Abbott bets on balloons in pulsed field ablation battle

The Volt cardiac ablation catheter has a balloon, something you won’t see on Medtronic’s PulseSelect PFA catheter — the first of its kind approved by the FDA — or the Farawave catheter in Boston Scientific’s Farapulse PFA system.

Advancing Medical Device Sustainability with Specialty Thermoplastics

By choosing specialty thermoplastics, device manufacturers can help reduce the environmental impact of their products while gaining plastic’s well-known benefits of expanded design freedom and streamlined, high-volume production of parts compared to metal alternatives.

Wearable and implantable medical devices tap humans as a power source

How alcohol could make renal denervation for hypertension faster and simpler

Ablative Solutions is developing the Peregrine renal denervation (RDN) system to treat hypertension. The company hopes to follow Recor Medical and Medtronic in winning FDA approval for the system.

Body Temperature Softens Needle on Insertion

A joint research team at KAIST developed an intravenous (IV) needle that softens upon insertion, minimizing risk of damage to blood vessels and tissues.

Manufacturing Considerations for Implantable Drug-Delivery Systems

Therapy developers are being asked to consider ways to deliver drugs for a longer time period with a single dose. This has spurred innovation in both the oral and parenteral spaces, but the greatest potential for long-acting delivery remains in implantable systems.

Emerging Ophthalmic Devices Capitalize on the KISS Method

Device manufacturers in California and Israel have recently unveiled ophthalmic devices that are the hallmark of simplicity yet may also provide groundbreaking opportunities in patient care, bringing a whole new meaning to the Keep It Super Simple (KISS) method.

Multimillion-Dollar Grant Awarded to Realeve for Post-Stroke Recovery Study

Company’s technology has already been clinically proven in more than 700 patients for treating a brain-related disorder.Realevehas received a multimillion dollar grant to support a Cleveland Clinic study focusing on post-stroke recovery.

Implant Translates Brain Activity into Speech

Hundreds of microscopic sensors on an implantable polymer film the size of a postage stamp record brain activity, which is then decoded into words and sounds.

Study Suggests Smart Scalpel Assists in Surgical Skill Assessment

Investigators say their smart scalpel could assess the force users are applying during surgical procedures and quantify how they control the device over time.