Qualcomm subsidiary Qualcomm Life announced today the development of one-time use biometric patches designed for patient monitoring. The patch is designed to provide healthcare professionals with real-time patient monitoring data, making the patch applicable for a range of care purposes like perioperative care and assessing the effects of therapeutic interventions. The device can measure a […]
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Boston Scientific launches third Connected Patient Challenge
Boston Scientific today announced the launch of its third annual Connected Patient Challenge, which it is holding in collaboration with Google and Medstro. The last competition was about big data, artificial intelligence and patient-engagement technologies. This time around, the competition is offering winners up to $50,000 in services to help them realize their big idea about how […]
Microsoft has a new digital health research initiative in the U.K.
Microsoft has tapped a top British health data researcher to head a new healthcare research initiative at its Cambridge research lab. Iain Buchan is presently a clinical professor of public health informatics at the University of Manchester – and director of the Health eResearch Centre, which is part of the U.K.’s Medical Research Council. Buchan will become […]
GID touts study showing EndoBarrier as good as gastric plication
New data from the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medications found that gastric plication and GI Dynamics’ EndoBarrier device therapy showed similar outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity. “On a basic science and mechanistic basis, both treatments (GP and EndoBarrier) substantially improved metabolic parameters and were associated with reduction in systemic inflammation […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: Sept. 22, 2017
From the FDA’s clearance of Covalon’s film-drape to Bioventus launching its study, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. FDA clears Covalon’s MediClear OTC surgical film-drape Covalon announced in a Sept. 21 press release that the FDA has cleared its MediClear PreOp to market in U.S. hospitals, […]
Titan Medical installs first SPORT Surgical System in feasibility, validation studies
Titan Medical announced the installation of its SPORT Surgical System, a single-port robotic surgical system, at the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center training facility. It’s the first installation for the company’s pre-clinical feasibility and validation studies on the device. “We are thrilled to announce the first of three installations planned in U.S. and European Centers of […]
How squid ink could make going to the dentist painless
Squid ink could be used as a new imaging method at the dentist to check for gum disease, according to new research from the University of California at San Diego, nos professionals like the Emergency Dentists USA can start using it. Combining squid ink with light and ultrasound, engineers at UCSD have created a new […]
AlloSource touts completion of bioengineered blood vessels for Humacyte trial
Tissue-provider AlloSource said this week it completed production of investigational bioengineered blood vessels designed for Humacyte‘s Phase III clinical trial exploring the use of the vessels to improve vascular access for hemodialysis patients with end-stage renal failure. The trail aims to compare the efficacy of the bioengineered human-tissue vessels to current synthetic vessels made from […]
Endologix touts Japanese collab dev & distro deal, 1st-in-human Ovation Alto trial data
Endologix (NSDQ:ELGX) this week announced a joint R&D and exclusive distribution deal with Japan Lifeline and released case review results from the 1st-in-human use of its Ovation Alto stent graft designed for endovascular aneurysm repair. The Irvine, Calif.-based company said it inked a deal with Japan Lifeline to jointly invest in development, clinical research and commercialization […]
NIH awards $15M for 3D human tissue models
The National Institutes of Health has announced 13 2-year awards, totaling $15 million a year, for hospitals and universities to develop 3D human tissue models. The funding will go toward the first phase of a 5-year program. Even though pre-clinical studies using cell and animal research models are promising, more than 60% of investigational drugs […]
CEO Cook says healthcare is “big area for Apple’s future”
Despite lacking new health-related innovations on its most recent iPhone 8 and iPhone X release announcement, Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is still focused on the healthcare industry, CEO Tim Cook told Fortune magazine. The tech giant has recently made strides towards making its iPhone devices healthcare-connected central depositories, announcing in June it would team with Health Gorilla to […]