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 […]
FDA approves Medtronic’s latest DBS
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it has received FDA approval for the Percept PC deep brain stimulation (DBS) system. The medical device giant is touting Percept PC’s BrainSense technology, which is designed to sense and record brain signals while delivering DBS therapy to people with neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. BrainSense enables more personalized, […]
Mayo Clinic launches test to detect COVID-19 immunity
Mayo Clinic announced that it launched a new SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody test in support of efforts to establish therapies and vaccines for COVID-19. As part of the Expanded Access Program for Convalescent Plasma and other critical research efforts, Mayo Clinic intends to make the test available to select labs, blood banks and biopharma clients later […]
Poll: Patients want to return to the doctor
AdvaMed said polling data confirmed that nearly half of American adults surveyed said they or someone in their household postponed or skipped medical care as a result of COVID-19. The poll, released yesterday by the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that 48% of those adults or adults in their household had to put off medical care […]
How AI could help health providers diagnose COVID-19
When it comes to diagnosing treating COVID-19, timeliness is imperative to avoid patient deaths. Several companies are developing artificial intelligence-based algorithms to help doctors analyze and diagnose COVID-19 in patients quickly. The coronavirus has affected more than 3.7 million people globally, with the U.S. experiencing the most COVID-19 cases at just over 1.2 million so […]
Eko lands EUA for ECG-based algorithm for COVID-19 patients
Eko announced today that the FDA has issued the company an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its novel ECG-based algorithm designed to provide an easily accessible, rapid screening test for low ejection fraction (low EF), a weak heart pump. Awarded an FDA breakthrough device designation in December 2019, the algorithm’s regulatory review has been further […]
How can we keep our medtech community connected?
Everyone has had to rethink some priorities since the COVID-19 pandemic began circling the world. We’re working hard to make and renew connections in this critical industry with an eye toward personal safety and good health. Tom Salemi, Editorial Director, DeviceTalks Organizing conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic certainly creates new challenges. Most of us can’t […]
COVID-19 is here: Medtech may never be the same
The COVID-19 pandemic promises to change nearly every aspect of our lives — remote working, social distancing and Zoom-bombing likely will be part of our professional lexicon for years to come. But the pandemic also will bring big changes to the medtech industry, which got caught in the center of some political, geopolitical and yes […]
Current Health, Mayo Clinic launch AI-based COVID-19 detection collaboration
Current Health announced today that it launched a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to develop remote monitoring solutions that help identify COVID-19-positive patients. Using Boston-based Current Health’s FDA-cleared remote monitoring sensors and platform, experts from the company and Mayo Clinic can expedite the identification of the coronavirus and improve treatment efficacy and care for patients with […]
Mayo Clinic COVID-19 test receives EUA
FDA announced this week that it’s granted an emergency use authorization for Mayo Clinic’s real-time polymerase chain reaction test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The Rochester, Minn.–based health provider is already running thousands of coronavirus tests daily — with help from diagnostic processors from Roche Diagnostics, that run the Roche Cobas SARS-CoV-2 test. […]
How glass tubing supports Mayo Clinic innovation
At the Mayo Clinic Glass Shop, scientific glassblowing creates glass tubing and apparatuses for cardiac, transplantation and tissue perfusion research — and more recently, to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Steve Anderson is one of only two scientific glassblowers in Minnesota. As a senior scientific glassblower at Mayo Clinic, he has developed glass aneurysm models, […]
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