Medical Devices

BREAKING! Thousands With Abbott’s Heart Device Implanted In Them Notified Of FDA Product Recall Due To 14 Deaths And 273 Reported Injuries!

Nikhil Prasad Apr 18, 2024 7 months ago

Medical Devices: The urgent announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the recall of heart failure devices has sent shockwaves through the medical community and raised significant concerns among patients and healthcare professionals alike. The devices in question, the HeartMate II and HeartMate 3, manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, have ...

BREAKING Medical Devices News! Some Philips MRI Machines Have Risk Of Exploding! U.S. FDA Initiates Class One Recall!

James Rosh Jan 03, 2024 11 months ago

Medical Devices: In a startling development within the realm of medical devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued a Class I recall for Philips North America's Panorama 1.0T HFO MRI systems. This drastic measure has been taken due to the potential risk of explosion associated with the use of these magnetic resonance imaging machines. The ramifications of this reca...

BREAKING! U.S. FDA Sounds Alarm On Recall Of Philips' Respiratory Medical Devices Spanning From CPAP, BiPAP And Mechanical Ventilator Devices!

Thailand Medical News Team Aug 15, 2023 1 year ago

Medical Devices: Dutch medical devices maker, Philips, 'silently' started a recall process involving respiratory devices spanning from CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilator devices on June 2021 but this recall was made publicly official on March 2023 and the company has so far recalled 73,000 devices in the United States alone with many more still in the process of being recalled. It is no...

Medical Devices: Medtronic's Implantable Defibrillator Recall - A Nightmare For Heart Patients And Healthcare Institutions In The United States!

TMN News Team Aug 03, 2023 1 year ago

Medical Devices: In a shocking turn of events, Medtronic, a leading medical device manufacturer, has issued a Class I recall for over 348,000 of its implantable cardiac devices, including Cobalt XT, Cobalt, Crome ICDs, CRT-Ds, Claria MRI, Amplia MRI, Compia MRI, Viva, Brava CRT-Ds, Visia AF, Visia AF MRI, Evera, Evera MRI, Primo MRI, Mirro MRI ICDs. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-devi...

Medical Devices: University Of Washington Invents A Groundbreaking Smartphone Technology for Accurate Prediabetes Diagnosis – GlucoScreen

Medical Devices - GlucoScreen Apr 19, 2023 2 years ago

Medical Devices: The University of Washington's GlucoScreen is revolutionizing prediabetes diagnosis with its innovative smartphone-based system. Researchers from the university have developed a battery-free test strip capable of accurately measuring blood glucose levels, paving the way for more accessible and cost-effective at-home testing for prediabetes. With its compatibility with any smar...

Medical Devices: Urgent Recall Issued for Over 4 Million FreeStyle Libre Glucose Monitors Due to Fire Hazard

Medical Devices - FreeStyle Libre Glucose Monitors Apr 08, 2023 2 years ago

Medical Devices: More than 4 million FreeStyle Libre glucose monitors have been urgently recalled by Abbott after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced potential fire hazards associated with the devices. The lithium-ion batteries used in the system may get extremely hot, spark or catch fire if not properly stored, charged or exposed to liquids or foreign materials. This recall, cla...

LATEST! Chinese Researchers Develop New Face Mask That Detects And Identifies Type Of Respiratory Viruses In Proximity And Alerts User!

Source: COVID-19 Medical Devices Oct 09, 2022 2 years ago

COVID-19 Medical Devices: Researchers and scientists from The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science at Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai-China have developed a new face mask that detects the specific type of respiratory virus that is in close proximity and in surrounding environment and alerts the user via a smartphone app. The new face masks are capable of identifyi...

BREAKING! The World’s First Truly Non-Invasive Continuous Glucose Monitor, GlucoRx BioXensor Set For Launch In Europe In Early 2023.

