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French Startup Biomodex Helping Train Doctors with 3D Printed Organs

3D printing technologies have proved themselves to be beneficial within the medical sector in a number of ways, including the timely manufacturing of custom-designed implants and prosthetics, as well as the creation of bespoke anatomical parts for surgical planning and...

July 26, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

FDA Panel 8-2 Vote Backs Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Replace Fingersticks 

An FDA advisory panel voted 8-2 that the benefits of using a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device as a replacement for fingerstick blood glucose testing for diabetic patients outweigh the risks. They also voted 8-2 that there was a “reasonable...

July 26, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Cartilage grown from stem cells could replace hip implants

  Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Cytex Therapeutics have found a way to program stem cells to grow new cartilage on a 3-D template of the ball of a hip joint. This cartilage...

July 25, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

MIPT Scientists Develop Ceramic-Based Laser

Scientists from MIPT and their colleagues have developed a compact and powerful ceramic-based laser with applications in minimally traumatic and inexpensive laser surgical scalpels, and also for cutting and engraving composite materials. The results of the study have been published...

July 22, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

No, I Can’t Sit Down: What It’s Like Having an Open Wound that Will Never Heal

There I was, taking my final bow after 10 years of medical hurdles. I had done it. I actually wrote a one-woman musical about how I literally lost my stomach (when it ruptured in the operating room) and gained a story,...

July 22, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Stanford University Neurosurgery Embraces Surgical Theater’s Virtual Reality Platform

Surgical Theater’s Virtual Reality (VR) medical visualization platform lands at Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery, in the heart of Silicon Valley where medical innovation converges with technology to usher in the next-generation of patient engagement and health care. Stanford University...

July 22, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Beware! Antibiotic-Resistant Infections – 5 Combative Trends In Antimicrobial Medical Device Design

In the U.S., an average of two million people become ill with antibiotic-resistant infections each year, many of which have high mortality rates. On top of that startling statistic, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provisions that financially penalize facilities with...

July 21, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Surgical Robots of the Future Likely to be More Targeted & Provide Tangible Healthcare Benefits

While robots have been in use since the 1960s, it is only 25 years since robotic technologies were first used to assist surgeons in improving surgical outcomes, providing such benefits as less trauma on the body, minimal scarring, and faster...

July 20, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Study: More than 90 percent of strokes are preventable

Strokes are one of the leading causes of death globally, but it turns out a vast majority of them could be prevented, according to findings published July 15 in the British  journal The Lancet . According to the study authors, almost...

July 20, 2016