Medtech insiders convened at DeviceTalks Boston 2022 in May to discuss device design, innovation and trends shaping the industry now and in the years and decades ahead. Here are some of the most quotable insights from panelists and speakers at our live event. And make sure to save the date — and save your seat […]
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Novo Nordisk Foundation, Harvard, MIT launch research center with focus on diabetes
The Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have launched an initiative to gain insights into disease mechanisms. To accelerate efforts to mine genetic data for insights into mechanisms — and eventually rationally design treatments — the trio of entities launched the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease based […]
Medtech should think more deeply about the problems it’s trying to solve
Medtech can improve by thinking more about the problems it is trying to solve and looking outside of normal avenues for inspiration. [Photo by Sinan Helfenstein on Unsplash] Jeff Karp, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. For companies and academics aiming to innovate in the medical space, we often don’t spend enough time thinking about the problem […]
Medtronic taps Harvard cardiologist Mauri for clinical research VP | Personnel Moves – April 10, 2018
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said last week it tapped Harvard Medical School professor and cardiologist Dr. Laura Mauri as its new vice president of global clinical research and analytics. In the new position, Dr. Mauri will direct dynamic global clinical research strategies as well as the development of novel analytical and data science solutions as the Fridley, Minn.-baesd […]
Cardiology research breakthroughs you need to know
Recent months have seen a host of important cardiology research breakthroughs related to new cardio devices and diagnostics, tissue engineering and the overall understanding of heart disease and its treatment. For example, a customizable robotic heart sleeve – developed at Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital – has demonstrated advantages over other heart assist devices […]
Harvard researchers reveal ‘JetValves’, nanofiber heart valves with potential to regenerate, grow
Researchers at Harvard today released a study on newly developed artificial heart valves crafted from advanced nanofiber networks, claiming the valves have the ability to regenerate and grow with the patient. The valves, dubbed JetValves, were developed by a team at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering using a proprietary rotary jet spinning technology […]
Metallic hydrogen could be a reality: Why you should care
Harvard University scientists say they have created metallic hydrogen, a super material that until now has only been theoretical. If the claims pan out, they could open up a host of possibilities, including in the medical device field. That’s because metallic hydrogen theoretically should be superconductive at room temperature. MRIs, for example, would no longer […]
Heart failure devices: This amazing new robot could be the future
A new customizable robotic heart sleeve has demonstrated potential when it comes to aiding the beating of a failing heart, according to the Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers who developed it. The researchers claim that the soft robot has advantages over the heart assist devices such as VADs that are out there because […]