Canon (NYSE:CAJ) Medical Systems said today it won FDA clearance for its Aquilion Precision ultra-high resolution computed tomography system. The company touted the Aquilion Precision system as the world’s first ultra-high res CT system, claiming it can resolve anatomy as small as 150 microns. The system is designed to provide up to twice the resolution of imaging […]
Imaging
This fluorescent dye could create clearer biological imaging
Massachusetts researchers have repurposed a commercially-available dye that has been around since the 1950s to make short-wave infrared easily available for clearer imaging. Fluorescence imaging is often used to visualize biological tissues or blood vessels during reconstructive surgery to see if vessels are connected properly. Currently, researchers use a dye that runs at the near-infrared […]
Study: PET imaging agent could help predict depression drug’s efficacy
Researchers have identified a positron emission tomography imaging agent that could identify the patients that are more likely to benefit from a drug designed to treat major depressive disorder, according to a study published this month in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The C-DASB tracer targets a protein, 5-HTT, found in the part of a person’s […]
Fine-tuning formulation with Fluid Imaging Technologies’ FlowCam
After seven people died in 2013 from serious allergic reactions to Omontys, an injectable anemia drug marketed by Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO:4502) and Affymax, the companies recalled the product and regulators launched an investigation to find out the cause of such an unexpected rate of anaphylaxis. Omontys was made and cleared in a single-use vial and a multi-use […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: April 6, 2018
From CHF Solutions’s distribution deal to Guided Therapeutics’s licensing agreement, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but throught were still worth mentioning. 1. CHF inks Spanish distribution deal CHF Solutions announced in an April 5 press release that it has signed a distribution agreement with Dimedix Surgical. The distribution agreement will allow […]
CurveBeam wins CE Mark for LineUP, InReach ortho CTs
Medical imaging device developer CurveBeam said yesterday it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its LineUP and InReach orthopedic extremity computed tomography scanning systems. The Warrington, Penn.-based company said its LineUP system is designed to allow the patient to stand during scanning to assess weight-bearing or load-bearing positions, and can perform bilateral scans […]
Brainlab, Varian Medical ink interoperability deal
Brainlab said yesterday it inked a deal with Varian Medical (NYSE:VAR) looking to support interoperability between Brainlab’s ExacTrac and Varian’s Clinac platform, TrueBeam and Edge systems. As part of the deal, the companies will engage in joint testing, verification and validation to support interoperability between the systems, Munich-based Brainlab said. Brainlab added that it has […]
Siemens wins FDA nod for Somatom Edge plus CT scanner
Siemens (NYSE:SI) Healthineers said today that it won FDA clearance for its Somatom Edge plus computed tomography machine. The company said the newly cleared device features its FAST integrated workflow and FAST 3D camera, which it claims is the first patient positioning system powered by artificial intelligence. The scanner also includes automated scan preparation and customized patient […]
Brainomix raises $10m for AI stroke imaging tech
Brainomix said today that it raised nearly $10 million for the e-ASPECTS stroke imaging technology it’s developing using artificial intelligence. The £7 million round was led by Parkwalk Advisors, joined by existing backers Chimera Partners and Oxford University Innovation Fund and the venture arm of pharma giant Boehringer Ingelheim. Oxford, England-based Brainomix said its tech is […]
Feds: CMS insider’s ‘secret sauce’ drove NY hedge fund’s healthcare bets
Federal prosecutors yesterday reportedly accused a political consultant of using his contact at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as the “secret sauce” in a $7 million insider trading scheme with a well-known healthcare hedge fund. Consultant David Blaszczak, founder of Precipio Health Strategies and the one-time colleague at CMS of Christopher Worrall, pleaded […]
Siemens Healthineers wins FDA nod for Mammomat mammography system
Siemens (NYSE:SI) Healthineers business said this week it won FDA approval for its Mammomat Revelation mammography system. The newly cleared mammography system includes the company’s InSpect integrated specimen imaging tool and a new HD breast biopsy solution that allows for one-click targeting of suspicious areas, Siemens said. The integrated InSpect tool enables imaging and real-time review of […]