FDA Launches Medical Device Transparency Website
As part of the open government initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a “transparency” website for its medical and radiological devices branch.
As part of the open government initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a “transparency” website for its medical and radiological devices branch.
A new computed tomography (CT) scanner that provides physicians with precise images of internal organs with a single rotation of the gantry has been developed by Toshiba. The Toshiba Aquilion ONE 320-detector row CT system with pediatric imaging capabilities can image an entire organ in a single rotation or over multiple rotations, showing real-time dynamic movement and resulting in lower doses of radiation.
Schiller India, a leading Swiss Joint Venture Company in the field of Medical Diagnostics, has launched a new Transport Ventilator called
Biotronik SE & Co KG will launch a new range of external pacemakers in Europe after achieving CE Mark approval.
An artificial pancreas developed by Boston researchers has been shown to monitor blood sugar and deliver both insulin and glucagon to help patients achieve near-normal blood sugar levels for more than 24 hours.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken steps to strengthen the approval process for radiotherapy devices following multiple errors. In a letter to the device manufacturers, the FDA identified issues from recent analysis of more than 1,000 reports of errors, which could be fixed by incorporating additional safeguards.
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced, in accordance with longstanding US obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, seven metered-dose inhalers (MDI) used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be gradually removed from the US marketplace.
ProMRI Pacing Systems that are compatible with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans -Evia pacemaker series and Safio Spacing leads – have received European approval.
Medica Instrument Manufacturing Company launched its own media preparator under the EQUICLAVE brand
A clinical tool has been developed to allow physicians a practical, efficient and cost-effective aid to diagnose functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Technetium, a form of insulin used to track changes in insulin metabolism and find and monitor tumours, has been developed by researchers at McMaster University.
An online tool has been launched by the Department of Health to enable doctors to access hundreds of pieces of research on how to engage patients in healthcare.
The basic diagnostic tool for heart attack patients is an Electro cardiogram. ECG detects that patient has suffered a heart attack or not besides this it is very useful tool for surveillance following heart attack, coronary bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty.