The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued two comprehensive evaluations containing recommendations that address three key objectives of the agency’s public health mission as it relates to medical devices – foster device innovation, create a more predictable regulatory environment, and enhance device safety.

Two decades after the first successful minimally invasive surgery (MIS), today’s techniques and technologies are being held back from providing better patient care and more efficient procedures, according to a report issued today by Cambridge Consultants.

From May 4-7, 2010, Xavier University is welcoming more than 200 people from around the world to talk about medical devices at MedCon 2010. Among the people attending and presenting at the conference are representatives from the Federal Drug Administration from Washington and Cincinnati, as well as a number of medical device experts and global regulators.

Via Business Courier of Cincinnati
“Danielle Everman had never heard of pelvic prolapse until she started the Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Cincinnati.
“Now the biomedical engineering undergraduate is designing a tool …