Researchers from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) in Los Angeles are developing a contact lens that can capture and detect exosomes. These are nanometer-sized vesicles found in bodily secretions which have the potential to be diagnostic cancer biomarkers. The team published its work and findings in August 2022 in Advanced Functional Materials.
Researchers from ESPCI Paris (Paris University for Industrial Physics and Chemistry), are working on a novel functional neuroimaging technique for measuring whole-brain activity dynamically at the microscopic level.
A research team from Lille University Hospital in France has recently demonstrated that dual-energy computed tomography lung perfusion can provide valuable additional information for standard CT scans by visualizing perfusion changes in systemic sclerosis patients with normal or minimally infiltrated lung parenchyma. This clinical research team published their findings this summer in European Radiology.
Gleamer SAS is joining forces with Fujifilm Europe GmbH to integrate its Boneview AI software into Fujifilm X-ray systems. Gleamer's advanced algorithm platform detects and localizes lesions on radiographs, graphically highlighting areas of interest, before submitting the images to radiologists for validation.
Thales SA signed a major partnership with the Curie Institute to use very high-intensity electron FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) in cancer therapy. Based on its experience in the field of particle accelerators, “we have all the manufacturing facilities and human know-how necessary to ramp research and development for this new technology,” Charles-Antoine Goffin, vice president, microwave & imaging subsystems at Thales, told BioWorld.
Sonio SAS raised just over $5 million in its seed round to develop artificial intelligence (AI) software allowing health care professionals to determine the most appropriate pregnancy care. Its Sonio Diagnostic software delivers decision support for fetal ultrasound used in antenatal diagnostics.
Shanghai Sanyou Medical Co. Ltd. will be working with Implanet SA to get the latter’s Jazz platform for treating spinal pathologies approved and distributed in China. “Through this partnership, Sanyou Medical will be Jazz’s exclusive distributor. We are currently working on obtaining registration in China with the authorities. We will have a better view on the commercial launch timing later this year,” Ludovic Lastennet, CEO and founder of Implanet, told BioWorld.
A French public-private consortium of seven med-tech companies, research institutes and specialist cancer hospitals is launching a new project to standardize and improve access to health care data for cancer research. Paris-based Arkhn SAS and Owkin SAS joined forces with INRIA, the French national institute for research in digital science and technology, to launch Oncolab.
Just three months after raising $10 million from its IPO on the Paris Euronext Growth market, SMAIO SA (Software Machines and Adaptive Implants in Orthopedics) obtained U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its Balance Analyzer 3D surgery planning software and for its patient-specific union rods. This spinal realignment planning software uses medical imaging of the patient’s spine in an upright static position.
Diabeloop SA has just closed a series C funding round, securing $73 million to ramp global expansion for its DBL1 integrated smart system for patients with type 1 diabetes. “This will allow us to boost commercial roll-out and continue pursuing our growth strategy into Europe, the U.S. and Asia,” Erik Huneker, CEO of Diabeloop, told BioWorld.