Category: Medical Devices

July 1, 2020

I know it’s easy to be distracted by COVID-19 right now, but it’s important to remember that many of the challenges we faced pre-COVID-19 are still around and need to be managed effectively even as we deal with the pandemic. […]

June 30, 2020

Xenex Disinfection Services, the world leader in UV disinfection for healthcare facilities, announced the launch of StrikeForce, an innovative disinfection service that destroys the novel COVID-19 virus in two minutes. For the first time, organizations can engage Xenex’s team of […]

June 24, 2020

Engineers and physicians at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have developed a low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator for Covid-19 patients based on a ventilator bag usually found in ambulances. An automated system that can be fabricated and assembled in […]

June 18, 2020

A total of 58 deals worth $1.44bn were announced in May 2020, compared to the 12-month average of 83 deals. Venture financing was the leading category in the month in terms of volume with 39 deals which accounted for 67.2% […]

June 4, 2020

Wearable technology device company Fitbit has received emergency use authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a low-cost emergency ventilator Fitbit Flow. The automatic resuscitator has been developed by the company in response to the global need […]

June 2, 2020

Boston Scientific has launched DIRECTSENSE Technology, a tool to monitor the effect of radio frequency (RF) energy delivery during cardiac ablation procedures. Launched in the US, the tool received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in April and […]

June 1, 2020

Until fairly recently, there weren’t many options for people with cochlear failure and hearing loss. But the production of medical-grade precision wire has helped change all that by allowing for minute devices including cochlear and middle ear implants and other […]

May 6, 2020

A pandemic which has affected more than three and a half million people worldwide and killed more than a quarter of a million (and the death toll grows daily) is a good opportunity to rethink healthcare as we know it. […]

April 21, 2020

Jing Wang and his team at Empa and ETH Zurich usually work on measuring, analyzing and reducing airborne pollutants such as aerosols and artificially produced nanoparticles. However, the challenge the whole world is currently facing is also changing the goals […]

March 26, 2020

Hospitals are stretched thin to meet the demands of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Hospitals need to invest in their radiology suites to effectively diagnose and treat patients. While CT systems are in high demand due to their capability for clear […]

March 12, 2020

Virtual reality (VR) testing could help to detect the onset of balance problems in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), research from the University of North Carolina (UNC) has found. People with MS often have an increased risk of falling and […]

February 25, 2020

Wearing a removable, adhesive patch sensor accurately predicted worsening heart failure and the need for hospitalization several days before heart failure hospitalization occurred among veterans with heart failure, according to research published today in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: […]

February 21, 2020

A non-invasive magnetic stimulation headset could improve motor function in stroke patients, a new study has found. In a clinical trial of 30 patients who had survived chronic ischemic strokes, the transcranial rotating permanent magnet stimulator (TRPMS) produced significant increases […]

February 13, 2020

Researchers have developed a method to estimate cardiorespiratory fitness levels that could be applied to data captured by wearable fitness trackers during activities of daily life. This could facilitate testing for those with low exercise tolerance and may reduce the […]

January 22, 2020

Smart contact lenses are wearable devices that could accelerate vision beyond natural human capabilities. They are being developed for a wide range of applications from non-invasive monitoring to vision correction to augmented reality display. “Although there have been many recent […]