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Attorney Tommy Hastings, third from left, speaks on behalf of his and fellow attorney Gabe Sassin's clients during a press conference, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in The Woodland, Texas. Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by Dr. Steve Bynon, a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients ineligible to receive a new organ.
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Relatives of Those Who Died Waiting for Livers Transplant Seek Answers
A Houston doctor is accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients ineligible.
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Each LED in the device mirrors the activity of a few thousand neurons. In a series of proof-of-concept experiments in rodents and large non-primate mammals, researchers showed that the device can effectively track and display neural activity in the brain corresponding to different areas of the body. In this case, the LEDs developed by the team light up red in the areas that need to be removed by the surgeon. Surrounding areas that control critical functions and should be avoided show up in green.
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Flexible Microdisplay Can Monitor Brain Activity in Real-Time During Brain Surgery
Each LED in the device mirrors the activity of a few thousand neurons.
April 24, 2024
Lisa Pisano looks at photos of her dog after her surgeries at NYU Langone Health in New York on Monday, April 22, 2024. Doctors transplanted a pig kidney into Pisano, who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also included a fix for her failing heart.
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Doctors Combine a Pig Kidney Transplant and a Heart Device in Bid to Extend Woman's Life
This week, the 54-year-old grasped a walker and took her first few steps.
April 24, 2024
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Penumbra Launches New Tech Designed to Rapidly Remove Blood Clots
It gives physicians a better understanding of what is occurring at the tip of the catheter during a procedure.
April 23, 2024
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Wearable Technology Assesses Surgeons’ Posture During Surgery
They were equipped with two wearable sensors attached to the back of their head and their upper back.
April 19, 2024
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Hospital Says Doctor's Changes to a Database Made Patients Ineligible for Liver Transplants
Such allegations of manipulating a transplant waiting list can undermine the public's trust in the organ allocation system.
April 15, 2024
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Houston Hospital Halts Liver and Kidney Transplants
April 12, 2024
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MOLLI Surgical Unveils OncoPen Surgical Tool
April 9, 2024
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MMI Given Green Light for Surgical System in the U.S.
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Medos Recalls Guide Sheathes Due to Cracking of the Distal Catheter Shaft
The use of the affected product may result in surgical procedural delay, vascular injury or hemorrhage.
April 5, 2024
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J&J Buying Shockwave Medical for $13B
The acquisition further extends Johnson & Johnson MedTech’s position in cardiovascular intervention.
April 5, 2024
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Remote Robotic-Assisted Surgery System Tested Aboard the International Space Station
Virtual Incision worked with maxon during the design of both the terrestrial version of MIRA and spaceMIRA.
April 4, 2024
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FDA Approves Abbott's TriClip for Repairing Leaky Tricuspid Valves
Delivered through a vein in the leg, TriClip's TEER technology works by clipping together a portion of the leaflets.
April 2, 2024
Jazmin Evans, a student at Temple University, has readings taken during a checkup at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia on Feb. 16, 2024. Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially biased organ test was to blame.
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A Biased Test Kept Thousands of Black People from Getting a Kidney Transplant
It's finally changing.
April 1, 2024
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Da Vinci 5 Gains FDA Clearance
A new force feedback feature demonstrated up to 43 percent less force exerted on tissue, which may translate to less trauma on tissue.
March 28, 2024
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NeuroOne Initiates Limited Commercial Launch of OneRF Ablation System
It's cleared for radiofrequency lesions in nervous tissue for functional neurosurgical procedures.
March 26, 2024
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PathKeeper, Mayo Clinic Set Deal for Low-Radiation Pediatric Spine Surgery
The objective is to improve interventions and mitigate risks associated with scoliosis surgery.
March 25, 2024
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Stryker Completes Acquisition of SERF SAS
The France-based joint replacement company invented the original Dual Mobility Cup.
March 22, 2024
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U.S. Surgeons Have Transplanted a Pig Kidney into a Patient
It's the first time a genetically modified pig kidney has been transplanted into a living person.
March 21, 2024
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J&J MedTech Working with NVIDIA to Scale AI for Surgery
They'll focus on edge computing to allow for localized data processing within the OR.
March 20, 2024
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Titan Medical, Conavi Merge to Advance Coronary Imaging System
It combines both intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography.
March 19, 2024
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CLS Health Cardiologists Claim Historic First with Transcarotid TAVR
The procedure that avoids open-heart surgery is momentous in cardiac care.
March 14, 2024
Dr. Frank Jobe, right, known for the development of the historic elbow procedure known as 'Tommy John Surgery,' speaks as he and Tommy John, left, are honored during a ceremony at Doubleday Field at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. , July 27, 2013.
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50 Years Later, Tommy John Surgery Remains a Game-Changer
The actual surgery largely remains the same as the one Dr. Frank Jobe performed in 1974.
March 13, 2024
Researchers at MIT have developed a new gel, GastroShield, that can be sprayed onto the surgical sites via catheter, through an endoscope, pictured. This gel forms a tough but flexible protective layer that controls and prevents delayed bleeding and mechanically reinforces the tissue, sealing up perforations that might appear after the polyp is removed and enabling wound healing to occur.
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A Sprayable Gel Could Make Minimally Invasive Surgeries Simpler and Safer
The material prevents delayed bleeding and reinforces the mechanical integrity of the tissue.
March 13, 2024