Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
New Membranes to Make Extracorporeal Oxygenation More Effective
When lungs fail because of acute respiratory distress and cannot be used to deliver oxygen to patients via conventional ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has to be employed. ECMOs remove carbon dioxide from whole blood...
Thoracic Surgery
LapTrainer Mixed Reality Simulator for Laparoscopy Training Unveiled
KARL STORZ, a German maker of surgical tools and endoscopy products, has partnered with VirtaMed, a Swiss maker of medical simulators, to release a simulator for laparoscopic training. The LapTrainer device is a mixed reality simulator...
Thoracic Surgery
PENTAX Releases EB19-J10U Ultrasound Video Bronchoscope in U.S.
PENTAX has announced that its new EB19-J10U endobronchial scope, having received FDA clearance, is coming to the United States. The device, intended for minimally invasive procedures such as Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) and EBUS-guided...
Thoracic Surgery
Europe Clears RejuvenAir, a New Therapy for COPD with Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis can be a difficult disease to live with, but when it's coupled with COPD it can be truly debilitating. There are medications available that help to reduce mucus production and coughing, but these don't really help the...
Thoracic Surgery
Siemens Healthineers Unveil SOMATOM X.cite Premium CT Scanner
Siemens Healthineers won FDA clearance and is releasing its brand new SOMATOM X.cite premium single-source CT scanner. The device, along with a high-end X-ray tube and other enhancements, features the company's new myExam Companion technology...
Thoracic Surgery
XACT Hands-free Instrument Placement Robot Cleared in U.S.
XACT Robotics, an Israeli company, just announced winning FDA clearance for its instrument steering and insertion system for percutaneous procedures. Used to perform procedures such as biopsies and ablations, the XACT device provides a great...
Thoracic Surgery
Canon Ultra High-Res Aquilion Precision CT Now Boosted by Artificial Intelligence
Canon has announced that its new Advanced Intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) has been cleared by the FDA to be used on the company's "ultra high-resolution" Aquilion Precision CT system. The use of the AiCE deep convolutional neural network for...
Thoracic Surgery
Laser Activated Gold Nanorods Create Silk Seal for Incisions and Wounds
Staples and sutures are currently used to seal soft tissues together in clinical practice, but researchers at Arizona State University have come up with an alternative technique that resembles welding. It may end up being used to seal tissues...
Thoracic Surgery
Ethicon's New ECHELON CIRCULAR Powered Stapler
Ethicon, a part of J&J, just unveiled the ECHELON CIRCULAR, which the company touts as the first powered circular stapler specifically designed for colorectal, gastric, and thoracic procedures. The device features so-called "Gripping...
Thoracic Surgery
