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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Aquablation Therapy is the first surgical robotics system to receive a MedTech Innovation Briefing (MIB) from the National Institute for Health Care Excellence

PROCEPT® BioRobotics Corporation today announced Aquablation Therapy received a MedTech Innovation Briefing (MIB) from the National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE), for benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) in the United Kingdom. NICE has recognized Aquablation Therapy is as effective as transurethral resection of the...

March 9, 2023

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Lumendi Receives 510(k) Clearance for Two New Devices

Connecticut-based medical device innovator Lumendi, LLC announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for DiLumen EZ¹, a single-use, disposable endotherapy device for endoscopic mucosal resections (EMR) and difficult colonoscopies. The new, more cost-effective design, based...

February 21, 2023

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

VERO Biotech’s Second Generation GENOSYL® Delivery System (DS) Receives FDA Approval in Anesthesia in the Surgical Suite

VERO Biotech Inc., a commercial-stage healthcare business dedicated to neonatal intensive care and the acute care hospital community, announced FDA approval of its innovative second generation GENOSYL® Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) delivery system for use with rebreathing anesthesia in the...

February 3, 2023

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Axonics Receives FDA Approval for Fourth-Generation Rechargeable Sacral Neuromodulation System

Axonics, Inc., a global medical technology company that is developing and commercializing novel products for the treatment of bladder and bowel dysfunction, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the company’s fourth-generation rechargeable sacral neuromodulation system. The...

January 31, 2023

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Able Medical Announces Launch of Valkyrie® Looped Sternotomy Sutures

Able Medical Devices announced the launch of Valkyrie® Looped Sternotomy Sutures. The stainless-steel looped wire sutures are used to close a patient’s chest after open heart surgery. When compared to traditional wire sutures, the Valkyrie Looped Suture doubles the surface...

January 24, 2023

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Medcura Receives Breakthrough Device Designation for its LifeGel™ Absorbable Surgical Hemostat

Medcura, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to transformatively improving the management of surgical bleeding, announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the coveted Breakthrough Device Designation for its LifeGel™ Absorbable Surgical Hemostat. LifeGel™ is the...

January 12, 2023

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

ABM Respiratory Care Announces the FDA Clearance of the Biwaze Clear System

ABM Respiratory Care, a medical technology company focused on developing and globally commercializing novel integrated airway clearance and ventilation solutions, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the BiWaze® Clear System. This new airway clearance system helps...

January 4, 2023

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Endoluxe Announces First ENT Procedures Using Endoluxe Vision System

Endoluxe congratulates Keith Matheny, MD, FARS, of Collin County Ear Nose & Throat in Frisco, TX, for being the first ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon in the U.S. to use the Endoluxe Vision System for endoscopic sinus surgery. Dr....

December 22, 2022

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Sonorous NV Uses New Device to Treat Patients with Symptomatic Cerebral Venous Diseases

Sonorous NV, Inc. Chairman, Dave Ferrera, announced treatment of the first patients in North America with the BossStent® device designed to treat patients with symptomatic cerebral venous diseases. The single-use, implantable device acts as an endoluminal prothesis that is placed into a cerebral venous...

December 19, 2022