MedTech News
.................... by Andrew Celentano
Revolve Surgical wins FDA clearance for surgical robot
Revolve Surgical announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its surgical robot platform.
Perfuze wins FDA clearance for standalone aspiration catheter
Perfuze announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Millipede88 aspiration catheter.
Smart bandage could heal and monitor wounds at the same time
Researchers have unlocked the possibility of creating smart wound dressings that enable real-time monitoring while also being able to deliver healing agents in one simple, scalable platform.
Engineered bacteria deliver cancer drug directly inside tumors in mice
Every year, millions of people are diagnosed with cancer globally; however, current treatments are limited by disease complexity. A study published in the open-access journal in PLOS Biology by Tianyu Jiang at Shandong University, Qingdao, China and colleagues suggests that Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) may be engineered with anticancer agents to treat cancerous tumors in mice.
New implant expected to dramatically improve treatment of significant tissue loss
An international research team led by the Levenberg Laboratory in the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has succeeded in developing a first-of-its-kind, three-dimensional implant that combines muscle and fat tissues, a lymphatic network, and a hierarchical blood vessel network.
Smartwatch and blood test data combine to better predict insulin resistance and diabetes
A new study, published in Nature, outlines a method combining smartwatches and routine blood tests to better detect insulin resistance in its early stages, and its early validation testing has shown good accuracy.
Endo Tools Therapeutics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Next-Generation endomina® EZFuse system
510(k) clearance enables immediate U.S. commercialization of enhanced soft tissue approximation technology in the gastrointestinal tract
The First Patented Cooling Facial Massage Powered by Revolutionary SonicCool™ Technology
CHICAGO, March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Introducing DERMAFLASH® COOL, a game-changing innovation from the industry leader in sonic skincare technology. Unlike cryotherapy tools that require freezing, this patented device is powered by rechargeable SonicCool™ + Copper Technology and reaches an industry-leading low temperature (the coldest on the market) in seconds.