QLD Biomedical Engineers

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Ever wonder about gastrointestinal surgeries? If you do, then I'm sure you already know the importance of sealing sutures post-operation.

For the rest of us, let's say that digestive fluids leaking into the abdominal cavity can be pretty bad. From “triggering peritonitis or even life-threatening blood poisoning” kind of bad (2023 Article below). What makes it worse is that the leakage can be hard to identify early on, before it causes significant damage.

Recently, ETH Zurich and Empa have developed a more durable polymer plaster that can not only seal these potentially dangerous liquids but also absorb and change shape. This allows doctors to better detect these leaks with medical imaging techniques such as ultrasound and CT scans.

If you are interested in finding out more about the recent developments on surgical plasters, check out these articles:

Updated 2023 Article: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2023/06/a-spy-in-the-belly.html?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news

Recent 2023 Scientific Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202301207

Original 2021 Article: https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/pflaster-fuer-innere-wunden/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_NewsArt/56164/16674525?p_p_state=pop_up&_56_INSTANCE_NewsArt_page=1&_56_INSTANCE_NewsArt_viewMode=print

Web Content Display Closing wounds in the digestive tract is a challenge. Empa researchers have now developed a polymer patch for the intestine that can be used to stably bond and seal internal injuries.

If you are a professional in the biomedical field and are looking to contribute your thoughts to the new TGA frameworks, the public surveys for “Dental and oral health”, “Allied health professionals”, “Medical devices manufacturing hubs at the POC” and “Hospital and healthcare facilities” are closing tomorrow (May 10th).

These public online surveys are intended to refine the TGA’s current regulatory frameworks. If you are interested in steering policies in your fields, please find the links below.

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Dental and oral health survey: for professionals, practitioners and technicians involved in the dental sector:
https://consultations.tga.gov.au/tga/dental-and-oral-health-professionals/

Allied health professionals survey: for all practitioners and professionals in the allied health sector including orthotists, prosthetists, podiatrists and occupational therapists/rehabilitation therapists:
https://consultations.tga.gov.au/tga/allied-health-professionals/

Medical device manufacturing hubs at the POC survey: for manufacturing hubs located in hospitals, clinics and other facilities where medical devices are manufactured including academic and research-based facilities:
https://consultations.tga.gov.au/tga/medical-device-manufacturing-hubs/

Hospital and healthcare facility survey: for policy and governance teams located in hospitals and healthcare facilities where medical devices are manufactured either in hubs or by professionals and practitioners:
https://consultations.tga.gov.au/tga/hospital-and-healthcare-facility/

Dental and oral health professionals point-of-care manufacturing survey - Therapeutic Goods Administration - Citizen Space This site lists consultations that are run by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the Office of Drug Control. On this site you can find, share or take part in consultations.

Monogram Orthopaedics is a medical technology company that developed a new system for knee replacement surgery by leveraging personalized medicine and AI/Robotics. By combining custom 3D-printed 'push-fit' implants with robotic surgical assistants, the company looks to increase the speed and precision of orthopaedic surgery. They recently demonstrated the current capabilities of their system by performing a real-time remote surgery with impressively little latency, from over 1,700 miles away. Monogram is now in its final round of investment and has completed its first pre-submission meeting with the FDA. For more information, please see the following links:

Entrepreneur news link:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/guide/investing/monogram-knee-replacements

NewsDirect news link:
https://newsdirect.com/news/monogram-makes-history-with-fully-remote-simulated-robotic-surgery-223966437

YouTube demonstration recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0OQk8mT-bs&t=272s

Monogram FDA pre-submission link:
https://www.monogramorthopedics.com/post/monogram-orthopaedics-inc-is-pleased-to-announce-the-completion-of-its-first-pre-submission-meeting-with-the-u-s-food-and-drug-administratio"

How Monogram is Bringing Robots Into the Operating Room | Entrepreneur Guide The knee replacement industry is about to get a shake-up, and the company doing it is taking investors.