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Orthopedics and Spine

Swiss Surgeons Repair Knee Joints with Nose Cells

Swiss surgeons successfully used an experimental technique, which includes harvesting cells from the nasal septum, to repair damaged knee joints in patients. Two years later, these patients report improvements in pain and knee function, according to a study published Thursday...

October 26, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Are Your Cells Aging Faster Than You? Check With New Test

Your cells might be aging faster than you are, and new tests purport to help you find out. A few companies are offering mail-order testing to measure the length of people’s telomeres, the protective caps of DNA on the ends...

October 26, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

The Recipe for the Perfect Robot Surgeon

Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robot is a technical marvel. Nearly half a million operations were performed in the U.S. by surgeons controlling its large, precise arms last year. One in four U.S. hospitals has one or more of the machines,...

October 26, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

New Tools for Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections

As the focus on hospital-acquired infections intensifies, some medical device manufacturers are considering deep UV light emitting diodes for smaller, portable disinfection devices. Here’s how the technology can be used in medical device design. According to the Centers for Disease...

October 24, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Corindus Vascular Robotics Appoints Jeff Lemaster as CCO

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, today announced the appointment of Jeff Lemaster as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Lemaster brings 20 years of commercial sales and marketing experience in the cardiovascular medical...

October 21, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

TransEnterix Senhance Surgical Robot Used in Radical Hysterectomy 

 Transenterix Inc.’s Senhance recently scrubbed in, so to speak, to lend its robotic hands to a gynecologic surgeon in Italy during a major cervical cancer procedure. It was the first time the company’s recently re-branded surgical robotic system has been...

October 19, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Security Risks Unveiled from Insulin Pumps  

Medical device manufacturer Animas, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is warning diabetic patients who use its OneTouch Ping insulin pumps about security issues that could allow hackers to deliver unauthorized doses of insulin.  The vulnerabilities were discovered by Jay...

October 19, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

CDC Links Bacterial Infection in Patients to LivaNova Surgical Device 

At least four patients have died in U.S. after bacterial infection by heater-cooler instrument.   Researchers linked a rare but potentially lethal bacterial infection that has affected patients in at least three states to contamination of a device used in...

October 19, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

NY Hospital with the FDNY Launches First Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit 

NEW YORK — NewYork-Presbyterian, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center and the FDNY, is launching the Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit (MSTU), the first of its kind on the East Coast. The MSTU is an emergency vehicle specially...

October 17, 2016