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Medtronic Makes Noise in Surgical Robotics with New M & amp;A
*Updated to include comments from Megan Rosengarten, vice president and general manager of Medtronic’s Surgical Robotics business.
Medtronic just turned up the volume in the surgical robotics market by a few decibels. The Dublin-based company – which has had a flurry of news come out in the last six months, is building out its upcoming surgical robotics platform with the acquisition of London-based Digital Surgery, an artificial intelligence specialist.
Dr. Jean Nehme, surgeon, CEO and co-founder of Digital Surgery spoke with MD+DI about the acquisition and noted the two comp...
Source: MDDI - February 13, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Business Digital Health Source Type: news
Case report of an autopsy of a child who died in a drum-type washing machine tub: pathophysiology resulting in death and assessment of previous literature - Tani N, Ikeda T, Shida A, Aoki Y, Ikeda K, Morioka F, Ishikawa T.
The patient was a 5-year-old boy who was found in a state of cardiorespiratory arrest in the tub of a washing machine without water with the door closed. The autopsy findings included severe facial congestion and petechiae of the facial skin and palpebral ...
Source: SafetyLit - December 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
FDA OKs First System for In-Office Tympanostomy Tube Placement FDA OKs First System for In-Office Tympanostomy Tube Placement
The Tubes Under Local Anesthesia (Tula, Tusker Medical) system uses a small electrical current to deliver a local anesthetic into the ear drum prior to tube insertion in the outpatient setting.FDA Approvals
Source: Medscape Med Students Headlines - November 26, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Pediatrics News Alert Source Type: news
14 startups to compete for $500K in prizes at second MassChallenge Texas finals
MassChallenge Texas earlier this month named the 14 startups that have made the finals in the accelerator ’s second Austin-based cohort.
Three companies from the Texas capital made the list:
• Catalyst Education LLC, which makes education software for lab instructors
• Mens Gold Boxx, an e-commerce company making big and tall clothing
• Beatbox Instruments LLC, which does business as Rhythmo , makes a do-it-yourself cardboard drum machine kit.
The 14 finalists will compete for $500,000…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 26, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Mike Cronin Source Type: news
Inspector General Report: Asbestos Exposure a Concern on Army Posts
Residents in privatized housing on nearly 50 Army installations cited concerns with issues such as lead paint and asbestos, the toxic building material linked to mesothelioma cancer, according to a recent report from the Department of the Army Inspector General.
The report, which was made public earlier this month, includes surveys, document reviews and interviews with residents at 49 Army installations across the U.S., including Fort Bragg (N.C.), Fort Campbell (Ky.) and Fort Hood in Texas.
Military families at 48 of the 49 sites cited concerns with safety or environmental issues inside the aging on-base housing at the ...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 25, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Source Type: news
Still experiencing post hysterectomy fatigue – Alison ’ s story
I am now 7 months 2 weeks after my hysterectomy and still experiencing debilitating post hysterectomy fatigue. I had an emergency procedure and was not well enough to have it having had such severe bleeding, anaemia and admissions for blood transfusions in the weeks preceding.
I was kept in hospital again on a third trip to A and E to stabilise a very high temperature and to have a hysteroscopy after a few days of being monitored. I had been given Gonadotropin on my previous visit to hospital a week before and we were all waiting for this to take effect (to stop the bleeding) in order to have a hysterectomy in a couple of ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - June 21, 2019 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health fibroids hysterectomy stories hysteroscopy Source Type: news
CVS Plans To Expand With Dietitians, Medical Equipment, Yoga
(AP) – CVS Health is pushing deeper into health services with plans to add dietitians, medical equipment and space for the occasional yoga class to 1,500 stores over the next few years.
The drugstore chain that quit selling tobacco several years ago said Tuesday it will expand a store model it recently tested. Its HealthHub stores will have about twice as much space devoted to health care as other locations and will aim to help people with chronic conditions like diabetes.
The expansion comes as rival Walgreens experiments with adding primary care offices and as the U.S. health care system turns its focus to keeping ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 4, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health CVS Source Type: news
Arrival of the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride Kicks off the National EMS Weekend of Honor
OXON HILL, MD - On Friday, May 17, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the families, friends, and colleagues of EMS and air medical professionals who lost their lives in the line of duty as well as EMS legacy personnel who have died of natural or non-employment-related causes will gather to cheer the National EMS Memorial Bike Riders as they roll into The Plaza at National Harbor. The riders began their journey in Boston last Saturday and have traveled over 500 miles in a variety of weather in honor of their fallen colleagues. The NEMSMBR East Coast riders will be joined by the NEMSMBR Southern Route in Annapolis, MD. Together the...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - May 13, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: National EMS Memorial (press release) Tags: News Press Releases Administration and Leadership Source Type: news
This scientist thinks she has the key to curb climate change: super plants
Dr Joanne Chory hopes that genetic modifications to enhance plants ’ natural carbon-fixing traits could play a key role – but knows that time is short, for her and the planetIf this were a film about humanity ’s last hope before climate change wiped us out, Hollywood would be accused of flagrant typecasting. That’s becauseDr Joanne Chory is too perfect for the role to be believable.The esteemed scientist – who has long banged the climate drum and now leads a project that could lower the Earth’s temperature – is perhaps the world’s leading botanist and is on the cusp of something so big that it could truly c...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 16, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Adam Popescu in La Jolla, California Tags: Plants Climate change Environment Science Source Type: news
House members introduce companion medical device tax repeal bill
A quartet of U.S. representatives today introduced a companion bill to a Senate measure that would do away with the medical device tax altogether.
The 2.3% levy on U.S. medical device sales went into effect in 2013 but was only in place for two years before Congress put a moratorium in place. When that ended in January 2018, a second moratorium was enacted that’s due to expire at the end of this year. In 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal the tax 283-132, but the Senate failed to act.
Last month Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) r...
Source: Mass Device - April 10, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Business/Financial News Featured medicaldevicetax U.S. Congress Source Type: news
Medical device tax repeal bill reintroduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced a bill to permanently repeal the 2.3% federal excise tax on medical device sales, with a new co-sponsor. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) has signed on to co-sponsor, replacing Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who did not run for re-election last fall.
The medical device tax went into effect in 2013 and has been suspended twice. One two-year pause ended in January 2018 and the second moratorium is due to expire at the end of 2019. The tax on the sale of most medical technologies was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act and applies to medtech c...
Source: Mass Device - March 7, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Business/Financial News Medical Device Manufacturers Assn. (MDMA) News Well AdvaMed Medical Alley Medical Device Manufacturers Association ussenatoramyklobuchar ussenatorpattoomey Source Type: news
Bio-Rad whistleblower case heads back to court on appeal
A federal appeals court panel dealt the former general counsel for Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) a blow, slicing his $11 million jury award by $6 million and sending his whistleblower retaliation lawsuit back to U.S. District Court for a possible new trial.
The three-judge panel sitting in San Francisco ruled that the U.S. District Court judge in the January 2017 trial had improperly instructed the jury that parts of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) are rules or regulations of the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC).
That jury had also found that a February 2013 internal report, in which general counsel...
Source: Mass Device - February 27, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Business/Financial News Legal News Bio-Rad Laboratories Source Type: news
