So, I just finished up with a series on robotic exoskeletons and how these devices can be used to help patients walk. Subscribers can click here to see the first part of the series. I have to tell you, that I was blown away with the implications these devices have on the future of medicine. For all intents and purposes, the future is now. One of the companies manufacturing these devices is named Cyberdyne (Tsukuba, Japan). Science fiction fans will no doubt remember that Cyberdyne is the name of the company that also created the cybernetic life forms in...

Just a mere 24 hours after Medtronic (Minneapolis) reported its intent to acquire Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) for $200 million, the med-tech giant is dipping its toe back into the mergers and acquisitions waters again. This time the med-tech giant is picking up NGC Medical (Novedrate, Italy), a privately held company, in a transaction valued at $350 million.