General Motors (NYSE:GM) announced today that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has provided an N95-level certification for the respirators the automaker is churning out of its Warren, Mich. plant. NIOSH, which is part of the CDC, created the new certification process in order to increase the supply of filtering facepiece respirators needed […]
Hillrom launches two new respiratory health systems
Hillrom today said it has launched two new respiratory health innovations, the Volara System for oscillation and lung expansion therapy and the Synclara Cough System. “As part of our vision of Advancing Connected Care, we want to make it easy for patients to leave the hospital with the technologies they need to get better faster,” […]
ElectroCore lands EUA for COVID-19 vagus nerve stim use
ElectroCore this week said it received FDA emergency use authorization for its gammaCore Sapphire CV to treat asthma exacerbations in known or suspected COVID-19 patients. The gammaCore Sapphire CV is a non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation that can be used at home or in a healthcare setting to acutely treat adults with known or suspected COVID-19 […]
Teva launches connected inhaler for asthma, COPD
Teva (NYSE:TEVA) announced today that it has launched a Bluetooth-enabled version of its ProAir albuterol sulfate rescue inhaler. The ProAir Digihaler’s sensors connect to a companion mobile app to provide inhaler-use information to healthcare providers. The new inhaler is available by prescription to U.S. patients age 4 and older, according to the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company. […]
FDA clears Infervision’s lung CT.AI system
Infervision announced that it received FDA 501(k) clearance for its InferRead Lung CT.AI system which uses AI to automatically perform lung segmentation. InferRead Lung CT.AI is designed to use AI and deep learning technology to support concurrent reading and aid radiologists in pulmonary nodule detection during the review of chest CT scans, increasing accuracy and […]
3M resolves N95 fraud case in Indiana
3M (NYSE:MMM) announced today that it has resolved a federal court lawsuit in Indiana against an entity called ZeroAqua, halting a fraudulent N95 scheme involving the promise of billions of nonexistent N95 respirators. The lawsuit was among a handful that 3M filed nationwide more than two months ago — part of a larger legal effort in […]
Boston researchers have created a potential N95 mask alternative
Brigham & Women’s Hospital says it is developing a new, sustainable alternative to N95 respirator masks that are in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of bioengineers and clinical experts at the Boston-based hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on the “injection molded autoclavable, scalable, conformable” iMASC system for providing […]
AdaptHealth prices $124m upsized offering
AdaptHealth (NSDQ:AHCO) announced today that it upsized and priced an underwritten offering of common stock at approximately $124 million. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based AdaptHealth is offering 8 million shares of its Class A common stock at $15.50 per share. The maker of home medical equipment, supplies and related services had previously set the offering at 6.5 […]
Smith College team wins ventilator design challenge
A team of Smith College engineering alumnae, staff and faculty has won the CoVent-19 Challenge to design a rapidly deployable ventilator to address shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in developing countries. A dozen anesthesiology resident physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital kicked off the public challenge April 1, attracting 200 entries. The 30-person team […]
Aerus healthcare-specific air purifier cleared by FDA
Aerus announced today that it received Class II medical device clearance from the FDA for the Aerus Medical Guardian with ActivePure technology, which the company calls the first active air purifier for healthcare. ActivePure was designed to operate continuously in occupied spaces and prevent recontamination in real time. The free-standing, portable unit uses NASA-inspired technology […]
Mayo Clinic needed to engineer its way through COVID-19: Here’s what they did.
The health system’s medical and engineering staffs had to devise their own solutions for lab gear, PPE and operating room air decontamination. As COVID-19 settles into several regions of the U.S., healthcare systems that once sat on the sidelines likely will find themselves in the same situation as their counterparts in the Northeast did earlier […]
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