Medtech
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has become the first organisation anywhere in the NHS to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging service using public cloud. The deployment has shown that NHS patient imaging can be efficiently accessed from a secure public cloud environment, just as quickly as when data is stored on-premise. This has proven important for [...]
Global news hub Surgery International will host a free-to-attend educational webinar that will delve into the future of surgery and consider its profound impact on our planet. The Sustainability in Surgery webinar is part of the Talk Surgery series and will take place on Thursday, 14 March, at 19:00 (GMT). The webinar is being hosted [...]
A new pilot study is underway in partnership with the University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust to investigate the use of a groundbreaking technology for diagnosing and monitoring respiratory conditions like asthma in children. N-Tidal, a handheld easy-to-use respiratory device developed by TidalSense, aims to address a critical challenge in paediatric respiratory care [...]
Surgical Holdings, the British manufacturer and repairer of surgical instruments, has announced the launch of a new dedicated consumables division focused on strengthening supply chain resilience for single-use surgical solutions. In collaboration with Telic, a manufacturer and distributor based in Barcelona, Surgical Holdings has expanded its portfolio by introducing a comprehensive range of single-patient-use products. [...]
By the Fearsome Team
A Parkinson’s disease patient has successfully undergone The London Clinic’s 100th deep brain stimulation. The milestone is a first in the UK private hospital sector and reflects the hospital’s commitment to providing exceptional, innovative medical care. For people with severe tremors, Parkinson’s disease and dystonia, deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a life changing treatment. DBS first [...]
Skin Analytics is using AI to increase the detection and survival rates of skin cancer. Its AI medical device, DERM, is currently in use across the NHS to improve access to dermatology quality skin cancer assessments, reducing the financial burden of skin cancer on health systems. In this week's Health Tech World Podcast, we speak to Skin Analytics CEO Neil Daly about how the technology is [...]
SurgTech 2024 brings together the research strengths of the NIHR Surgical MedTech Co-operative, the Centre for HealthTech Innovation, and Leeds BRC Surgery Theme with methodological expertise in Surgical In Vitro Diagnostics and Devices, Leeds CTRU, and clinical translational capabilities through Leeds Teaching Hospitals Innovation PopUp. The two-day event will bring together clinical academics, allied health professionals, researchers from the engineering [...]
British technology start-up Ablatus has received a new UK patent for its enhanced ablation technology. The move represents hope for up to 12 million UK women affected by uterine fibroids, offering a new minimally invasive treatment option with global potential. The uterine fibroids device market is projected to reach $15.6 billion (£12.3 billion) in 2032. [...]
The University of Leeds and the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust collaborate on one of the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs). The team have been awarded a five-year grant which will support them to create a national hub for surgical innovation to develop new HealthTech that improves surgical [...]
