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Orthopedics and Spine

Jury Sides with Surgeon in Bone Cement Trial

SEATTLE (AP) — A jury has found in favor of a University of Washington surgeon who was sued by the daughter of a patient who died after the doctor used a non-FDA-approved bone cement during the woman’s spinal surgery, a...

August 16, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

5 Communication Skills Every Engineer Needs

There was a time when engineers could work within companies and have minimal (or even bad) communication skills. While it is not necessarily important for engineers to become great public speakers or authors, it is increasingly important for them to...

August 15, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

A deep flaw has been discovered in thousands of neuroscience studies using fMRI

Modern neuroscience would be impossible without functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI. The technique is barely 25 years old, but thousands of studies that use it are published each year. When you see headlines such as “Vegetative state patients can...

August 12, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

FDA issues new draft recommendations for medical device manufacturers 

The FDA has published draft updated recommendations that assist manufacturers with knowing when they are legally required to notify the FDA about medical device modifications. An additional guidance focused on software devices was also published. The two documents, once finalized,...

August 11, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Medicrea Announces €20 million Financing to Support Commercial Expansion of UNiD™ Spine Rods

Medicrea Appoints Richard Kienzle, Founding Member of Globus Medical, as Board Director, Chief Commercial Officer and Business Development Officer, while Athyrium Capital Management Purchases €15 million in Convertible Bonds with Additional €5 million Raised Through Equity Private Placement for the...

August 11, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Why Have A Dog-Friendly Office? See Ours Plus the Country’s Top 11

 Our office mascot, Jackson, easily makes Legacy MedSearch a top dog-friendly office! It’s more than a trend: it’s science. Spending time with dogs can increase productivity, workplace happiness, even prolong your life—and offices from coast to coast are taking note. After...

August 10, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Healthcare Fraud: Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Pays $18 Million in Settlement 

BOSTON, MA–A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary was involved with skirting U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules for its own gain, allegedly placing profit ahead of patient safety. Acclarent Inc., J&J’s California-based manufacturer of medical devices, paid $18 million to resolve...

August 9, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

InSightec’s Ultrasound Tech Wins FDA Nod as Essential Tremor Treatment

InSightec is helping some patients avoid brain surgery by using focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor in a noninvasive manner.   InSightec’s Exablate Neuro includes a helmet that circulates cooling water to keep a patient’s scalp from overheating during the...

August 9, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Intuitive Surgical Exec: Here Is Why Robotic Surgery Is Useful 

 Dr. Catherine Mohr, senior director of medical research at Intuitive Surgical.  Intuitive Surgical is the maker of the Da Vinci Surgical System, a robot used in prostate removal and other surgical procedures. There, Dr. Mohr develops new surgical procedures and evaluates new technologies...

August 8, 2016