Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Students Develop Cheap and Portable Cough Assist Device
People with cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, and other chronic conditions can have serious difficulty coughing. This creates not only discomfort, but potentially dangerous complications for the lungs and heart. There are cough assist devices...
Thoracic Surgery
4Dx Uses Algorithms to Better Visualize Lung Function
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease affects millions of people in the United States. The main method of diagnosis is the pulmonary function tests (PFTs), in which a patient breathes into a machine that measures pulmonary parameters. The...
Thoracic Surgery
Fujifilm Releases New Minimally Invasive Imaging Systems in U.S.
FUJIFILM is releasing a couple surgical visualization systems that were designed to improve minimally invasive procedures. The FUJIFILM EL-580FN Ultra-Slim Video Laparoscope System uses the firm's own Super-Honeycomb CCD sensor to produce...
Thoracic Surgery
TransMedics' Lung Preservation System Approved in U.S. for Double Transplants
TransMedica, based in Andover, Massachusetts, won FDA approval to introduce its Organ Care System (OCS) LUNG for use in standard double lung transplant procedures. The approval was based on the INSPIRE Trial, which the company touts as being...
Thoracic Surgery
Aquilion Precision, a High Resolution CT from Canon Now Cleared by FDA
Canon Medical won FDA clearance for its top-end Aquilion Precision CT scanner. The company calls it the world's first "Ultra-High Resolution CT" system because it's capable of resolving objects as small as 150 microns, something commonly...
Thoracic Surgery
Ferromagnetic FMsealer Laparoscopic Shears for Faster Vessel Sealing with Fewer Side Effects
Domain Surgical out of Salt Lake City, UT, which is part of OmniGuide, itself based in Lexington, MA, is releasing new laparoscopic shears based on its ferromagnetic technology. The FMsealer Laparoscopic Shears, unlike bipolar electric devices,...
Thoracic Surgery
Monarch Robotic Endoscopy for Spotting Small, Deep-Seated Lung Nodules Cleared by FDA
Auris Health, based in Redwood City, California, is showing off its brand new Monarch Platform for robotic, accurate endoscopic navigation through the lungs. The Monarch helps physicians to reach more places within the lungs and find smaller...
Thoracic Surgery
Convesaid, a Hemostat Powder Spray That Can't Cause Embolisms
Team Consulting, a firm based out of an old barn in Cambridge, UK that develops medical devices, one being the EpiPen, has now come up with a hemostat powder sprayer that cannot cause embolisms. When spraying a powder onto a leaking vein, the...
Thoracic Surgery
Hemafuse for Autotransfusion of Blood from Internal Hemorrhage
Treatment of serious internal bleeding requires replacing lost blood with fresh donor blood, but this is not always an option. In poor areas and those with a lack of healthcare infrastructure donor blood may simply be unavailable. A new device...
Thoracic Surgery
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