Using artificial intelligence to inform IVF
Medical Device Network talks to Alife Health CEO Paxton Maeder-York about the growing role of AI during IVF procedures.
Analysis
Timeline: charting the history of orthopaedic devices as DePuy Synthes turns 125
Founded in the 1890s in Indiana by a travelling salesman, DePuy Manufacturing started out making...
Not up to standard: healthcare apps & the NHS
Healthcare app review company Orcha has found that the majority of healthcare apps do not meet the necessary standards, in...
Digital tech: a smarter approach to patient adherence
For many patients with living with chronic conditions, adhering to the lifestyle changes they may need to undertake to improve...
MT: The ethics of vaccine passports
In this issue: the ethics and science of vaccine passports, using big data to predict device recalls, the limits of...
Changing the face of pharma sales with AI
Covid-19 has forced pharmaceutical salespeople out of the office and on to Zoom, a drastic change to the in-person meetings with clinicians that reps have traditionally relied on. This move,…
Brave new world: trialling VR to ease pain and stress
Simon Robertson, a former video game developer, first tried on a virtual reality (VR) headset back in 2012 and immediately started thinking about how the technology could be applied to…
How are devices approved for paediatric patients?
Over the last decade or so, medical device innovation has gathered pace. In 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 35 high risk and 44 low-risk novel medical…
FemTech Lab Q&A: what can this programme bring to the femtech space?
The global femtech market is expected to reach $60bn by 2027, according to Emergen Research. A mounting burden of chronic diseases in the female population, alongside a growing global emphasis…
Esmé Swindells Q&A: the future of medical software patenting
Patenting a piece of software can be a pain. The UK Patents Act rules that ‘software as such’ cannot be patented unless certain criteria are met, while the European Patent…
Exploring the challenges of regulating faecal microbiota transplants
In the 4th century AD, a Chinese doctor called Ge Hong performed treated his diarrhoea patients with faeces from healthy individuals. Now known as a faecal microbiota transplant (FMT), this…
