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Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention
The New War On Sepsis
Dawn Nagel, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., knew she was going to have a busy day, with more than a dozen patients showing signs of sepsis. They included a 61-year-old mechanic with diabetes. An elderly man...
June 28, 2017
Orthopedics and Spine
5 Reasons Why Doctors Are Considering Artificial Disc Replacement Over Cervical Fusions
By: Jennifer E. Landis Cervical fusions are often considered the best and sometimes only treatment option for patients with spinal disc degeneration. When the cartilage disc between the vertebra disintegrates or starts to degenerate, the two vertebra are fused together...
June 27, 2017
Surgery and Surgical Robotics
Robots for Assisted Living 
The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) will host the first European- Commission funded European Robotics League (ERL) tournament for service robots to be held in the UK. Two teams from the BRL and Birmingham will pitch their robots against each other...
June 26, 2017
Orthopedics and Spine
Do Hip Arthroscopic Procedures Really Help? 
Over the past 15 to 20 years, the use of arthroscopic procedures for hip pathologies has rapidly increased. Leaders in sports medicine have standardized many arthroscopic techniques, including methods of joint distraction, portal location, approaches to labral repair or debridement,...
June 23, 2017
Diagnostics & Healthcare News
10 AI Apps Set to Play Important Role in Healthcare Development
If you have doubt that artificial intelligence is going to play a role in healthcare’s continued development, think again.   A new report from Accenture, titled “Artificial Intelligence: Healthcare’s New Nervous System,” provides a bit of clarity on why technology...
June 23, 2017
Diagnostics & Healthcare News
Medical Device Tax Repeal Still in Debate
Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee chafed at Price’s refusal to give “yes or no” answers to their queries, as they used his appearance before them to criticize the drafting an Obamacare replacement bill without their input, and for what...
June 19, 2017
Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention
Medtronic’s Tyrx Antibacterial Envelope Aims to Reduce Infection Rates
Medtronic PLC has quietly signed up more than 140 U.S. hospitals and clinics in a program that aims to cut infection rates in heart devices using its innovative dissolvable surgical envelopes and rebates. Replacing heart devices that have become infected...
June 19, 2017
Cardiovascular / Cardiology
Saranas Raises $4M to Advance Real-Time Detection Device of Internal Bleeding During Cardiac Procedures
HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Saranas, a medical device company with a new technology for real-time detection of internal bleeding during cardiac procedures, has closed a $4 million Series B round of financing. The funding will be used to advance the company’s Early Bird™...
June 16, 2017
Diagnostics & Healthcare News
Incentives to Upgrade Legacy Medical Devices
Cycling out legacy medical systems and devices that create cybersecurity vulnerabilities for healthcare providers is a difficult task that could benefit from a structured incentive program, experts say. One reason healthcare is plagued with cybersecurity vulnerabilities is that the industry...
June 16, 2017
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