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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Boston Scientific Spends $160M on Veniti’s Venous Stents

Boston Scientific is proving itself to have more stamina than the Energizer Bunny when it comes to making acquisitions. The Marlborough, MA-based company is now picking up Veniti, a firm that has developed a stent system for treating venous obstructive disease. The...

August 13, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

World’s Smallest Clot Retriever for Strokes Receives CE Mark

Rapid Medical, based in Yokneam, Israel, won European regulatory approval to introduce its TIGERTRIEVER 13, the narrowest clot retriever now available for use in treating ischemic stroke. The device can be used in vessels as small as 1 millimeter in width and...

August 8, 2018

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Orange County to Use First CT Scanner for Autopsies in Florida

Florida’s Orange County is investing half a million dollars in a CT scanner for its local morgue, a move expected to speed up the autopsy process and facilitate criminal investigations without cutting into victims’ bodies, WFTV reported this week. The...

August 6, 2018

Orthopedics and Spine

Magnetic Surgical Cement Pulls Chemotherapy Drugs across Blood-Brain Barrier into Spinal Tumors

Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis usually undergo a procedure called kyphoplasty, where the fracture is filled with surgical cement. While kyphoplasty can stabilize the bone, cancer patients are still often left with spinal column tumors that...

August 6, 2018

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

First Non-Radioactive Device for Breast Cancer Receives FDA Approval

Endomag, the surgical guidance company, announced that it has received premarket approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Magtrace, the first non-radioactive, dual-tracer for lymphatic mapping in patients with breast cancer undergoing a mastectomy. Magtrace is...

August 3, 2018

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Implantable Surgical Mesh may cause Autoimmune Disorders

Surgical mesh implants, often used for hernia or gynecological repair, may be the reason so many patients report symptoms of an autoimmune disorder, according to a University of Alberta rheumatologist. ‘In my practice, I studied 40 patients who had mesh...

August 1, 2018

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

IBM’s Watson Recommended “Unsafe and Incorrect” Cancer Treatments

Last year, studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting showed that IBM Watson was pretty darn good at creating treatment plans for cancer patients. Turns out, however, that the AI is still far from perfect: according to internal...

July 30, 2018

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

House Votes to Repeal Obamacare’s Medical Device Tax

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 283-132 this week to repeal the 2.3% tax levied upon medical devices as part of the Affordable Care Act. The medical device tax, which has long been decried by the industry as a measure...

July 25, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Boston Scientific to Buy Claret Medical for up to $270 Million

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Claret Medical, Inc., a privately-held company that has developed and commercialized the Sentinel® Cerebral Embolic Protection System. The device is used to protect the brain during certain interventional procedures,...

July 23, 2018