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Nitinotes Announces FDA IDE Approval to Initiate Pivotal U.S. Trial of the EndoZip™ System for Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty

CAESAREA, Israel, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Nitinotes, developer of the EndoZip™ System, a fully automated suturing platform for endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG), today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a pivotal clinical trial under an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE).

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Handy pen-like tool could help detect opioids from the skin

Opioids like fentanyl, morphine and oxycodone are the drugs most linked to overdoses in the U.S. Typical screening methods for drug usage involve collection of blood, saliva or urine samples. Now, in Analytical Chemistry, researchers demonstrate a pen-like tool that can quickly and non-invasively collect molecules from the skin’s surface to be screened for opioids with mass spectrometry.

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Ocutrx Technologies Inc. Unveils Surgery Breakthrough: First-Ever Technology to Make Blood Translucent During Surgery

IRVINE, Calif. and ABU DHABI, UAE, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ocutrx Technologies Inc. (“Ocutrx”), through its R&D division Genius Labs, today unveiled a major surgical innovation: the ability to render blood translucent in real time during surgery. This patent-pending advancement enables surgeons to see through pooled blood without the need for suction or irrigation—a world first. The technology, called HemoLucence™, will be a feature of the OR-Bot™ 3D Surgical Microscope System, which is scheduled to enter clinical trials in 2025 or 2026.

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