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Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Behold Robotics With a Human Touch

Robotics researchers at Cornell University made a hand that has something close to a human touch — it can not only touch delicate items but also sense the shape and texture of what it comes into contact with. Such a...

December 20, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

J&J’s Codman Neuro Picks Up Pulsar Vascular 

Johnson & Johnson‘s (NYSE:JNJ) Codman Neuro said last week it picked up Pulsar Vascular, which produces the PulseRider device for treating brain aneurysms, for an undisclosed amount. The PulseRider is designed to shore up the blood vessels around wide-necked aneurysms at or...

December 16, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Gordian Surgical Receives $2.25 Mill Raise and FDA Nod for Troclose1200

MISGAV, Israel and TUTTLINGEN, Germany, Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — B. Braun Melsungen AG (“B. Braun”), The Trendlines Group Ltd. (SGX: 42T, OTCQX: TRNLY) (“Trendlines”) and Gordian Surgical Ltd. (“Gordian”) jointly announced B. Braun’s lead position in Gordian’s recent financing round of...

December 16, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Woman Has Baby Using Ovary Frozen in Childhood 

A woman has given birth in London after doctors restored her fertility using frozen ovarian tissue removed when she was a young child. The 24-year-old is thought to be the first in the world to have a baby after having...

December 16, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Medtronic, Fitbit Integrating Health and Activity Data for Diabetes Management 

Fitness wearables company Fitbit, based in San Francisco, and Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic, a medical device company, have teamed up to integrate health and activity tracking for patients living with diabetes and their physicians and care teams. The two companies have...

December 14, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Seno Medical Touts Imagio Analsyses Data and Prepares for 2017 PMA Bid 

Seno Medical Instruments today released data from 2 new analyses of a post-market study of its Imagio opto-acoustic technology designed to aid in the diagnosis of breast cancer, hoping to submit a Premarket Approval application to the FDA early next year....

December 14, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Drexel Researchers Getting Closer to New Ultrasonic Treatment for Chronic Wounds

Drexel University researchers are one step closer to offering a new treatment for the millions of patients who suffer from slow-healing, chronic wounds. The battery-powered applicator — as small and light as a watch — is the first portable and...

December 14, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

The Value-Based Healthcare Model

Around 50,000 people flooded Chicago’s McCormick Place for the RSNA conference. Radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and other healthcare professionals from around the world hurried between sessions as far as a 15-minute hike apart. They still found the time to...

December 13, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

U.S. 2015 Health Care Spending Averaged Nearly $10,000 Per Person 

WASHINGTON — Total spending on health care in the United States increased last year at the fastest rate since the 2008 recession, reaching $3.2 trillion, or an average of nearly $10,000 a person, the Department of Health and Human Services...

December 12, 2016