Hospital & Healthcare

Exactech Announces First Surgeries Using Activit-E™ for Knee Replacement

-Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced the successful first surgery using its new, advanced Activit-E™ polyethylene for the Truliant® knee replacement system....

Chula Launches the Latest Parkinson's Gloves to Reduce Tremors

Chula medical researchers have developed lightweight and easy-to-use Parkinson's gloves that can automatically reduce tremors, allowing Parkinson's Disease patients to enjoy social life and reducing side effects from medication and risk from brain surgery....

Japan-based Shimadzu unveils integrated system for urine volume measurement

Measuring urine volume based on the difference in body weight before and after urination, eliminating the need for urine collection...

Medtronic FDA Approved for Extravascular Defibrillator for Heart Rhythms

First-of-its-kind Aurora EV-ICD™ system offers single device, single procedure with lead placed outside of heart and veins...

GE Healthcare and Novo Nordisk Team Up for Non-Invasive Diabetes & Obesity Treatment

GE HealthCare a collaboration with Novo Nordisk to further advance the clinical and product development of peripheral focused ultrasound (PFUS). This is a novel technology that has potential to specifically regulate metabolic function in the body using ultrasound that may support the treatment of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity....

Heart Failure May No Longer Be a Life Sentence for Cancer Survivors

Cancer patients receiving anthracycline chemotherapy have more than twice the risk of developing heart failure compared to their peers without cancer.1 The ground-breaking RESILIENCE project aims to prevent heart failure in patients who need anthracyclines to treat their cancer...

BGI Genomics Combats Hepatitis in Ethiopia

Healthcare localization and standardization support the Belt and Road Initiative...

Voom Medical Devices Introduces Next Generation, Functionally Distinctive Patented Screw

Voom™ Medical Devices launches the distinctive patented Revcon™ Anchor v2.0 screw, the only neutral non-compressive dual-zone pitched single screw solution for minimally invasive bunion surgery, exclusively used with the Bunionplasty® procedure....

Oneview Healthcare and Baxter Announce Connected Care Collaboration During Meeting with Enterprise Ireland

Oneview Healthcare (Oneview), a leading provider of patient experience solutions, and Baxter International Inc. (Baxter), a global medtech leader, are pleased to announce the official launch of their strategic relationship in the United States. The launch was announced during a joint meeting at Baxter’s global headquarters in the Chicago attended by the Irish government Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Simon Coveneyas part of Enterprise Ireland’s trade mission to Chicago....

Baxter Introduces Digital Image Capture for PanOptic Plus Ophthalmoscope

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a leader in patient monitoring, physical assessment and vision screening products, announced the launch of digital image capture capability for eye exams using its existing Welch Allyn PanOptic Plus Ophthalmoscope. The iExaminer Pro System adds a key technology to routine eye exams, designed to help advance healthcare professionals’ ability to examine and diagnose the eye health of patients....