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MIT Model Automates AI for Medical Decision-Making

MIT computer scientists are hoping to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence to improve medical decision-making, by automating a key step that’s usually done by hand — and that’s becoming more laborious as certain datasets grow ever-larger.

Tiny Implant Can Control Neural Circuits in the Brain via Smartphone

Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the University of Washington in Seattle have the developed the device and said it has the potential to speed up efforts to uncover brain diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, addiction, depression, and pain.

How a New Sensor Could Diagnose Sepsis in 25 Minutes

MIT researchers designed a sensor that could dramatically accelerate the process of diagnosing sepsis, a leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals.

Best Medical Technology Nominees in the 2019 Prix Galien USA

The list of nominees reflects the convergence of drug, device, and delivery technologies to improve healthcare.

Will Medtech Rise to FDA's Sterilization Challenge?

In response to recent shutdowns of plants that use a gas called ethylene oxide to sterilize medical devices, FDA is challenging the industry to develop new approaches to device sterilization and to find ways to reduce emissions from the ethylene oxide sterilization process.

Will NeuroPace’s RNS System Shock the Obesity Treatment Market?

The Mountain View, CA-based company’s technology is being used in a clinical investigation that will examine whether neuromodulation could be effective as a means of managing loss-of-control eating for patients. If successful NeuroPace has the potential to shake up the obesity-treatment device market.

Abbott and NIH Join Forces to Advance Neuroscience Research

NIH will use Abbott’s neuromodulation technologies to explore the devices’ applications for chronic pain and progressive movement disorders, like Parkinson’s disease.

2 Devices That Could Clean Up the Dirty Scope Problem

Boston Scientific is on track to launch a single-use duodenoscope this year designed to eliminate scope disinfection challenges completely. Meanwhile, Pentax recently touted a new hygiene solution designed to make endoscopes safer.

MIT Research Could Speed Development of Liver Treatments

New research shows that an engineered model of human liver tissue can be used to investigate the effects of RNAi, helping to speed up the development of such treatments.

How a Medtronic-Sponsored Study Could Help Hospitals Save Lives and Money

Medtronic announced preliminary results from PRODIGY, a prospective, multi-center study to identify people at high risk for opioid-induced respiratory depression, a form of respiratory compromise.

Can a Polymer Help Reduce Deaths from Sepsis?

A student has won a global competition for her efforts to develop a synthetic material that could act as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic agent for bacterial toxins.

National Geographic Takes an Interest in Organs-on-Chips Research

The magazine published a special January edition on "The Future of Medicine" highlighting innovative organs-on-chips research and technology.

New DVT Device Designed to Tackle Stubborn ‘Wall-to-Wall’ Clot

The Vetex Thrombectomy Catheter is designed to remove wall-to-wall clot within the vein, in one procedure, and without thrombolytic drugs.

New Technique Could Be a Breakthrough for Motility Research

MIT researchers have discovered a way to potentially restore movement in patients with paralysis, or treat unwanted movements such as muscle tremor in Parkinson's patients.

Can a New Tiny Sensor Really Monitor Heart Cells?

The new device could help pave the way for future embedded devices.

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