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A team of researchers at Stanford University have developed a wearable and flexible skin sensor that can wirelessly monitor a patient’s health. The sensors are attached to the body via a wearable, stretchable sticker and are able to monitor signals emitted from the skin such as pulse. These signals are then transmitted to a receiver clipped to the patients clothing. The system, named BodyNet, c...

FDA Awards Perfuze Stroke Device Breakthrough Status Perfuze has won FDA breakthrough device designation for its Millipede CIS system for treating acute ischemic stroke. The catheter-based technology is designed to remove blood clots from the brain after suffering an acute ischemic stroke, restoring vital blood flow. The company managed to raise approximately $3m in funding for the device howev...

The human digestive tract has a lot of places for tumours to hide. Treating them is a difficult challenge that often requires invasive surgery. But a US research team may be about to change that. They’ve developed laser-guided micro-robots that can deliver drugs to intestinal tumours, and that let clinicians monitor and control their activity. The microbots could also become the world’s tiniest...

Voluntis Gains FDA Clearance for Oleena App Voluntis has been given FDA clearance for its Oleena mobile app which allows cancer patients to manage and monitor their own symptoms, as well as letting physicians to remotely monitor their patients. The device analyses clinical algorithms to make recommendations to help the user cope with their symptoms, offers personalised coaching and provides inf...

Success. What does it look like to you? What drives you towards it? Do you consciously aim for it and if so, why? Do you set yourself objectives? Do you hold yourself accountable to those? Do you try to surround yourself with successful people? Are you constantly striving for more or does success to you mean being comfortable with what you have? Think about these questions for a moment and disc...

A new test, developed by Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, is able to detect breast cancer recurrence more than 10 months before symptoms appear or hospital scanners pick it up. The "liquid biopsy" test screens the blood to search for cancer DNA markers that are a significant sign of the disease returning. ICR professor of molecular oncology Nicholas...

CE Mark Approval for Heart Failure Diagnosis Assay Ortho Clinical Diagnostics has gained CE Mark approval for its VITROS NT-proBNP II assay. The device has been designed to diagnose heart failure and enable the risk of acute coronary syndrome and heart failure to be assessed. The assay detects levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), which is a common biomarker for heart ...

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning What is it? Artificial intelligence (AI) is the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence, i.e. visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making… Machine learning (ML) is the development of computer programs that can access data and use it to learn for themselves How will it impact the ...

Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a prosthetic arm that, through the use of brain-controlled robotics, has allowed a man to feel a sense of touch again. The LUKE arm, inspired by Star Wars' character Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back, has been developed over the 15 years and connects to the user’s nerves that send signals back to the brain. The man in question, Keven ...

Centerline Biomedical Gains FDA Clearance for Navigation System. Centerline Biomedical has announced that it won FDA 510(K) clearance for its Intra-Operative Position System (IOPS). The system, developed at Cleveland Clinic's Heart and Vascular Institute, offers a radiation-free method of navigation during minimally invasive surgery. By using electromagnetic tracking technology and anatomical m...