PARIS – The Food and Drug Administration granted 510(k) clearance to Paris-based Mauna Kea Technologies SA to apply the Celioflex UHD confocal miniprobes in robotic-assisted surgery procedures.

PARIS – On the way to creating a smart stent to prevent heart attacks, a French start up pivoted instead, focusing its micro-sensor technology on an urgent medical need for clot removal to help save brain for stroke victims. In a seed-funding round, Sensome SA based in Saclay, France, outside of Paris said it raised €4.7 million ($5.4 million) to accelerate development of an intelligent catheter for neurovascular interventions.

PARIS – After two years steadily announcing new contracts for proton therapy systems worldwide and attracting investors who accelerated its stock valuation 360 percent, Ion Beam Applications SA (IBA) has hit a wall, reporting that half of its installation projects have been delayed, choking revenue generation.