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Neuromodulation Device May Help Prevent Migraines

In a new clinical trial, neuromodulation takes the form of a cell-phone-sized device that stimulates the vagus nerve. The longest cranial nerve in the human body, the vagus nerve charts a circuitous route from the brain stem through the face, neck, chest and abdomen.

WI-Charge

IDTechEx interviewed WI-Charge at CES 2020. The company provide wireless charging via a focused laser like beam over InfraRed.

Finalists Announced for 2019 R&D 100 Awards

Finalists for the venerable R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine and its new parent company, WTWH Media, LLC.

Galen Robotics

Galen Robotics is developing a single-platform solution, a Robotic ENT Microsurgical System (REMS) called Galen ES, to aid surgeons across several disciplines with minimal disturbance to existing workflows.

FlexDex Surgical

FlexDex Surgical, founded in 2013, is a medical technology company. Its device enables surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures.

Polytechnique Montréal - NanoRobotics Laboratory

The NanoRobotics Lab has developed a robotic platform that enables endovascular interventional procedures in deep and difficult to reach areas of the vasculature.

23andme

23andme is the first company and the unicorn, to offer autosomal DNA testing for ancestry and health-related components.

Spartan Bioscience

Spartan Bioscience first launched themselves into the point-of-care molecular diagnostics industry with a pharmacogenomics application for drug metabolism using their first platform, the Spartan RX, in 2010.

Guardant

Guardant is a liquid biopsy leader in the United States, selling liquid biopsy tests that "map" out genomic results for advanced cancer tumors, helping match individual patients with the right cancer treatment.

BioRad Laboratories

Bio-Rad Laboratories is a manufacturer and distributor of its own life science research and clinical diagnostics products, and has two primary segments: life science and clinical diagnostics.

MobioSense

IDTechEx spoke with MobioSense CEO Wendell Su.

Aulisa

IDTechEx first met Aulisa at CES 2019.

Auris Health

In March 2018, Auris Health also became a threat to Intuitive Surgical when its catheter-based Monarch Platform gained FDA clearance.

Transenterix

A key turning point in the surgical robot space came in October 2017 when TransEnterix received FDA clearance for its Senhance Surgical Robotic System, which is used in minimally invasive gynaecologic, colorectal, hernia repair, and cholecystectomy procedures.

Corindus Vascular Robotics

Corindus Vascular Robotics developed the CorPath System, a FDA cleared and CE marked system for peripheral and coronary vascular interventions.

Intuitive Surgical

Intuitive Surgical was founded in 1995 by Frederic Moll and John Freund and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

OR Productivity

OR Productivity designs and manufactures robotic systems that hold and manipulate a camera during laparoscopic abdominal surgical procedures. The company has developed two robotic arm systems, Freehand Vista and Freehand Panorama.

Curexo

Curexo operates in two very different fields: medical and trades. The medical field includes surgical robots, rehabilitation robots, robot supplies and services, and artificial joint supplies (implants). Its trades business include food, food additives and livestock products.

Advancments in 3D Printing Technology for Orthopaedic Care

It is no secret that technology is transforming the healthcare industry at rapid speed. The idea of 3D printing a patient's specific fracture pattern or bone pathology on command seemed like science fiction just a few years ago; however, 3D printing technology is revolutionizing orthopaedic care and is making this process a reality today.

FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for AuriNovo

3DBio Therapeutics has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Rare Pediatric Disease designation for AuriNovo™, an investigational combination product for reconstruction of the outer ear in patients with microtia.