The decade of the 1980s brought forth a significant number of profound changes in the
manner in which health care goods and services are provided to the US population. In 1983, …

Approval of a new medical device's safety and effectiveness by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) is only one step in the typical device's passage into the marketplace. A review of …

Technology assessment of new medical devices presents manufacturers and physicians with
one of the most critical decisions relevant to the marketing and clinical use of new products…

Over the years, US manufacturers of medical devices attempting to market in Japan were
confronted with a number of nontariff trade barriers which effectively reduced both the …

Recent advances allow accurate quantification of peripheral blood (PB) myeloid and
plasmacytoid dendritic cell (DC) populations (mDC and pDC, respectively), although the response …

Nuclear power plants are in the process of replacing and upgrading aging and obsolete
instrumentation and control (I&C) systems. Most of these replacements involve transitions from …

This paper examines current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation of the implantable
infusion pump, a new medical device. This developing regu lation is important because …

Objective: To investigate the cytotoxicity of nickel-titanium (NiTi) esthetic orthodontic
archwires with different surface coatings. Materials and Methods: Three fully coated, tooth-colored …

A combination of experimental measurements and numerical simulations are used to
characterize the mechanical and electrochemical response of thin film amorphous Si electrodes …

Since the 1960 s, there has been a rapid expansion of drilling activities in the central and
northern Adriatic Sea to meet the increasing global energy demand. The discharges of organic …