Genesis Medtech Group received marketing approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration for its laparoscopic surgical device called Artisential, which helps surgeons in precision surgery. The approval not only adds another market in which the device is available but will allow Genesis to expand its reach in China.
Baird Medical Investment Holdings Ltd.’s disposable microwave ablation (MWA) needle was approved by China’s National Medical Products Administration for treatment of benign thyroid nodules, which will help the company build a portfolio of products for thyroid diseases.
Researchers from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology have developed an electrotechnical patch, printed on a wearable substrate, capable of detecting dopamine and glucose levels in real-time. They published their work in Analytica.
Beijing Tinavi Medical Technologies Co. Ltd.’s surgical robot received approval from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for total knee replacement, expanding its product portfolio to cover spine, trauma and joints in orthopedic surgery. The new product, named Tirobot Recon, provides support for surgeons in total knee arthroplasty.
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a regulatory proposal regarding the agency’s approach to audits for devices, a proposal that might reduce the number of these audits. TGA said it may limit audits to the highest-risk devices and may eliminate them for devices that have been granted market access in other regulatory jurisdictions.
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is reconsidering its approach to regulating devices that bear materials of animal, microbial or recombinant origin, a broad class of products that includes transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) devices.
Mediwhale Inc. and Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, are developing a new predicting tool combining artificial intelligence (AI) and non-invasive retinal eye examination capable of accurately predicting chronic kidney diseases before symptoms appears.
Shineco Inc.’s subsidiary Changzhou Biowin Pharma received marketing approval from China’s NMPA for its test device that can complete a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in five minutes. The five-minute cardiac test relies on a combination of three major cardiac markers that can detect cardiac troponin I, myoglobin and heart fatty acid binding protein in a single test.
Tissue regeneration company Osteopore Ltd. is on the cusp of dramatically changing the way orthopedic surgery is conducted globally, with Australia playing a crucial role. Osteopore was the first company to successfully develop and commercialize 3D-printed bioresorbable implants for surgical use, reducing post-surgery complications compared to permanent implants.
Lifetech Scientific Corp.’s fully degradable iron-based absorbable coronary scaffold showed its safety and efficacy to treat non-complex coronary lesions that have not been previously treated with an interventional device during a three-year, first-in-humans trial.
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