MESH™ Incubator at Massachusetts General Hospital

FDA Clears Olympus TJF-Q190V Duodenoscope With Disposable Endcap: Olympus received FDA clearance for its TJF-Q190V duodenoscope that features a single-use endcap and novel flushing adapter that reduce the chance for pathogens to… http://dlvr.it/RPPYg2  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/sDtgsmtnXf

SAFIRA Lets Lone Anesthesiologists Administer Regional Blocks: Medovate, a two-year-old UK firm, is bringing its SAFIRA regional anesthesia system to the United States. The SAFIRA (Safer Injection for Regional Anesthesia) allows… http://dlvr.it/RPPCl6  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/aHNdSp0EN4

Flashing Light Into Eyes Lowers Buildup of Alzheimer’s Amyloid Plaques: A few years ago scientists discovered that directing flashing light at 40 Hertz (cycles per second) into the eyes and noises into the ears of mice with… http://dlvr.it/RPNyHB  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/wxit9ioQMM

New Membranes to Make Extracorporeal Oxygenation More Effective: When lungs fail because of acute respiratory distress and cannot be used to deliver oxygen to patients via conventional ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation… http://dlvr.it/RPKWxP  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/XPqUHSVKPq

LapTrainer Mixed Reality Simulator for Laparoscopy Training Unveiled: KARL STORZ, a German maker of surgical tools and endoscopy products, has partnered with VirtaMed, a Swiss maker of medical simulators, to release a simulator for… http://dlvr.it/RPKGkQ  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/yzILkJb67k

Biorobotic Hybrid Heart to Help Develop New Cardiac Implants: Prosthetic heart valves, ventricular assist devices, and other cardiac implants go through an extensive research and development process, followed by testing on animals… http://dlvr.it/RPJcSr  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/C1NxFBDtod

EU Clears Medtronic’s Smart Cobalt and Crome Cardiac Implants: Medtronic has announced that its Cobalt and Crome implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-D) won EU CE Mark… http://dlvr.it/RPBNn7  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/XGAB3vbX4K

MIT Researchers Prove Non-Invasive Glucose Sensing Possible: Measuring blood glucose concentrations still requires direct access to blood, whether through a finger prick or via a continuous glucometer. MIT scientists working with… http://dlvr.it/RP8XN5  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/N76KQyxVtR

Researchers Develop High Sensitivity Electronic Skin Material: The development of electronic skin is certainly an important part of future prosthetic devices. To make a high quality artificial skin, one would have to make a very… http://dlvr.it/RP7hMx  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/DFN9UAMm48

CapMedic Measures Lung Function, Makes Sure Inhalers Used Correctly: The FDA has cleared the CapMedic device that helps to make sure that metered dose inhalers (MDIs) are properly used, even by young patients. MDIs are most commonly… http://dlvr.it/RP5Ffk  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/YBwrJWXGuB

Liquid Metal Biosensors for Healthcare Monitoring: Flexible biosensors are a popular new field of research. Soft pressure sensors are of particular interest because there are many applications for them in healthcare. Most flexible… http://dlvr.it/RP4w30  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/1Kj6jfn4GS

Abbott’s Tendyne First Transcatheter Mitral Valve to Win EU Clearance: Abbott just announced that it is the first company to receive European regulatory approval to introduce transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedures on the… http://dlvr.it/RP3zyn  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/xZXKNxEjPA

Sony Releases NUCLeUS OR Platform in U.S.: Sony is releasing its NUCLeUS system in the United States. The system helps clinicians working in and around operating rooms to access and share imaging data. NUCLeUS already provides support… http://dlvr.it/RP193h  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/yXDU1xV1Ou

Genomic Profiling for Precision Medicine: Interview with David Spetzler, Caris Life Sciences: Caris Life Sciences, a Dallas-based innovator in molecular science focused on fulfilling the promise of precision medicine, has developed… http://dlvr.it/RNznR3  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/5lDTI2O8og

Eko’s AI-Powered Stethoscopes Detect AFib, Heart Murmurs: Eko, a maker of high-end digital stethoscopes, has just received the first FDA clearance for its devices to use AI algorithms to automatically detect atrial fibrillation (AFib)… http://dlvr.it/RNxmrf  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/PYL3FkxSue

Nanoparticles Direct Immune System to Scrub Atherosclerotic Plaques: The buildup of plaques within blood vessel walls is the underlying cause of strokes and heart attacks. These plaques contain many dead or dying cells that are not… http://dlvr.it/RNxQCw  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/8RBWLHFcAo

Magnetic Microbots Deliver Stem Cells to Heal Knee Cartilage: As has been widely hyped for many years now, mesenchymal stem cells have the capacity to heal all sorts of damage in our bodies. The reality has been more complicated,… http://dlvr.it/RNt3nK  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/BnRHDCD9DX

Mindray’s New High End Point of Care Ultrasound: Mindray is releasing a new point-of-care ultrasound system, the TE7 ACE. The device, intended for a variety of applications including emergency, critical care, and anesthesia, features… http://dlvr.it/RNsjZ0  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/hKXSkQRwrS

Portable Nanoplasmonic Imager Detects Sepsis Biomarkers: Sepsis is an incredibly dangerous condition, typically occurring within hospitals. According to a recent study nearly 20% of all deaths worldwide are caused by sepsis, as it is… http://dlvr.it/RNsT7p  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/Ybg9xltPyh

Magnetized Particles Show Live Metabolic Activity of Breast Cancer: Current imaging methods that are used to spot tumors don’t provide much information about the rate of activity of the cells making up the diseased tissues. Breast… http://dlvr.it/RNj5JQ  @medgadget @medtechpic.twitter.com/grFTS4a8x7