Is Software the & #039;Weak Link & #039; in Medical Device Safety?
Software is a weak link for medical devices, according to Stericycle Expert Solutions' second-quarter recall index. The report found software issues to be the top cause of medical device recalls for the 13th straight quarter .
"As we become increasingly reliant on AI and data collection, software becomes an even bigger vulnerability for patients, physicians, and wrongdoers," said Chris Harvey, director of recall solutions at Stericycle. "If the software that is used to operate a device is inadequate, how can we be sure that it is protected from cybersecurity vulnerabilities? Add to that the fact tha...
Source: MDDI - August 14, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Source Type: news
Women shouldn ’t be scared of ageing – the loss of looks can liberate us | Gaby Hinsliff
Society tries to shame us for growing old. But we should think of it as a rite of passage when our character comes throughThere is still sex in the city, beyond the age of 50. But it may come at a price that makes you wonder if it ’s really worth it. Or at least, according to the writer behind the cult ofCarrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.Candace Bushnell ’s latest novel-cum-memoir returns once more to her favourite stamping ground, that tiny and exhausting pool of wealthy New York women who will do absolutely anything to stay in the game. Only now they’re older, spending their money not on cocktails but on face...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Gaby Hinsliff Tags: Ageing Sex and the City Science Women Life and style Menopause Society Beauty Source Type: news
Don’t like your old tattoo? Here’s advice on how to get rid of it.
Laser usually produces the best results, but surgery and dermabrasion are also used. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda A. Johnson Source Type: news
Tucson venture fund invests in new optical tech from LASIK inventor
Tucson-based UA Venture Capital Fund has invested in a new optical technology from the inventor of LASIK eye surgery.
The fund is dedicated to investing in discoveries from University of Arizona faculty and students.
Dr. Gholam Peyman, who invented LASIK, is a professor of clinical ophthalmology and basic medical sciences at the UA Medical School in Phoenix. His iCrx Inc. discovery is a hand-held device that use s laser technology to accurately determine a patient’s eyewear prescription within… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 23, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Lindsay Walker Source Type: news
Tucson venture fund invests in new optical tech from LASIK inventor
Tucson-based UA Venture Capital Fund has invested in a new optical technology from the inventor of LASIK eye surgery.
The fund is dedicated to investing in discoveries from University of Arizona faculty and students.
Dr. Gholam Peyman, who invented LASIK, is a professor of clinical ophthalmology and basic medical sciences at the UA Medical School in Phoenix. His iCrx Inc. discovery is a hand-held device that use s laser technology to accurately determine a patient’s eyewear prescription within… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 23, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lindsay Walker Source Type: news
Trans man, 22, develops stones in his urethra after surgery to craft a penis using skin from his arm
Doctors from a university hospital in the city of Coimbra, Portugal, released pictures showing the gravel-like kidney stones lodged in the urethra, and used a laser to destroy them. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 23, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Novian Health Obtains CE Mark for Novilase Breast Therapy
Groundbreaking Laser Therapy for Breast Cancer Offers Less Invasive Alternative to Surgery
CHICAGO, July 16, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Novian Health Inc. announced that it has obtained the CE Mark approval for its Novilase® ... Devices, Regulatory Novian Health, Novilase Breast Therapy, Interstitial Laser Therapy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - July 16, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Laser light detects tumors
(Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology) A team of researchers from Jena presents a groundbreaking new method for the rapid, gentle and reliable detection of tumors with laser light. The Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) introduced a compact device for rapid cancer diagnosis during surgery at the leading trade fair " Laser World of Photonics " from 24 to 27 June 2019 in Munich. The optical method will help surgeons to remove tumors more precisely and perspectively could make cancer operations possible without a scalpel. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study shows more effective method for detecting prostate cancer
Each year, 1 million men in the U.S. undergo biopsies to determine whether they have prostate cancer. The biopsy procedure traditionally has been guided by ultrasound imaging, but this method cannot clearly display the location of tumors in the prostate gland.A multidisciplinary team of UCLA physicians has found that a new method, which includes biopsy guided by magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, can be used together with the traditional method to increase the rate of prostate cancer detection.Ultrasound has been used to visualize the prostate in order to take a representative sampling of tissue to biopsy. The introductio...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 13, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Dr. Patricia Bath, Pioneering Cataract Treatment Inventor, Dies at 76
(SAN FRANCISCO) — Dr. Patricia Bath, a pioneering ophthalmologist who became the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent after she invented a more precise treatment of cataracts, has died. She was 76.
Bath died on May 30 from complications of cancer at a University of California San Francisco medical center, her daughter, Dr. Eraka Bath, said Monday.
Bath was born in Harlem in New York City. Her mother was a domestic worker and her father worked on the city subway system. Bath won a National Science Foundation scholarship while a teenager. She graduated from Howard University’s medical ...
Source: TIME: Health - June 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized onetime remembrance Source Type: news
Targeted Laser Surgery Treats Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2019 -- Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) targeting greater amygdala volume is more likely to be associated with Engel I outcomes for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE), according to a study published online May 21 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 22, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New Device Can Perform Surgery Without Cutting
BOSTON (CBS) – Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a device that can perform surgery without cutting the skin.
It is a specialized microscope that uses an infrared laser beam to quickly scan tissue looking for suspicious lesions or abnormalities. Once identified, surgeons can intensify the heat produced by the laser and effectively treat the area within tissue without cutting through the skin or disturbing surrounding healthy structures.
They say it could one day be used to treat any structure of the body that can be reached by light and requires precise treatment like nerves or blood ves...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - May 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch Syndicated Local Dr. Mallika Marshall Surgery University of British Columbia Source Type: news
Is an R & amp;D Race Driving the Surgical Robotics Market?
Robotic-assisted surgery has emerged with an attempt to overcome the limitations of traditional minimally invasive surgical procedures. With increasing competition, the way to gain market share in this quickly growing market is with innovative technology. This means R&D is at the forefront of this market, driving adoption, expanding applications, and leading to a market that will more than double in size by 2025.
It’s been a steady trajectory since the first medical robot, Arthrobot, was developed in Canada in 1983 for use during orthopedic procedures1. Then, the first robotic-assisted procedure, neur...
Source: MDDI - April 16, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Yulia Sorokina and Jeff Wong Tags: R & D Orthopedics Source Type: news
Six-month-old girl who had laser surgery on her heart in the WOMB is finally going home
Ivy Finn, six months, was diagnosed with rare congenital heart defects before she was born that made her chances of survival unlikely. But an experimental surgery helped her defy the odds. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Candela(R) Announces Results of The Largest Published Study of Infants And Children Using Vbeam(R) Laser System
JAMA-Dermatology publishes Dr. Roy Geronemus' authored largest study of infants and babies receiving a non-invasive treatment (vs. surgery) for birthmarks, port wine stains and other vascular related skin conditions on the face and body using the Vbeam las... Devices, Dermatology Candela, Vbeam laser, vascular birthmark (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - March 14, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
