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Levee Medical Raises $14M for Device to Treat Post-Prostatectomy Complications
It's an absorbable device designed to reduce urinary incontinence.
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Veterans Administration Awards Medline Medical-Surgical Prime Vendor Contract
The agreement is to provide distribution of medical-surgical products to the majority of VA Medical Centers.
February 10, 2025
Surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Jan. 25, 2025, successfully transplanted a genetically-edited pig kidney into 66-year-old Tim Andrews of Concord, N.H.
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New Hampshire Man Is 2nd Person Known to Be Living with a Pig Kidney
Doctors said Andrews' pig kidney turned pink and quickly began producing urine in the operating room.
February 7, 2025
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Zimmer Biomet Acquiring Orthopedic Specialist Paragon 28 for $1.1B
The company has a suite of surgical offerings and product systems spanning all major foot and ankle segments.
January 30, 2025
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Stryker to Sell its U.S. Spinal Implants Business
The company has been on an M&A hot streak lately but now it's the seller.
January 29, 2025
Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.
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The Only Person with a Functioning Pig Organ is Thriving After a Record 2 Months
Towana Looney's vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality.
January 27, 2025
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Medicaid-Insured Heart Transplant Patients Face Higher Risk of Post-Transplant Complications
January 24, 2025
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B. Braun Launches Epidural/PNB Catheter Securement Device
January 22, 2025
In this photo provided by Massachusetts General Hospital, patient Mike Garrity, center, speaks with Drs. Joe Garasic, left, and Randy Zusman in Boston, on Sept. 25, 2024.
New Option Emerges for Keeping Tough Cases of Blood Pressure Under Control
January 20, 2025
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Surgeons Complete World’s First Robotic-Assisted Implantation of an Artificial Heart Pump
January 16, 2025
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February 11, 2025
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Johnson & Johnson Pauses AFib Device Rollout After Patients Suffer 'Neurovascular Events'
The company said this won't affect VARIPULSE cases outside the U.S.
January 10, 2025
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Boston Scientific Acquires Laser-Based Lithotripsy Specialist Bolt Medical
The system is designed to fracture calcium by creating acoustic pressure waves inside of a balloon catheter.
January 8, 2025
Andre Abreu, MD, a Keck Medicine of USC urologist, performs a procedure using steam to destroy prostate cancer as part of a clinical trial to determine if a water vapor system is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer.
Orthopedic
Can Targeted Blasts of Steam Kill Prostate Cancer?
Once the catheter is positioned, a fine needle is deployed in the tumor.
January 7, 2025
Alex Berrios walks into his dialysis session in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 4, 2024.
Surgical
Who Wants a Pig Organ? Patients Sick and Tired of Waiting for a Transplant
Two U.S. companies aim to begin the world's first clinical trials of xenotransplantation in 2025.
December 17, 2024
Kryscilla J. Yang, MD, clinical instructor for the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, from left, and Robert Montgomery, MD, H. Leon Pachter, MD, Professor of Surgery, chair of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine Department of Surgery, and director of the NYU Langone transplant Institute, prepare patient Towana Looney to receive a gene-edited pig kidney at NYU Langone Health in New York City on Nov. 25, 2024.
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An Alabama Woman Is Doing Well After Experimental Pig Kidney Transplant
Towana Looney is the fifth American given a gene-edited pig organ.
December 17, 2024
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Orthopedic
Arthrex Shares Data on ACL Reconstruction Tech for Young Athletes
It could reduce the rate of re-injuring, or re-tearing, a surgically reconstructed ACL.
December 16, 2024
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FDA Expands Use of World's Smallest Heart Pump for Pediatric Patients
Impella CP and Impella 5.5 heart pumps unload the heart’s left ventricle, allowing the heart to rest.
December 12, 2024
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Capstan Raises $110M for Heart Valve Implants, Catheter-based Robotic Delivery Platform
The funding will support expanded clinical and development work leading to upcoming pivotal trials.
December 11, 2024
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FDA Clears the NanoKnife System for Prostate Tissue Ablation
With its non-thermal approach, the system is engineered to preserve vital structures inside and outside the prostate.
December 9, 2024
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Johnson & Johnson MedTech Joins Experts to Define and Classify Surgical Site Outcomes
Experts call for consistent definitions in the assessment, reporting, and monitoring of surgical wounds.
December 5, 2024
Surgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
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New Rule Allows HIV-Positive Organ Transplants
Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies.
November 26, 2024
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Stryker's New OR Lighting Platform Aims to Eliminate Dim Spots
It's also designed to improve contrast, tissue differentiation, and reduce glare off instrumentation.
November 19, 2024
Robotic-assisted suspension of the cervix: (from left) Dr. Carolin Schröder, Prof. Dr. Dominique Könsgen-Mustea and Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Mustea, Director of the Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, successfully perform the robotic-assisted surgery.
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Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Genital Prolapse Shows Promise
Using a small incision in the back of the knee, part of the posterior thigh tendon is removed and then fixed to the uterus or cervix.
November 14, 2024
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Stryker Updates SurgiCount+ to Improve Sponge Management, Blood Loss Assessment
It includes a Bluetooth scale that batch weighs blood-soaked items to help assess blood loss.
November 14, 2024