MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
These 5 Latest Cancer Breakthroughs Are Improving Response Rates and Extending Lives
Here are some of the latest cancer breakthroughs in research, testing, and treatment.
FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Velmeni for V4D 3D software
The platform is intended for use by dental professionals, dental service organisations, and imaging centres.
MannKind closes $50M financing, wins FDA nod for Furoscix auto-injector
MannKind (Nasdaq:MNKD) announced today that it secured $50 million in a private placement and earned a new regulatory nod.
Imaging platform captures electrical activity from nearly 200 neurons deep in living brain tissue
The brain is a vast, densely interconnected network of neurons computing in parallel. Watching these computations unfold in real time could reveal how the brain processes sensation and guides behavior. But the electrical signals governing the network are fast, faint and notoriously hard to capture in living tissue.
Artery-on-a-chip helps predict stroke risk
Predicting an individual’s risk of ischemic stroke is difficult because thrombosis embolization—the process of a blood clot detaching from the area where it formed, traveling and then sticking in another blood vessel—is based on factors unique to each person.
FDA clears Momentis Surgical’s multiport surgical robot
Momentis Surgical (formerly Memic) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the multiport configuration of its surgical robot.
Brain-penetrating nanoparticles, ultrasound and microbubbles show promise in treating glioblastoma
University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have developed a promising new experimental approach to targeting glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest brain cancer.
Breathalyzer can ‘sniff out’ when your body starts burning fat
Researchers have developed a breath detector with a chemical sensor that sniffs out when your body is burning fat through a single exhale. Reporting in Device, the handheld, smartphone-assisted device measures acetone—a molecule that is released into the breath when the body burns fat—in about 90 seconds with laboratory-level accuracy.