MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
ZKR Orthopedics Receives IDE Approval for Clinical Trial
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ZKR Orthopedics, Inc., a clinical stage medical device company, announced that it has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a multicenter prospective clinical trial. The approved trial will evaluate the Company’s LIFT implant to treat later stage patellofemoral cartilage degeneration in adult patients.
A new test could predict how heart attack patients will respond to mechanical pumps
Performing this test could help doctors prevent dysfunction that can occur when the right and left ventricles of the heart become imbalanced.
Neural prosthetic device can help humans restore memory
A team of scientists from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Southern California (USC) have demonstrated the first successful use of a neural prosthetic device to recall specific memories.
FDA panel votes in favor of Abbott TriClip TEER system for treating tricuspid regurgitation
Abbott (NYSE: ABT)+
announced today that an FDA advisory committee ruled that the benefits of its TriClip outweigh the risks in treating tricuspid regurgitation (TR).
Senseonics gains expanded Medicare coverage for implantable CGM
Three Medicare Administrative Contractors will start covering the Eversense E3 CGM for people who only take basal insulin.
Proscia receives FDA 510(k) clearance for Concentriq AP-Dx
Proscia, a leading provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, has received 510(k) clearance from the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Concentriq AP-Dx. The digital pathology solution was cleared for the purpose of primary diagnosis.
Researchers discover one million new components of the human genome
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research have found nearly one million new exons—stretches of DNA that are expressed in mature RNA—in the human genome.
This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs
The sticky, wearable sensor could help identify early signs of acute liver failure.