MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano

Making the Invisible Visible: Microscope Breakthrough Will Open Unprecedented View into Our Cells
Biohub and UC Berkeley show that the laser phase plate, a revolutionary device with a laser 100 million times brighter than the Sun, dramatically improves images obtained through cryo-electron microscopy, giving scientists a new window into the molecular underpinnings of disease

Siemens Healthineers Receives NMPA Approval for First China-Made Dual-Source Photon-Counting CT
Siemens Healthineers announced that its first China-made dual-source photon-counting CT (PCCT), the NAEOTOM Alpha.Pro, has received market approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).

Sibel Health’s ANNE One platform secures EU MDR CE mark
ANNE One captures ECG, heart rate, respiratory rate, SpO₂, pulse rate, skin temperature, body position, activity, and falls.

Penumbra wins FDA clearance for Thunderbolt computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy for stroke
Penumbra (NYSE:PEN) announced today that it received FDA clearance for its Thunderbolt thrombectomy platform for stroke.

Smartphone tests spot cognitive decline faster than standard method
People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are at higher risk of developing dementia. Indeed, many of them experience a gradual decline in cognitive performance over time. Smartphone- or tablet-based memory tests can capture this subtle decline more quickly than conventional testing. These findings come from a study by DZNE in collaboration with university hospitals in Germany, the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the United States, and the startup neotiv.

Uncertainty-aware AI and lensfree holography enable reliable automated HER2 assessment for breast cancer diagnostics
The integration of AI into digital pathology has the potential to transform cancer diagnostics by enabling scalable, quantitative analysis of tissue specimens. However, widespread deployment of AI-assisted pathology remains challenged by the need for costly imaging infrastructure and the lack of reliable mechanisms to assess prediction confidence.

Ultrasensitive blood test predicts head and neck cancer relapse months earlier
A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute has found that an ultrasensitive blood test called HPV-DeepSeek could help identify which people with HPV-associated head and neck cancer still had cancer cells in their bodies after surgery and may benefit the most from additional treatments. The results are published in Science Translational Medicine.

AI diagnoses brain tumors in minutes instead of weeks
Experts in Heidelberg, Germany, have developed an AI system that can classify brain tumors with unprecedented accuracy using standard microscopic tissue sections.