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Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Avita Medical sends devices and personnel to help treat mass burn victims in Taiwan

Avita Medical Ltd., a regenerative medicine company specializing in the treatment of wounds and skin defects, today announced that doctors in Taiwan have reported positive results from using ReCell® to treat burn victims of June’s waterpark disaster, with medics saying...

October 28, 2015

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

FDA: Theranos peddling “uncleared medical devices”MedCity News

One of Theranos’ top defenses against the Wall Street Journal‘s incisive exposé has been its good standing with the Food and Drug Administration. Well, looks like that’s crumbling. The FDA has said that Theranos’ “nanotainers” are actually “uncleared medical devices” that are being wrongfully...

October 28, 2015

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Is Medtech Holding the Future of Wireless Power?

Eight years after it was founded with MIT-based technology, WiTricity appears ready for the bigtime with its wireless resonant energy transfer system, which is based on finely tuned oscillating magnetic fields between coils at a distance. WiTricity (Watertown, MA) has...

October 28, 2015

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Quitting Cigarettes Before Surgery Risky

MONTREAL — Quitting smoking before lung surgery is a good thing, but doing it too soon before the procedure might not be, a researcher said here. In a single-institution cohort, patients who quit smoking within a month of their thoracoscopic...

October 28, 2015

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Robotic Surgeries Positioned to Surge Over Next Five Years

U.S. surgeons predict a big increase in robot-assisted surgeries over the next five years, especially for colorectal and hernia procedures, according to a survey by RBC Capital Markets. About 15% of surgeries today involve the use of robots, and the...

October 27, 2015

Orthopedics and Spine

EU drugs agency recommends suspension of Medtronic implant

Europe’s medicines regulator has recommended the suspension of Medtronic Plc’s InductOs, an implant to help bone development, pending the resolution of issues at a U.S. plant where a sponge used in the implant is made. The European Medicines Agency (EMA)...

October 27, 2015

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Meat Is Linked to Higher Cancer Risk, W.H.O. Report Finds

An international panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization concluded Monday that eating processed meat like hot dogs, ham and bacon raises the risk of colon cancer and that consuming other red meats “probably” raises the risk as...

October 27, 2015

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Intuitive Surgical and Trumpf Medical Team Up to Address Hospitals’ Need for Operating Room Integration

Intuitive Surgical and Trumpf Medical are now offering Integrated Table Motion for the da Vinci® Xi® Surgical System in Europe. This first-of-its-kind product includes the latest Intuitive Surgical robotic-assisted surgical system and Trumpf Medical’s advanced operating table, the TruSystem® 7000dV....

October 27, 2015

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Stroke in marijuana users linked to arterial stenosis

The new study, the first to investigate differences in stroke between marijuana users and non-users, found that ischemic strokes in young adults who use marijuana are more likely to result from stenosis, or narrowing of the arteries in the skull,...

October 27, 2015