Source: Medical Devices - Non-Invasive Continuous Glucose Monitor Sep 05, 2022 2 years ago

Medical Devices: GlucoRx Ltd, a medical technology company based in Surrey, United Kingdom that specializes in home use glucose monitoring devices for diabetics along with Cardiff University are on schedule to launch the world’s first truly non-invasive continuous glucose monitor in Europe by early 2023. The product will then be launched in the Asia-Pacific region by mid-2023 and subsequentl...

Study Finds That Home-Based Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) Therapy Can Help In Long COVID

Source: Long COVID Jun 24, 2022 2 years ago

A new study by researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina-USA and The City College of New York has found that home-based transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) therapy can help in Long COVID. While the COVID-19 pandemic has now impacted the world for over two years, the persistent secondary neuropsychiatric effects are still not fully understood. Ma...

Medical Innovations: RMIT University Develops New SARS-CoV-2 Sensor-Soterius That Can Detect Up To 8 Different Variants And Even Asymptomatics

Source: Medical Innovations And Startups Jul 12, 2021 3 years ago

Medical Innovations: Australian researchers from RMIT University, Melbourne in collaboration with biotech start-up Soterius have developed a new sensor that can detect the presence of tiny amounts of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants from a person’s breath or even the environment despite minute amounts present. It works extremely well even with those that are asymptomatic. The new senso...

American FDA Issues Warnings About Usage Of Oximeters Especially For COVID-19 Monitoring Due To Potential Inaccuracies

Source: Pulse Oximeters And COVId-19 Feb 22, 2021 4 years ago

The U.S. FDA issued a new guidance last Friday warning that pulse oximeters that have become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic for people to track their oxygen saturation may not always be accurate and that in some cases can actually lead to wrong readings and potentially put the lives of patients into high risk. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/pulse-oximeter-accuracy-...

COVID-19 Medical Devices: U.S. FDA Clears Masimo’s Rad-G Pulse Oximeter And Respiration Rate Monitor

Source: COVID-19 Medical Devices Oct 10, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Medical Devices: California-based Masimo, a global medical technology company that develops and manufactures innovative noninvasive patient monitoring technologies, medical devices, and a wide array of sensors and a leader in primary pulse oximetry technology has won the U.S.FDA clearance for its Rad-G pulse oximeter, a rugged device developed with the help of The Bill & Melinda...

BREAKING! COVID-19 Test: A New Rapid CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Mobile Phone Diagnostic Test To Debut Soon!

Source: COVID-19 Test Oct 05, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Test: A large multidisciplinary group of researchers from University of California-San Francisco, J. David Gladstone Institutes-San Francisco, University of California-Berkeley, Monash University-Australia and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub-San Francisco have developed an amplification-free CRISPR-based mobile phone assay for direct detection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronav...

COVID-19 Medical Devices: New Video Laryngoscope For Faster and Safer Intubation During COVID-19 By Japanese Medical Device Maker-Nihon Kohden

Source: COVID-19 Medical Devices Aug 04, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Medical Devices: Majority of the critical care facilities around the world are on the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Intubation is necessary to maintain many critical patients in the ICU, but too often obtaining an airway proves to be challenging. In certain patients, intubation can take over a minute or more, potentially leading to serious consequences and also subj...

COVID-19 Medical Devices: Neural Analytics Inc Launches New Robotic Transcranial Doppler for Stroke Detection And Risk Assessment In COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Medical Devices Jul 07, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Medical Devices: To date, emerging studies suggests that COVID-19 patients are at a higher risk of stroke and promptly diagnosing and treating such patients is a priority in hospitals across the world. Furthermore, identifying which COVID-19 patients are at increased risk of developing a stroke is also important, and may help with preemptive treatment and monitoring. Los A...

COVID-19 Innovations: Kyocera Develops Wearable Remote Monitoring Device For COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Innovations Jul 05, 2020 4 years ago

COVID-19 Innovations: The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought a slew of new challenges for clinical facilities, including how to deliver as much care as possible at a distance or remotely not only for precautionary measures to safeguard the wellbeing of healthcare staff but only for better monitoring of COVID-19 patients.. Researchers from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at To...

