Cochlear , Ltd (Lane Cove, NSW, Australia) has won FDA approval to market the Nucleus 5 device for people with severe-to-profound hearing loss. The titanium device is the smallest of its kind. Nucleus 5 sports a two way remote control, telephone connectivity, and proprietary sound processing technology....

Brainsway , a firm building transcranial magnetic stimulation systems (TMS) out of Jerusalem, Israel, just received European approval to market its devices for the treatment of depression. The TMS treatment is likely to be used initially for cases of severe drug resistant depression. But we can envision...

As millions of Americans are about to embark on Labor Day weekend travels, Dr. John D. Clarke, the medical director of Long Island Railroad, drops some dope raps reminding everyone to wash their hands. So from all of us here at Medgadget: have a fun, safe, and non-contagious weekend! Hat tip: KevinMD...

We know we have a lot of readers that are involved with the development of nanotechnology and its application to medicine. Next month, the newly formed American Society for Nanomedicine will be holding its inaugural conference in Potomac, Maryland, which may well be a good place to meet and discuss...

The Lindau Meetings, an annual gathering of Nobel winning scientists and hundreds of young researchers, gave focus this year to Chemistry. Nature is making a set of videos from the event, featuring select graduate students speaking with the superstars of science. So far two videos have been uploaded:...

A new gel developed at Clemson University in South Carolina has shown in lab tests to incite growth of neural stem cells in adult rats. Research by assistant professor of bioengineering Ning Zhang shows that the biomaterial gel made up of both synthetic and natural sources has the potential to spur...

Wouldn’t you want to know what kinds of bacteria are floating in your operating room? Indeed, detection and identification of microorganisms in ambient air can be useful for clinical and food processing facilities. A collaboration of scientists from six Fraunhofer Institutes has developed a prototype...

Clinical researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital have been developing a photochemical suturing technique that has, so far, proved valuable in early clinical trials. First, a coating of Rose Bengal, a special FDA approved dye, is applied to the bonding surfaces...

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NeuroLogica Corporation , out of Danvers, Massachusetts, has announced receipt of FDA 510(k) clearance for the company’s SPECT (single photon emission computed tomograph). The inSPira HD is a mobile system that runs on batteries, and so, at only 1800 pounds, can be moved around hospital wards...

Interventional MRI procedures, where the surgeon or radiologist is located at the gantry, often require creative communication skills with the technicians in the control room. The problem is that you can’t use conventional headsets because of the magnetic field, which not only interferes with...