FRIDOLFING, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Press Kit Materials are Available at: http://www.tradeshownews.com/events/mobile-world-congress-2016/Rosenberger-Hochfrequenztechnik/ Company: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik Booth/Stand: 6G37 Event: Mobile World Congress 2016Feb 22 – 25, 2016Barcelona, ES Web: http://www.rosenberger.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rosenberger.HFT About Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik Rosenberger is one of the worldwide leading suppliers of controlled impedance and
Monitoring of patients in the MRI suite, particularly those under anesthesia, is often impossible since traditional patient monitors don’t do well around strong magnetic fields. Philips just received FDA clearance to introduce the Expression MR400 patient monitor that works much like the monitors found in ICUs, but avoids image degradation an (Read more...)
Broken neuronal connections are the cause of paralysis, organ failure, and other serious conditions. There have been attempts to bypass such injuries, with limited success, but now researchers at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a technique that uses lasers to essentially weld neurons together. There’s still a ways to g (Read more...)
BILLERICA, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2015. Bruker’s revenues for the fourth quarter of 2015 were $478.2 million, a decline of 5.9 percent compared to revenues of $508.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. Excluding a 0.6 percent net negative effect from acquisitions & divestitures, and a 7.8 percent negative effect from changes in foreign exchange rates, Bruker reported year-over-ye
There seems to be a race to develop practical neural interfaces that are implanted in a minimally invasive fashion and that don’t require wires sticking out of the scalp. We just reported on stentrodes that can be delivered into the brain through the vasculature and now we are learning of a new ability by researchers at Toyohas (Read more...)
Lower limb prostheses are becoming competitive with real legs in terms of strength, running speed, and other characteristics. One important factor these devices are still missing compared to natural legs is the brain’s assistance when recovering from a stumble. Now researchers at ETH Zurich and National Centre of Competence in Resea (Read more...)
Being able to accurately record brain activity over long periods of time holds promise for paralyzed people to control prosthetic devices or even their own arms and legs again. That’s can be thought of as only a start of course, as the brain is central to many diseases and conditions, as well as being a […]
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CINCINNATI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing first-in-class treatments for the eye, today announced promising results in diabetic retinopathy from the company’s phase 2a study (“TIME-2”) of its lead candidate, AKB-9778, a first-in-class Tie2 activator. AKB-9778, dosed at 15 mg BID subcutaneously, alone and in combination with Lucentis® (ranibizumab injection dosed at 0.3 mg intravitreally), improved underlying retinopathy according to
Unlike normal cells, stem cells are pluripotent — they can become any cell type, which makes them powerful potential treatments for diseases such as diabetes, leukemia and age-related blindness.
SYLMAR, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (“Second Sight” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ:EYES), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics to provide some useful vision to blind patients, today announced that Dr. Robert Greenberg, Chairman, and Will McGuire, President and Chief Executive Officer, will host one-on-one meetings and present at the following conferences this month: Conference: RBC Capital Markets 2016 Global Healthcare Confere
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AXINESIS, startup out of Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, won the European CE Mark to introduce its REAplan arm rehabilitation system. The product is designed to help people with brain injury, such as a stroke, recover motor activity in the upper limbs. The robotic device runs the patient through repetitive movement game (Read more...)
Just a few days ago we reported on how scientists at UC Davis are using hollow shells of the Hepatitis E virus to safely transport drugs through the digestive system and into the rest of the body. We held a hangout with a couple of the researchers behind the project discussing their latest findings, applications for […]
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Withings, maker of smart scales, activity trackers, wireless blood pressure cuffs, and other devices, has released a new in-app offering to better interpret blood pressure readings. The Hy-Result algorithms were developed at the Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris to replicate how a physician would study the numbers. In a recent study in B (Read more...)
It has been known for a while that some drugs seem to have physical rather than chemical modes of action or associated side effects. Glucocorticoid drugs that are used for asthma or rheumatoid arthritis, for example, increase the white blood cell count but biological explanations for how that happens have been unconvincing. R (Read more...)
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Spectranetics, a Colorado Springs, CO firm, won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Bridge Occlusion Balloon, a device used to block large vessels, typically the superior vena cava (SVC), if a tear happens while removing cardiac leads. Though tears are rare, when they do happen the rapid blood loss can be difficult to manage. The Bridge Occlusion [&h (Read more...)
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