medical device guru

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Axonics® Announces U.S. Food & Drug Administration Approval for its Sacral Neuromodulation System 

Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXNX), a medical technology company that has developed and is commercializing a novel implantable rechargeable sacral neuromodulation (“SNM”) device for the treatment of urinary and bowel dysfunction, today announced the approval of the Axonics r-SNM® System by...

September 9, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Multi-Sensing Glove Makes Prosthetic Hands More Real 

Engineers from Purdue University, University of Georgia, and University of Texas have combined forces to develop a glove that can be put over existing prosthetic hands to give them a more life-like feel and the ability to sense a variety...

September 9, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

First Long-distance Heart Surgery Performed via Robot

A doctor in India has performed a series of five percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures on patients who were 20 miles away from him. The feat was pulled off using a precision vascular robot developed by Corindus. The results of...

September 6, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

FDA Approves Alcon’s AcrySof IQ PanOptix trifocal IOL

Alcon won FDA approval for its AcrySof IQ PanOptix trifocal intraocular lens and is preparing an initial commercial launch for the device. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company’s AcrySof IQ PanOptix device is the first and only trifocal device in the...

August 27, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Lumendi Gets FDA Clearance for Endolumenal Interventional Knife

Westport, Connecticut-based medical device innovator Lumendi, LLC (http://www.lumendi.com) has announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the DiLumen Ik™ Endolumenal Interventional Knife, a sterile, single-use, disposable monopolar electrosurgical device for cutting, dissecting, and cauterizing tissue...

August 26, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Misonix Announces CE Mark Approval for Nexus Ultrasonic Platform

Misonix, Inc, a provider of minimally invasive therapeutic ultrasonic medical devices that enhance clinical outcomes, announced today that it has received  Conformité Européene (CE) Mark approval for Nexus. The CE marking confirms that Nexus meets the requirements of the European Medical Devices...

August 13, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Corindus Vascular Robotics to be Acquired by Siemens Healthineers for $1.1B

Corindus Vascular Robotics, a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Siemens Healthineers AG. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Siemens Medical Solutions, a wholly-owned...

August 12, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Medtronic to Distribute Viz.ai’s Stroke Imaging Software

Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology, and Viz.ai, the emerging leader in applied artificial intelligence (AI) in stroke care, have partnered to accelerate the adoption of Viz.ai’s new technology, which helps synchronize stroke care and decrease time to treatment,...

July 22, 2019

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Medtronic Partnership Reveals New Details About Surgical Robotics Project

Medtronic won’t unveil its new robot-assisted surgery platform until the fall, but a recent announcement from the company offered a sneak peek at what’s coming. The medical device giant yesterday disclosed a partnership with Karl Storz SE & Co. (Tuttlingen, Germany)...

June 13, 2019