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2025.04.27
Is nanosecond pulsed field ablation the next big step for PFA?
Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is one of the hottest areas of medtech, and nanosecond pulsed field ablation (nsPFA) is an approach with potential to advance this nonthermal, minimally invasive therapy for atrial fibrillation (AFib) and beyond.
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2025.04.25
The Future of Smart Implants and the AI Dilemma
Smart implants are not just another advancement in medical technology. They are the next frontier in human health, offering real-time monitoring, adaptive treatments, and a level of personalized medicine that once belonged to science fiction. But the promise of AI-driven implants comes with risks too big to ignore.
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2025.04.15
Bioprinting Artificial Organs in Space to Benefit Human Life on Earth
Recent successes in cultivating human heart tissue, knee cartilage, and pharmaceutical crystals in space have relied on technology that was initially developed decades ago with support from NASA.
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2025.04.01
Scalable 3D Printing Technique Produces Stretchable, Flexible Soft Plastics
A team led by Emily Davidson has reported that they used a class of widely available polymers called thermoplastic elastomers to create soft 3D printed structures with tunable stiffness.
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2025.03.18
Researchers develop faster, cheaper microfluidic device fabrication method
Researchers at Purdue University say they developed a new method to fabricate microfluidic devices quickly and economically.
The patent-pending innovation developed by Huachao Mao and his team requires no high-end equipment or cleanroom environment.
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3D-printed Bioresorbable Heart Valve May Represent a ‘Paradigm Shift’
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Emory University have developed a 3D-printed heart valve made of a bioresorbable polymer. Most heart valve implants currently are made from animal tissue and last only 10 to 15 years before needing to be replaced.
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2025.03.10
Researchers develop light-activated bioprinted heart tissue
Cunjiang Yu, a founder professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his group had their work published in Science Advances. The findings outline the bioprinted tissue stimulated by light in an experimental demonstration of the tissue’s use to manipulate a rat’s heart rate.
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2025.03.07
What’s next for Capstan Medical after their first-in-human robot-assisted transcatheter heart valve replacement
In an interview with Medical Design & Outsourcing, Nixon discussed the strategy of moving forward with the entire minimally invasive system at once, feedback from those first cases, the latest on Capstan Medical’s regulatory efforts, and an update on the startup’s tricuspid valve technology.
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2025.03.03
Why AI-Driven Remote Patient Monitoring is the Missing Piece in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Management
With fewer than 500 board-certified adult CHD cardiologists in the U.S., specialized care is not always readily available and nearly half of CHD patients are lost to follow-up after adolescence, with many having not seen a cardiologist in over five years. This lack of consistent oversight can leave adults with CHD vulnerable to complications that could have been proactively identified and even prevented with more proactive management.
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2025.02.27
AI-Assisted Physical Therapy Empowers Patients on the Road to Recovery
The demand for physical therapy will only surge as the Baby Boomer generation ages. In fact, physical therapy is expected to grow 18% by 2034. This increase is not surprising, since we have an aging population living longer and people are more active than previous generations. There are many causes for why people receive PT, including chronic conditions, accidents, overuse injuries, post-surgical recovery, chronic pain management, and neurological conditions.
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