Artificial intelligence might solve a world of cost issues for medical science, but the results of a recent study suggest that the day has not yet come when hospitals and doctor’s offices can just feed data into a computer and expect a reliable and intelligible diagnosis.
In what represents the first patenting to emerge from Braincapture ApS, its chief executive officer, Tue Lehn-Schiøler, describes the development of a low-cost, portable electroencephalogram device designed to enhance neurological diagnostics in underserved communities around the world.
In just the second PCT filing published in the name of Newmanbrain SL, co-founders Carlos Belmonte and Joaquin Ibañez seek specific protection for the use of Newmanbrain’s functional near infrared spectroscopy system, Theia, in the diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
A team of researchers from the University of Northumbria filed for protection of a flexible transdermal patch taht uses surface acoustic wave technology they believe offers distinct advantages over traditional transdermal patches.
Researchers from Shandong University and affiliated organizations reported the discovery and preclinical characterization of novel 68Ga-labeled PSMA-targeting tracers for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Guardant Health Inc.agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle allegations that the company’s human resources office hired a relative and a friend of a physician who persuaded the company to make the hires in a quid pro quo for orders of Guardant’s tests. The U.S. Department of Justice said the penalties could have been much greater but for the company’s cooperation in the investigation, which disclosed that at least one of these hires was not qualified for the position.
Quantalx Neuroscience Ltd. filed for protection of a system and method for the diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus and prediction of patient response to ventriculoperitoneal shunting surgery treatment. The U.S. FDA granted the company’s Delphi-MD breakthrough device designation for these indications in May 2023.
Universität Bonn has divulged P2X purinoceptor 4 (P2RX4; P2X4) antagonists reported to be useful as diagnostics and for the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, stroke, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis and obesity.
The U.S. Medicare outpatient draft for 2025 is rich with applications for pass-through payment, but the draft also would boost payment for radiopharmaceuticals, a proposal that drew the applause of industry and physicians alike. The outpatient draft for CY 2025 tackles the implications of some new technologies for the pass-through payment program, but nestled in the draft rule is a proposal to pay separately for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
Lunglife AI Inc. is looking for a strategic partner to help get Lunglb — its non-invasive test for the early detection of lung cancer — into the market and to the patients who need it. The company’s artificial intelligence-supported blood-based test, which identifies indeterminate lung nodules, will be game changing for early lung cancer diagnosis, Paul Pagano, Lunglife CEO, told BioWorld.
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