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UTHealth's Mobile Stroke Unit fights stroke through research, technology and patient care

About 800,000 strokes occur in America each year; that's about one every 40 seconds. Houston resident Joe Carrabba experienced one of them.

28 May 2016

Error model of hospital alarms underscores need for optimum alarm systems

Hospital alarms are currently ranked as the "top medical technology hazard" within the United States. On average, there are about 480,000 patients in hospitals — each generating about 135 clinical alarms per day. But studies show that more than 90 percent of these alarms result in no action.

28 May 2016

Clinical study supports safety, efficacy of GI Windows’ IAS as treatment option for Type 2 diabetes

GI Windows, Inc., a clinical-stage medical device company, today announced the presentation of six-month results of the first-ever clinical study evaluating the endoscopic creation of a dual-path enteral diversion using the company’s Incision-less Anastomosis System (IAS) at Digestive Disease Week® 2016 (DDW), in San Diego, Calif.

26 May 2016

Could a new test improve bowel cancer screening uptake? An interview with Professor Halloran

The most recent complete data for England (2014/15) shows an average uptake of the guaiac Faecal Occult Blood Tests (gFOBT) from those invited by the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) of 58.22%.

23 May 2016

Pediatric feasibility study results set stage for clinical trial of world’s first bioabsorbable heart valve enabling Endogenous Tissue Restoration

One-year follow-up results from a pediatric feasibility study of Xeltis bioabsorbable cardiovascular pulmonary graft have been presented as late-breaker at the 96th American Association for Thoracic Surgery annual meeting today.

19 May 2016

Empowering mobile health: an interview with Dr Rich Khatib and Dan Vahdat

overview of Medopad and how you deliver patient information to mobile devices? Medopad is a mobile health technology company. We focus on developing software within the mobile health industry. Mobile health, from our perspective, is an industry that really was invented with the iPad.

18 May 2016

Lucideon to host new webinar on sterilization of reusable medical devices

Lucideon will host a webinar titled ‘Cleaning Validation of Reusable Medical Devices’ on the 9th June at 15:00hrs, 10:00hrs (EST).

From Lucideon 18 May 2016

First-ever clinical trial of bioabsorbable cardiovascular device in children shows promise

Current cardiovascular valve or blood vessel implants are generally associated with a number of complications, have limited efficacy over time, and may necessitate repeated interventions over a patient's lifetime, especially when implanted in a young child.

18 May 2016

Lightpoint Medical signs exclusive global license agreement with UA for Beta Emission Tomography

Lightpoint Medical, a clinical-stage medical device company developing advanced imaging technologies for intraoperative cancer detection, announced today that the company has signed an exclusive global license agreement for a molecular imaging technology called Beta Emission Tomography, developed by Professor Harrison Barrett, Regents Professor of Radiology and Optical Science, with his student Yijun Ding and colleague Dr. Luca Caucci at the University of Arizona Center for Gamma Ray Imaging.

17 May 2016

Frontier Medical Group scoops top honour at BVCA Management Team Awards

Frontier Medical Group, the specialist medical device manufacturer, has been named Wales Mid-Market Team of the Year at the prestigious British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Management Team Awards 2016.

16 May 2016

Amadeus invests in Inotec’s advanced woundcare technology - NATROX™

Amadeus Capital Partners, the global technology investor, has today announced an investment in Inotec AMD, a maker of mobile medical devices designed to heal chronic, hypoxic wounds that afflict millions of sufferers around the world every year. As more than 90% of wounds suffer from a lack of oxygen, the launch of NATROX™ addresses this serious concern with a simple, cost-effective application which treats a broad spectrum of chronic health problems.

16 May 2016

Research findings on K2M’s RAVINE® lateral access system to be presented at SpineWeek 2016

K2M Group Holdings, Inc., a global medical device company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative and proprietary complex spine and minimally invasive spine technologies and techniques, today announced that research on K2M’s RAVINE® Lateral Access System will be presented at the SpineWeek 2016 Annual Meeting, occurring May 16–20 in Singapore.

