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Surgical Smoke Helps ID Brain Tumors

A team at Tampere University, Finland has developed a technique using surgical smoke that allows neurosurgeons to ID cancerous tissue during surgery.

Liquid Biopsy’s Saga Continues with New Financing

The Lund, Sweden-based company raised $4.1 million to accelerate commercialization of its portfolio of kits and services.

Terumo ‘Tunes Up’ Orchestra BioMed with $30M Payment

The companies formed a noteworthy strategic partnership to support the development and commercialization of Orchestra’s drug-eluting balloon.

FDA Received 6,000 Reports About Essure in 2018

The agency called the post-market surveillance study of the controversial birth control device “adequate.” Only 307 women have been enrolled in the Essure arm of the study.

Blood-Brain Barrier Chip Created Using Stem Cells

Researchers said these created blood-brain barriers can be used to develop personalized medicine and new techniques to research brain disorders.

Liquid Biopsy Tests Are Becoming More Mainstream

An industry executive talks about how the market is shifting toward broader acceptance of liquid biopsy tests.

Dassault Puts Down $5.8B for Medidata Solutions

The acquisition would bolster Dassault’s clinical trials and help the company shift toward personalized medicine.

Abbott's FreeStyle Gets Real-World Results

Recent findings show the effectiveness of Abbott's FreeStyle Libre system in a real-world setting and provide insight into how the system can work toward improved health outcomes.

Medtronic and IBM Release Sweet Insights on Sugar.IQ

The companies presented real-world data on Medtronic's Guardian Connect continuous glucose monitoring system and the Sugar.IQ diabetes assistant app, which launched last year.

Who Took Home the Gold at the MDEAs?

The Medical Design Excellence Awards ceremony was booming with anticipation on Tuesday night, as some of medtech’s brightest and most innovative attended the premier awards program for the industry.

Zeus adds polyimide to material portfolio for extruded medical products

Extrusion and materials specialist Zeus Industrial Products Inc. (Orangeburg, SC) has announced the introduction of a new polyimide (PI) family of products. The new additions include tubing and coated wire containing polyimide and PI Glide, which the company describes as a more-lubricious composite...

Partnership Reveals New Details on Medtronic’s Surgical Robot

Under the collaboration, Medtronic’s surgical robotics platform would incorporate Karl Storz’s 3D vision systems and visualization components.

Could Revita DMR be an Alternative to Insulin Use?

Although additional studies would have to be conducted, Fractyl Laboratories presented interim data at the American Diabetes Association's 79th Scientific Sessions that show its procedure could help eliminate the need for daily insulin injections for type 2 diabetes patients.

GMED Reinstates CE Mark for Endologix Nellix System

The certification was suspended in January in connection with the company's voluntary recall of the device over concerns of suboptimal results when the system was used outside of its current instructions. Since then, the product was restricted to pre-screened patients who were consistent with its indications.