Richmond Hill, N.Y.-based Ihealthscreen Inc. reported the granting of a patent from the USPTO for automated systems for predicting and detecting the onset of glaucoma.
Avicenna.AI SAS received clearance from the U.S. FDA for two of its artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions, Cina-Ipe and Cina-Aspects, which provide for the detection of pulmonary embolism (PE) and the assessment of stroke severity in CT scans, respectively.
Serac Healthcare Ltd.’s imaging agent, 99m Tc-maraciclatide, enables visualization of early-stage endometriosis, preliminary data from a study presented last week at the Society for Reproductive Investigation conference in Vancouver demonstrated. With millions of women suffering from the debilitating condition globally, maraciclatide has the potential to not only help with diagnosis but also with the development of new therapeutics, David Hail, CEO of Serac, told BioWorld.
In a move to build up its dominance in the radiopharma market, Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said it plans to acquire radioisotope production technology firm Artms Inc. and its advanced cyclotron-based isotope production platform, manufacturing plant and stockpile of ultra-pure rare metals.
While members of the U.S. FDA’s Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee weren’t blown away March 5 by the trial performance of Lumicell Inc.’s Lumisight (pegulicianine) in helping breast cancer patients avoid second surgeries due to negative margins following a lumpectomy, they voted 16-2, with one abstention, that the benefits of the imaging drug outweigh its risks, even though those benefits are incremental.
The March 5 meeting of the U.S. FDA’s Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee could be the gateway to the first approved intraoperative technology for use in breast cancer that directly examines the lumpectomy cavity for residual cancer.
X-trodes Ltd. has received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its Smart Skin solution, a wireless wearable technology that allows for medical-grade electrophysiological monitoring in clinics and at home. The company believes that the Smart Skin technology, which captures signals from the brain, heart, eyes and muscles, has the potential to significantly improve patient care.
Fraud on federal health programs often revolves around illicit billings for in vitro diagnostics, but the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has added mobile cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) to the list of technologies that have been used to violate the law.
Legislation passed in the U.S. Congress in 2013 called upon the federal government to dispense with the Federal Helium Reserve by September 2021, a deadline that some stakeholders are grateful to see has passed without action.
Clarius Mobile Health Inc. received CE mark for its latest wireless hand-held whole-body ultrasound scanner, the Clarius PAL HD3. The scanner combines both phased and linear arrays on a single head which provides high image quality of superficial and deep anatomy allowing for better diagnostic capabilities and patient care.