16 May 2016

MEDICREA receives FDA approval for first-ever patient-specific UNiD Cervical rod for spine surgery

MEDICREA, the only medical device company offering patient-specific implant solutions for the treatment of spinal conditions, has announced FDA approval of the first-ever patient-specific UNiD™Cervical rod for spine surgery, secured by their complementary PASS OCT posterior cervical stabilization system.

13 May 2016

MGH researchers develop device to rapidly diagnose health-care-associated infections

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has developed a device with the potential of shortening the time required to rapidly diagnose pathogens responsible for health-care-associated infections from a couple of days to a matter of hours.

10 May 2016

ITL Virginia successfully completes three years of operation

Monday, 1 May will see ITL celebrate an important milestone, as the company marks three years since launching its US operation, ITL Virginia.

From Vitl Life Science Solutions 5 May 2016

New nanoparticle approach can deliver antiobesity drugs directly to fat tissue

Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed nanoparticles that can deliver antiobesity drugs directly to fat tissue. Overweight mice treated with these nanoparticles lost 10 percent of their body weight over 25 days, without showing any negative side effects.

3 May 2016

Advances in telemedicine: an interview with Dr Ameet Bakhai

Telemedicine is the art of improving patient care via managing data remotely, and in this spirit one of the earliest examples often not considered in this category, would be the permanent pacemaker, first implanted into a human being in 1958.

2 May 2016

Two London students make innovative medical devices to improve lives of people with Parkinson’s disease

Two London students, who have invented separate pieces of medical technology that could help revolutionise the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease, could soon see their innovative devices available to millions of sufferers after they were shortlisted for a prestigious award.

27 Apr 2016

Researchers reveal possibility for in-body ultrasonic communications with implanted medical devices

Using animal tissue samples--store-bought pork loin and beef liver--researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the possibility of real-time video-rate data transmission through tissue for in-body ultrasonic communications with implanted medical devices.

19 Apr 2016

Bodycote's Derby, UK facility becomes first in Europe to receive MedAccred accreditation

Bodycote, the world’s largest heat treating services provider, is pleased to announce that its Derby, UK location is the first facility in Europe to earn the MedAccred accreditation underlining the high standards of quality achieved.

19 Apr 2016

Medical Devices News and Research

UTHealth's Mobile Stroke Unit fights stroke through research, technology and patient care

Error model of hospital alarms underscores need for optimum alarm systems

Clinical study supports safety, efficacy of GI Windows’ IAS as treatment option for Type 2 diabetes

Could a new test improve bowel cancer screening uptake? An interview with Professor Halloran

Pediatric feasibility study results set stage for clinical trial of world’s first bioabsorbable heart valve enabling Endogenous Tissue Restoration

Empowering mobile health: an interview with Dr Rich Khatib and Dan Vahdat

Lucideon to host new webinar on sterilization of reusable medical devices

First-ever clinical trial of bioabsorbable cardiovascular device in children shows promise

Lightpoint Medical signs exclusive global license agreement with UA for Beta Emission Tomography

Frontier Medical Group scoops top honour at BVCA Management Team Awards

Amadeus invests in Inotec’s advanced woundcare technology - NATROX™

Research findings on K2M’s RAVINE® lateral access system to be presented at SpineWeek 2016

MEDICREA receives FDA approval for first-ever patient-specific UNiD Cervical rod for spine surgery

MGH researchers develop device to rapidly diagnose health-care-associated infections

ITL Virginia successfully completes three years of operation

New nanoparticle approach can deliver antiobesity drugs directly to fat tissue

Advances in telemedicine: an interview with Dr Ameet Bakhai

Two London students make innovative medical devices to improve lives of people with Parkinson’s disease

Researchers reveal possibility for in-body ultrasonic communications with implanted medical devices

Bodycote's Derby, UK facility becomes first in Europe to receive MedAccred accreditation

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