MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
BrioHealth gets conditional FDA nod for pediatric ventricular assist device study
BrioHealth announced that it received conditional FDA approval to conduct a clinical evaluation of its ventricular assist device (VAD) in pediatric patients.
Label-free optical imaging enables automated measurement of human white matter microstructure
In a study published in Biophotonics Discovery, researchers report a new way to examine white matter structure in postmortem human brains.
Sweet discovery rewrites understanding of how our bodies store sugar
WEHI researchers have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism our bodies use to regulate sugar, in findings that rewrite the fundamental rules of biology and open a new frontier in science.
Whole-body ultrasound captures full cross-sections in 10 seconds, early tests show
Lihong Wang, Bren Professor of Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, and a team of Caltech researchers have developed a system that can perform ultrasound tomography (UST) imaging on whole cross-sections of the body.
CGBIO Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Patient-Specific Titanium Implant ‘EASYMADE TI’
SEOUL, South Korea, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — CGBIO (CEO: Hyunseung Yu) announced that its patient-specific titanium implant, EASYMADE TI, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 9. The FDA 510(k) pathway is a premarket clearance process that demonstrates substantial equivalence to a legally marketed predicate device, allowing commercialization in the United States.
Medtronic wins CE mark for ApexCut surgical blades
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it received CE mark approval for its ApexCut surgical blades for ENT procedures.
Tiny fiber probe monitors three key biomarkers at once, offering faster patient insight
A new fiber probe developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin delivers two major innovations in health monitoring to help both patients around the world and the clinicians who care for them.
Freeze-dried platelet product slows swelling and bleeding in traumatic brain injuries
A freeze-dried blood product that could be stored for years on ambulances or in remote emergency departments is showing promise at treating traumatic brain injuries.