Invacare Corporation and its subsidiary, Alber USA, LLC announced the introduction of their next generation of power assist devices – the e-motion® (M25). The Alber e-motion power assist for manual wheelchairs is a push rim activated device that features wheels with a powerful in-hub motor and lithium ion batteries. The e-motion (M25) is an upgrade from the e-motion (M15), an industry-leading solution serving the marketplace since 2008. “Alber continues to pave the w

Thyroid diseases are common worldwide. In India too, there is a significant burden of thyroid diseases. According to a projection from various studies on thyroid disease, it has been estimated that about 42 million people in India suffer from thyroid diseases. According to statistics and research by NCBI (National Centre of Biotechnology Information), thyroid disorders are on the rise in India. Approximately 1 in 10 Indian adults suffer from hypothyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid gl

Can a medical tool predict the risk of certain medications based on a patient’s genetics, and, if so, could this information lead to doctors customizing a patient’s drug therapy? The tool being studied at DHR Health Institute for Research & Development to answer these questions is Cipherome’s Xentinel® Lighthouse, and this pilot study will also evaluate the resulting savings in health-care costs. After a stroke or heart attack, the standard treatment is Per

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory is strengthening its support for the medical device industry with a new facility that will increase its capacity for testing new radiotherapy technologies. Varian Medical Systems will use the facility to scale up the testing of its advanced linear accelerator technology, which allows clinicians to deliver accurate, highly targeted doses of radiation to treat a range of cancers. These include cancers of

The US Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) is establishing ARANZ Medical's Silhouette solution as a VA national platform, enabling more VA Medical Centers to utilize Silhouette in their wound telehealth programs. Since 2010, the Silhouette wound imaging, measuring and documentation solution (Please visit https://www.aranzmedical.com/silhouette-demonstration-videos/ for more information) has been deployed in an increasing number of VA facilities. This new

BayCare Health System, West Central Florida's largest provider of behavioral health services, on Thursday announced plans to significantly increase its capacity and commitment to both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services in response to the community's needs. By mid-2022, BayCare will provide 24 more behavioral health inpatient beds at its hospitals. And over the next three years, the health system plans to add 65 more behavior health providers – a combin

Sakra World Hospital, one of Bangalore's premier healthcare organisations that boasts of Japanese cutting-edge technology delivering breakthrough healthcare in India, now has another feather in its hat. Sakra World Hospital has recently been awarded with the prestigious D L Shah QCI Award - the highest quality award rating an organisation on stringent quality parameters for its Quality Project on Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR), a standard of care

BrainChip Holdings Ltd, a leading provider of ultra-low power high performance artificial intelligence technology, today announced progress in testing with the NaNose (Nano Artificial Nose) where patients’ exhaled breath samples were tested for COVID-19. NaNose Medical technology, based on the artificial nose developed at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, has the same sensitivity to minute quantities of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as a dog’s nose. It has

Detroit-based MRI technology company SpinTech, Inc. has acquired medical-imaging research and technology developer Magnetic Resonance Innovations, Inc. (MR Innovations). The acquisition brings an expert team of PhD and master's-level engineers and physicists and also includes MR Innovations' 10 patents, over 300 published papers and a network of more than 50 global collaborators. To honor the legacy of MR Innovations, the company, which currently does business under the name

Bimini Health Tech, a diversified global medical aesthetics and regenerative therapy company, announced today that it has received approval from Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency ("PMDA") to market the Company's Puregraft family of autologous fat transfer products in Japan. Bimini will market the complete portfolio of Puregraft fat transfer products in Japan through its local partner PRSS Japan Co., Ltd. ("PRSS"), a leading provider of surg