Tagged: Medical Devices
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UL researchers design new metal alloy to improve X-ray visibility News
20.05.2013 Scientists and engineers from the Materials and Surface Science Institute at the University of Limerick (UL) say they have come up with a new metal alloy to construct medical... -
Covidien funds non-profit to develop mobile tech for heart disease patients News
14.05.2013 Medical device firm Covidien is to fund non-profit Heartbeat Trust to support R&D into the use of mobile technology to allow remote monitoring of heart patients. -
Cardiovascular device design course targets Ireland’s med-tech sector News
23.04.2013 Scientists, designers, engineers and manufacturers working in the medical-devices sector are taking part in a three-day cardiovascular device design programme that kicked off in... -
Enterprise Ireland pumps €1m into DkIT med-tech research project News
27.03.2013 Dr Fergal McCaffery of Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and researcher with Irish software engineering research centre Lero has been awarded a total of €1m in Enterprise... -
200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro locates in Waterford News
28.03.2013 Waterford awoke to some thrilling news this morning, that the region is to benefit from 200 new jobs as medical-device player Nypro Healthcare revealed plans to establish a...Categories: Science, Recruitment, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Economy -
Cot-side technology working to detect seizures in infants News
22.03.2013 A new international trial led by University College Cork (UCC) will evaluate cot-side technology to monitor brain seizures in high-risk newborns. Claire O’Connell caught up with... -
Irish-made next-generation coronary stent system implanted in Dublin News
20.03.2013 A next-generation drug-coated coronary stent made in Ireland has been successfully implanted for the first time worldwide in Dublin. -
SMI investment will see Irish R&D access multi-billion dollar US federal funds News
19.03.2013 Washington, DC, technology consulting firm SMI – which has secured more than US$1bn for clients in the last eight years – is to establish its European headquarters in Dublin, it... -
Irish app certified by CE as a medical device News
06.03.2013 An app developed specifically for oncologists by an Irish software company has just received CE certification – the third app in the world to do so.Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, Mobility, Mobile, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Data Management, Apps -
Making the German connections in med tech News
04.03.2013 In Germany, med tech is thriving. In fact, it’s one of the largest markets in the world for medical devices and technology. And, as exhibitors at the Medtec Europe expo in... -
10 new med-tech jobs for Q1 Scientific in Waterford News
02.03.2013 Waterford-based pharmaceutical stability storage business Q1 Scientific has announced the creation of 10 new jobs for the south-east at the launch of its new Irish operations. -
Med tech at the interface of nano and medical implants News
22.10.2012 With a major conference on biointerfaces taking place in Dublin this week, we find out more about how engineering surfaces at the nanoscale can offer a boost to implantable... -
250 medical device jobs to be lost at Abbott in Clonmel News
22.02.2013 Medical devices company Abbott is to cut 250 jobs. The company said the reductions were necessary to respond to the changing needs of the competitive environment.Tags: Manufacturing, Medical Devices -
40 software graduates a year to boost local medical devices industry News
30.01.2013 A new skills pipeline of up to 40 new medical software graduates a year has been established to support the booming medical-devices sector in Ireland, following research by... -
Charging ahead with med tech News
28.01.2013 Dr Stephen Daniels has been recently recognised by Enterprise Ireland for his work in manufacturing, engineering and energy technology commercialisation. Claire O'Connell met...Tags: Medical Devices, Innovation, Chemistry, SFI, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, MedTech, DCU, Semiconductor -
Formula for Ireland's med-tech investment = 4Ts + 3Es News
14.01.2013 Foreign direct investment (FDI) has historically played an important role in the rise of Ireland’s med-tech sector, and it continues to do so today. Claire O’Connell talks to... -
WIT secures €3.7m in SFI research funding News
17.12.2012 Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has secured almost €3.7m in research funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) as part of the Irish Government’s €30m investment in... -
Targeting regulatory processes could help protect med-tech innovation in Europe News
17.12.2012 Bill Doherty from medical devices company Cook Medical became vice-chair of the Irish Medical Devices Association (IMDA) last week. We caught up with him at the Med Tech CEO...Tags: IBEC, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Manufacturing, Medical Devices, R&D, US, Europe, MedTech -
Lake Region Medical scoops med-tech company of year award News
14.12.2012 Medical device company Lake Region Medical, which has a plant in Co Wexford and an R&D centre in Galway, has won the company of the year award at the Medical Technology Industry... -
Tech Jobs 2012 - Top 50 jobs announcements of 2012: Nos 35-31 News
12.12.2012 Today we continue our countdown of Ireland’s top jobs announcement stories of 2012. It was the year companies in sectors that are thriving despite the downturn – technology,...Categories: Search Engines, Recruitment, R&D, Mobile, Life Sciences, Investments, Economy, Digital Media, Careers and Employment