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The U.S. FDA has authorized use of Cook Medical's Flourish Pediatric Esophageal Atresia Anastomosis, a first-of-its-kind medical device to treat infants up to 1 year old for a birth defect that causes a gap in their esophagus, called esophageal atresia.
The US FDA has cleared REBIScan’s Pediatric Vision Scanner (PVS)—a handheld device that helps physicians screen for amblyopia (“lazy eye”) and strabismus (misaligned eyes) in young children. Such technology is a boon to the medical community, REBIScan officials say, since amblyopia and strabismus are easiest to treat in preschoolers.
According to a new market report from Transparency Market Research, the global patient monitoring equipment market was valued at more than $3 billion in 2014, and is projected to reach a value of $4.7 billion between 2015 and 2023. Factors such as increasing incidence of chronic diseases, growing awareness of applications for patient monitors, and increased spending by patients and governments are fueling the growth.
Read MoreThe University of Pennsylvania Health System has undergone a 3-week pilot program to test wearable patient monitors in the medical surgical cancer unit. The program is intended as a “proof of concept” to determine whether the FDA-approved hospital devices would be useful to patients and clinicians.
Read MoreUS News & World Report has issued its 2015–2016 rankings for the best hospitals across 16 specialties, including more than 5,000 medical facilities from around the world. Massachusetts General took first place on the newspaper’s Honor Roll, a list of 15 US hospitals that ranked at or near the top among six or more specialty areas.
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CapsuleTech and Masimo are partnering to integrate Masimo SET Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry into the SmartLinx Vitals Plus patient monitoring system.
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A new report from Persistence Market Research indicates the global hospital bed market is expected to reach $6,731.8 million by 2020, with the largest growth predicted in Europe and Asia.
Read MoreAccording to a February 2015 market research report from Bio-Tech Systems Inc, advances in neurological and cardiac imaging are predicted to fuel United States growth for SPECT and PET radiopharmaceutical markets in the second half of the decade.
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Read MoreAccording to a recent survey conducted by Dell that looked at technology adoption by midsized companies, healthcare is transitioning to cloud computing more successfully than other industries.
Read MoreBiomedical entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg is working to create a cheap, portable medical imaging device that will make the technology accessible by the general public.
Read MoreWelch Allyn and Gentag are partnering to bring to market near field communication (NFC) technology for medical devices and sensors—technologies that will be used for remote patient monitoring worldwide.
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has developed a new website for collecting industry feedback on its planned road map for medical device interoperability.
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