Medical Devices Generating Cold Plasma Could Increase The Chances Of Survival For COVID-19 Patients On Ventilators

Source: Thailand Medical Devices Jun 12, 2020 5 years ago

Medical Devices: It is a well-known fact that cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) treatment inactivates various pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. Medical researchers are now exploring if cold atmospheric plasma CAP is used in the nasal, oral, and pharyngeal cavities, nosocomial super infections in patients with mechanical ventilators, which are a frequent cause of death, could potentially b...

COVID-19 Medical Devices: US FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To VitalPatch For Cardiac Monitoring In COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19 Medical Devices May 18, 2020 5 years ago

Medical Devices: VitalConnect a Silicon Valley based biotech company has announced that it has received US FDA Emergency Use Authorization status for use of its VitalPatch to detect changes in the QT interval of hospitalized patients undergoing drug treatment for COVID-19. Due to cardio-toxicity of many experimental drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients, many doctors would bene...

Medical Devices: New AiRTouch Portable X-Ray Gets US FDA Approval, Convenient For COVID-19 Diagnosis

Source: Medical Devices News May 13, 2020 5 years ago

Medical Devices: Texas Based Biotech Company, Aspenstate announced that it has received US FDA clearance for the AiRTouch, a lightweight portable X-ray system that could be particularly useful for quickly obtaining chest X-rays of COVID-19 patients. The portable handheld device weighs in at 5.5 pounds (2.5 Kg) and resembles a large digital camera with a touchscreen. AiRTouch acq...

HeartHero, The New User Friendly And Affordable Home AED

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 17, 2020 5 years ago

AEDs or Automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) are common these days in airports, stadiums, and other places where there are very many people around. They are still expensive medical devices, and so are not as widely available as they should be. Individuals who are susceptible to suffering from dangerous cardiac arrhythmias but that don’t have appropriate implants would probably be safe...

Xvision: An Augmented Reality Surgical Guidance System By Augmedics Gets US FDA Approval

Source: Thailand Medical News Jan 05, 2020 5 years ago

Chicago-based startup, Augmedics, which developes surgical virtual reality technologies, has received US FDA 510k clearance for its augmented reality (AR) xvision system. Xvision is comprised of a headset that emulates “X-ray vision” during surgery by projecting 3D navigation data onto the surgeon’s retina. Designed using transparent hardware components, the headset allows a surg...

New Patient Monitor For Outpatient Clinics Or Patient Beds By Nihon Kohden

Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 16, 2019 5 years ago

Japan based Medical Device Giant, Nihon Kohden that has offices in the US, Europe and other parts Of Asia is launching a new patient vital signs monitor specifically designed to extend monitoring capabilities to outpatient facilities and to patient beds that typically wouldn’t have continuous vital signs monitors. The medical device lets clinicians quickly take readings on blood oxygen...

Canon’s New Aquilion ONE / PRISM Edition Spectral CT Scanner Already Getting Massive Orders In Asia

Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 10, 2019 5 years ago

Despite only being unveiled at the RSNA 2019 conference in Chicago, a forthnight ago, Canon Medical’s brand new Aquilion ONE / PRISM Edition spectral CT scanner, a system that takes advantage of artificial intelligence technologies is already getting massive orders in Asia including one for new hospital in Bangkok, 3 for new hospitals in Vietnam, 3 for hospitals in India and more in th...

Pentax Medical Unveils New US FDA Approved DEC HD Duodenoscope With Disposable Cap

Source: Thailand Medical News Dec 02, 2019 5 years ago

The New Duodenoscope Features Sterile, Disposable Cap and Elevator to Reduce Contamination and Minimize Reprocessing Burdens. PENTAX Medical touts the medical device’s ease of control, and ability to view the mucosa and visualize it in high-definition, and to find the papilla for successful cannulation. Medical device giant, PENTAX Medical, a healthcare industry leader in diagno...

Trak: Portable Home Sperm Counter

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 25, 2019 5 years ago

Numerous studies1 are showing that male infertility rates and low sperm counts is rising globally2 due to varied reasons. But guys, before you go and burn your tight undies or jeans, know that the causes are uncertain and the findings are controversial3. What is certain is that low sperm count can lead to infertility, and, though women are often blamed, men are wholly or partially responsib...

