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Drug-delivery devices could run on power from the body
It's the stuff of science fiction: Batteries running on natural energy sources in the body. Yet developers of so-called "bio fuel cells" have advanced their prototypes into small-animal testing, and
Drug-eluting sinus implant gets FDA premarket approval
Palo Alto, CA-based Intersect ENT has earned FDA premarket approval for its Propel drug-eluting implant for treatment of chronic sinusitis. The company says Propel is the first in a new category of
Medtronic, Lilly combine forces on Parkinson's drug delivery
Two medical giants, one that makes devices and the other that makes drugs, are combining forces to develop an implantable drug-delivery system to treat Parkinson's disease. Medtronic and Eli Lilly
Simple electrical on/off switch controls drug-delivering membrane
One problem with implanted drug-delivery devices that depend on external signals--such as ultrasound, light or magnetism--for activation is that they require large or specialized equipment to
