The researchers, and Retina Implant, AG, have high hopes for the success of their implant in future clinical studies.
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He received the implant in 2007 and has since has had it replaced.
Another challenge is protecting the implant in the eye, since it essentially has to sit in a bath of organic liquid.
Problems range from failure of the embryo to implant in the womb, leading to miscarriage, to rupture of the placenta and pre-eclampsia.
India's The Hindu reported that officials found a metal implant in the bomber's severed leg, indicating she may have suffered battle injuries.
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It seems most likely that potential sons are failing to implant in the wall of the womb, and so never get the chance to develop.
Dr. Waltz decided to put an implant in just the right side of my chest -- the right brain controls the left side of the body.
Within a few weeks, the remaining real bone attaches itself to the implant and grows through the porous scaffold, encasing the implant in living bone within 18 months.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Campbell has perfected that technique, using a kind of Mata Hari goat, a sterilized female with a hormone implant in her ear that puts her in a constant state of estrus, or heat.
And with respect to after the implant goes in, I'm restricted for a short period of time in terms of upper body exercises in that location where they actually put the implant in, until that all heals up.
In the case of the Argus II, the bionic eye or more accurately, the artificial retina, will turn darkness into light through a system comprised of electronics in the eye and wearable technology which wirelessly transmits a signal to the implant in the eye that lets the patient see again.
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One of the most radical developments recently took place in the context of breast-implant litigation in Oregon.
Additional work is being done at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, part of the FDA. Researchers there have created a "virtual family" of adults and children in order to study how best to implant medical devices in children, such as heart defibrillators.
These specialists have additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of abnormal heart rhythms and were less likely to implant an ICD in a patient who did not meet evidence-based criteria, the study found.
The cases occurred between one year and 23 years after the implant was put in.
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The FDA's deliberative approach to tackling the hip implant issue is in some ways a necessity.
Once selected, the patient is then placed under deeper sedation as the implant is sutured in place.
Thus, an advertisement identifying a dentist as being certified in implant dentistry provides consumers with important information.
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Rather, the Florida Dental Association, whose members would likely benefit by limiting the competitive advantage of dentists certified in implant dentistry, lobbied for it.
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Up to now, parents could only implant a BrainGate in hopes of supplanting hand-eye coordination with thought-control (be the ball Danny, be the ball).
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It's only fitting that the company that produces Botox, the most popular form of botulinum toxin, purchased one of the top breast implant manufacturers back in 2005.
The FDA identified 34 cases in the scientific literature, and another 26 or so by querying breast implant manufacturers, regulators in other countries, and adverse event databases, bringing the total to 60.
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Last week doctors said they would use a titanium plate to cover an opening in her skull, and give her a cochlear implant to partially restore hearing in her left ear.
The "Herminator" endured skin grafts and surgery to implant a titanium rod in his leg, but was not ready to give up and was duly rewarded on Saturday.
It will be at the core of the Wide-View neurostimulator device being developed by BVA, with the first full implant of the system in a patient planned for 2013.
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The results were so successful that Rubenstein will apply for approval from the Food and Drug Administration to start a trial that will allow him to implant the first devices in humans as early as this fall.
The problem: It would be impractical to implant several of the devices in a patient.
At present, doctors can implant up to three embryos in one go to maximise the chances of a successful outcome.
Texas mold expert Andrew Campbell previously testified in silicone breast implant cases.
She said the time factor might explain the study's finding of an increase in deaths among implant patients who did not meet CMS criteria.
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