New Painless Blood Extraction Device For Diabetics Needing To Do Glucose Checks: Genteel

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 24, 2019 5 years ago

Genteel LLC has unveiled its its patented, painless vacuum lancing device that is US FDA approved and is now more accessible to people living with diabetes at an economical pricing. Unfortunately, diabetes is a chronic, lifelong disease with no cure in sight. The current estimate for people living with all types, including gestational, is 415 million worldwide, with an additional 46% undia...

Siemens Healthineers Top Of The Line Premium CT Scanner, The SOMATOM X.cite Gets US FDA Approval

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 22, 2019 5 years ago

Thailand Medical Device News Siemens Healthineers obtained US FDA clearance and is releasing its brand new SOMATOM X.cite single-source premium CT scanner. The device, along with a high-end X-ray tube and other enhancements, features the company’s new myExam Companion technology that can intelligently adapt each scan to optimize a number of variables. The new medical devi...

Senza Omnia Neurostimulator for Chronic Pain Gets US FDA Approval

Source: Thailand Medical News Nov 14, 2019 5 years ago

The Senza Omnia spinal cord neurostimulation system for chronic pain management by Nevro, a firm based in Silicon Valley, has secured US FDA approval. The stimulator device can deliver traditional spinal cord stimulation at frequencies below 1.5 kHz, along with Nevro’s proprietary HF10 stimulation that goes up to 10 kHz. Both low and high frequency therapies can even be provided at the sa...

Abbott Introduce Freestyle Libre 14 day Glucose Monitoring And Aims To Be Global Leader In Diabetes Management

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 22, 2019 5 years ago

Abbott Laboratories has always aimed to help people with diabetes move away from traditional fingerstick testing towards continuous and minimally invasive glucose monitoring, which results in better health outcomes and overall diabetes management. As such Abbott is proud to unveil its new upgraded FreeStyle Libre 14 day Glucose Monitoring device. The FreeStyle Libre 14 day system incorporates a w...

World’s First Cuff Free Blood Pressure Monitor.

Source: Thailand Medical News Sep 02, 2019 5 years ago

Biobeat, an Israeli firm has been granted clearance by the US FDA for the company’s wrist watch and patch that measure blood oxygenation, heart rate, and blood pressure. Biobeat is the first blood pressure monitor in the world that does not rely on a traditional cuff allows for long-term monitoring of blood pressure, particularly in patients who have difficulty keeping track of their h...

Baxter Gets US FDA Approval For Its PrisMax System For CCRT and TPE

Source: Thailand Medical News Aug 04, 2019 5 years ago

Baxter International has obtained approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its PrisMax system and integrated TherMax blood warmer, the futuristic platform for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) to to treat those with acute kidney injury and certain autoimmune diseases. The medical device was developed based on inputs and fe...

BraveHeart Life Sensor Cardiac Monitoring System Gets US FDA Approval

Source: Thailand Medical News Jul 04, 2019 5 years ago

BraveHeart Wireless Inc., a leading innovator in clinical-quality biometric wearables, has received clearance from the US FDA for the BraveHeart Life Sensor Cardiac Monitoring system. The Life Sensor Cardiac Monitoring system is intended for use by doctors and cardiologists within a health care setting. The system captures heart rate and EKG data using a Life Sensor electrode affixed to a patie...

New Cheaper Retinal Scanner Could Prevent Blindness In Masses

Source: Thailand Medical News Jun 29, 2019 5 years ago

A team of researchers and biomedical engineers from Duke University have created a low-cost, portable optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanner that could make the vision-saving technology available to many poorer areas in Asia and also worldwide. The newly redesigned 3-D-printed spectrometer scanner is 15 times lighter and smaller than current branded systems and cost less than one tenth the pri...

