A Simple Cable Modification to Reduce Cost
Ultrasound medical devices typically employ multiple fine wire gauge cables. There are many aspects to a cable design that can impact cost, but one in particular—color—can have a significant effect on the overall budget. To begin an examination of such economic considerations, I share an actual email I recently received below: Hey Mike, At some point it would be helpful to go through the cable design from a cost point of view. If we want to do a round of cost cutting, we'd like to know what constraints that we put in place are the biggest cost contributors. Thanks! The interesting aspect of this request is that the in...
Source: MDDI - October 5, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Levesque Tags: Materials Source Type: news

Johnson & Johnson Facing Asbestos Talcum Powder Lawsuits
Recently unsealed documents from a lawsuit against consumer goods and pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson revealed the company knew for decades its talc products may have contained deadly asbestos fibers. The files show Johnson & Johnson was alerted of asbestos contamination risks in the early 1970s and trained employees to reassure the public its iconic baby powder products were never contaminated with the carcinogenic mineral. It is the latest chapter in the ongoing controversy over the alleged link between talcum powder and cancer. The lawsuit — filed on behalf of more than 50 women in St. Louis — is amo...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - October 3, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Tags: asbestos contamination asbestos in talcum powder asbestos lawsuits asbestos ovarian cancer Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder Colgate-Palmolive Dr. Barry Castleman Ernie Knewitz Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson baby powder asbestos meso Source Type: news

The ‘Shocking’ Law That Protects Gunmakers After Mass Shootings Like Las Vegas
There were some 22,000 people in the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Sunday night when the gunman started firing. By the time police reached Stephen Paddock’s sniper’s perch on the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, more than 500 people had been injured and at least 59 were killed, making it the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history. As law enforcement works to understand how and why this could have happened, a central question for those directly affected will be what, if any, legal recourse do they have? While legal experts say there are a range of entities wh...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - October 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sean Gregory Tags: Uncategorized Courts Guns Las Vegas las vegas shooting NRA Source Type: news

Faith Guides Steve McQueen Through Mesothelioma Battle
Nicknamed “The King of Cool,” actor Steve McQueen seemed to have it all. Known for tough guy roles in “Bullitt,” “The Cincinnati Kid” and “The Towering Inferno,” McQueen became the highest-paid movie star in the world in 1974. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role in “The Sand Pebbles” and starred alongside all-star casts in “The Great Escape” and “The Magnificent Seven.” But off screen, McQueen’s life was just as fast as the renegade characters he played in films. Heavy drinking, prolific substance abuse and a publicized affair sent his life in a downward spiral as he coped w...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 27, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Tags: “Steve McQueen American Icon 1968 Ford Mustang Academy Award Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization asbestos military Barbara Leigh Barbara Minty McQueen Bible Billy Graham Bullitt Christianity Erwin Brothers Entertainment Fatho Source Type: news

Converting 30 Million Tons of Asbestos into Usable Chemicals
New details have emerged of a plan to remove 30 million tons of asbestos waste from the inactive 1,550-acre Eden-Lowell mine in Vermont. Solution: Move it to a proposed processing plant in Groveton, New Hampshire. The proposal is part of long-term cleanup plan that began in 2013, when officials with the Vermont Asbestos Group reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Vermont state officials. Under the agreement, Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) will pay past and future cleanup costs and maintain the site, including protecting the public from potential environmental asbestos exposure. The ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 21, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Tags: alternative uses of asbestos waste asbestos mine vermont asbestos runoff watersheds asbestos waste removal plan Belvidere Mountain Caledonian-Record Chrysotile asbestos converting asbestos into chemicals Eden-Lowell asbestos mine environ Source Type: news

Fire behavior of halogen-free flame retardant electrical cables with the cone calorimeter - Meinier R, Sonnier R, Zavaleta P, Suard S, Ferry L.
This study provides an in-depth character...
Source: SafetyLit - August 30, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for August 25, 2017
Say hello to MassDevice +5, a bite-sized view of the top five medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 5 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry. Get this in your inbox everyday by subscribing to our newsletters.   5. This tissue paper is made from actual organ tissues Northwestern University researchers have created biomaterials made from animal organs and tissues that could potentially support natural hormone production in young cancer pat...
Source: Mass Device - August 25, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 5 Source Type: news

Abbott ’ s St. Jude Medical can ’ t escape Riata lead lawsuit
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) subsidiary St. Jude Medical can’t escape a product liability lawsuit brought over its recalled Riata defibrillator leads, a federal judge in California ruled this week. St. Jude pulled the silicone-coated Riata and Riata ST leads in 2010 after finding that some of the internal conductors had worn through their insulation, a failure that could result in patients receiving unwanted shocks. In November 2011 the company warned that the Riata leads appeared to fail more frequently than previously reported, leading to a Class I recall from the FDA. The company settled a raft of Riata product liability...
Source: Mass Device - August 25, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Legal News Recalls Wall Street Beat Cardiac Rhythm Management stjudemedical Source Type: news

Leprosy hijacks immune system, similar to autoimmune diseases
Leprosy hijacks the immune system, turning an important repair mechanism into one that causes potentially irreparable damage to our nerve cells, UCLA researchers have discovered. The new findings,published online today in the journal  Cell, suggest that leprosy shares underlying characteristics with some autoimmune diseases.Courtesy of Cressida MadiganCressida Madigan“We discovered that the mechanism of nerve damage in leprosy is very similar to what happens in diseases like multiple sclerosis,” said Cressida Madigan, a postdoctoral research fellow at UCLA and first author of the paper. “That means we might be able ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 25, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Firing of neurons changes the cells that insulate them
(PLOS) Through their pattern of firing, neurons influence the behavior of the cells that upon maturation will provide insulation of neuronal axons, according to a new study publishing Aug. 22 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Balint Nagy, Maria Kukley and colleagues at the University of T ü bingen, Germany. The findings suggest the existence of a complex and nuanced interplay between neurons and the non-neuronal cells that support and protect them.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 22, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Case study and computational modelling of the impact of fire retardant on fire spread for metal building insulation - Senez P, Milford A, Calder K.
This paper reviews a large fire loss that occurred at a seasonally operated Canadian food-processing facility. The fire occurred when the facility was not in production and started near a work area where employees had been previously unloading a trailer. T...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Experimental characterisation of the fire behaviour of thermal insulation materials for a performance-based design methodology - Hidalgo JP, Torero JL, Welch S.
A novel performance-based methodology for the quantitative fire safe design of building assemblies including insulation materials has recently been proposed. This approach is based on the definition of suitable thermal barriers in order to control the fire...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Fabrication of cellulose nanofiber/ALOOH aerogel for flame retardant and thermal insulation - Fan B, Chen S, Yao Q, Sun Q, Jin C.
Cellulose nanofiber/AlOOH aerogel for flame retardant and thermal insulation was successfully prepared through a hydrothermal method. Their flame retardant and thermal insulation properties were investigated. The morphology image of the cellulose nanofiber...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Simulation of an attic fire in a wood frame residential structure, Chicago, IL - Weinschenk CG, Overholt KJ, Madrzykowski D.
The fire dynamics simulator (FDS) fire model, which is developed and maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was used to provide insight into the dynamics of a fire that occurred on November 2, 2012, within a 2 ½ story, si...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Variation of intumescent coatings revealing different modes of action for good protection performance - Morys M, Illerhaus B, Sturm H, Schartel B.
Thermal insulation and mechanical resistance play a crucial role for the performance of an intumescent coating. Both properties depend strongly on the morphology and morphological development of the foamed residue. Small amounts (4 wt%) of fiberglass, clay...
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

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