Naox Technologies SAS secured U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for Naox Link, its in-ear electroencephalography (EEG) device for clinical use both at home and in health care settings. Naox Link is a pair of earbuds the company hopes will transform how the brain activity is monitored, helping diagnose and track a number of conditions affecting the brain.
Software as a service has typically been less susceptible to liability than products, but that may soon come to an end if the AI LEAD Act, sponsored by a bipartisan pair of members of the Senate, gains sufficient traction.
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has issued guidance governing online sales of medical devices with a focus on inspections of the products’ manufacturing facilities. The agency made it clear that the manufacturer will have to deal promptly with any deviations from the regulations or face enforcement action, signaling a new era of tighter scrutiny of online sales of these products.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Cumulus Neuroscience, Freenome Holdings, Hyperfine, Linus Health, Ventric Health.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Gore, Spectrumedics, Stereotaxis.
Over the last year, diabetes technology saw significant changes, including the acceleration of patch pumps, ever-smaller continuous glucose monitors (CGM), implanted CGMs and increased interest in devices that measure additional chemicals in blood without needles.