Vaccine hesitancy could slow the development of herd immunity for COVID-19 in the U.S., but there could be other ways to help reach it. Testifying at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing Sept. 9, Surgeon General Jerome Adams said the numbers needed for herd immunity vary from expert to expert, but it ranges from 60% to 80% of the population.
The second day of the U.S. FDA’s orthopedic devices advisory panel included a proposal to down-classify semi-constrained toe joint prostheses as class II devices, but the panel was adamant that such devices be slotted in class III, with one panelist referring to the literature for these devices as “garbage.”
Minnetronix Medical Inc. has won the U.S. FDA’s nod for its Mindseye Expandable Port for neurosurgical procedures. The company touts the device as the first minimally invasive, retractable deep brain access system for use in the treatment of stroke, cancer and other conditions.
Medtronic plc is celebrating its latest win following the U.S. FDA’s approval of an early feasibility study (EFS) of the Intrepid transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement system in patients with severe, symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation. The action comes after the agency granted breakthrough device designation for the system.
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