Project Updates

OR3O Dual Mobility System

Credit: Smith+Nephew

Project type: Dual Mobility System 

Developer: Smith+Nephew 

Applications: Hip arthroplasty  

The OR3O™ Dual Mobility System is a single-use, dual-mobility implant developed by Smith+Nephew, a medical technology company based in the UK, for primary and revision total hip arthroplasty.

HeartMate 3 Heart Pump, USA

Credit: Abbott

Project type: HeartMate III™ Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) 

Developer: Thoratec/Abbott 

Applications: Advanced heart failure management

Development Status: US and EU approved

HeartMate 3™ is an advanced left ventricular assist device (LVAD) or heart pump based on a technology known as Full MagLev™ (fully magnetically-levitated) Flow.

Boston Scientific’s LithoVue Elite, USA

Credit: Boston Scientific

Developer: Boston Scientific  

Applications: To visualise organs, cavities, and canals in the urinary tract  

Development Status: Approved in the US

The LithoVue™ Elite Single-Use Digital Flexible Ureteroscope System is designed for visualising organs, cavities and canals within the urinary tract, including the urethra, bladder, ureter, calyces and renal papillae, through transurethral or percutaneous access routes.

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