by Conn Hastings | Sep 9, 2021 | Critical Care, Exclusive, Medicine, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Boston Scientific recently announced FDA clearance of the EXALT Model B single-use bronchoscope, intended for bedside procedures in intensive care units or in the operating room. As a single-use device that boasts high quality imaging and suction capabilities, the...
by Conn Hastings | Jul 12, 2021 | Critical Care, Materials, Medicine
Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute have developed a biomaterial-based vaccine technology that could provide prophylactic protection against bacterial infection and septic shock. The technology is delivered as a biomaterial scaffold. Once inside the body, it...
by Conn Hastings | Apr 19, 2021 | Anesthesiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Rehab, Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed an ultrasound-powered implantable sensor that can measure oxygen levels in tissues deep within the body and transmit these data to an external device. The technology could be useful in monitoring...
by Medgadget Editors | Apr 29, 2020 | Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Public Health
Because of the common expectation that ventilators would be in dire shortage during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many teams around the world have developed simple ventilators that utilize bag valve masks (AmbuBags) to pump air in and out of the lungs. Most of these...
by Cici Zhou | Apr 27, 2020 | Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Critical Care, Medicine, Neurology, Public Health, Rehab, Surgery
Lungpacer Medical, based in Vancouver, Canada, announced that its Diaphragm Pacing Therapy (DPT) System received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for use in weaning COVID-19 patients off of ventilators. Patients on prolonged mechanical ventilation may experience...
