Medical manufacturing specialty service provider FusiForm has raised $5.8 million in a new round of equity funding, according to a recently posted SEC filing. FusiForm offers services intended to automate manufacturing management for orthotic and prosthetic producers, according to the company’s website. Funds in the round came from 11 unnamed investors, with the first sale […]
Report: Prosthetic maker Ottobock to expand into exoskeletons
German prosthetics maker Ottobock is looking to enter the field of mechanical exoskeletons, according to a recent Reuters report. The company’s initial foray will focus mainly on manual labor and industrial use, though its initial development in the field was intended to aid individuals with partial paralysis or spinal injuries, according to the report. The […]
Northwell’s prosthetic leg could get amputees back in the swim
A New York State heathcare provider has developed a 3D-printed artificial leg to help combat veterans and other amputees to swim again. Northwell Health’s prosthetic, “The Fin,” is the first such prosthetic leg attachment to give amputee swimmers the ability to navigate from land to the water and back without having to switch prosthetics. Northwell has begun […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: July 27, 2018
From the FDA clearing LifeSignal’s wireless ECG to Zavation receiving FDA clearance for its expandable corpectomy cage, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. FDA clears LifeSignal’s wireless ECG LifeSignals announced in a July 26 press release that it has received FDA clearance for its wireless LP1100 Life […]
DARPA is developing a human memory prosthesis: Here’s how
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has successfully created what it is calling a human memory prosthesis, a system with electrodes implanted in the brain that restores memory function using a person’s own neural codes. DARPA has been working on restoring normal memory function in military personnel since 2013 in a program known as […]
ReWalk Robotics wins German reimbursement nod for Personal 6.0 exoskeleton
ReWalk Robotics (NSDQ:RWLK) said this week that the German statutory health insurance head office GKV-Spitzenverband confirmed the listing of the ReWalk Personal 6.0 exoskeleton system in the German medical device directory, which is used for reimbursement from German SHI providers. The ReWalk 6.0 system will be classified as an “innovative device for the immediate compensation […]
Honda wins CE Mark for Walking Assist Device
Honda (NYSE:HMC) said yesterday it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Honda Walking Assist Device designed for walking rehabilitation. The walking assist device uses cooperative control technology, based on Honda’s cumulative study of human walking, the Japanese company said. The system is designed to help users achieve efficient walking based on […]
Researchers aim to create touch-sensitive, nerve-connected robotic prosthetic hand
Researchers at two academic facilities are aiming to create a first-of-its-kind bioengineered robotic hand that can grow and adapt to its environment, equipped with a living pathway to translate the robots touch sensation to the user’s brain. Teams from both Florida Atlantic University and the University of Utah School of Medicine said they have received […]
Paralyzed Reuters reporter tests SuitX’s Phoenix exoskeleton
A Reuters reporter who’s been paralyzed for 21 years recently got a chance to use SuitX’s experimental Phoenix mobility exoskeleton in a 2-week trial program, according to a new report. The suit, developed at the University of California, Berkeley, is being commercialized by SuitX which is headed by Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Lab director […]
FDA clears Second Sight IDE trial of next-gen Orion cortical visual prosthesis
Second Sight Medical (NSDQ:EYES) said today it won FDA investigational device exemption to initiate a feasibility clinical study of its Orion cortical visual prosthesis system. The conditional approval gives the Sylmar, Calif.-based company clearance to enroll up to 5 patients at 2 US sites, but requires that the company conduct additional device testing and “address outstanding […]
Battelle touts improved control with NeuroLife neural bypass system
Researchers at Battelle this week touted that the 1st user of its experimental NeuroLife system, designed to restore upper body mobility control to paralyzed patients through mental control, has shown improved control smoothness and accuracy with the system. The groups newest achievements are included in a peer-reviewed scientific paper published this week in Nature‘s Scientific […]
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