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Endoscope Drying Cabinet

Olympus Announces Launch of New Endoscope Drying Cabinet

Drying endoscope channels is a critical component of reprocessing. The ScopeLocker Air endoscope drying cabinet, manufactured by Capsa Healthcare and distributed by Olympus Corp., helps facilitate the drying process and is designed to meet society guidelines for endoscope drying and storage.

Clinical Trials

Elixir Medical Reports | LithiX HC-IVL System Data Demonstrate Sustained Safety and Efficacy at Six Months

“We developed LithiX to improve the IVL treatment of calcified lesions with shorter procedure times and effectiveness across a broad range of calcified lesions, and we’re delighted with the PINNACLE I study outcomes demonstrating its sustained safety and effectiveness,” said Motasim Sirhan, CEO of Elixir Medical. “Our team is committed to developing transformative cardiovascular technologies that deliver improved physician experiences and most importantly, better clinical outcomes for patients.”

SPYRAL HTN-ON MED Study Update | Shows significant, consistent, long-term blood pressure lowering effect at two years

“These findings are a key step toward informing the medical community of the long-term effectiveness with radiofrequency renal denervation as a treatment for uncontrolled hypertension,” stated Dr. David Kandzari, Chief of Piedmont Heart Institute and Cardiovascular Services and lead principal investigator of the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial. “Importantly, at two years, we continue to see Symplicity is safe and consistent with clinically meaningful and significant blood pressure reductions. These data further substantiate sustained blood pressure reductions consistently observed in across the SPYRAL and Global Symplicity clinical programs.”

Biotechnology News

Glooko and Innovation Zed Partner to Revolutionize Injectable Therapy Management with Digital Companion Apps

This innovative digital companion system, seamlessly integrating hardware and software, will be designed to integrate with the Glooko platform, currently used by over 8,200 diabetes clinics worldwide. This integration will enable the capture and analysis of critical information related to injectable therapies from the Innovation Zed DOSE platform technology, offering enhanced support for healthcare providers and patients alike.

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Medical Education

The Next Frontier in Medical Education: Apple Vision Pro’s Influence on Spatial Computing in Healthcare | By Vicky Smalley, Chief Technology Officer at FundamentalVR

When it was first announced, Apple Vision Pro was widely heralded as the savior of the VR/XR dream. Would Apple do to the spatial computing market what it did to the mobile phone market in the late noughties? What is the reality now that the device is launched – what does it mean for the business world’s adoption and effective utilization of spatial computing, and more specifically for our customers who are focused on surgical education and medical device sales and adoption? Read on.

Chuck Serrin

How A Streamlined Quality Management System Can Transform the Prescription Ordering Journey for Patients | By Chuck Serrin, VP of MedTech and Life Sciences Industry Marketing at Propel

Chuck Serrin advises since the pandemic, there has been a rise in ordering everything to the home – from vitamins to prescription drugs – and the days of venturing to a brick-and-mortar store are declining. The pharmaceutical industry is no different. It too is evolving, and pharmacy-focused businesses must make sure their systems are updated to keep up with the changing times.

Executives on the Move

FDA Medical Device Updates

Comprehensive Insights into Medical Device & Biotechnology Company Mergers, Acquisitions & Funding

InduPro Announces $85 Million Series A Financing

InduPro notes the financing will support the advancement of the first expected clinical product candidate targeting cancer tissue based on the proximity of co-targeted pairs, from preclinical development to an expected IND filing in Q4 2025 for a Phase 1 clinical trial. It will also fuel a pipeline of novel bispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) that utilizes protein proximity for identification of novel tumor selective target pairings.

Nuclera Awarded £1.14M Innovate UK Funding for Development of eProtein Discovery

The funding, made up of a £790k flexible, agile, scalable, and sustainable technologies (FASST) grant awarded in collaboration with DeepMirror, and a £350k Engineering Biology grant, to further develop the platform, including evaluations by Dr Konstantinos Beis, an independent expert from Imperial College London, and Dr Andrew Quigley from Diamond Light Source.

Market Reports

Advancements In Imaging

Vieworks

Vieworks Showcases X-ray Imaging Excellence: RSNA 2023 Spotligh

Vieworks will present its comprehensive range of DR flat panel detectors (FPDs) catering to general radiography, dynamic applications, and mammography. The focal point remains on the latest VIVIX-S F series, accompanied by the revolutionary VIVIX-S 1751S—a long-format detector tailored for imaging larger body parts and long bones.

Hospitals In the News

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