Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Hospital Introducing HoloLens Augmented Reality into the Operating Room
Alder Hey, an important children's hospital in Liverpool, England, is working on integrating Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality technology into its operating theaters. The HoloLens is a headset that is able to overlay digital images onto a...
Neurosurgery
Genotype-Specific Microparticle Treatment for Brain Cancer
Researchers from Harvard and MIT have developed microparticles that can treat a specific genetic subtype of glioma, a brain cancer. The microparticles slowly release a drug that specifically targets cancer cells that rely on a particular enzyme....
Neurosurgery
TIGERTRIEVER 13, World's Smallest Clot Retriever for Strokes, Cleared in Europe
Rapid Medical, based in Yokneam, Israel, won European regulatory approval to introduce its TIGERTRIEVER 13, the narrowest clot retriever now available for use in treating ischemic stroke. The device can be used in vessels as small as 1...
Neurosurgery
EMBOTRAP II Clot Retriever Now Saving People from Ischemic Strokes in U.S.
CERENOVUS, a part of Johnson & Johnson, is reporting that its EMBOTRAP II clot retriever has been used commercially for the first time in the U.S. to reverse an ischemic stroke. The catheter-delivered device is able to securely grab onto...
Neurosurgery
Stryker's Blood Flow Diverting Stent for Large and Giant Brain Aneurysms Approved in U.S.
Stryker won FDA pre-market approval for its Surpass Streamline Flow Diverter, a device indicated for treatment of large and even giant unruptured intracranial aneurysms. This is only the second flow diverting stent to be approved in the U.S.,...
Neurosurgery
Medtronic Releases Tablet Based Deep Brain Stimulation Clinician Programmer
Medtronic won FDA approval and is releasing its Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Clinician Programmer and Activa Programming Application. The app, loaded on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet, lets neurologists and neurosurgeons program the stimulation...
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Now Using 4K, 3D Robotic Zeiss Microscope
The Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is now the proud owner of a rare new ZEISS KINEVO 900 surgical microscope. The robotic-powered device sports 4K resolution and 3D visualization, giving doctors an...
Neurosurgery
Tiny Battery-Free Implantable Devices Powered Wirelessly Using Radio Frequency Waves
Scientists at MIT have developed a wireless system that can power tiny implantable devices in the body, without the need for batteries. The system relies on radiofrequency waves emitted by an antenna outside the body, which can then power the...
Neurosurgery
Mauna Kea's Cellvizio Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy Cleared in U.S. for Neurological Procedures
Mauna Kea's (Paris, France) Cellvizio 100 series F400 and F800, with a new Confocal Miniprobe called CranioFle, has been granted FDA clearance to be used in neurological procedures targeting brain and spinal tumors. The confocal laser...
Neurosurgery
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