13 March 2019
Butterfly Network: a household ultrasound or just another point-of-care device?
Butterfly Network, a diagnostic imaging start-up, has developed an iPhone-compatible ultrasound device with a $2,000 price tag.
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8 March 2019
Demand for fertility-related devices expected to rise
As infertility is a growing concern, ART/IUI rates of use are increasing in many countries within the North American, European and Asia-Pacific regions.
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8 March 2019
Digital healthcare apps are in rude health
In the clinical setting, the use of healthcare apps for clinical decision support is becoming routine, and there is strong evidence of their reliability.
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5 March 2019
Does Fitbit have a finger on the pulse of wearers?
Fitbit says its device accurately measure heart rate using reflected light on the skin to detect blood flow changes, counts steps via motion detectors and tracks sleep via motion sensors.
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5 March 2019
How have exoskeletons evolved? Find out in the latest issue of Medical Technology
In this issue: beyond BMI, the evolution of exoskeletons, making robotic surgery safe, transforming cancer screening with blockchain, and much more.
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1 March 2019
How machine learning can transform medicine
Machine learning is an often-used term that has been promised to do everything from making workers more productive to taking over individuals’ jobs entirely. Frankly, it will likely be many...
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1 March 2019
Does Stryker’s acquisition of Arrinex show M&A as a smarter path to growth?
On February 25, medical device company Stryker announced the complete acquisition of Arrinex Inc. Arrinex is an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) product-based medical device company in California. The company developed...
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1 March 2019
Don’t expect robot surgeons, expect a surgeon-AI partnership
The mention of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous across all industries; however with sci-fi aspirations for AI there are only a few tangible examples of the tech within given industries....
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1 March 2019
WEB intrasaccular flow disruptor could disrupt US brain aneurysm embolization market
On December 31st 2018, the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device by Microvention received FDA premarket approval (PMA), becoming the first and only device with PMA in the new 'intrasaccular flow disruptors'...
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28 February 2019
How digital analysis is streamlining wound care management
As the population ages and the prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as obesity and diabetes increase, wound management continues to pose a substantial healthcare burden. Wounds are typically managed as...