Infervision, a Chinese company, has been integrating deep learning artificial intelligence to the practice of radiology in order to improve the detection rates of early stage tumors. The technology relies on analyzing tens of thousands of X-rays and CT scans that have been used to perform a diagnosis and to use that base of knowledge […]
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Abbott’s TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled Cleared in Europe
Abbott received Euroepan CE Mark of approval for its TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled for treatment of atrial fibrillation. The device features a pressure sensor that provides feedback on the contact force applied to cardiac tissue, helping to make sure that an appropriate amount of ablation takes place. Coupled with the co (Read more...)
Flourish Magnetic Device for Non-Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Atresia
The FDA is now allowing the introduction of Cook Medical‘s Flourish Pediatric Esophageal Atresia Anastomosis device as a non-surgical option for treatment of esophageal atresia, a birth defect in which the esophagus is not connected to the stomach due to a poorly formed esophagus. Two catheters with magnetic tips are positioned at the en (Read more...)
R.I.P. – Scanadu Scout – 01/30/15-05/15/17
The infamous, but greatly-hyped Scanadu Scout prematurely departed this Earth shortly after midnight on May 15 in the year of our Lord 2017, to join the likes of Google Glass, Amazon Fire Phone, and the Nintendo Virtual Boy in Gadget Flop Heaven. It was just over 27 months old. The Scanadu Scout was conceived in […]
ResMed’s New Comfort Oriented AirTouch F20 CPAP Mask
ResMed, a maker of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices, is releasing what it says is its softest mask yet. The AirTouch F20 features a memory foam material that conforms to the patient’s face while minimizing the force it applies to the skin. The material is actually porous, allowing air and sweat to slowly seep […]
Health Datapalooza 2017 Day 2: Consumer Tech Ecosystems, Healthcare Policy and Two Big RWJF Announcements
Ensuring that a conference discussing health did indeed practice what it preached, day two of this year’s Health Datapalooza got off to an early start with a Stride Health-sponsored 3 and 5 mile fun run. Back at the conference venue, the day’s content began on the main stage with Dr. Mark McClellan, Director of the Duke […]
Biological Supercapacitors to Power Medical Implants
Patients with cardiac pacemakers and other implantable electronic medical devices end up requiring re-implantations when the batteries run out. While we’ve seen the slow but steady progress of battery technology, there’s a great deal of opportunity for harvesting electrical energy from the body and using it to power implants. To this en (Read more...)
Flex Robotic System, a Snake to Navigate Colon for Transanal Endoscopic Procedures
Medrobotics out of Raynham, Massachusetts won FDA 510(k) clearance to introduce its Flex Robotic System for performing colorectal endoscopic procedures. Heralding the future we live in, the robotic snake is inserted transannally and is then steered using a 3D joystick to the treatment site. It can take on different shapes, depending on the pat (Read more...)
An Interview with Richard Lin, CEO of Microbiome Wellness Company Thryve
Based in Sunnyvale, California and established less than a year ago, wellness company Thryve is attempting to revolutionize the way in which individuals understand and interact with their microbiomes. Thryve offers gut testing kits and direct-to-consumer supplements to assist with balancing the bacterial, yeast, and viral content of a&nbs (Read more...)
Adaptive Optics Technique for Visualizing Huge Groups of Cells Simultaneously
Researchers at Purdue University have developed technology that lets them view and analyze the activity of thousands of cells simultaneously, gathering huge amounts of data that was previously only available for small groups of cells. All in all, the investigators are able to gather up to 30 million datapoints on large groups of cells every [&helli (Read more...)
MDCalc Launches Long-Awaited Android App: Exclusive Interview
MDCalc, makers of popular online clinically useful calculators, has been around for over 12 years, and is still owned and run by the two practicing docs who founded it, Dr. Graham Walker and Dr. Joe Habboushe. Interestingly, MDCalc has seen its largest growth in the past three years, adding dozens of new calculators and swelling […]
MDCalc Launches Long-Awaited Android App: Exclusive Interview
MDCalc, makers of popular online clinically useful calculators, has been around for over 12 years, and is still owned and run by the two practicing docs who founded it, Dr. Graham Walker and Dr. Joe Habboushe. Interestingly, MDCalc has seen its largest growth in the past three years, adding dozens of new calculators and swelling […]
Cook Medical’s New Acrobat 2 Calibrated Tip Wire Guide for Accessing Pancreatic and Bile Ducts
Cook Medical is releasing its new Acrobat 2 calibrated tip wire guide for navigating the pancreatic and bile ducts during cholangio-endoscopic procedures. The device has a 5.8 cm hydrophilic coated flexible tip that helps to move through difficult anatomy, while rotational rigidity allows it to offer a 1:1 “torqueability” for preci (Read more...)
New Cheap, Easy to Manufacture Dry Powder Inhaler for Developing World
H&T Presspart, a firm based in Lancashire, UK, has announced that it will be releasing the PowdAir Plus dry powder inhaler. The device, originally developed by Hovione Technology, a spinoff of Hovione, a Portuguese company, is designed for the developing world where attention to cost is acute and the need is severe. The PowdAir Plus u (Read more...)
New Cheap, Easy to Manufacture Dry Powder Inhaler for Developing World
H&T Presspart, a firm based in Lancashire, UK, has announced that it will be releasing the PowdAir Plus dry powder inhaler. The device, originally developed by Hovione Technology, a spinoff of Hovione, a Portuguese company, is designed for the developing world where attention to cost is acute and the need is severe. The PowdAir Plus u (Read more...)
Virtual Human Patients Effective for Practicing for Difficult to Present Diagnoses
For many doctors, being able to have a compassionate but frank discussion with a newly diagnosed patient is one of the most difficult parts of the job. Medical Cyberworlds, a Madison, Wisconsin firm, developed interactive software called MPathic-VR that lets medical students and clinicians practice difficult interactions. The software actually look (Read more...)
INSIGHTEC’s Exablate Neuro MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Now Approved with 1.5T Scanners
INSIGHTEC, maker of MR-guided focused ultrasound systems out of Israel, has received FDA approval to have its Exablate Neuro system alongside ‘s 1.5 Tesla MRI to be used for treatment of essential tremor in patients not sufficiently responding to drugs. Using MRI to image and target the ventral intermediate (VIM) thalamic nucleus in (Read more...)
BIOTRONIK’s MultiPole Pacing for CRT Defibrillators Now Approved in U.S.
BIOTRONIK won FDA approval for its MultiPole Pacing (MPP) technology to be introduced in the U.S. on its CRT defibrillators (CRT-Ds). It’s designed to address the fact that the hearts of many patients on cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) fail to respond properly, and allowing cardiologists more pacing options can help overcome (Read more...)
Boston Sci’s Long Lasting Resonate ICDs and CRT-Ds Get FDA Approval
Boston Scientific won FDA approval to introduce its Resonate line of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D). The same products were approved in Europe via a CE Mark earlier this year. Some of the notable features of the Resonate devices include multi-electrode pacing and integ (Read more...)
23andMe: A Medgadget Review
In 2007, Anne Wojcicki’s 23andMe transformed personalized health with the unveiling of a direct to consumer genetic testing service in which subscribers would receive information about their ancestry, physical traits, and disease carriers by simply providing a saliva sample via mail to the company’s labs. Since then, 23andMe h (Read more...)