A new publication casts doubt on stenting of stable coronary artery disease patients as a supportable first treatment.
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What Next, The iColonoscope?Terrifying Prospect Of Smartphone Apps Replacing Proper Diagnosis
Dumbed down apps might just get in the way of really useful medical applications for smartphones.
Judge Draws Line Under Extortion Case
3M and Porton probably didn’t exchange Christmas cards this year, and now a US judge has effectively ended the legal case in 3M’s favour that probably won’t change.
Watch Out USA: Germany Wants Your Medtech Business.
Medical Devices are fuelling Germany’s rising export engine and the country’s Trade and Invest agency is rolling out the red carpet with R&D grants and commercialisation assistance.
Ultimate Recycling: Two Sources Of Scrap Metal Reported On BBC
It’s a bit of a journalistic open goal when BBC publishes on the fate of “cremated” prostheses at the same time as we’re wondering about the fate of the Costa Concordia. Sounds like they might both end up as wind turbines.
Clinical Trials Of A New System For Transdermal Blood Glucose Monitoring
Transdermal glucose monitoring future style, as well as potential for drug delivery from this new technology.
St.Jude Places Stake In The Ground By Supporting Economic Analysis Of FFR In Asia and Australia
St Jude is pretty bullish about FFR measurement as a diagnostic tool in assessing coronary artery disease, based on favourable outcome from previous studies. It’s now supporting a country-specific evaluation of the cost effectiveness of an FFR-guided intervention strategy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease in Japan, China, India, Korea, and Australia.
Olympus Dictates The Pace With Feature-Packed Audio Products
You know you want one! “Dictaphones” never saw such times with the introduction of system integration, barcode security and a host of other features.
Olympus Scandal: Executives Arrested In Tokyo
Embattled Olympus is in the news again as seven people including former executives of the company have been arrested.
Buying Single-Use Pressure Transducer Could Save Money
This simple in-line transducer could have many applications including diagnosis of compartment syndrome, one of the most costly hazards in Orthopaedics.
Lancet Study Shows “Unprecedented Increase In Viable Myocardium Following Stem Cell Infusion”
Infusing Cardiac stem cells into post-infarct patients seems to reduce scarring and increase myocardium.
US Medical Devices Tax Will Be Passed On To Customers
Quelle Surprise. US manufacturers admit they’ll put prices up to recoup 2.3% sales tax levy.
PIP Cross-Selling! Just How Commercial Is This Business?
The Amazonification of Boob Jobs…Patients who have their PIPs replaced might also like…
Ex-Eucomed Boss Is New Director Of Medical Devices At MHRA.
At a time when MHRA has never been higher profile, it gets a new boss.
Scientists Decode Brain Waves So We Can “Hear” Imagined Speech
Scientists at Berkeley have decoded the imagined speech of a patient in what could be a breakthrough in understanding and utilisation of brainwaves in speech impaired patients.
Patient Data From ICDs: Makes Sense Even For Non-Geeks.
The campaign to make data from remote monitoring devices available to patients gathers pace.