Materialise, a company specializing in 3D printing based in Belgium but with offices around the world, won FDA clearance for its Mimics inPrint software to be used for 3D printing of anatomical models for diagnostic applications. The software allows hospitals to print one-to-one reproductions of individual patient anatomy, thereby helping surgeons to understand the unique […]
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DeviceTalks and Medical Alley Association Partner on Premiere MedTech Event in Twin Cities
Two-year agreement will bring Medical Alley’s regulatory and clinical program to industry-leading conference June 2018 Boston, MA – WTWH Media, the parent company of MassDevice.com, Medical Design & Outsourcing and DeviceTalks, is proud to announce an agreement to bring two of the Minnesota medtech industry’s most respected events into its DeviceTalks Minnesota event. For the […]
Kids at Boston Children’s Hospital Get Experience Their Conditions in Virtual Reality
Kids visiting the Boston Children’s Hospital to undergo endoscopic medical procedures such as colonoscopies will get to see the problems their guts are experiencing using virtual reality (VR) technology. This is important, as GI and many other conditions are typically verbally described by physicians and getting a grasp of what’s really going on, especially for […]
Kirigami-Inspired Material Can Adhere to Flexible Surfaces for Improved Bandages and Wearables
Researchers at MIT have developed a thin, light-weight film that can securely adhere to flexible and deformable parts of the body, such as the knee and elbow. The key to the sticking-power of the material lies in a series of slits the researchers have cut into it, inspired by the Asian art of kirigami, which […]
Canon Releases Aplio i600 Ultrasound with Enhanced Ergonomics
Canon Medical is unveiling its recently FDA cleared Aplio i600 ultrasound system. It’s intended for both diagnostic and interventional procedures, featuring a bunch of tools that make setup quick and intuitive. An image-guide interface helps to move the clinician through the imaging exam. Canon touts the ergonomic design of the Aplio i600 that allows the […]
Student Engineers Create Foot Inspection Device for People with Diabetic Neuropathy
People suffering from diabetic neuropathy often can’t feel the soles of their feet. They can also develop dangerous wounds on those soles that may not be detected early enough, sometimes leading to infections, debridements, and amputations. There aren’t a lot of cheap options for keeping an eye on the bottoms of the feet. Mirrors are […]
LexaGene’s New LX6 Rapid Pathogen Detection System: Interview with CEO Dr. Jack Regan
With the ever-growing list of potentially harmful pathogens being discovered, the systems needed to detect different strains need to become more sophisticated as well. Enter LexaGene, a biotechnology company developing automated and sensitive solutions for efficient pathogen detection. LexaGene’s unique microfluidics approach to pathogen detection uses disposable cartridges to analyse the molecular signature of large […]
Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucometer Doesn’t Require Finger Pricks
Dexcom landed FDA clearance under the de novo classification process for its Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor, which can be used as a standalone monitor or as a part of an automated insulin delivery system. The neatest feature of the Dexcom G6 is that the sensor doesn’t require calibration and so pricking the finger can […]
Dario Glucometer Now Works on iPhones without Headphone Jack
DarioHealth, based in New York City and Caesarea, Israel, won FDA clearance for the Lightning-enabled version of its Dario glucometer, making it compatible with the iPhone 7, 8, and X. Previously, the Dario relied on the headphone jack to transmit its readings to the Dario app on the smartphone. When Apple made the decision to […]
Monarch Robotic Endoscopy for Spotting Small, Deep-Seated Lung Nodules Cleared by FDA
Auris Health, based in Redwood City, California, is showing off its brand new Monarch Platform for robotic, accurate endoscopic navigation through the lungs. The Monarch helps physicians to reach more places within the lungs and find smaller lesions, potentially providing a more accurate diagnosis of the presence of lung cancer. The potential for the technology […]
Pythagoras Medical’s ConfidenHT System for Precise Renal Denervations
Renal denervation for treating drug resistant hypertension involves severing renal nerves, through ablation. The kidneys play a key role in regulating blood pressure via these nerves, but the functionality goes awry in many hypertensive patients, so breaking the kidneys ability to regulate blood pressure seems to work in many. The problem is that high percentage […]
New Technologies for Remote Cardiac Monitoring by Biotricity: Interview with CEO Waqaas Al-Siddiq
New on the scene of remote monitoring, Biotricity is tackling cardiovascular disease with a “real-time, high-precision remote monitoring technology.” Earlier this year, the company secured FDA 510k approval for Bioflux, a 3-channel electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring system designed for use by physicians. Triggered notifications about a patient’s potential bradycardia, tachycardia, or atrial fibrillation events, based on […]
Profusa’s Tiny Implantable Sensors Keep Working in Patients Even After Four Years
Tiny, flexible, and biocompatible implantable sensors that are smaller than a grain of rice have been successfully worn for over four years now by human subjects, as was reported by Profusa, a South San Francisco firm, at the just concluded American Chemical Society’s 254th National Meeting. The wireless and battery-free implants are designed to measure different […]
Scal-Pal Makes Replacing Scalpel Blades a Snap
Scalpel blades are typically changed by exposing them from a package and handling them directly. Students at Georgia Tech have designed a simple device to make scalpel blade exchanges easier and safer. It works similar to automatic shaving blade dispensers, but applied to scalpel blades. To use the Scal pal, as the device is called, […]
DeltaVen Closed System Peripheral IV Catheter Cleared in U.S.
Smiths Medical won FDA clearance and is releasing the DeltaVen Closed System Catheter, a product actually made by the Italian company Delta Med SpA. The peripheral IV catheter combines the needle, extension tubing, and an optional needlesless connector into one system. Clinicians can feel the insertion of the catheter into the vein during threading that’s […]
MAMMOMAT Revelation Mammography System with Automatic Breast Density Measurement
Siemens Healthineers has just received FDA clearance for its MAMMOMAT Revelation. It is the first mammography system capable of automatic breast density measurement during the exam itself, as opposed to during review of the images. The system performs tomosynthesis scans with an angle range of 50 degrees, the widest on the market, which helps to […]
IrisVision for Low Vision: Interview with Ammad Khan, CEO and Frank Werblin, Chief Scientist and Inventor
IrisVision, a medtech company based in California, have developed a low-cost visual aid system for people with low vision. The system currently harnesses the power of a Samsung Galaxy smartphone mounted in a Samsung Gear VR headset. The phone captures the scene using the smartphone’s camera, then remaps the scene to enhance its visibility for […]
Ultra-Thin Endoscope to Peer at Neural Activity Deep Inside Brain
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, engineers have created an endoscope that’s about as thin as human hair, featuring an optical fiber only 125 microns in diameter. It’s so small that it can be inserted deeper than ever before into the brains of living mice to see individual in situ neurons. While similar endoscopes have existed […]
Bacteria Coerced to 3D Print Nanocellulose Implants
In a quest to make more realistic, safer, and personalizable tissue replacement implants, bacterial cellulose nanofibers are being looked on as a viable material. They are naturally biocompatible, biodegradable, withstand heat well, and have physical properties similar to many of our tissues, when composed into larger objects. Bacterial cellulose nanofibers are produced by aerobic bacteria […]
Bacteria Coerced to 3D Print Nanocellulose Implants
In a quest to make more realistic, safer, and personalizable tissue replacement implants, bacterial cellulose nanofibers are being looked on as a viable material. They are naturally biocompatible, biodegradable, withstand heat well, and have physical properties similar to many of our tissues, when composed into larger objects. Bacterial cellulose nanofibers are produced by aerobic bacteria […]