Prostate Cancer Treatment Now Enhanced By Avenda AI Health Platform

Source: Thailand Medical News Jun 01, 2019 6 years ago

One of the most common cancers affecting men globally is Prostate cancer, with a rising rate of about 1 out of 8 men being inflicted. Due to the close anatomical association between the prostate and nearby organs, very often complications of prostate cancer treatment result in urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. California-based Avenda Health has created a new la...

New LifeFlow Next Gen Rapid Infuser.

Source: 410 Medical May 29, 2019 6 years ago

410 Medical, a Durham, North Carolina firm, has released a new version of its LifeFlow rapid infuser for treating infected patients during sepsis or shock. The LifeFlow Next Gen can safely deliver 500 ml of crystalloid fluid rapidly in less than two minutes, nearly four and a half times faster than when using a standard pressure bag. The device can be operated with one hand and can be used w...

AcQMap Heart Mapping Technology Receives EU and US FDA Approvals

Source: Acutus Medical May 01, 2019 6 years ago

Acutus Medical, a California based company, won European clearance for its AcQMap contact mapping software. The company also won FDA approval for its second generation AcQMap platform . The technology, used during cardiac ablation procedures, creates volumetric images of the atrial anatomy using ultrasound At the same time, contact-free charge density is used to generate high-definition 3...

Eko DUO Stethoscope with ECG Built-in.

Source: Eko Inc, Berkeley Apr 02, 2019 6 years ago

Eko, a company that makes advanced and innovative stethoscopes that we really like, is now releasing its Eko DUO combination stethoscope/ECG device. The Eko DUO works along with a paired smartphone or tablet, allowing a physician to simultaneously record heart sounds and ECG (single lead) tracings at the point of care. The DUO makes it easy to capture ECG intervals and systolic time intervals...

SafeOp Automated Neuromonitor, A New Device To Find Nerves And Assess Their Health

Source: Alphatec Inc, California Mar 03, 2019 6 years ago

Alphatec Inc based in California, recently obtained US FDA clearance for the SafeOp automated neuromonitoring system for use in real-time intraoperative nerve location and assessment. The system relies on somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) and and electromyography (EMG) as the two complementary modalities, one for evaluating the functionality of nerves and the other their locati...

QT Medical PCA 500: Personal Cardiac Assistant For Comprehensive ECGs at Home

Thailand Medical News Feb 14, 2019 6 years ago

A variety of health care trackers, including the Apple Watch, offer consumers the ability to record their ECG signals. Though the claims about these offerings are mostly accurate, they may be misleading to those that believe these devices mimic the capabilities of in-hospital ECGs. In reality, wrist-worn and other wearable ECG monitors are only single-lead devices that can pretty much only detect ...

MediPines Launches New Gas Exchange Monitor For Comprehensive Lung Function Analysis

Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 03, 2019 6 years ago

Medipines, a company based in California’s Orange County, obtained US FDA clearance for its MediPines Gas Exchange Monitor. The device is used to measure and monitor a variety of respiratory parameters and indices of patients presenting with lung conditions. It can help to quickly triage patients and make decision making easier by providing parameters such as&nbs...

NeuroMetrix Introduces AI for Pain Relief at CES 2019 with the debut of its Quell 2.0 TENS Device

Thailand Medical News Jan 19, 2019 6 years ago

Quell is a US FDA cleared, over-the-counter wearable therapeutic device for chronic pain. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a therapy that has been around for decades. It is used to treat pain and a few other conditions, but over those decades it has gotten a bit stale. New companies, though, are taking TENS therapy to a new level and NeuroMetrix is one of the leaders...

Device for Predicting Risk of Pressure Ulcers US FDA Cleared

Source: Bruin Biometrics Jan 13, 2019 6 years ago

Pressure ulcers are a common malady for bedridden patients, a situation that clinicians have been struggling to improve significantly. There are devices that sense how long a part of a body has been pressed on for too long, beds that deflate and inflate different areas to provide temporary respite, and clinical routines that help to prevent pressure ulcers. Bruin Biometrics, a compa...

Treatment of Neurological Disorders Via A New Wireless ‘Brain Pacemaker'

Source: University Of California -Berkeley Jan 02, 2019 6 years ago

A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson's. In a proposed device, two of the new chips would be embedded in a chassis located outside the head. Each chip could monitor ele...

