Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
SPRINT Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Cleared in U.S. to Treat Chronic and Acute Pain
SPR Therapeutics, a Cleveland, Ohio firm, landed clearance from the FDA for its SPRINT endura and extensa peripheral nerve stimulators (PNS). The endura is a single lead system, while the extensa is dual lead. The two devices...
Anesthesiology
Hologic Unveils Fluent Fluid Management System for Hysteroscopies
Hologic is releasing a new fluid management system specifically designed for hysteroscopic procedures. The Fluent system aims to simplify, make more efficient, and less frustrating fluid management tasks. The setup is simplified with a...
Anesthesiology
Shift Labs Announces Partnership with Option Care Enterprises for National Use of DripAssist
DripAssist by Shift Labs is an infusion rate monitor that offers a significant improvement in portability, efficiency, durability and ease of use over traditional infusion monitors. The last time Medgadget reported on Shift Labs, the company had...
Anesthesiology
MACH 30 Ultrasound with ShearWave PLUS Elastography Cleared in U.S., Europe
SuperSonic Imagine, a French firm, has announced that its Aixplorer MACH 30 ultrasound has been cleared in the U.S. and Europe. The system works as a traditional high power ultrasound, but also features the company's elastography technology...
Anesthesiology
First Fingerstick Glucometer Cleared by FDA for Critically Ill Patients
Nova Biomedical, a firm out of Waltham, MA, won the first FDA clearance for a fingerstick glucose meter that can be used with critically ill patients. The clearance for the StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter System allows arterial, venous, or...
Anesthesiology
Syringe Simulator Replicates Feeling of Needle Insertion
Some procedures in which a needle is inserted deep into the body, such as epidurals, require the physician to have a steady hand and to know what to feel for. This is not easy to train for, as one needs real patients to really train on properly....
Anesthesiology
EchoNous Vein Portable Ultrasound for Peripheral IV Placements
EchoNous, a Seattle-based firm, landed FDA clearance for its EchoNous Vein ultrasound for peripheral IV catheter delivery. It can visualize veins up to five centimeters deep and can be used on both children and adults. The transducer probe...
Anesthesiology
Healcerion 300L Wireless Portable Ultrasound Now Available in U.S.
Healcerion, the South Korean firm that introduced truly wireless ultrasound probes that work with smartphones and tablets, is releasing its SONON 300L ultrasound in the United States. The device was cleared last fall by the FDA and Healcerion...
Anesthesiology
TEECAD Camera Gives Vision to TEE Probes
A young medtech company called Visura Technologies, based outside of Chicago, won FDA clearance for its TEE Camera Assist Device, TEECAD for short. The device is designed to be connected to a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)...
Anesthesiology
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