Medtronic and Foxconn Partner to Increase Ventilator Production
Medtronic and Foxconn are currently ramping up plans to produce 10,000 PB560 ventilators over the next year at Foxconn’s Wisconsin Valley Science and Technology Park in Mount Pleasant, Wis. The ventilators will be marketed and sold by Medtronic.
icotec ag Receives Approvals for Two KONG® VBR Spinal Systems Made with BlackArmor® and Ti-iT® in Europe and the US
"This is exciting news for icotec ag and our team as it allows us to expand our portfolio in multiple countries simultaneously, to include implants made from radiolucent, nonmetallic BlackArmor® material with a 360° osseoconductive Ti-iT® pure titanium coating," said Roger Stadler, CEO of icotec ag.
Jupiter Medical Center First in Treasure Coast Region to Implement Innovative Safety Technologies
The new innovative technologies encompasses three key areas in the patient journey – hospital entry, check-in and waiting room procedures, and sanitizing patient room and procedure areas – to create the region’s most robust hospital safety ecosystem.
USGI Medical Receives FDA Approval to Expand US Pilot Study Evaluating Incisionless Weight Loss Procedure – POSE 2.0
The non-invasive, endoscopic procedure, known as POSE 2.0, is designed to evaluate weight loss for adults suffering from obesity with a body mass index of 35 to 40 kg/m and an obesity-related comorbidity, such as diabetes or hypertension.
FDA Takes Additional Action to Harness Real-World Data to Inform COVID-19 Response Efforts
The FDA is announcing its participation in the COVID-19 Diagnostics Evidence Accelerator, a multi-stakeholder collaborative project to advance the development of diagnostics. The Diagnostics Evidence Accelerator is organized by the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA in collaboration with Friends of Cancer Research.