United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) has equipped its three Community Diagnostics Centres (CDCs) in Lincoln, Skegness, and Grantham with the latest CT and ultrasound technology from Canon Medical Systems, as part of an initiative to bring diagnostic services closer to patients and
The Freeman Hospital in Newcastle has successfully implanted Esprit BTK Everolimus Eluting Resorbable Scaffold System (Esprit BTK System), a breakthrough innovation for people with peripheral artery disease (PAD) below the knee (BTK) from Abbott. In the UK, one in five adults over 60 live with some
Surgical robotics company CMR Surgical has announced it is an early adopter of NVIDIA IGX Thor as it evaluates its integration into the Versius Surgical Robotic System. IGX Thor is NVIDIA’s latest and most powerful platform designed for physical AI and robotics, delivering up to 5,581 FP4 TFLOPS of
Afon Technology Ltd, a company based in Monmouthshire, Wales, is finalising a manufacturing agreement with Sony UK Technology Centre (TEC) Limited to produce its Glucowear device. According to Afon, Glucowear is the world’s first non-invasive, real-time wearable blood glucose indicator and is design
Ergéa UK joined clinical leaders from Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Actiform at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Bridgwater Community Diagnostic Centre. The project recently received conditional planning approval, paving the way for the new facility to welcome its first patients in early
Propel Healthtech West Yorkshire is calling on innovators with healthtech solutions to apply for its accelerator programme. The programme is free for successful applicants and provides enhanced business support, regulatory guidance, NHS networking and scaled growth advice. The accelerator has recen
Orchestra BioMed Holdings has announced the first patient enrolments in the Virtue SAB in the Treatment of Coronary ISR Trial, the Company’s U.S. IDE pivotal trial comparing its highly differentiated Virtue Sirolimus AngioInfusion Balloon (“Virtue SAB”) to the AGENT paclitaxel-coated balloon, curren
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and advisor to MedTech suppliers, shares a breakthrough in testing for prostate cancer. The NHS is trialling an AI-powered “one-day diagnostics” service for prostate cancer t
A Scottish research initiative which set out to safeguard retinal images for innovation in eye research has reached a major milestone. Having secured over one million retinal images since the project launched, researchers are now a step closer to supporting clinicians to make crucial early diagnoses
Innovation and product development in the MedTech and life sciences industry is high risk, with many products failing in the marketplace. Therefore, in order to de-risk and accelerate product development it is important to have strategies and processes in place that ensure the innovation is addressi
Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and advisor to MedTech suppliers, reports on the focus NHS England is placing on promoting the NHS App as the go-to digital contact point for healthcare in England. The NHS A
BIOTRONIK and the University of Sydney have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly advance cardiac care with digital and connected health innovations through 2028. The organisations say the collaboration aims to co-design solutions that address real-world clinical needs, by combining