Teva’s ProAir Digihaler for Asthma, COPD gets US FDA Approval.

Source: Teva Pharmaceuticals Jan 01, 2019 6 years ago

The FDA has approved the first inhaler with built-in monitoring sensors to track medication adherence for asthma and COPD patients, according to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. The ProAir Digihaler (albuterol sulfate 117 mcg) inhalation powder is equipped with built-in sensors that connect via Bluetooth to a companion mobile application, which stores data. Teva's &nbs...

US and Euro FDA Clears Canon’s Vantage Orian 1.5 Tesla MRI

Source: Canon Medical Systems Nov 17, 2018 6 years ago

Canon Medical Won FDA clearance to bring to the U.S. market its brand new Vantage Orian 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner. It features a wide 71 centimeter bore and quiet operation thanks to its Pianissimo and Pianissimo Zen technologies. Pianissimo makes all scanning sequences quieter, while Pianissimo Zen allows certain scans to be performed at near ambient noise levels. To help young patients and those ...

EU and US FDA-approved Cerebrotech Visor device could be a defibrillator for stroke

Source: Cerebrotech Medical System Nov 01, 2018 6 years ago

A portable, visor-like device has shown potential for detecting emergent large-vessel occlusion with 92% accuracy in patients who may have had a stroke. The researchers suggest that the diagnostic device could be readily accessible to emergency personnel and in public spaces in the same way a defibrillator is available for treating heart attacks. Researchers and clinical investigators Med...

New FreeStyle Libre 2 By Continuous Glucometer with Level Alarms By ABBOTT Cleared in EU

Source: Abbott Oct 02, 2018 6 years ago

Abbott won the European CE Mark for its FreeStyle Libre 2 continuous glucose monitor that features low and high glucose level alarms, letting patients know in real-time that they’re falling outside of their normal range. The system doesn’t require regular and painful finger pricks, instead relying on an upper arm sensor that regularly measures glucose within the interstitia...

Philips unveils EPIQ CVx cardiovascular ultrasound system

Source: Philips, Amsterdam Aug 28, 2018 6 years ago

Dutch technology company Royal Philips has unveiled its new cardiovascular ultrasound system EPIQ CVx to offer solutions for diagnostic, pediatric and interventional applications. The company used an EPIQ ultrasound platform to design the new system, which offers advanced image quality through a new generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) monitor. The system uses ana...

New Device to Diagnose Brain Injury

Source: University Of Geneva Aug 08, 2018 6 years ago

Brain injuries, particularly the milder ones, are difficult to accurately diagnose. CT scanners can help, but often they just don’t have the resolution for clinicians to identify unusual aberrations in the image. Moreover, they expose patients to radiation, are not always available, and the process of using them and evaluating the images produced can take quite some time before results are a...

The New Electronic and Digital Stethoscopes

Staff Writer, TMN Jul 11, 2018 6 years ago

Our Selection of the best models The world has seen so much growing sophistication in smartphones, internet services, and computers. The good news for health workers is that stethoscopes were not left out. Today, we have electronic stethoscopes. But now that we have several companies and brands producing these techy stethoscopes, it may become a little confusing in choosing what the best ...

New Siemens Acuson Sequoia Ultrasound Beams Through Obese Patients

Source: siemens.com Jul 10, 2018 6 years ago

Siemens Healthineers is releasing a fresh update to its popular ACUSON Sequoia ultrasound system. The device can image deeper than before while maintaining a high quality output, an important capability for those on the front lines of the obesity epidemic. As an example, using the Deep Abdominal Transducer (DAX) that comes with the Sequoia, clinicians can image targets pretty well as dee...

Baxter’s Spectrum IQ Drug Infusion System Cleared in U.S.

Source: Spectrum IQ Jul 09, 2018 6 years ago

Baxter won FDA clearance for its Spectrum IQ infusion system, which has some interesting features designed to prevent the wrong drugs and wrong dosages from being administered. The device connects to the hospital’s electronic medical record system, receiving information from it and sending its own data there for permanent storage. Baxter’s Dose IQ software within the Spec...

