News Archive for June 2014

Partner news: Promethean Particles and Ceramisys work to develop nano-materials for synthetic bone graft substitutes

June 20, 2014

The University of Nottingham along with one of its spin-out businesses and MeDe partner, Promethean Particles, have secured a major EU research project with an overall value of €9.7 million. This will fund further research work alongside key industrial partners, into the large scale manufacturing of nanomaterials. The 4-year long SHYMAN project (Sustainable Hydrothermal Manufacturing […]

Partner news: Combine 3D models and X-ray images with the latest release of Mimics®

A new X-ray module has been added to the Mimics® Innovation Suite (Materialise NV) which allows its users to align X-ray images with 3D models and determine 3D position of bone and implant models based on X-ray images. The software suite which is best known for the segmentation of CT or MRI images to create […]

Partner news: £1.6m investment for Surgical Innovations

June 16, 2014

Surgical Innovations Group plc (AIM: SUN), a leading creator of innovative medical technology addressing unmet clinical needs in minimally invasive surgery, announces that it has raised approximately £1.6 million by way of a subscription for 39,459,190 new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company at a price of 4p per share (“Subscription Shares”) from […]

Feasibility study funding winners announced: addressing key challenges in orthopaedic medical device design and manufacture

The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Medical Devices (MeDe Innovation) is widening the national reach of its research by awarding feasibility study funding to shape the future direction of the Centre. Eight of the UKs leading scientists, engineers and clinicians have been granted awards of £50k to identify the key challenges and questions that […]