Robot-Assisted Implantation of Artificial Urinary Sphincter Feasible in Women Robot-Assisted Implantation of Artificial Urinary Sphincter Feasible in Women
Robot assistance helps make laparoscopic implantation of the AMS-800 artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) from Boston Scientific a practical approach to treating women with stress urinary incontinence, according to French researchers.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - September 6, 2018 Category: Surgery Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
TransEnterix submits FDA clearance bid for Senhance ultrasonic instrumentation
TransEnterix (NYSE:TRXC) said today it filed an FDA 510(k) submission for its Senhance Ultrasonic instrument system, designed to operate with its Senhance robotic platform.
The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based company said that the approval would allow the system to utilize ultrasonic devices designed to deliver controlled energy to ligate and divide tissue and minimize thermal injury to the surrounding structures.
“Advanced energy devices, such as the one now developed for Senhance, represent the most common tools that surgeons utilize when performing challenging tissue dissections. Adding such capability to a di...
Source: Mass Device - September 6, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: 510(k) Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance Robotics Surgical TransEnterix Source Type: news
Opioid Choice and Postop Recovery After Laparoscopic Surgery Opioid Choice and Postop Recovery After Laparoscopic Surgery
Does the choice of opioids during surgery affect a patient ' s postoperative quality of recovery?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Netflix ’ s ‘ The Bleeding Edge ’ raises big questions for medical device manufacturers
Sandra Maddock, president and CEO, IMARC Research
Thanks in large part to innovation in the medical device industry, the average human lifespan has nearly doubled in the past hundred years. Medical devices have undoubtedly improved the quality of life for millions of people, too.
But a provocative new Netflix documentary raises an important question: Is there a point when innovation goes too far?
The Bleeding Edge, produced by Academy-Award nominated filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, tells the stories of patients who say they’ve suffered serious health problems as a result of recent medical devices being used in t...
Source: Mass Device - August 24, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Danielle Kirsh Tags: Blog IMARC Source Type: news
Olympus and FlexDex take aim at big, expensive robots
FlexDex Surgical’s Needle Driver
Olympus has signed an agreement with FlexDex Surgical to compete with full-blown robotics systems designed for minimally invasive procedures, the companies said today.
Olympus agreed to distribute FlexDex’s (Brighton, Mich.) wrist-worn Needle Driver robotic device designed to simplify suturing in difficult-to-reach areas of the abdomen. Needle Driver has a three-axis gimbal that attaches to the surgeon’s wrist to control a series of mechanical components that translate the movement of the surgeon’s hand to the tip of the instrument, according to FlexDex.
The Needle D...
Source: Mass Device - August 23, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Business/Financial News Distribution Imaging Robotics FlexDex Surgical Olympus Source Type: news
Big Strides in Miniaturization
MD+DI has been tracking miniaturization for some time, as we’ve seen trends deepen in minimally invasive surgeries, wearable devices, advanced drug delivery, and more.
Lindsay Mann, director of marketing for MTD Micro Molding, tells MD+DI that about 25% of the micro medical device components they produce are for miniaturized devices. We asked her for an update on miniaturization, including recent advancements in materials and manufacturing.
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What is driving the current trend toward medical device miniaturization?
Mann: As less invasive procedures and technology-driven advancements...
Source: MDDI - August 8, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Daphne Allen Tags: MD & M Minneapolis Molding Source Type: news
From sharks to chimps to moon bears: tales of a supervet
Romain Pizzi, who pioneered keyhole surgery for animals, is arguably the most versatile and inventive vet in the worldIn 2012, the conservation charityFree the Bears approachedRomain Pizzi, one of the most innovative wildlife surgeons in Europe, with an unusual patient. A specialist in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery – until recently rare in veterinary medicine – Pizzi has operated on giraffes and tarantulas, penguins and baboons, giant tortoises and at least one shark, and maintains a reputation for taking on cases others won’t. If you’re in possession of a tiger with gallstones, or a suspiciously sickl y beaver, y...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 5, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Franklin-Wallis Tags: Animals Animal welfare Source Type: news
VisCardia heart failure implant study underway in Ukraine
VisCardia’s implantable VisOne diaphragm stimulator
Novel heart failure device developer VisCardia, Inc. (Portland, Ore.) announced the first implant of the VisONE system for heart failure and the launch of the system’s heart failure pilot study in Ukraine.
