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PENTAX Medical is releasing its DEC HD duodenoscope, a high-definition device that uses disposable distal caps and elevator levers, in the United States. The capability to simply throw away the components that tend to harbor bacteria,...Thursday, November 21, 2019 from Medgadget
Siemens Healthineers won FDA clearance and is releasing its brand new SOMATOM X.cite premium single-source CT scanner. The device, along with a high-end X-ray tube and other enhancements, features the company’s new myExam Companion...Thursday, November 21, 2019 from Medgadget
Many people with Parkinson’s disease tend to talk more quietly and less clearly than before the disease struck them. Speech therapy can help in many cases, but a device recently developed at Purdue University automatically...Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
Artificial intelligence is already widely entrenched in healthcare industry, so the question should not be, "Will AI happen or not?" said David Houlding, CISSP, CIPP, principal healthcare lead, at Microsoft, in an...Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
Hologic is divesting its Cynosure business for $205 million, two years after it acquired the medical aesthetics company for $1.65 billion. Cynosure will be acquired by an affiliate of investment funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier &...Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
While AdvaMed supports the FDA's effort to launch the Safer Technologies Program to speed patient access to medical devices t - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
Incoming Medtronic CEO Geoff Martha says the company will be "laser focused" on organic growth and will more aggressively pur - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
HalioDx and Kite Pharma have extended their strategic biomarker collaboration to cover multiple blood cancer and solid tumor - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
A round of Series A financing has brought in $20 million for cancer diagnostics company Lucence, which plans to use the proce - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
Personalis and Merck KGaA have agreed to work together to study cancer therapy response biomarkers using Personalis' ImmunoID - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
Edwards Lifesciences' Sapien transcatheter aortic valve replacement device achieved better outcomes in a registry study than - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
BioVentrix has received breakthrough device designation for its Revivent TC Transcatheter Ventricular Enhancement System to t - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were diagnosed with synovitis via grey-scale ultrasound, power Doppler ultrasound and - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
European regulators have granted CE mark approval for avateramedical GmbH's avatera robot-assisted device for use in minimall - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
Join AdvaMed in Washington, DC, on December 3-4 for our interactive workshop, Securing Regulatory Approval in China, which wi - More - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from AdvaMed SmartBrief
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Myopia is a very common condition in children, often progressing rapidly and triggering earlier onset of other eye conditions, such as cataracts and detached retina. Cooper Vision, a company out of Lake Forest, California, just won FDA...Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from ScienceDaily: Medical Technology News
Most images captured by a camera lens are flat and two dimensional. Increasingly, 3D imaging technologies are providing the crucial context of depth for scientific and medical applications. 4D imaging, which adds information on light...Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
Scientists from l’Université Grenoble Alpes and University of California (UC) San Diego have collaborated to create a unique new device—a fuel cell that is flexible and can be worn on...Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from Medgadget
According to market research firm Key Group, Formlabs is the most installed 3D printer for all sizes of dental labs. The global company currently provides professional 3D printing hardware and digital fabrication services across a range...Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
BioVentrix is getting closer to bringing its transcatheter-based structural cardiovascular device to treat heart failure to the U.S. The private company announced receiving FDA breakthrough device designation for the Revivent TC...Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
Medtronic topped estimates in its latest earnings quarter. The Dublin-based company brought in earnings per share of $1.31, 3 cents ahead of analysts’ estimates. The medtech giant had revenue of $7.7 billion, an...Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
Measles, mumps, and tuberculosis—these are all diseases the general public has long disregarded as active threats. Yet, these highly infectious and potentially life-threatening diseases once considered eradicated have...Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from Medgadget
Researchers at Penn State have developed self-propelled liposomes that can migrate towards or away from chemical signals, paving the way for self-directed drug delivery vehicles that can actively target a specific area in the body. The...Tuesday, November 19, 2019 from Scientific American - Medical Technology
Students were given placebos and told they were placebos, yet the intervention helped -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.comTuesday, November 19, 2019 from Medgadget
A German company called avateramedical GmbH won European regulatory approval for its avatera robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgical system. The CE Mark was issued separately for all the system’s components, including the...Monday, November 18, 2019 from Medgadget
Elysium Health, a life sciences company selling health products with a particular focus on interventions that target fundamental processes of aging, has developed the Index at-home biological age test. The company claims that the test...Monday, November 18, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
Children with nearsightedness (myopia) may now benefit from the first contact lens approved by FDA for slowing the progression of the common condition. Until now, traditional eyeglasses and contact lenses available in the United States...Monday, November 18, 2019 from Medgadget
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging modality that provides a micron-level look at the tissues being examined. It is used in ophthalmology to assess the eyes and for imaging the interior of arteries to help with...Monday, November 18, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
A firm that was labeled one of Medtech’s 16 Most Promising Private Companies by Canaccord Genuity earlier this year, has strong results from a study that will help with FDA approval. LimFlow recently announced positive...Monday, November 18, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
Today’s clinical labs are experiencing a shortage of personnel, but the labs themselves can’t slow down. “Value-based healthcare puts a premium on delivering patient...Monday, November 18, 2019 from Medgadget
Pentax Medical won FDA clearance for its ED34-i10T2 duodenoscope that features a disposable elevator end piece, making it easier to guarantee that the scope is properly sterilized between patients. This is the first scope of its kind,...Monday, November 18, 2019 from Scientific American - Medical Technology
Most of the time we don't know if they are better than the old ones -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.comSunday, November 17, 2019 from MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers
For 22 years, the world's largest pure-play medical device company was the only player in sacral neuromodulation, a space that addresses urinary problems as well as fecal incontinence. Now there's a new kid on the block,...Friday, November 15, 2019 from Medgadget
care.ai, an artificial intelligence company based in Florida, has partnered with Google to create an autonomous patient monitoring system. By combining multiple sensors in a patient’s room and neural network data analysis, the system can...Friday, November 15, 2019 from Scientific American - Medical Technology
While the number of deaths has gone down since 2013, new infections—such as the deadly Candida auris—have appeared -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com