medical device guru

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Brain Stimulation May Reduce Desire to Commit Sexual Assault

Stimulating the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for controlling complex ideas and behaviors, can reduce a person’s intention to commit a violent act by more than 50 percent, according to research published in the Journal of Neuroscience from the University...

July 3, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Insightec’s MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Wins Medicare Coverage in 10 States

INSIGHTEC®, a global medical technology innovator of incisionless surgery, today announced that Medicare benefit coverage is available to patients in 10 U.S. states for MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of essential tremor (ET). Six more states will follow...

June 5, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

MIT Team Creates Wireless System to Power Implanted Devices

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have collaborated with local Brigham and Women’s Hospital to create a new system that can wirelessly power and communicate with medical devices inside the body. The new In Vivo Networking (IVN) system...

June 5, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Next Generation Stent Retriever Receives 510(k) Clearance

CERENOVUS, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, announced today it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device, a next generation stent retriever used to capture and remove...

May 22, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Miniature Human Brains Implanted in Mice Skulls Grow for Months

The mice behaved just like others of their kind, as far as scientists could tell, and they also looked the same — except for the human mini brain that had been implanted into each rodent’s own cortex, made visible by...

April 18, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Hair-Sized Fiber-Optic Probe Measures Temperatures Deep Inside the Brain

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a tiny fiber-optic probe that can measure temperatures deep inside the body, while imaging structures in the region of interest. The probe, which has a similar thickness to a human hair, could...

April 16, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Synaptive Medical with Allegheny General Hospital Neurosurgeons First in Pennsylvania to Use Groundbreaking Robotic Surgery System 

TORONTO & PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synaptive Medical Inc., a Toronto-based medical technology company, announced today that neurosurgeons at Allegheny General Hospital, part of Allegheny Health Network (AHN), will be the first in Pennsylvania to use its latest generation robotic imaging technology for...

January 18, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

New Device by Bauer Can Protect Against Microscopic Brain Damage

Sports equipment maker Bauer unveiled a collar-like device Wednesday that it says can protect against microscopic brain damage in athletes playing contact sports like hockey, football and soccer. The NeuroShield collar is worn around the neck and applies a slight...

September 26, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Neuromonitoring Company Founded by Former NFL Quarterback Set to Go Public

Assure Holdings, an intraoperative neuromonitoring company founded by former NFL quarterback Preston Parsons, will begin trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on May 29, under the trading symbol IOM. Assure Neuromonitoring, a wholly owned subsidiary of Assure Holdings Inc. (IOM:TSX.V),...

June 13, 2017