Focus:
Analysis
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![Carers Week 2019: how VR is helping carers empathise with their patients]()
Carers Week 2019: how VR is helping carers empathise with their patients
A rapidly aging global population is leaving health services facing a dementia time bomb. Simulating the effects of the disease in virtual reality may enhance carers understanding of how to...
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![Selling into the NHS: HEE’s top tips for medtech companies]()
Selling into the NHS: HEE’s top tips for medtech companies
Med tech companies are major drivers of innovation in healthcare, however, they face a range of challenges and barriers when cracking into the UK’s primary healthcare provider, the NHS. Allie...
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![DIY devices are harming diabetic patients as demand for tech grows]()
DIY devices are harming diabetic patients as demand for tech grows
The number of patients living with diabetes in the US is soaring, as is the demand for high-tech solutions which minimise the impact of the condition on patient’s daily lives....
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![Dilemmas in regulating brain-computer interface devices]()
Dilemmas in regulating brain-computer interface devices
The FDA has published guidance laying out how brain-computer interface devices are to be regulated. These devices have enormous potential for returning mobility and independence to patients, but a lot...
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![The future of bioprinting: A new frontier in regenerative healthcare]()
The future of bioprinting: A new frontier in regenerative healthcare
While home and office printers don’t seem to have improved in quality since the mid-90s, the world of 3D printing is alive with innovation and potential. The technology has entered...
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![Lifting the lid on medical device failure reporting in the latest Medical Technology]()
Lifting the lid on medical device failure reporting in the latest Medical Technology
In this issue: transparency concerns around device failure reporting, how start-ups can gain traction in the NHS market, the potential of breath diagnostics, and much more.
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![Entrepreneur is a French word: exploring the French med tech ecosystem]()
Entrepreneur is a French word: exploring the French med tech ecosystem
France has a strong, emerging tech start-up landscape, however, the country is especially innovative in med tech due to government and public support for digital solutions to healthcare challenges. Three...
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![US medical device tax: should it be gone for good?]()
US medical device tax: should it be gone for good?
The basic theory of taxation says; the more you tax something, the less of that activity occurs. That logic is now behind a move to squash unpopular medical device taxes...
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![Skin Cancer Awareness Month: using AI to detect malignant moles]()
Skin Cancer Awareness Month: using AI to detect malignant moles
Suspected melanomas are subject to a ‘two-week wait’ for dermatological assessment in the UK, however many clinicians suspect that a culture of over-referral is causing undue strain on the NHS....
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![MDSAP: unifying monitoring of medical device manufacturing]()
MDSAP: unifying monitoring of medical device manufacturing
The MDSAP aims to create a harmonised, global approach to auditing and monitoring of medical device manufacturing. This approach could be of huge benefit to medical device companies as it...