The VisONE implantable system delivers asymptomatic diaphragmatic stimulation (ADS) therapy to improve cardiac function. A surgeon laparoscopically implants a medical device equipped with electrodes to deliver electrical pulses to precise areas of the diaphragm. The electrically stimulated diaphragm applies transient intrathoracic pressures gaited to cardiac...
Source: Mass Device - August 2, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Source Type: news
Do You Know How to Manage Japan ’s Revised Reimbursement Approach?
One significant change in Japan’s revised reimbursement process for new medical devices involves pricing.
Applicants have been required for some time to provide pricing for their medical devices in other primary markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Australia. Pricing has been based on list price, not market price, and the intention was to cap the reimbursement of medical devices. Given the typical differences between U.S. pricing and European pricing, the high U.S. price tended to pull the average up. (Please see the example below in Table 1; each price is converted ...
Source: MDDI - July 27, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Keisuke Suzuki Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Source Type: news
Tanzania:Men With Prostate Issues Have a Reason to Smile As Mkapa Hospital Goes High-Tech
[Citizen] Dodoma -For men with prostate complications, there is a reason to smile as the Dodoma-based Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) embarks on provision of laparoscopic surgical services. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 27, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tanzania:Fifteen Undergo Surgery At Mkapa Health Outfit
[Daily News] FIFTEEN patients have undergone laparoscopic surgery at the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) since the Dodomabased public health facility started delivering modern surgical services last week. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 26, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Good results seen with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy following selective embolization of tumor
The short-term oncological and functional outcomes for partial nephrectomy are comparable for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy following selective embolization of tumor (LPNE) in a hybrid operating room and robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN). A longer follow-up and a larger cohort of patients would be necessary to verify the benefits of LPNE, which appears to be a very interesting alternative to RAPN.07/25/2018 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - July 25, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Aims for Mesothelioma Cure
Medical oncologist Dr. Bernardo Goulart at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) believes his latest clinical trial might be the most curative approach to treatment of pleural mesothelioma.
He also believes it could work.
Goulart is the principal investigator at SCCA, which has embraced a novel clinical trial that combines the immunotherapy drug Tecentriq (atezolizumab) with a multimodal regimen of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation.
“The trial design is very intense, requiring multidisciplinary involvement,” Goulart told Asbestos.com. “I think it could provide insight into the next step of research that we will n...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - July 25, 2018 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Source Type: news
Medtronic, GE Healthcare, Change Healthcare to share $33m in Israeli grants
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) and Change Healthcare have received approximately $33.1 million (NIS 120 million) from the Israeli government to support expanding the companies R&D centers in the country, according to a CTech report.
The grants are part of a six year, $264 million (NIS 922 million) program headed by the Israeli Ministry of Economy and the Israel Innovation Authority intended to promote digital health and accelerate the biomed industry in the country, according to the report.
Healthcare software, analytics and network solutions dev Change Healthcare received a $5.5 million (NIS 20 millio...
Source: Mass Device - July 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Research & Development changehealthcare GE Healthcare Medtronic Source Type: news
Study: Childhood abuse linked to greater risk of endometriosis
(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) A study of more than 60,000 women has found that sexual and physical abuse in childhood and adolescence is associated with a greater risk of laparoscopically-confirmed endometriosis diagnosed during adulthood. The study -- the largest of its kind -- found that women reporting severe-chronic abuse of multiple types had a 79 percent higher risk of laparoscopically-confirmed endometriosis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 17, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
