These Goggles Act Like Surgical X-Ray Specs
Augmedics’ Xvision headset superimposes CT scans and other medical imaging over a patient’s body during an operation. Augmedics’ surgical “X-ray specs” are really an augmented-reality headset that superimposes CT scans and other images over a patient’s body, helping surgeons map... Read More →
Multi-Spectral Device Images Blood Flow and Perfusion
A new device reveals real-time blood flow and perfusion in vascular structures and critical tissues during surgery. The RFPi (Greenville, NC, USA) iCertainty platform provides non-invasive, real-time multi-spectral physiologic visualization (MSPV), a combination of low-energy lasers, high-speed imaging cameras, patented... Read More →
Machine Learning Algorithm Detects Cervical Cancer
A novel colposcope uses an automated visual evaluation (AVE) algorithm to detect cervical cancer from even a single image. The MobileODT (Tel Aviv, Israel) Enhanced Visual Assessment 3 (EVA3) system is a compact colposcope designed for durability and portability. Features... Read More →
MobileODT deploys EVA System in first large scale AI pilot for cervical cancer screenings
MobileODT is rolling out its Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) System in what it’s calling the first large-scale pilot program to examine the use of augmented intelligence (AI) for cervical cancer screenings. Partnering with Apollo Hospitals and distributor Genworks, the women’s... Read More →
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 →