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Hybrid operating room enables faster diagnosis, treatment of patients with lung cancer

Representing a paradigm shift in thoracic surgery, the hybrid operating room combines three techniques into a single appointment eliminating multiple clinical visits for improved patient experience and outcomes.

25 Sep 2018

Patients with paralysis manage to walk thanks to new technology

Two of four participants in a study conducted at the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center at the University of Louisville (UofL) have managed to walk over ground after having suffered traumatic complete spinal cord injury.

25 Sep 2018

New model enables anyone to run powerful simulations, complex calculations easily

Imagine a world in which complex calculations that could help improve someone’s health, clean up our planet or test an entrepreneur’s big idea don’t require specific skills.

25 Sep 2018

NeoTract presents new clinical data from studies of UroLift System for patients with BPH

NeoTract, a wholly owned subsidiary of Teleflex Incorporated focused on addressing unmet needs in the field of urology, today announced the presentation of new clinical data at the World Congress of Endourology 2018 Annual Conference from two U.K. studies of the company's novel UroLift System for patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.

25 Sep 2018

RTI's TETRAfuse 3D Technology wins 2018 Spine Technology Award

RTI Surgical, Inc., a global surgical implant company, announced its TETRAfuse 3D Technology won a 2018 Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week, a widely read publication in the orthopedics industry.

25 Sep 2018

New technology helps detect smallest magnetic fields produced in neuronal networks

The scientists in Freiburg will produce and optimize NV centers in diamond in order to achieve highly sensitive magnet field detectors working at room temperature, and by those means develop the world's first laser threshold magnetometer.

25 Sep 2018

Philips' new full face DreamWear mask offers more options for patients with respiratory conditions

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced the introduction of the next generation mask in its award-winning DreamWear full face mask system.

From Philips Healthcare 25 Sep 2018

Future robots may assist elderly by adapting to culture of individual they care for

Future robots will assist the elderly while adapting to the culture of the individual they are caring for. The first of this type of robots are now being tested in retirement homes within the scope of "Caresses", an interdisciplinary project where AI researchers from örebro University are participating.

25 Sep 2018

FDA approves new 5 mm diameter drug-eluting stent from Cook Medical

Cook Medical announced that a new 5 mm diameter version of Zilver® PTX® was approved by the FDA. It is the first 5 mm drug-eluting stent in the U.S. with lengths available up to 140 mm that is indicated to treat vessels as small as 4mm in diameter.

25 Sep 2018

Clinical study shows efficacy, safety of novel drug-eluting stent with improved radiographic visibility

This first randomized clinical study of a polymer-coated zotarolimus-eluting stent (Resolute Onyx) that utilizes a novel thin-strutted metallic platform allowing for better x-ray visibility was shown to be non-inferior to an ultrathin-strutted bioresorbable polymer-coated sirolimus-eluting stent (Orsiro) that uses a cobalt-chromium strut platform.

25 Sep 2018

Ancora Heart announces positive data of study evaluating AccuCinch Ventricular Repair System

Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a novel therapy to address heart failure, today announced positive clinical data from the company's recently expanded U.S. early feasibility study evaluating the safety of the investigational AccuCinch Ventricular Repair System designed for the treatment of heart failure and functional mitral regurgitation.

24 Sep 2018

New virtual diabetes clinic may help manage condition of people with Type 2 diabetes

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia is taking an innovative approach to helping its consumers who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes manage their condition to improve their health through a new virtual diabetes clinic with a smartphone app and monitoring tools.

24 Sep 2018

New online, sound matching tool offers tinnitus sufferers potential treatment options

A tea kettle, buzzing cicada or screeching noise? Tinnitus suffers are being invited to use a new online, sound matching tool to help better understand their type of tinnitus and the potential treatments that might be able to help them.

24 Sep 2018

IME Medical Electrospinning establishes state-of-the-art manufacturing lab facilities

Medical Technology company IME Medical Electrospinning, developer, producer and scientific partner in the field of biomedical electrospinning processes and equipment, today announced that its high-end laboratory and a brand new set of cleanrooms have become operational.

24 Sep 2018

Oxford VR raises £3.2m to boost innovation in VR for mental health problems

Oxford VR, a spinout company from the University of Oxford, has raised £3.2m with investors including Oxford Sciences Innovation, University of Oxford, Force Over Mass, RT Capital and GT Healthcare Capital Partners.

24 Sep 2018

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

Smoke inhalation, pneumonia, and combat-related trauma are just a few causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome - a condition where the lungs fill with fluid, and is too often fatal.

24 Sep 2018

New nanoplatform technology may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma

A research team led by Arun Iyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University, has developed a nanoplatform technology that works in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drugs that may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma.

24 Sep 2018

Device / Technology News

Hybrid operating room enables faster diagnosis, treatment of patients with lung cancer

Patients with paralysis manage to walk thanks to new technology

New model enables anyone to run powerful simulations, complex calculations easily

NeoTract presents new clinical data from studies of UroLift System for patients with BPH

RTI's TETRAfuse 3D Technology wins 2018 Spine Technology Award

New technology helps detect smallest magnetic fields produced in neuronal networks

Philips' new full face DreamWear mask offers more options for patients with respiratory conditions

Future robots may assist elderly by adapting to culture of individual they care for

FDA approves new 5 mm diameter drug-eluting stent from Cook Medical

Clinical study shows efficacy, safety of novel drug-eluting stent with improved radiographic visibility

Ancora Heart announces positive data of study evaluating AccuCinch Ventricular Repair System

New virtual diabetes clinic may help manage condition of people with Type 2 diabetes

New online, sound matching tool offers tinnitus sufferers potential treatment options

IME Medical Electrospinning establishes state-of-the-art manufacturing lab facilities

Oxford VR raises £3.2m to boost innovation in VR for mental health problems

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

New nanoplatform technology may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma

Eisai receives approval for partial label change of DC Bead device for transcatheter arterial embolization

Transcatheter mitral-valve repair in patients with heart failure

Researchers develop technology to study behavior of implants without animal testing

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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