Medtech
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidelines recommending that flash glucose monitoring or continuous glucose monitoring be made available for all adults with type 1 diabetes in the UK. The guideline also suggests that all children living with type 1 diabetes should use continuous glucose monitoring. Diabetes UK said [...]
A sugar-containing polymer coating could one day help repair artificial joint implants when they are damaged through wear and tear, research has found. An international team of scientists, including from York and Durham universities and Tsinghua University, China, has developed the technique for easily repairing low-friction surfaces. Taking their inspiration from the way cartilage works [...]
Campaigners say a planned review into the health impact of potential bias in medical devices is unlikely to explain the disproportionate number of deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. The UK's Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) will launch an independent review into potential bias of items, such as oxygen measuring devices, [...]
New technology which could enable patients to receiving dialysis at home and to have their treatment monitored remotely will be trialled across the UK's Tees Valley. The same technology may also benefit people with other chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease, in the future. The project has won funding [...]
Dr Anas Nader, CEO and co-founder of Patchwork Health, explains how innovative new technologies are being used to combat the NHS burnout epidemic. You only need to look at the panic-fuelled petrol queues dominating recent headlines to know that, when an essential resource like fuel runs out, it’s treated as a national emergency. However, right [...]
HT World joins CPI on the medical device development journey.
In the third part of his Reluctant Entrepreneur series for Health Tech World, Dr DJ Hamblin-Brown shares his number one rule for doing business as an entrepreneur. It may seem incredible to the modern mind that for much of human history blood was considered a humour; a static receptacle of various qualities. The conception of [...]
A novel non-fusion surgical technique that aims to create a straight spine in children diagnosed with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has been demonstrated on the ABHI Surgical Simulation Theatre at Future Surgery Show 2021. Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a promising new procedure currently being trialled in the UK for the first time. A simulation of the technically [...]
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) will develop tools and training to reduce brain injuries at birth, UK health bosses have announced. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said RCOG will develop tools to monitor and respond to a baby’s wellbeing during labour and to manage complications with babies’ positioning during [...]
Dr Louise Rix, a former VC at Forward Partners, will take up a new role as chief medical officer at femtech start-up Béa Fertility. Co-founded by Tess Cosad, embryologist David O’Rourke and product engineer George Thomas, Béa Fertility is developing at-home fertility treatments for people who are struggling to conceive naturally. As chief medical officer, [...]
