Harvard researchers create first 3-D printed heart-on-a-chip
Scientists may soon be able to conduct experiments on hearts without needing once-living tissue and muscle from animals. In a new study published today in Nature Materials, Harvard University...
View ArticleUse of 3D printing increasing in radiology
The use of 3D printing technology in radiology is not new; Jonathan Morris, an assistant professor of radiology at Mayo Clinic and an interventional spine neuroradiologist has been using it since 2001....
View ArticleApps helping patients before, after surgery
Ten years ago, Tom Riley watched his mother struggle to communicate with her doctors as she battled ovarian cancer. He noticed that, like many patients, she often skimmed over potentially important...
View ArticleMount Sinai announces 3D printing services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt KozarMount Sinai Press Office(646) 605‐5995 matt.kozar@mountsinai.org Mount Sinai Establishes 3D Printing Services for Clinicians and Researchers 3D printing team...
View ArticleU-M researchers invent low-cost robot
ANN ARBOR-In an era of spiraling health care cost concerns, a new $500 surgical instrument developed at the University of Michigan is vying to take the place of a $2 million robot for certain minimally...
View ArticleInnovation: The path to superior OR teamwork and results
Healthcare lags behind other industries when it comes to innovation. That’s partly because new treatments must be vetted for safety and efficacy, and partly because fee-for-service reimbursement...
View ArticleECRI Institute: Penn Medicine wins Health Devices Achievement Award
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA-ECRI Institute is pleased to announce Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation in Philadelphia, PA, as the winner of the 11th Health Devices Achievement Award. The award...
View ArticleNew instrument shows promise as low-cost alternative to robot
Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M), Ann Arbor, have invented a new surgical instrument with the goal of addressing a vast, unmet need in minimally invasive surgery. For less than a...
View ArticleScientists create artificial heart with 3D printing
Product Development Group Zurich, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Search for more papers by this author Corresponding author Institute for Chemical and...
View ArticleSurgeons perform first magnetic compression anastomosis (magnamosis) in humans
Magnetic compression anastomosis (“magnamosis”) uses a pair of self-centering magnetic “Harrison rings” to create an intestinal anastomosis without sutures or staples. This first-in-human trial of the...
View ArticleTwo firms awarded grants to develop medical devices for children
Editor’s Note The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPMDC) has chosen two companies out of eight finalists to receive grants of $50,000 each to develop medical devices for children. The...
View ArticleNew app helps protect patients’ brains during surgery
Editor’s Note A new app developed by students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s (UWM’s) App Brewery and a neuropsychologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) monitors critical brain...
View ArticleRTI Surgical announces 3D-printed cervical interbody device
Editor’s Note RTI Surgical (Alachua, Florida) on October 25 launched its Fortilink-C interbody fusion system with Tetrafuse 3D technology, the October 26 Becker’s Spine Review reports. Tetrafuse 3D...
View ArticleFDA issues guidance on 3D printing of medical devices
Editor’s Note Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, issued a statement December 4 on the FDA’s final guidance on medical device additive manufacturing, also known as 3D...
View ArticleECRI Institute releases ‘Top 10 Hospital C-suite Watch List’
Editor’s Note The ECRI Institute on January 22 announced the released its annual “Top 10 Hospital C-suite Watch List.” Among the new and emerging innovations to watch are: Acuity-adaptable rooms, where...
View ArticleFirst penis transplantation completed in the US
Editor’s Note Surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, completed the first successful penis transplantation in the US in a patient who had a subtotal penectomy for penile cancer....
View ArticleECRI Institute: Boston Medical Center wins 2018 Health Devices Achievement Award
Editor’s Note The ECRI Institute on May 17 announced that Boston Medical Center had won the 2018 Health Devices Achievement Award for its patient-centric mobile pulmonary care app. The ICOUGH Recovery...
View ArticleECRI Institute reports on Health Devices Achievement Award recipient
Editor’s Note In its July Health Technology eSource, ECRI Institute reported on Boston Medical Center winning the 2018 Health Devices Achievement Award for its pulmonary care app. The ICOUGH Recovery...
View ArticleSlurpee straw inspires smudge-free laparoscopic camera
Editor’s Note University of Texas engineering students have created a laparoscopic camera cleaner designed like a 7-Eleven Slurpee straw that keeps a camera smudge-free, the July 17 Medical Design...
View ArticleSiemens, NuVasive announce partnership to create new spine imaging technology
Editor’s Note Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany) and NuVasive (San Diego, California) have entered into a strategic partnership to create integrated 3D imaging, surgical automation technology,...
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