for upper limb motor function…

Validity of fractal analysis of implants

Vena Cava Filters in Severely Injured Patients

Visualization of USPIO-labeled melt-electrowritten scaffolds by non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging

Wait time for hip fracture surgery – association

What you should know about “implant files” (german)

When the breast implant makes sick

When the pacemaker is hacked

Which antibiotics for endocarditis prophylaxis in oral implantology?

White paper for Cochlea Implants (GERMANY)

WHO statements for Oral Health

Wi-Fi-band wireless energy harvesting

Wireless bioresorbable electronic system

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchung steril verpackter Medizinprodukte

World´s first implantable artificial kidney

worldwide markets for Dental Implants 2015-2022

Xenogeneic bone grafting materials

Younger patients experiencing more complications with cardioverter defibrillators

Zirconia Implants: What We Know

Zygoma implants in maxillary atrophy