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Johns Hopkins-led team’s robot performs laparoscopic surgery without human help

February 4, 2022 By Chris Newmarker

A Johns Hopkins University research team has created a robot that can perform laparoscopic surgery on a pig’s soft tissue without a human being’s aid. The researchers described their latest advance with their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) in the January 26 issue of Science Robotics. “Our findings show that we can automate one of the most […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Research & Development, Robotics, Surgical Tagged With: Activ Surgical, Johns Hopkins University, robot-assisted, Robotic Surgery

Abbott researchers help discover a clue to an HIV cure

March 2, 2021 By Chris Newmarker

Abbott announced today that a team including its scientists has uncovered a rare group of Democratic Republic of Congo residents who are HIV positive but have almost nonexistent viral loads without using antiretroviral treatments. This group of “HIV elite controllers” opens up a new area for researchers to discover biological trends that could inform the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: Abbott, HIV/AIDs, Johns Hopkins University, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Université Protestante au Congo, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Thrive raises $257m for CancerSeek

July 29, 2020 By Tom Salemi

Investors once again lined up behind Thrive Earlier Detection and its potentially revolutionary cancer diagnostic The one-year-old start raised a $257 million Series B round from a syndicate of venture and crossover investors, including round leaders Casdin Capital and Section 32 and new investors Bain Capital Life Sciences, Brown Advisory, Driehaus Capital Management, Intermountain Ventures, […]

Filed Under: Blood Management, Clinical Trials, Device Talks Podcasts, Diagnostics, Featured, Oncology Tagged With: Exact Sciences Corp., Geisinger Health System, Johns Hopkins University, Thrive Earlier Detection Corp.

How 3D printing is enabling ventilator splitting

April 3, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Amid the shortage of ventilators due to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are finding success using 3D printing to enable “ventilator splitting.” The search continues to go on for more machines, but there have already been government actions taken to increase amounts, while researchers have taken it into their own hands to create homemade-style ventilators. However, there could […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance, Respiratory Tagged With: 3D printing, coronavirus, COVID-19, Johns Hopkins University, Prisma

President Trump signs $8.3b coronavirus emergency funding bill

March 6, 2020 By Sean Whooley

President Donald Trump today signed an $8.3 billion emergency package to help address the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, which is caused by the coronavirus. According to a report by Politico, about $7.7 billion of that $8.3 billion is slated for discretionary spending to improve vaccine development, research, equipment stockpiles and both state and local health budgets. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Legal News Tagged With: coronavirus, Donald Trump, Johns Hopkins University

AirXpanders touts study results

April 8, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

AirXpanders (ASX:AXP) said that a retrospective clinical study has concluded that the use of its AeroForm tissue expanders may be associated with reduced infection rates, less medical treatment and lower costs for patients and health systems. The Palo Alto-based company makes the AeroForm tissue expander for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. The device is designed to expand and […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Featured, Hospital Care, Implants, News Well, Oncology, Surgical, Women's Health Tagged With: AirXpanders, Johns Hopkins University

What should the Mann Foundation do next?

December 31, 2018 By Nancy Crotti

Dr. Robert Greenberg, the Mann Foundation’s new executive chairman, has ideas about where to take one of medtech’s top research and development outfits. He explained more at DeviceTalks West in December. The new executive chairman of the Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research sees the foundation continuing its mission of developing devices for unmet medical needs. The foundation […]

Filed Under: Bioelectronic Medicine, Clinical Trials, Implants, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, News Well, Orthopedics, Prosthetics, Research & Development, Vision Tagged With: Advanced Bionics LLC, Alfred E. Mann Foundation, Axonics Modulation Technologies, bivacor, DeviceTalks West, Johns Hopkins University, Medtronic, Second Sight, stjudemedical, walterreednationalmilitarymedicalcenter

Longeviti’s ClearFit gives neurosurgeons a view inside the head

September 4, 2018 By Nancy Crotti

  Longeviti Neuro Solutions has launched its novel ClearFit implant to correct and/or restore bony voids or defects of the cranium. This clear, patient-specific implant enables neurosurgeons to see neuroanatomy and critical functional components beneath the ClearFit once it is implanted. “The real advantage to this system is the ability to see what’s underneath the […]

Filed Under: Cosmetic/Aesthetic, Implants, Neurological, Surgical Tagged With: Johns Hopkins University, longeviti, u.s.navy

“Snake oil” BP app got high user marks despite inaccurate results

August 14, 2018 By Nancy Crotti

People may like mobile blood pressure apps better when the apps reveal positive results, even if those results are inaccurate 80% of the time, according to a recent study. A team of researchers who previously revealed the inaccuracy of the Instant Blood Pressure (IBP) app returned to the topic to study 81 adults who compared the app’s readings […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, News Well, Research & Development Tagged With: auralabs, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Johns Hopkins University, universityofvermont

6 surgical robots that will surprise you

June 28, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Researchers around the globe have created surgical robots for solutions to procedures that are generally invasive and time-consuming. Whether its eye surgery or even finding a vein to draw blood, healthcare practitioners face daunting tasks, but robots have made these procedures easier (as easy as the DaVinci makes it look when peeling a grape and […]

Filed Under: Imaging, Implants, Otolaryngology/Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT), Research & Development, Robotics, Surgical, Ultrasound Tagged With: Beijing Tinavi Medical Technology, cochlear implant, cranial surgery, Johns Hopkins University, MedTech, Phecda, retinal surgery, Robotic Surgery, surgical robots, sutures, University of Bern, University of Oxford, University of Utah, VascuLogic, VenousPro

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