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SPR Therapeutic Inc.’s Sprint PNS system

More than 20,000 patients have found relief with Sprint PNS system

Aug. 22, 2023
By Annette Boyle
Over the last six years, more than 20,000 patients have been implanted with the Sprint PNS system to manage acute or chronic pain, SPR Therapeutics Inc. reported. The 20,000th patient was treated for low back and leg pain with the Sprint Extensa XT system, which like the company’s other systems is implanted for 60 days in a minimally invasive surgery. The system uses percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) to recondition the central nervous system to provide long-term, significant relief from pain.
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Heart and lungs

Magassist moves forward with ECMO in China's heart failure market

July 21, 2023
By Doris Yu
Taking a step forward in an increasingly crowded market that has long been dominated by non-Chinese players, Magassist Co. Ltd. got positive clinical results from its extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system Breathmo to provide support for patients with serious heart failure or lung failure, with a study showing that the system can provide pulmonary and cardiac support effectively and safely.
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Neura Robotics raises $55M to expand into the US and Japan

July 20, 2023
By Shani Alexander
Neura Robotics GmbH closed a $55 million funding round that will allow the company to expand its operation into the U.S. and Japan and increase its production infrastructure in Germany amid growing demand. The company, which builds cognitive robots, has an order book which exceeds $450 million.
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Endotheia sees positive results with single-use device for endoscopic surgery

July 19, 2023
By Meg Bryant
Endotheia Inc. reported the successful completion of a first-in-human clinical trial of its steerable technology for endoscopic surgery. The single-use device integrates with standard forward-viewing gastroscopes, allowing physicians to replicate the functions of specialized duodenoscopes that are currently used in the treatment of biliary disease.
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Quidel, Medtronic hit with class I recalls

July 18, 2023
By Mark McCarty
Recalls are a fact of life in the medical technology space, and Medtronic plc and Quidel Cardiovascular Inc., have both been forced to report class I recalls. Dublin-based Medtronic announced a recall of more than 348,000 cardiac electrophysiology devices due to issues that could prevent high-voltage therapy while San Diego-based Quidel is recalling nearly 7,800 Triage cardiac panels because of a risk of false negatives for patients being assessed for an infarct.
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Organox metra

Organox raises £25M to fund US expansion, eyes IPO on Nasdaq

July 18, 2023
By Shani Alexander
Organox Ltd. raised £25 million (US$33 million) in a funding round that will allow the company to expand its operations in the U.S. on the back of significantly increasing demand from transplant centers, Oern Stuge, executive chairman, at Organox told BioWorld. The Oxford, U.K.-based company which makes systems to preserve and transport livers for transplant is also preparing for its eventual listing on Nasdaq, he added.
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Cognito headset

Know what? Cognito study shows gamma therapy reduces Alzheimer’s biomarkers

July 17, 2023
By Annette Boyle
A study conducted by Cognito Therapeutics Inc. demonstrated significant changes in white matter volume and myelination in patients with Alzheimer’s disease after six months of at-home, non-invasive gamma stimulation therapy in a presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2023.
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Jiddu device by Astek Diagnostics

Astek Diagnostics raises $2M for early warning UTI medical device

July 6, 2023
By David Godkin
Astek Diagnostics Inc. has wound up a successful $2 million early stage VC funding round to support the development and launch of a medical device designed for the speedy recovery of patients suffering from urinary tract infections (UTI). The Baltimore-based startup has designed a benchtop analyzer and disposable cartridge called the Jiddu that can detect bacterial infection in urine in one hour.
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Apyx device by Escala Medical

Escala raising funds for US launch of Apyx device for pelvic organ prolapse

July 6, 2023
By Shani Alexander
The €5.5 million (US$6 million) Escala Medical Ltd. recently received from the European Innovation Council will help the company expand its operations as it looks to officially launch its Apyx device in the U.S. later this year, CEO and founder Edit Goldberg told BioWorld. Already FDA-cleared, Apyx offers incision-free pelvic organ prolapse (POP) treatment to the women suffering from the often painful and debilitating condition.
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Hemodiafiltration technology significantly reduces mortality rate in kidney failure patients

July 5, 2023
By Shani Alexander
The mortality rate of patients with kidney failure can be significantly reduced if they are treated with high-dose hemodiafiltration compared with the more commonly used high-flux hemodialysis, according to a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results from the CONVINCE trial pave the way for the increased adoption of hemodiafiltration as a therapeutic option to treat patients with end-stage kidney disease.
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