Archive for October 2018

VitalScan, a portable scanner that can help clinicians quickly rule out serious heart disease in patients, has been awarded medical device clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), opening up distribution in the USA. The device, based on research by Professor Ben Varcoe of the University of Leeds, was supported by the IKC at […]

A process designed to reduce the risk of rejection in heart surgery patients receiving donated aortic valves is now also being applied to pulmonary valves. The decellularisation process, in which cellular material is removed from tissue before a patient’s own cells repopulate the remaining matrix, was developed by Professor Eileen Ingham and colleagues at the […]

University of Bradford researchers are working with a York medtech company to refine its novel resorbable scaffold, created to promote healing in chronic wounds. The scaffold was developed by spin-out company, Neotherix, and is made by electrospinning a bioresorbable polymer into a mesh structure. Once implanted into a wound it is designed to encourage new […]

Reporting on activities and achievements from Medical Technologies IKC, featuring more than 20 case studies in six clinical application areas.

Universities have a key role to play in economic and societal development, and the University of Leeds is making significant investments to support regional growth, innovation and opportunity. With our strong background in commercialisation and our unrelenting focus on collaboration, we have a proven track record of helping the business sector in catalysing growth and […]

Find out more about how Tissue Regenix’ patented dCELL Technology is being used in ’21st Century Healthcare’ in this short video.

Regen Magazine 2017 reports on activities and achievements of the regenerative devices community.

Trials of a new tissue engineering scaffold to repair osteochondral defects have shown it enables better regrowth of both bone and cartilage, compared to commercially available scaffolds.

The National Centre for Universities and Business State of the Relationship Report 2017 highlights the partnership between the University of Leeds and DePuy Synthes – page 66.

This annual review sets out the activities and achievements of the Medical Technologies IKC to 2016. It covers: Sustaining innovation Directly implanted devices Enabling and companion technologies Widening our impact Building the community Annual conference Download Annual Review (Downloads PDF in a new window)