Healthcare

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has commenced a consultation on its draft medical technology guidance on a device which aims to diagnose nerve damage that is caused by diabetes.

Company introduces standard version of Bivona® FlexTend™ TTS™ cuffed tracheostomy tubes for children in healthcare and homecare settings

Robotically assisted surgery is in the spotlight again as one commentator says it doesn’t justify its cost. Our weekly editorial discusses whether providers have much choice about whether to invest if they’re to remain current and competitive.

Just ahead of next weeks ARVO meeting, LKC Technologies tells us it has completed its 400 patient Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Study using the RETeval system. Sounds like results will be promising when they finally share them with us.

Covidien plc has gained U.S. FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Kangaroo™ feeding tube with IRIS Technology. This first-of-its-kind camera-equipped disposable feeding tube is designed to enhance patient safety by providing visualization for a procedure that is currently blinded.

Cook Medical has announced the Melker Cuffed Emergency Cricothyrotomy Catheter Set, a compact surgical set which it says is specifically packaged for performing Seldinger Cricothyrotomy procedures and ideal for smaller workspaces.

Let’s not get started on whether membership of the European Union brings good things or whether it would all be better if we had more autonomy. There’s not much room for middle ground in the debate, rather like the current Renal Denervation exchanges.

In what looks like a natural cleaving of its sizeable business, Baxter International says it plans to create two independent global healthcare companies, effectively separating its biopharmaceuticals and medical products.

BD has unveiled its BD Micro-Fine Ultra™ with 5-bevel needle technology, which it is launching in the UK and Ireland. The company claims clinically demonstrated improved injection comfort for diabetes patients.

Quite a time for AngioDynamics. First the company gets news that another iteration of its successful BioFlo platform has gained FDA’s nod. Then, its distribution partner Medcomp gets the FDA’s knock-back over its 510(k) submission for the Celerity tip location system, leading AngioDynamics to take over the regulatory reigns there too.

InTone® MV is a clever device which combines muscle stimulation with voice-guided pelvic floor exercise, visual biofeedback, and a unique, customizable probe to create a home-based treatment for fecal and urinary incontinence in men and women.

Medical device integration solutions company Capsule Tech, Inc., is using the HIMSS event in Florida this week to announce the introduction of its SmartLinx™ Medical Device Information System.

Hospi Corporation has gained FDA 510(k) clearance for its first product, the Macy Catheter™. The Macy Catheter is the only device designed and approved solely for ongoing rectal delivery of medications and liquids.

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) publishes its first Medtech Innovation Briefings today (Tues 4 February) … continue reading “UK’s NICE Publishes First Medtech Innovation Briefings”

Leeds, UK-based Brandon Medical is launching a new range of LED examination lights that it claims are the most advanced of their type available anywhere in the World.

UK Medical Watchdog the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is consulting on its draft medical technology guidance on a device that aims to straighten and lengthen the spine of children with scoliosis.