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NY Hospital with the FDNY Launches First Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit
NEW YORK — NewYork-Presbyterian, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center and the FDNY, is launching the Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit (MSTU), the first of its kind on the East Coast. The MSTU is an emergency vehicle specially equipped to provide immediate, specialized care to patients who may be having a stroke. Every…
Read MoreMan Feels Sensations in His Paralyzed Hand Through a Robotic Prosthetic
Researchers from University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), successfully managed to bring back the feeling of sensation to a man severely paralyzed a decade earlier. The 28 year-old had electrodes from a brain-computer interface (BCI) implanted into the primary somatosensory cortex of his brain. The BCI was connected to a robotic arm with built-in…
Read MorePhilips Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Lumify S4-1 Ultrasound Transducer
October 14, 2016 — Philips announced at The American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) annual meeting that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its S4-1 cardiac transducer for Lumify, its smart-device diagnostic ultrasound solution. The pocket-sized and lightweight S4-1 transducer now offers advanced sensitivity and high-resolution 2-D…
Read MoreFDA Amends Custom Medical Device Requirements
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday released a final rule that amends its regulations on the definition of a custom device so as to include new statutory requirements under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) as amended by the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA).…
Read MoreFive-Second Rule – I’m a Doctor. If I Drop Food on the Kitchen Floor, I Still Eat It.
You may have read or heard about the study debunking the five-second rule. It said that no matter how fast you pick up food that falls on the floor, you will pick up bacteria with it. Our continued focus on this threat has long baffled me. Why are we so worried about the floor? So…
Read MoreGiant Touchscreen Gives Med Students a 3D View of Human Anatomy
Within weeks of starting medical school, first year students enter the gross anatomy lab at the University of B.C. to begin dissecting a human cadaver. On this day, 288 students are crowded around 48 bodies donated so they can learn their trade — and that responsibility weighs on would-be doctors like several Earth gravities. “It’s very exciting and they…
Read MoreStryker Persists in Legal Battle With Ex-Rep, Despite Bankruptcy
Ex-Stryker rep, Chris Ridgeway, has been in the middle of a legal battle with Stryker since September 2013 when they fired and sued him, claiming he conspired with Biomet to steal Stryker’s trade secrets, pricing, and obtain a distributorship deal through Ridgeway’s side business, Stone Surgical, LLC. Ridgeway has since filed bankruptcy protection in an effort to not…
Read MoreMedtronic Received FDA Approval for New Insulin Delivery System for Type 1 Diabetes
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a new insulin delivery system for people with Type 1 diabetes is a big deal. With Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas makes little or no insulin so people have to replace it with either multiple daily injections or a pump. In either case, that process involves constant error-prone…
Read MorePurple Heart Veteran Sgt. John Peck Receives Double Arm Transplant
When quadruple amputee and retired Marine Sgt. John Peck looks down at his new arms, he said, he’s overcome with gratitude — and vows that he will not take them for granted. Peck soon will be able to use his arms to open heavy doors with circular handles, shake the hands of others and feel…
Read MoreTheranos Closing Labs and Wellness Centers, Laying Off Hundreds
Elizabeth Holmes, the embattled founder and chief executive of Theranos, said late Wednesday that the company will close its clinical labs and Walgreens testing centers. The open letter, posted on the company’s website, was essentially an epitaph for the consumer-facing business that was the focus of the once-celebrated Silicon Valley company that Holmes boasted would…
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