Nuubo, a company based in Madrid, Spain, won FDA clearance for its Nuubo System to be used within the hospital for diagnosing arrhythmias. Unlike multi-day, multi-lead ECG monitoring often found within clinics today, the Nuubo doesn’t rely on a bunch of loose wires running under the clothing to a box on the belt. The Nuubo […]
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New Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheters Cleared in Europe
Embolx, out of Silicon Valley, won the European CE Mark for its latest Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheters. The devices are used to help deliver embolic agents in such varying procedures as helping to treat tumors, uterine fibroids, and enlarged prostate. The new family of the devices include features to make them easier to navigate through small […]
iPrognosis Looking at People’s Behaviors to Find Signs of Parkinson’s
Our smartphones are powerful sensors and information processors that have the potential to detect early signs of some diseases. Parkinson’s, for example, is a disease that can have a slow onset with few symptoms early on. These symptoms, moreover, may be unnoticeable to the person and those around them, but possibly detectable by the phone. […]
Pills to Safely Deliver Therapeutic Micromotors Inside Stomach
A number of researchers around the world are developing tiny micromotors to perform highly targeted tasks within the body. Researchers at University of California San Diego, for example, have developed micromotors that have an antibiotic coating to treat stomach ulcers. Though the technique works great, getting the micromotors to the ulcers without the GI system destroying […]
Chatbots in Healthcare: Interview with John Fitzpatrick, VP of Media and Engagement at precisioneffect
Chatbots are increasingly common and a variety of websites use these automated chat systems to field user questions and provide direction and information. With advances in AI, chatbot interactions are becoming more sophisticated and have the potential to provide useful and meaningful engagement with a target audience. The technology has the advantages of being autonomous, […]
Versius Robotic Surgical System Unveiled by UK Company
CMR Surgical, a Cambridge, UK firm, is formally unveiling its Versius surgical robotic system that is designed to be portable, easy to setup, and, perhaps most importantly, affordable for hospitals that otherwise would have budget limitations obtaining existing robotic systems. The Versius is modular in its design, with the moving arms individually mounted on their […]
New Smaller Flexible Robotic Surgical System from South Korea
At KAIST, a major South Korean science and technology university, researchers have developed a flexible robotic surgical system that is designed to work on difficult to reach places. The K-FLEX endoscopic surgical robot has arms that are only 3.7 mm in diameter, allowing them to work through standard 4.2 mm internal channels of an endoscope. […]
Inside Hologic’s Evolving Definition of Women’s Healthcare
Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX), known in the medtech industry for its mammography and diagnostics devices, is rethinking what it means to be a women’s healthcare company. The 6,000-person company wants to expand its reach to include products that care for women’s well-being, as well as their health – a concept that Dr. Edward Evantash honed when he led […]
Seizure Control Device Delivers Drugs Inside Brain
A collaboration between researchers at University of Cambridge in the UK and École Nationale Supérieure des Mines and INSERM in France has developed a device that can sense electrical brain activity and deliver a pre-loaded drug dose in response. It has already been tried on mice undergoing seizures, releasing a native brain chemical that is […]
Two New Penumbra Catheters to Suck Out Stroke Causing Clots
Penumbra, a company famous for its suction-based stroke clot removal devices, is releasing what it says is its “most advanced technology,” the Penumbra JET 7 and Penumbra JET D Reperfusion Catheters. The devices work with the company’s Penumbra ENGINE system provides the vacuum aspiration that’s necessary to pull a thrombus from inside a vessel in the […]
RightEye Vision Tests for Eyes and Brain: Interview with Co-Founder and CSO Dr. Melissa Hunfalvay
Medgadget recently demoed RightEye’s vision tests with Dr. Jennifer Kungle, a provider at The Center for Vision Development, and worked with the beta version of the company’s at-home EyeQ Trainer. It was a great experience that this editor would recommend for patients going through vision rehabilitation or individuals seeking a more vivid understanding of their […]
Nanoparticle Swarms to Deliver Medical Therapies Across Body
Scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a way to get nanoparticles to group and move as swarms, similar to how hundreds of bees and birds can fly together. The technology may have implications for medicine, helping to guide nanoparticles toward certain organs or sites of cancer. The research team’s nanoparticles are […]
Draper’s Wireless Brain Implant to Make New Therapies Possible
Draper, an engineering firm in Cambridge, MA, has developed a tiny wireless neuromodulation device that may be small enough to implant into the interior of the cranium right against the brain. Current brain stimulators are placed, like pacemakers, under the skin in the chest, with electric leads reaching out through the vasculature into the brain. […]
Immunexpress Saving Lives with Improved Sepsis Diagnosis: Interview with Rolland Carlson PhD, CEO
Sepsis is the overwhelming response of the body’s immune system to infection, leading to life-threatening tissue and organ damage. The condition is poorly understood, hard to diagnose, and currently kills 30-50% of those with a confirmed diagnosis in the developed world and 60-80% of those diagnosed in developing countries. Sepsis is estimated to be the […]
HP’s BioPrinters Going to Work to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with HP to use the company’s new BioPrinters to test bacterial pathogens for resistance to specific antibiotic samples. The HP D300e Digital Dispenser BioPrinters are being used as part of the Antibiotic Resistance Lab Network to create better tools to address developing antibiotic resistance in emerging bugs. […]
Magnetic Nanoparticles Pull Cancer Biomarkers from Whole Blood
MicroRNA molecules are short RNA strings that bind to certain messenger RNAs, in the process blocking messenger RNAs from being translated to create new proteins. When microRNAs aren’t operating properly, cancer may be the cause, but this connection has been poorly studied for clinical applications because microRNAs are so difficult to isolate in a blood […]
Stanford Researchers Print Patient Specific Heart Mapping Sensors
Interventional cardiologists dealing with atrial fibrillation, the most common arrhythmia, tend to seek out and ablate the tissue generating aberrant electrical signals. This is done with mapping catheters, the shape of which is designed to maximize contact with the heart to best gather the heart’s intrinsic electrical signals. Each patient is different, so researchers at […]
Drug Ferrying Nanoparticles for Treating Kidney Diseases
Drugs targeting the kidneys are naturally difficult to develop because kidneys filter things out and send them out for disposal (filtration, reabsorption, secretion, and excretion). Moreover, the liver also helps keep foreign objects out of the body. Now researchers at the University of California have created nanoparticles that are designed to get into the kidneys and stay […]
ivWatch Vein Puncture Monitor Cleared in Europe
ivWatch just announced winning the European CE Mark for its ivWatch Model 400 device, the only continuous monitor for timely detection of intravenous (IV) infiltrations and extravasations. IV delivered medication and fluids can accidentally leak outside of the vein into surrounding tissue, creating serious complications for patients. The device works by shining visible and near-infrared light […]
GORE Molding & Occlusion Balloon Approved in US, EU, Japan
Gore is releasing its GORE Molding & Occlusion Balloon following regulatory approvals in the U.S., Japan, and Europe. The device is a compliant polyurethane balloon catheter designed for use in opening up self-expanding stent grafts or to temporarily occlude wide vessels. The company believes that the device “meets all endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) procedural requirements – a […]