A trick of the light: photodynamic therapy illuminates healthcare
Photodynamic therapy has been in use for a century or more, but advances in photobiology and biomechanical engineering are taking the technique to the next level. What are some of...
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![The impact of the US trade war in the latest Medical Technology]()
The impact of the US trade war in the latest Medical Technology
In this issue: how the US’s trade war with China is impacting medical devices, improving adult vaccination rates, the promise of 3D biopsies, the rise of CMR Surgical, and much...
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![July’s top news stories]()
July’s top news stories
Urine tests may help determine treatment for prostate cancer and Machine learning model to offer bladder cancer diagnosis. Medicaldevice-network.com wraps up key headlines from July 2019.
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![Bluetooth, AI and health tracking: hearing aids are smarter than ever]()
Bluetooth, AI and health tracking: hearing aids are smarter than ever
Assistive devices for deaf people are doing more than just enhancing their hearing. ‘Smart’ hearing aids are now allowing people to stream their music, run their homes and monitor their...
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![Medical device sales skills: why so shabby?]()
Medical device sales skills: why so shabby?
Sales skills in the medical device sector face numerate challenges, from changing regulatory environments and buying methods to increased complexity of the technology in question. Now, the business consultancy Huthwaite...
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![MiiSkin Q&A: The AI app detecting early signs of melanoma]()
MiiSkin Q&A: The AI app detecting early signs of melanoma
AI-powered skin mapping technology used by clinicians is now available for patients via a smart phone app designed to detect the common warning signs of melanoma. MiiSkin CEO Jon Friis...
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![Electronic skin is giving prosthetics an exceptional sense of touch]()
Electronic skin is giving prosthetics an exceptional sense of touch
An electronic skin developed by a Singaporean research team has the ability to sense touch at 1,000 times the speed of the human nervous system. Combined with a self-healing e-skin,...
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![Meet Pexxi, the AI-powered genetic test clarifying contraception]()
Meet Pexxi, the AI-powered genetic test clarifying contraception
Hailed as the saviour of the modern woman during the sexual revolution of the 1960s, oral contraceptive pills have begun to fall out of favour due to the unpleasant side...
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![Device failures: lessons from FDA’s hidden trove of incident reports]()
Device failures: lessons from FDA’s hidden trove of incident reports
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently published over 20 years’ worth of previously secret data on medical device failures, following a series of international investigations into global safety...
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![Cell salvage: the tech at the cutting edge of blood management]()
Cell salvage: the tech at the cutting edge of blood management
In April 2019, Illinois-based Ecomed Solutions launched HEMAsavR, a blood management device that can be installed in operating theatres to collect a patient’s lost blood during surgery and return it...
