FDA OKs Greenville firm to produce surgical device
The Daily Reflector Saturday, January 12, 2019 A Greenville company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing a hi-tech medical imaging device it says has the potential to reduce surgical complications, the company announced... Read More →
SafeHeal Completes First-in-Human Clinical Study of Endoluminal Bypass Sheath
SafeHeal, an innovator in the field of digestive surgery, has concluded its first-in-human clinical study for its novel Colovac bypass sheath in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. The single-arm 15-patient study was aimed at evaluating the safety and efficacy of Colovac... Read More →
An Observational Study of Deep Learning and Automated Evaluation of Cervical Images for Cancer Screening
Background Human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical screening are lacking in most lower resource settings, where approximately 80% of more than 500 000 cancer cases occur annually. Visual inspection of the cervix following acetic acid application is practical but not reproducible or... Read More →
MobileODT and partners to launch first wide-scale deployment of AI screening for Cervical Cancer
Chennai, India – January 7, 2019 – MobileODT, developer of the Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) System, will partner with Genworks and Apollo Hospitals to deliver its FDA-cleared smart mobile colposcope. The project will perform the first large-scale pilot of Augmented Intelligence (AI)... Read More →
Vetex Medical Announces First Patient Treated in FIM Study of Deep Vein Thrombosis Treatment Designed to Remove Wall-Adherent Clot in Single Session, Without Thrombolytic Drugs
GALWAY, Ireland – December 19, 2018 – Vetex™ Medical Ltd. announced that the first patient has been treated in the VETEX (Venous Thrombus Extraction) Study, a first-in-man, multicenter study of the Vetex™ Thrombectomy Catheter. The Vetex device is the first DVT... Read More →
Say goodbye to ‘what if’ in surgery — Dr. Jonathan Schoenecker on how VR helps orthopedic surgeons train for the OR
Surgical training technology company Osso VR launched its first pediatric orthopedic procedure module in partnership with the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. Board-certified orthopedic surgeon Jonathan Schoenecker, MD, PhD, an assistant orthopedics, pediatrics, pharmacology and pathology professor at Nashville,... Read More →
Irish Medical Device Start-up Curing Irregular Heart Rhythms Wins the Prestigious ICI Innovation Award
GALWAY, Ireland, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — An Irish medical device’s company, AuriGen Medical has won the prestigious Global Innovation Award at the ICI conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. ICI is the premier International Conference for Innovations in Cardiovascular Systems. The Global Innovation award attracted... Read More →
AMP3D Announces Partnership With Premier
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., December 11, 2018 (Newswire.com) – Advanced Medical Predictive Devices, Diagnostics, and Displays Inc. (AMP3D) announced today that it has partnered with Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company, to bring AMP3D’s Continuous Monitoring of Event Trajectories (CoMET®) predictive analytics... Read More →
Lightpoint Medical shines with £5M investment
Lightpoint Medical has secured a £5 million round from backers including Envestors and Cambridge Capital Group. The startup, which develops intraoperative molecular imaging and sensing technology, plans to use the funds to boost commercial growth. https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/lightpoint-medical-shines-with-5m-investment
Tech Council names finalists for annual awards, featuring GreenLight Medical
The Nashville Technology Council has announced the finalists for the 10th Annual NTC Awards. The organization will next month name winners in 14 categories, which each have three finalists. They are: CIO of the Year Joe Degati – axialHealthcare Haden... Read More →