MedTech News

Apple introduces new sleep apnea, hearing aid features on Watch, AirPods
Apple today unveiled new sleep and hearing health features for its Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2, expanding its health metrics offerings.

MGI Launches New Nanopore Sequencing Products with Advanced CycloneSEQ Technology
MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (“MGI”), a company committed to building core tools and technologies that drive innovation in life science, today announced the global rights to commercialize and distribute the new sequencing products CycloneSEQ-WT02* and CycloneSEQ-WY01*

Abbott brings ‘world’s first’ dual-chamber leadless pacemaker to the UK
The company says the minimally invasive system is set to ‘revolutionise’ care for patients as it allows for two separate devices to communicate for the first time.

NETTLE: The medical-grade neurotechnology wearable for PMS
For the first time, neuroscientists have developed a way to address debilitating PMS and menstrual pain symptoms without relying on drugs, hormones, or enduring severe side effects.

Researchers make sound waves travel in one direction only, with implications for electromagnetic wave technology
Researchers at ETH Zurich have managed to make sound waves travel only in one direction. In the future, this method could also be used in technical applications with electromagnetic waves.

Crystallized alternative DNA structure sheds light on insulin and diabetes
The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a UCL-led research team.

Abbott launches Lingo over-the-counter CGM biosensor in the U.S.
Abbott (NYSE: ABT)+
today announced a major product launch, broadening the population that can utilize its continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology.

First Cloud-Based AI Endoscopy System for Colonoscopy Receives FDA Clearance
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Odin Medical Ltd., an Olympus Corporation company, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the first cloud-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology designed to assist gastroenterologists in detecting suspected colorectal polyps during colonoscopy procedures, the CADDIE™ computer-aided detection (CADe) device.