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Diagnostics & Healthcare News

India to Put Price Caps on Medical Devices

NEW DELHI: A draft national medical devices policy that could bring most medical devices within the ambit of price regulation while also outlining measures to boost local manufacturing of devices has been circulated by the Centre. The proposal, which comes soon after...

August 24, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Ambrosia a Vampiric Startup Harvesting Blood from the Young

That we now call “intergenerational fairness” has suffered a lot lately, and it’s not about to be improved by the news that the Baby Boomers are sucking the blood of the young. Although, in fairness, they are only after the...

August 22, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Tax Could Ensnare Medical Device Industry

When a 2.3% excise tax on all medical devices sold in the United States went into effect in 2013, Checkpoint Surgical was just getting started with its intra-operative nerve stimulators, used to locate and assess nerves during surgery. For a...

August 21, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Ohio State Researchers Created a Medical Device That Can Repair Organs in Seconds

Researchers at Ohio State have created a brand new piece of medical technology that has the potential to save lives quickly and effectively in a brand new way. It is called Tissue Nanotransfection (#TNT) and it was created by the school’s Center for Regenerative...

August 21, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Global Medical Device Technology Market Anticipated to Grow Steadily at a CAGR of 4.6% During 2017 to 2025

Albany, NY — (SBWIRE) — 08/17/2017 — It is well recognized that advancements in medical device technology have allowed physicians to better diagnose and treat their patients, saving countless lives and continuous improvement in the quality of life. In the...

August 18, 2017

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

iotaMotion Raises $2 Million To Develop Surgical Robotics For Cochlear Implantation

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — iotaMotion, Inc., a medical device start-up spun out from the University of Iowa’sOtolaryngology Department, announced today that the company has raised $2 million in a seed financing round to fuel the development of novel robotic systems for cochlear...

August 18, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

HeartSciences Announces CE Mark and European Launch of MyoVista® High Sensitivity ECG Device

Westlake, Texas – August 17, 2017 – HeartSciences today announced the European launch of MyoVista® high sensitivity electrocardiograph (hsECG™) Testing Device, developed in response to the global unmet need for effective, low-cost, front-line screening of cardiac disease in both symptomatic...

August 18, 2017

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Did Your Doc Clean his Stethoscope Before Using it on YOU?

How would you feel if the stethoscope used by your doctor to listen to your heart and lungs was teeming with potentially unfriendly bacteria? You know the drill. A stethoscope is one of the first medical devices anyone encounters, at...

August 16, 2017

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Wearable Device Tricks Brain into Burning Fat

The Modius Headset has been developed by Neurovalens, a neurotechnology company that claim its device can help end the obesity epidemic. The company was founded by British doctors and neuroscientists Paul McGeoch and Jason McKeown, at the University of California...

August 16, 2017