NHS hernia mesh repairs 'leaving patients in chronic pain'
The mesh left one woman "screaming on all fours from the agonising pain". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NHS hernia mesh felt like 'scratching from inside'
Surgeons have warned the repair technique is leaving many patients in chronic pain. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - June 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Best of 2016: The 10 most-read stories of the year
Each year, the editor’s of MassDevice write roughly 2,500 stories about the medical technology industry. These articles touch on the wins, the losses, the extraordinary and, sometimes, mundane machinations of this incredible industry.
Our most popular stories this year hit some of the industry’s hot-button issues, including the M&A blockbuster of the year, Abbott’s $25 billion buyout of St. Jude Medical; Johnson & Johnson’s plan to slash 3,000 jobs from its medtech division; Google- and J&J-backed Verb Surgical’s play in robot-assisted surgery; and the global mockery around the reb...
Source: Mass Device - December 15, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Source Type: news
Dongguan Kewei's Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Granted CFDA Approval
(Source: Microport News Release)
Source: Microport News Release - July 11, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
J&J’s Ethicon recalls Physiomesh flexible composite hernia mesh
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon last month recalled 1 of its surgical mesh products after studies showed higher revision rates after a type of minimally invasive hernia repair using its Physiomesh flexible composite mesh.
In a May 25 letter to healthcare providers, Ethicon said it’s pulling the mesh after a review of unpublished data from a pair of European registries revealed the discrepancy between Physiomesh flexible composite and the other meshes in the registries after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.
West Somerville, N.J.-based Ethicon said it believes the higher revision rates are due ...
Source: Mass Device - June 20, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Recalls Surgical Ethicon Johnson & Johnson Source Type: news
Via Surgical raises $6m for FasTouch hernia suture
Via Surgical said today that it raised a $6 million funding round for its FasTouch hernia suture.
Benslie Investment Group led the round, with managing partner Nicolas Weinstein joining Amirim, Israel-based Via Surgical’s board.
“The addition of Benslie Investment Group to our highly experienced team validates the opportunity to advance patient care with the FasTouch deployable suture fixation system. Their investment will greatly support the increasing clinical demand for improved fixation through our development and commercialization efforts in 2016,” co-founder & CFO Lena Levin said in prepared...
Source: Mass Device - February 8, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Funding Roundup Surgical Via Surgical Source Type: news
Ariste Medical Receives $4.6MM Investment to Support Development of Drug-Eluting Hernia Mesh
MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--Ariste Medical, a pre-commercial drug-device company, today announced a $4.6MM investment for continued development of a drug-eluting hernia mesh intended to reduce the risk of intra-abdominal infecti... Devices, Surgery, Venture CapitalAriste Medical, drug-eluting hernia mesh, hernia mesh, hernia repair (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 21, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Via Surgical Ltd. Receives FDA Clearance to Commercialize FasTouch(TM), the First Suture-Like Mesh Fixation System for Hernia Repair
AMIRIM, Israel, April 4, 2014 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Via Surgical Ltd., a leading developer of hernia mesh fixation technologies, today announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to commercialize FasTouchTM. FasTouch fixatio... Devices, Surgery, FDAVia Surgical, FasTouch, hernia repair (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - April 4, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
