MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
Special aspherical glasses slow down childhood myopia progression, two-year trial finds
The number of people who need prescription glasses to correct their vision is increasing each year as nearsightedness, or myopia, becomes more common worldwide. Current projections suggest cases could reach 50% by 2050, affecting nearly 5 billion people.
The anti-aging effects of exercise, without exercise: Self-contracting muscle implants give mice a boost
Exercise does more than keep our minds and bodies healthy. It also protects us against the effects of aging. Scientists have developed self-contracting mini-muscle implants that grow their own blood supply and mimic the biological benefits of exercise, giving people unable to work out because of physical limitations a way to reap the same rewards.
Kowa Pharmaceuticals America Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for K-911, an Investigational IOP-Lowering Eye Drop for Patients with Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension
Investigational K-911 is a once-daily nitric oxide-donating bimatoprost eye drop designed to lower intraocular pressure
Abbott’s next-generation Amulet LAA occlusion device earns CE Mark
Abbott’s (NYSE: ABT) Amulet 360 left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion device received CE mark, the company announced today.
Paradromics gets FDA nod to expand BCI compatibility to personal devices
Paradromics received FDA approval to expand the types of computing devices that could be used with its investigational brain-computer interface (BCI) system, the company told MassDevice.
A rogue neuronal signal may lie at the root of Alzheimer’s disease
What if amyloid plaques are not the whole story of Alzheimer’s disease? New research suggests that a broad range of Alzheimer’s pathologies may be orchestrated by a molecular switch called ERBB4 when it turns on in the wrong neurons. Once activated, this misplaced signal can set off a chain reaction that disrupts brain circuits, eliminates synapses, activates glial cells, increases amyloid pathology and impairs memory.
Mimicking natural connections could improve rotator cuff repair
Researchers have developed a “scaffold” that mimics natural tissue and could lead to more durable rotator cuff repairs, including for large injuries and cases involving bone and tissue degeneration that are often the most difficult to fix. Devised by a team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the new system was detailed in Science Advances.
Neural implant in Korea remotely controlled from the United States
A researcher in Chicago remotely controls a miniaturized brain implant in Daejeon, Korea—over the internet. Korean researchers have developed a wireless device that can deliver drugs and light to precisely modulate targeted neurons from anywhere in the world.