Medtech
By Mr Fulvio Urso-Baiarda, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Berkshire Grove Hospital The evolution of technology in plastic surgery has been extraordinary. In just a few short years, we have moved from energy-assisted devices being a niche curiosity to them becoming an integral part of modern surgical practice. Among the most exciting of these advances is IgniteRF [...]
AI-powered wellness ecosystems, cloud-native imaging platforms, digital hospital management solutions, advanced medical gas systems, and world-leading clinical education programmes are among the innovations being showcased this year on the UK Pavilion at the Global Health Exhibition 2025. Taking place from 27–30 October in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the exhibition will welcome over 160,000 healthcare professionals, 2,000 [...]
Health Tech World explores the latest business developments in the world of health technology. AI to be trialled at across NHS screening Pioneering AI tools are to be tested in NHS screening services in order to enable quicker diagnoses and treatment for patients using a groundbreaking new cloud system. A new AI research screening platform [...]
Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, has announced findings from a newly published, first-of-its-kind comparative study of single-use negative pressure wound therapy (sNPWT) devices in orthopedic and cardiovascular surgery. Analysing real-world data from over 22,000 patients in the Premier PINC AI™ Healthcare Database, the analysis reveals that prophylactic use of PICO sNPWT (-80 [...]
Pharmaceutical Press, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s knowledge business, will showcase Stockley's Drug Interactions, practical evidence-based information to manage drug interactions safely and effectively, at this year’s Global Health Exhibition in Riyadh, highlighting its crucial role in addressing medication errors. As part of the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) UK Pavilion (Hall 3, Stand L40), [...]
Boston Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nalu Medical, a privately held medtech company developing minimally invasive neuromodulation therapies for chronic pain, in a deal that will further strengthen its position in interventional pain management. The company has been a strategic investor in Nalu since 2017. Under the terms announced, Boston Scientific will [...]
By Sharon Hanley, director of Primary Care, X-on Health General practice is operating under unsustainable pressure, it has long been the front door to the NHS, but despite the introduction of tools such as digital and AI automations designed to assist GPs, the weight of demand is intense. Rising patient need, widening inequalities, and a [...]
Researchers have developed a nanoparticle-based cancer vaccine that prevented melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancers from spreading in mice. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found the vaccine could both shrink and eliminate cancer tumours in rodents, as well as act preventively. The experimental jab kept up to 88 per cent of vaccinated mice [...]
Scientists have grown embryo-like structures in the laboratory that produced human blood cells, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicine. The discovery could one day enable patients who need bone marrow transplants to receive cells grown from their own tissue, avoiding compatibility issues. The embryo models were made from stem cells, without using eggs or sperm, [...]
Health Tech world explores the latest research developments in the world of health technology. New antibiotic targets IBD, and AI predicted how it would work Researchers have made two scientific breakthroughs at once: they have discovered a brand-new antibiotic that targets inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and have successfully used a new type of AI to [...]
