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Cytori’s Puregraft 850 for Prepping of Fat Grafts Cleared in U.S.

by Gene Ostrovsky on Mar 19, 2012 •

Puregraft 850 Cytoris Puregraft 850 for Prepping of Fat Grafts Cleared in U.S.

Credit: Cytori

Cytori Therapeuticsout of San Diego, CA received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Puregraft 850 System for preparation of fat grafts from up to 850 mL of tissue.

The company received FDA clearance for its 250mL version, the Puregraft 250, two years ago, and the new approval expands the range of procedures where the technology can be applied.

The Puregraft® technology is the standard for fat graft processing with its membrane-based tissue filtration combined with speed, simplicity, safety and precision. The Puregraft® technology takes approximately 15 minutes to purify a fat graft ranging from 50 to 850 mL, removing excess and unwanted fluid, lipid, blood cells and debris in a controllable manner. The single use system, used within the sterile field, purifies fat tissue without centrifugation or other methods. The ease of use and simplicity of this innovative system sets it apart from other traditional fat grafting methods.

Press release: FDA Grants Cytori 510(k) Clearance for Puregraft(R) 850…

Flashbacks: Cytori’s PureGraft 250/Pure System Gets CE Approval…; Celution™ System Wins FDA Approval; Found to Fix Breast Defects…

Net News / Plastic Surgery

Software Helps Estimate Results of PIP Breast Implant Removal

by Gene Ostrovsky on Feb 14, 2012
Software Helps Estimate Results of PIP Breast Implant Removal

If you’re a plastic surgeon dealt with the task of removing faulty, and now infamous, PIP (Poly Implant Prothèse) implants, there’s now a tool to help break the news to the patients of what their mammaries will look like following explantation. Crisalix, a Swiss maker of the e-Stetix 3D simulation system for breast implantations, has released a new “implant revision” add-on specifically for the PIP debacle.

As a result of the plastic surgery association recommendations, and having received numerous patient enquiries about PIP implants through Crisalix’s patient-orientated website Sublimma, Crisalix (http://www.crisalix.com) has developed a new “implant revision” tool and is offering this update to its e-Stetix 3D simulation system free to any plastic surgeon conducting a revision of PIP implants.

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Cardiac Surgery / ENT / Ob/Gyn / Orthopedic Surgery / Plastic Surgery / Surgery / Thoracic Surgery / Urology / Vascular Surgery

Bovie J-Plasma Handpiece Greenlighted in U.S.

by Gene Ostrovsky on Feb 7, 2012
Bovie J-Plasma Handpiece Greenlighted in U.S.

Bovie Medical received FDA clearance for its J-Plasma handpiece with retractable cutting feature for coagulating soft tissue during surgeries. It is available for both open and laparoscopic procedures.

The device is powered by a previously approved Bovie GS electrosurgical generator.

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Military Medicine / Plastic Surgery

Biomask Improves Facial Burn Treatment Results For Soldiers

by Scott Jung on Feb 6, 2012
Biomask Improves Facial Burn Treatment Results For Soldiers

It’s estimated that 85 percent of injuries to our armed forces in the field cause damage to the extremities or the face. Innovations in regenerative medicine are moving along at an amazing pace, but the common current facial burns treatment typically involves removing damaged areas, followed by skin grafting, which usually leads to disfigurement and the possibility of speech impediments and scarring.

A new project called Biomask, a collaboration between engineers at the University of Texas, Arlington, Northwestern University regenerative medicine specialists, leaders in burn treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center and consultants Army Institute of Surgical Research, seeks to improve burn treatment outcomes with the latest in medical electronics and regenerative medicine.

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Anesthesiology / Cardiac Surgery / Emergency Medicine / Medicine / Neurological Surgery / Ob/Gyn / Orthopedic Surgery / Plastic Surgery / Surgery / Thoracic Surgery / Urology

Cardinal Health Releases Smart-Seal Surgical Mask

by Gene Ostrovsky on Feb 2, 2012
Cardinal Health Releases Smart-Seal Surgical Mask

Cardinal Health has made available its Smart-Seal surgical mask that improves both its fit and reduces interior fogging while providing a high level of filtration and resistance to liquids.

From the announcement:

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Plastic Surgery / Surgery / Vascular Surgery

FDA Clears Smith & Nephew’s Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System

by Shiv Gaglani on Jan 6, 2012
FDA Clears Smith & Nephew's Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System

The human body’s first layer of defense – skin – can be compromised in many ways: abrasions, burns, and cuts, to name a few. Deep wounds require deep cleansing in order to prevent the development and spread of infections. Over the last two decades the wound treatment community has seen an increasing use of negative pressure (that is, vacuum) pumps in order to tightly seal wound dressings and remove edema, or fluid buildup.

The London-based medical device company Smith & Nephew announced today that the FDA cleared its newest device, PICO, which is a single-use negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system. According to the press release, PICO offers several advantages to heatlhcare providers, patients, and payers alike:

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Net News / Plastic Surgery

New App to Simulate Your Plastic Surgery Results

by Jan Sinnige on Dec 15, 2011
New App to Simulate Your Plastic Surgery Results

Kaeria EURL, Paris, France, recently released the Plastic Surgery Simulator app which helps people envision what they might look like if they undergo a cosmetic surgery procedure. Users will be able to stretch, shrink, or move different parts of their body photos to create the well known before and after pictures. The application is able to provide plastic surgery simulations for a number of procedures, like breast augmentation, weight loss and liposuction.

Although the software seems to be just a few simple Photoshop tricks that can be used for fun, real plastic surgery results are never guaranteed and this simulation tool can help add a little balance to the decision process.

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Plastic Surgery

AeroForm Breast Tissue Expanders Now Being Implanted in IDE Trial

by Gene Ostrovsky on Dec 6, 2011
AeroForm Breast Tissue Expanders Now Being Implanted in IDE Trial

Breast reconstruction following a mastectomy can be a painful and generally unpleasant experience that requires office visits for regular saline injections that pump up the implanted expander. AirXpanders out of Palo Alto, CA has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in an IDE trial of its AeroForm technology that allows women to control the expansion of the implant on their own using a remote control.

AeroForm implants contain a CO2 cartridge connected to a wireless controller that regulates how much gas is let out into the expander. Under normal circumstances the gas is let out in a slow continuous stream, but the patient can make changes to the rate of the expansion.

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Plastic Surgery / Radiology

Sophisticated 3-D Computer Model to Improve Human Face Transplantation

by Stanley Darma on Nov 30, 2011
Sophisticated 3-D Computer Model to Improve Human Face Transplantation

In an effort to improve the techniques used for human face transplantation, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) have combined 3-D modelling techniques from the film industry with conventional medical imaging.

The new technique makes use of the information of multiple imaging exams and creates a sophisticated 3D computer reconstructions. The computer modelling software can integrate information from several imaging modalities, like 3D CT, CT angiography, MRI and high-definition tractography to create the 3D model of the anatomy of the head and neck. This same technology is being used in movies to animate computer-generated characters.

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