An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by Annalise.ai Pty Ltd. was able to improve radiologists’ accuracy in detecting abnormalities on non-contrast computed tomography brain (CTB) scans. According to a study published in European Radiology, the Annalise Enterprise CTB module improved radiologists' accuracy by 32% and reduced their overall reading time by 11%. Read More
The U.S. FDA’s Sept. 6 hearing of the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee (PEAC) tackled the question of health equity, a discussion that touched on several issues such as accessibility. One of the committee’s recommendations was that the FDA assist the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with the latter’s task of developing codes for payment, not the kind of task to which the FDA is typically assigned. Read More
Light therapy during sleep helps increase resistance to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression, a study in Frontiers of Optoelectronics suggests. The researchers found that photobiomodulation (PBM) during deep sleep improved the ability of the lymphatic system to flush beta-amyloid from the brains of mice, demonstrating the importance of sleep in fending off the neurodegenerative disease and opening a possible new therapy for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s.
Bariatek Medical SA’s team of inventors reported on a patent for a delivery system for introducing or deploying a gastrointestinal implant, particularly a bypass sleeve used to treat obesity and diabetes. Read More
Proteome analysis with artificial intelligence has made it possible to create a catalog of all possible missense mutations in the human genome to predict diseases. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Abbott Laboratories, Bigfoot Biomedical, Bimi International Medical, Imagebiopsy Lab, Insightec, Phenix, Radiobotics. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Exactech, Tyber Medical. Read More
