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The US FDA is introducing a voluntary program for certain medical devices and device-led combination products that could improve the safety of currently available treatments. Medical Technology takes a look...
Brain-computer interface could translate thoughts into speech and US regulator sought additional details on $4.2bn Boston Scientific-BTG deal. Medicaldevice-network.com wraps up key headlines from 2019.
ResApp uses machine-learning algorithms to analyse cough sounds and diagnose conditions such as asthma, pneumonia and bronchiolitis from a smartphone. Natalie Healey speaks to creator Professor Udantha Abeyratne to find...
AI-driven software now regularly outperforms humans in key diagnostic tasks, raising the prospect of doctorless diagnosis in the future. So where will the rise of AI leave human diagnosticians in...
How do medical manufacturers go about redesigning older devices that need an update to remain on the market? Abi Millar spoke to Tom Ackrill of contract manufacturer ITL Group about...
Medtech has seen some major funding rounds, mergers and acquisitions in 2019. Chloe Kent rounds up some of the most influential digital health deals of 2019.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a truly harrowing condition but improving diagnosis could mean more people receive the help they so desperately need. Natalie Healey reports on a new blood test...
NeuroEM Therapeutics made headlines in September 2019 with an early-stage study suggesting its MemorEM head device could reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease patients. Could these encouraging results translate into...
Researchers at the University of Toronto and Arizona State University have developed a direct gene-circuit-to-electrode interface for the conversion of biological information into an electronic signal, and Zebra Medical Vision...
Getting vital equipment and medicines from A to B is not always a straightforward process, especially in harsh environments like warzones or during environmental disasters. Consequently, drones are deployed to...
