Category: Technology & Devices
UK doctors are leading the way in the use of compact neonatal MRI scanners
Doctors at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital – located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in England – are paving the way for the use of a compact neonatal MRI scanner designed for imaging the brains of premature babies. The machine at the […]
Blood-repellent titanium surfaces could be the future of medical implants
Engineers at the Colorado State University in the US may have the key to the future of medical implants – a titanium surface that’s extremely repellent to blood. Medical implants like stents, catheters and tubing introduce risk for blood clotting […]
Scientists develop robotic sleeve to help failing hearts continue to pump
A robotic sleeve that help failing hearts continue to pump blood has been developed by scientists based in Harvard and the Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts in the US in collaboration with scientists based in Leeds in the UK. In […]
AI software learns to predict when heart failure may happen
An artificial intelligence (AI) software has learned to analyze blood tests and scans of beating hearts in order to predict when a heart failure may occur, according to a team of scientists at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences. […]
Pelican BioThermal launches new temperature-controlled packaging solution
Minnesota, US-based packaging solutions company Pelican Bio Thermal has introduced a new temperature-controlled shipping solution for the life sciences industry. The CoolPall Vertos Advance, a new high performance, single-use, passive bulk freight shipping solution, is designed to offer the marketplace […]
Hong Kong’s OrbusNeich introduces next-generation coronary scoring balloon
To help cardiologists manage increasingly complex cases, OrbusNeich, a Hong Kong-based global company specializing in the provision of life-changing vascular solutions, has introduced a new non-compliant scoring balloon that targets more resistant lesions–abnormal damage or change in the tissue of […]
NZ wool tech firm to offer face masks for Asian consumers in polluted areas
TexusFibre, an Auckland, New Zealand-based company that develops functional materials derived from natural wool, has signed a wide-ranging distribution agreement with Healthy Breath Limited (HBL), another Auckland company, to deploy its wool-based Helix Filter in a new generation of urban […]
Laser therapy successfully destroys prostate cancer cells in trials
A non-surgical laser treatment, which uses a light-sensitive drug derived from deep-sea bacteria, for low-risk prostate cancer has successfully eliminated cancer cells without destroying healthy tissues in a trial. The treatment, called vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP), was developed by scientists […]
New drug delivery system could transformtreatment of cancer, other diseases
A new implantable device that could change the way medicines are delivered for the treatment of cancer and other diseases has been developed by Lyle Hood, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), […]
Singapore scientists develop new tech to monitor cancer treatment response
A team of scientists at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (Smart) and Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new technology that offers the potential to aid doctors in determining how well a […]