Cook’s Hemospray FDA Approved for Gastrointestinal Bleeds

Source: cookmedical.com Jul 08, 2018 6 years ago

Cook Medical‘s: Hemospray has been approved by the FDA for performing hemostasis during endoscopic procedures within the GI tract. It uses the firm’s unique inorganic powder as the active agent, which turns into a gel when it meets blood. The gel stays put and keeps the blood from passing through the treatment area. Since heat is not used for administering t...

Embolx Announces FDA Clearance for Next Generation Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheter

Source: Embolx Jul 07, 2018 6 years ago

Embolx, a new medical device company out of Silicon Valley, develops microcatheters for arterial endoembolization procedures, and now their next-generation Sniper Balloon Occlusion Microcatheter will be available in the US. The new family of microcatheters shows significant improvement over previous devices, and offers physicians enhanced performance features to make it easier to navigate through ...

Fujifilm Releases New Minimally Invasive Imaging System

FUJIFILM USA Jul 06, 2018 6 years ago

FUJIFILM is releasing a couple surgical visualization systems that were designed to improve minimally invasive procedures. The FUJIFILM EL-580FN Ultra-Slim Video Laparoscope System uses the firm’s own Super-Honeycomb CCD sensor to produce high quality images that are sharp and reproduce colors accurately. So-called “Chip on the Tip” high definition digital image...

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Scripp Institute Has Detected The Mutation That Most Scientist Dread: The D614G Mutation Which Could Make The SARS-CoV-2 More Infectious

Source: SARS-CoV-2 Mutations
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BREAKING! Medical Experts Warn That COVID-19 Could Trigger Diabetes In Otherwise Healthy Individuals Who Never Had The Condition Before.

Source: Diabetes and COVID-19
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Acute Pancreatitis: Warning That Acute Pancreatitis Is Now Manifesting In COVID-19 Patients, A Condition Never Seen In Early Stages Of The Pandemic

Source: Acute Pancreatitis
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Immune Health: Cistanche And Pu-erh Tea Supplements Could Help Improve Immune Factors And Reduce Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Such As Interleukin-6

Source: Immune Health
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Study Finds That COVID-19 Also Causes Myocardial Injury (Heart Damage)

Source: Myocardial Injury
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European COVID-19 Research Indicates That Individuals With Blood Group Type A Might Be More Vulnerable To Respiratory Failure

Source: COVID-19 Research
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COVID-19 Research: Study From Columbia University Indicates That Lowering Testosterone Levels Could Reduce Severity Of COVID-19

Source: COVID-19 Research
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Uric Acid: Japanese Researchers Discover That High Uric Acid Levels Protects Against Lung Function Decline Especially In Older Women

Source: Uric Acid Supplements
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Supplements: Singaporean Researchers Say That Vitamin D, Magnesium And Vitamin B12 Combo May Reduce Severity In Older COVID-19 Patients

Source: Supplements And COVID-19
Jun 06, 2020 5 years ago

MUST READ! Strokes: Study Shows COVID-19 Increases Risk Of Strokes In Healthy Young Individuals. Global Increase In Stroke Deaths Last Few Months

Source: Strokes And COVID-19
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MUST READ!!! Brazilian Respiratory Expert Says That COVID-19 Should Be Treated As A Thrombotic Disease

Source: COVID-19
May 28, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19 Research: Could Disulfiram- A Drug To Prevent Alcoholism, Aid In Inhibiting Cytokine Storms In COVID-19?

Source: Covid-19 Research
May 26, 2020 5 years ago

BREAKING ALERT! COVID-19: Italian Researchers Discover Brain Lesions On COVID-19 Patients

Source: COVID-19
May 23, 2020 5 years ago

COVID-19: Study Shows That COVID-19 Infections Could Lead To Delirium, PTSD and Other Psychiatric Disorders

Source: COVID-19 News
May 19, 2020 5 years ago

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