THINK Surgical, Inc. has announced that its TMINI Miniature Robotic System has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration.The system, developed with Sagentia Innovation, includes a wireless robotic handpiece to help…
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Researchers at MIT have developed smart sutures with a hydrogel coating that contains sensing and drug delivery components, and could even be used to implant therapeutic cells. The sutures are made using pig tissues…
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Value-based healthcare platform Carrum Health today announced an oversubscribed $45 million Series B financing led by OMERS Growth Equity.The funding will be used to scale the company’s oncology and surgical care…
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Titan Medical Inc. has entered into a license agreement with Intuitive Surgical, Inc., a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery (“RAS”), for an upfront payment of $7.5M…
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In the past at Atrium Health’s Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, as in many other hospitals, postoperative cardiac patients were discharged with a vague understanding of what recovery entails. Uncertainty can lead to preventable…
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Michael Kim, Senior Vice President/CIO, MultiPlan
Anyone who receives a hospital, medical imaging, or outpatient surgery bill is usually surprised at the cost.
No matter the cost, how do they know the bill is correct? They…
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A study into UK GP surgeries’ websites by Nexer Digital has found that two-thirds (66%) of sites have detectable design errors, potentially excluding one in five users.The research by Nexer Digital, a human-centred research,…
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A recent study in Nature Medicine, entitled “An automated histological classification system for precision diagnostics of kidney allografts,” has showcased the efforts of a group of researchers who have developed an automated system that…
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Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a soft robotic electrode, that can be advanced through a small hole in the skull and then opened into a series of…
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New digital technologies can enable surgeons to ‘virtually scrub-in’ to operating rooms, share knowledge around the world and perform at their best, says Dr Nadine Hachach-HaramAs a surgeon, I know how important it is…
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