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Zimmer receives FDA clearance for robotic shoulder system
The clearance poises the orthopedics company to be first to market with robotic-assisted shoulder replacement surgery.
Tenon Medical, Inc. Announces Issuance of Notice of Allowance of Patent Application Which Further Enhances Important Claims for its Sacroiliac Joint Implant
Allowance for U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 18/107,536 for Tenon’s Catamaran® SI Joint implant for stabilizing a dysfunctional sacroiliac (SI) joint.
FDA Grants Humanitarian Device Exemption Approval to SeaStar Medical’s Selective Cytopheretic Device for Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury
For use in children weighing 10 kilograms or more with acute kidney injury (AKI) due to sepsis or a septic condition requiring kidney replacement therapy (KRT).
New ClearPoint Neuro software wins FDA clearance, used in first cases
ClearPoint Neuro (Nasdaq:CLPT) announced that the FDA cleared its ClearPoint 2.2 software with integrated Maestro Brain Modeling.
One step closer to reversing liver failure: Study shows how liver is triggered to regrow when damaged
Researchers at Peter Mac have made a key discovery in liver regeneration that may have important implications for liver cancer. Joint research by Associate Professor Andrew Cox and Professor Mark Dawson, published Feb. 15 in Developmental Cell, has identified how the liver is triggered to regrow when damaged.
Additional study shows promise for low-intensity ultrasound as a non-invasive approach to alleviate pain
Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC report that applying low-intensity focused ultrasound to an area deep within the brain may point to new ways to help people cope with chronic pain.
Magnetically operated robot can move through arteries to treat stroke patients
A team of roboticists at Multi-Scale Robotics Lab, ETH Zurich, working with several hospitals in Switzerland, has developed a magnetically operated robot that could potentially be used to treat people after a stroke. Their paper is published in the journal Science Robotics.
FDA clears surgical guidance system from Merit Medical
Merit Medical Systems (Nasdaq:MMSI) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Scout MD surgical guidance system