Charleston, S.C.-based startup ABM Respiratory Care has received U.S. FDA clearance for its first product, an airway clearance system known as Biwaze Cough. The portable device helps to remove secretions for people who are unable to cough or clear away secretions effectively on their own due to injury or disease. Read More

An artificial intelligence-based system can accurately detect COVID-19 using thoracic CT scans in patients with respiratory symptoms, according to a preprint study published on arXiv.org. The system can also help monitor patients with the disease. Other teams have employed AI to speed diagnosis and develop clarity on the signature appearance of the disease in the lungs of symptomatic patients. Read More

Cerus Corp., of Concord, Calif., is teaming up with several collaborators in its home state, with an eye toward optimizing convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients. Read More

PERTH, Australia – The British Standards Institute (BSI) granted Sydney-based Oncosil Medical Ltd. European CE marking approval for its brachytherapy device to treat locally advanced pancreatic cancer in combination with chemotherapy, clearing the way for marketing in both the EU and the U.K. BSI also granted the Oncosil device breakthrough therapy designation. Read More

Indian scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism underlying life-threatening sepsis and proposed a new treatment strategy centered upon cell-free chromatin (cfCh), they reported in the March 4, 2020, edition of PLOS ONE. Notably, they showed that sepsis could be caused by cfCh released from dying host cells following microbial infection. Read More

New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: Microbot Medical. Read More

Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Cellfe, Genetic Technologies, Heart Health Intelligence. Read More

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Castle Bioscience. Read More

Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 1drop, Bactiguard Holding, Bat-Call, Becton Dickinson, Bioiq, Biomedomics, Bioporto Diagnostics, Chembio, Essity, Flir Systems, Henry Schein, Homedoctor, Lifesignals, Luminarie, Maquestionmedicale, Masimo, Medtronic, Miradx, Nanovibronix, Nemaura, Neteera, Novioscan, Pointclickcare, One Medical, Sd Biosensor, Somatix, Stethome, Stryker, Tni Medical, Viecure, Viewray, Viscient Biosciences. Read More

Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: ABM Respiratory Care, Crossbay Medical. Read More

The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies. Read More

Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Individuals taking class of steroid medications at high risk for COVID-19; Broken bone location can have significant impact on long-term health; (Re)generation next: Novel strategy to develop scaffolds for joint tissue regeneration. Read More