Nagano prefecture is home to a group of people effected with a rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder called familial amyloid polyneuropathies. This disease impacts the gene encoding protein transthyretin which is produced in the liver and also eyes.
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Optimizer System for Cardiac Contractility Modulation: Interview with Dr. Ishu Rao, Medical Director of Impulse Dynamics
Impulse Dynamics, based in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, has developed the Optimizer system, a device designed to improve myocardial contractility in patients with heart failure. The system is intended to improve the quality of life of heart failure patients by reducing the severity of their symptoms. At present, many heart failure patients have few opti (Read more...)
Kala Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Kala”) (NASDAQ:KALA) today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced underwritten public offering of common stock, which closed on March 13, 2020, have exercised a portio…
Oxford’s Emergency Ventilator Project Steaming Ahead
The University of Oxford and King’s College London have teamed up to develop and are now testing a new emergency ventilator that consists of devices that commonly exist in clinical spaces and scientific laboratories, and a few simple parts that can be created through 3D printing. Bringing together these devices allows the team to create [&hel (Read more...)
Clear Face Masks for The Deaf and Hard of Hearing
There are hundreds of groups around the world making face masks as fast as they can to help slow the spread of COVID-19. While face masks can help to block particulates from entering the nose and mouth, they also make it impossible to see the mouth moving when the wearer is talking. This is actually […]
IVERIC bio Announces Fast Track Designation from U.S. FDA for Zimura® for the Treatment of Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IVERIC bio announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Fast Track designation to Zimura® for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to wet AMD.
Hydroxychloroquine: Possible COVID Drug Can Be Toxic to Retinas
Before it was a potential COVID-19 therapy, it was a well-studied treatment with an established risk for retinal toxicity. Medscape Ophthalmology
National Vision Donates 40,000 Masks to Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency
DULUTH, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Donation–National Vision Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYE) (“National Vision” or the “Company”), one of the nation’s largest optical retailers providing quality, affordable eye care and eyewear, today announced that it donat…
3D Printed Brain Implants Using Conductive Polymer Ink
Conductive polymers are a fascinating category of materials that are particularly exciting for biomedicine because of their flexibility, conductivity, and biocompatibility. Existing conducting polymers, though, can only be applied to other materials using traditional methods that are not suitable for 3D printing. Now, researchers at MIT have develo (Read more...)
BiWaze Cough System Receives FDA Clearance to Help Clear Secretions
ABM Respiratory Care, a company with offices in USA, Singapore, and India, announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its BiWaze Cough System, a device for removing secretions in patients who are unable to cough or clear secretions effectively. The BiWaze Cough System consists of a touch-screen device connected to a non-invasive (Read more...)
Eyenuk Reports Strong First Quarter 2020 Commercial Results
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #artificialintelligence–Eyenuk, Inc., a global artificial intelligence (AI) medical technology and services company and the leader in real-world applications for AI Eye Screening™, announced today that it completed the f…
IVERIC bio Reports Inducement Grants under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IVERIC bio today reported that the Company granted newly hired employees equity-based awards.
Global Retinal Disorder Treatment Market Analysis & Forecast to 2027 – ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Retinal Disorder Treatment Market; Dosage Form – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2019 – 2027” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Retinal Disorder Treatment Mark…
Ambulnz’s Software Facilitates Timely Medical Transportion During COVID-19 Pandemic
Ambulnz is a non-emergency on-demand ambulance provider that is working to improve on traditional medical transportation through the implementation and integration of various technologies. The firm describes itself as a “software-enabled medical transportation company”. When a patient needs to be moved to a new facility for treatment ou (Read more...)
AnapnoGuard Helps Prevent Ventilator Complications
Ventilators are important to maintain patients with severe respiratory distress due to COVID-19, but the machines carry their own risks. An over-inflated endotracheal tube cuff could damage the trachea, while an under-inflated cuff could result in aspiration and pneumonia. AnapnoGuard, developed by Hospitech Respiration, an Israeli firm, is an endo (Read more...)
Company Profile for Kubota Vision Inc. (dba of Acucela Inc.)
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kubota Vision Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokyo 4596) committed to translating innovation into a diverse portfolio of drugs and devices to preserve and restore vision for millions of…
Ophthalmology Times® Is Now Accepting Nominations for the 2020 Resident Writer’s Award Program
CRANBURY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #WritingProgram–Nominations must be submitted electronically on or before April 27, 2020, for consideration in this year’s program.
Next-Gen TherOx SuperSaturated Oxygen Delivery System FDA Approved
ZOLL Medical, now a part of Asahi Kasei Group, won FDA approval for the latest version of its TherOx System. The product is designed to deliver SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) therapy to limit heart muscle loss following “widowmaker” heart attacks, aka left anterior descending ST-elevation myocardial infarction (LAD STEMI) chronic total ob (Read more...)
CardioQuip’s Cooler-Heaters EU Cleared to Help With Respiratory Distress
CardioQuip, a firm based in College Station, Texas, won European regulatory approval (CE Mark) for its MCH-1000 cooler-heaters that are used to control patient body temperature, typically during lung or heart procedures. This could be particularly useful during the current COVID-19 pandemic, since the MCH-1000 can be used alongside extracorporeal m (Read more...)
Loss of Tear Glands Linked to Suboptimal Diabetes Control
Phenomenon underlies the connection between diabetes and dry eye, could be used as a biomarker for suboptimal glucose control. Medscape Medical News