Microsoft Kinect may help in treating multiple sclerosis patients: Study savita thakur thakur18 Aug 2016 11:48 AM ISTToronto : A commonly used gaming device may prove to be a cheap and effective means of evaluating the walking difficulties of multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Apple plans new heart-monitoring wearable device savita thakur thakur14 Aug 2016 12:13 PM ISTNew York : Tech giant Apple has filed a patent application for a wearable device that can measure electrocardiographic (ECG) signals to monitor the...
Indian Medical Devices soon in government hospitals savita thakur thakur10 Aug 2016 1:24 PM ISTIn a move to provide push to Indian device Manufacturers, as a part of PM Modi's Make in India Campaign, the central government is reported to have...
FDA issues draft recommendations on submitting a new 510(k) for device modifications savita thakur thakur7 Aug 2016 12:07 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft updated recommendations to help manufacturers determine when they are required to notify the FDA...
India includes stents in NLEM to cap price Geeta Sharma Sharma24 July 2016 3:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government's decision to include two varieties of tiny wire mesh tubes known as stents into the National List of Essential...
Galenica to buy biotech firm Relypsa for $1.5 bln before break-up savita thakur thakur22 July 2016 9:50 AM ISTGalenica has agreed to buy US biotech firm Relypsa for $1.53 billion in cash to strengthen its Vifor Pharma unit ahead of splitting up the Swiss...
FDA approves intraocular lens with extended range of vision for cataract patients savita thakur thakur17 July 2016 3:42 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first intraocular lens (IOL) that provides cataract patients with an extended depth of focus, which...
New Medical Device rules to come up: Centre savita thakur thakur13 July 2016 2:15 PM ISTNew Delhi : The government has assured an "early action" to resolve issues related to regulatory and fiscal matters raised by the medical devices...
Opto Circuits to launch new catheter for dialysis patients savita thakur thakur13 July 2016 2:02 PM ISTNew Delhi : Medical devices firm Opto Circuits Germany-based subsidiary Eurocor will launch coated shunt balloon catheter used for patients undergoing...
FDA approves first MRI-guided focused ultrasound device to treat essential tremor savita thakur thakur12 July 2016 1:45 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first focused ultrasound device to treat essential tremor in patients who have not responded to...
Microsoft Helps Tackle Spread of Mosquito Borne Diseases savita thakur thakur26 Jun 2016 4:07 PM ISTWashington : Technology giant Microsoft recently launched a prototype trap for detecting mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue and Zika, says a...
Philips buys Northern Irish medical imaging company savita thakur thakur22 Jun 2016 3:15 PM ISTPhilips (PHG.AS), the Dutch medical technology company, said it had purchased PathXL, a Belfast-based digital imaging analysis and software...
