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Virtual Reality

Abbott launches first VR OCT training for surgeons

December 9, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it launched its first virtual reality-based training program for interventional cardiologists. The company’s new training program uses VR with traditional training techniques to increase experience and expertise in using Abbott’s optical coherence tomography (OCT) to improve outcomes in patients who need a stent to open clogged arteries, according to a news […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Digital Health, Health Technology, Software / IT, Stents, Structural Heart, Vascular Tagged With: Abbott, Virtual Reality

Applied VR gains FDA breakthrough device nod

October 22, 2020 By Sean Whooley

AppliedVR announced that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its fibromyalgia and lower back pain treatment. Los Angeles-based AppliedVR’s EaseVRx product is designed to treat treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back pain. With the breakthrough nod, EaseVRx is now one of the first virtual reality (VR) digital therapeutics to earn that designation for treating […]

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Technology, Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT Tagged With: AppliedVR, FDA, Virtual Reality

The top 10 medical disruptors of 2019

October 26, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh

The Cleveland Clinic for the past 16 years has predicted what the top 10 medical disruptors will be for the following year. The health provider seeks input from 150 to 200 of its physicians, hailing from each of its institutes. The result is 300 to 400 suggestions, which the clinic then narrows down to 150. […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Implants, Cardiovascular, Diagnostics, Digital Health, Featured, Hospital Care, Imaging, Implants, Neurological, Pharmaceutical, Structural Heart, Surgical Tagged With: AI, artificial intelligence, Cancer, Cleveland Clinic, MedTech, opioid crisis, RNA, Robotic Surgery, Stroke, TMVR, Virtual Reality

8 crowdfunded health devices you need to know

July 20, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh

Companies including 3M and Aura Medical are turning to the popular websites Kickstarter and Indiegogo to get their ideas crowdfunded by people who want them to come to life. The idea behind a crowdfunding website is that if you back the project and donate a certain amount of money, you’ll get something in return, oftentimes […]

Filed Under: Diagnostics, Hospital Care, Patient Monitoring, Pediatrics, Pharmaceutical, Respiratory, Software / IT Tagged With: 3m, Aura Medical, crowdfunding, MedTech, sleep apnea, sleepon, startups, Virtual Reality

These 7 virtual reality companies want to innovate healthcare

April 13, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Virtual reality is no longer just for pilots to simulate flying – or for more realistic gaming experiences. Virtual reality is helping to shape the healthcare industry by offering immersive programs to help train surgeons and students for a variety of surgical procedures. Surgeons can train for different surgical procedures, and clinicians are also using […]

Filed Under: Hospital Care, Research & Development, Surgical Tagged With: AppliedVR, BioflightVR, Firsthand Technology, ImmersiveTouch, Medical Realities, MedTech, Osso VR, Virtual Reality, Virtually Better

7 medtech stories we missed this week: March 3, 2017

March 3, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Several clinical study results were published this week, while other companies reached distribution deals. Here are 7 medtech stories we missed this week but were still worth mentioning. 1. Health Canada approves Ventripoint’s complete heart analysis system for 2D ultrasounds Ventripoint Diagnostics received a license from Health Canada for its new VMS-Plus machine and the 4-chamber […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Biotech, Cardiovascular, Clinical Trials, Hospital Care, Imaging, Surgical, Ultrasound, Urology Tagged With: Alzheimer's, Amedica, Cardiopulmonary Corp, EchoPixel, Electromed, Health Canada, heart analysis, NeuroVision, Renal Alliance Inc., surgery, VentriPoint, Virtual Reality

Stealthy Vicarious Surgical raises $2.4m

February 18, 2016 By Brad Perriello

Stealthy Vicarious Surgical said it raised nearly $2.4 million for the surgical virtual reality software it’s said to be developing. Cambridge, Mass.-based Vicarious reported the equity offering, which involved 11 unnamed investors, in a regulatory filing yesterday. Details about Vicarious are scarce. The company’s 1-page website consists of a logo and email address; according to Bloomberg, the company develops […]

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, Surgical Tagged With: Vicarious Surgical, Virtual Reality

Oculus Rift virtual reality headset finds medical uses

June 12, 2015 By Brad Perriello

(Reuters) — To help treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jennifer Patterson turned to a gadget typically associated with video games: The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset Facebook bought for $2 billion last year, so that once players get an overwatch boost they have a blast playing their video games. Patterson, an engineering student at […]

Filed Under: Software / IT Tagged With: Virtual Reality

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