Medtech
In the dynamic landscape of the medical technology (also known as medtech) industry, innovation is driven not only by cutting-edge technologies but also by the vision and leadership of diverse entrepreneurs. In recent years, a remarkable wave of creativity and expertise has emerged, with female founders making substantial strides in the medtech sector. From revolutionary [...]
Roland Mattern is Sales and Marketing Director at eSight - a Canadian medtech company designing tech to improve the functional vision of those living with low vision or legal blindness. Health Tech World sits down with Roland to learn more about the innovative, life-changing technology helping people with vision loss to reclaim their lives. HTW: [...]
A modified transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment led to a profound improvement in patients with hard-to-treat depression in a recent study. Overall, 66 per cent of patients with major depressive disorder who took part in the study responded to the novel treatment, and 42 per cent showed acute remission. This is significantly higher than the [...]
The coating is designed for use in internal medical devices such as hip replacements or pacemakers. Researchers have developed a flexible antimicrobial material that could be used to coat medical devices placed inside the body. The work combines previous research from both universities into metal-organic frameworks – three-dimensional crystalline materials made of metals and linkers [...]
A team of UK student engineers are celebrating after winning an international competition to design an artificial heart. The University of Bath’s Team Bath Heart took top prize at the grand final of the first-ever Heart Hackathon, which was held in Texas at the end of October. Six members of the team presented their device [...]
A new report from a UK medtech coalition has called for a full review into the performance of surgical hubs and diagnostic centres to end regional variation in their performance and work through the backlog of 7.5 million patients faster. As of September this year, NHS England had 94 operational elective surgical hubs, which have delivered 10,253 [...]
UK-based diagnostics technology company TestCard will unveil its cutting-edge non-invasive diagnostic solutions at MEDICA 2023. The tech has been designed to make testing more accessible for consumers and in clinical settings. As a participant in the ABHI UK Pavilion, Testcard will highlight how its technology transforms a mobile device into a clinical-grade scanner, revolutionising the field of [...]
Surgical instrument manufacturer, Surtex Instruments Ltd. is attending MEDICA 2023 to launch its "Infinex" series. The microsurgery instruments have been designed to empower surgeons with unprecedented control and precision, even in the most complex surgical scenarios. Engineered in Germany, the Infinex series emphasises unparalleled precision to ensure superior surgical outcomes, reduced patient trauma and faster recovery [...]
NUA Surgical is an award-winning startup developing innovative surgical medtech for obstetrics and gynaecology. The company is a product of the BioInnovate Ireland Fellowship: a medical device innovation programme aimed at identifying unmet clinical needs and aligning them with new market opportunities. NUA Surgical’s inaugural device, the SteriCISION C-Section Retractor, has been designed to reduce [...]
Oxford Nanopore and Fabric Genomics have teamed up to develop a scalable software solution for the end-to-end analysis and clinical reporting of rich genomic data. It is estimated that roughly 2.8 million children in the US reported a rare genetic disorder, according to data from the National Survey of Children’s Health. The joint solution, which [...]
