Category: Medical
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Omron has begun manufacturing blood pressure monitors near Chennai, India. Five production lines serve the Indian market, with planned capacity growth and additional medical equipment production by 2028.
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Australian researchers are advancing pressure-sensing bedding for aged-care monitoring applications. The technology has secured a US patent and progressed through a field trial involving six residents and more than 6,100 monitoring hours.
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Ceryx Medical has produced its first implantable heart failure pacemaker. The device was manufactured at King’s College London’s MAISI facility and will undergo preclinical testing before any study involving the implanted system.
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Sony has developed a miniature image sensor for disposable endoscopes. The IMX742 provides 720 × 720 pixels, supports up to 60 fps, and has transmitted digital video over five metres using AWG44 cable in Sony’s evaluation environment.
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Altera demonstrates FPGA sensor streaming within an ultrasound imaging system. Its GTC Berlin installation combines Terasic hardware, Texas Instruments ultrasound electronics and NVIDIA Holoscan, providing a high-bandwidth acquisition path towards GPU processing.
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Phantom Neuro has begun human implantation of wireless prosthetic-control sensors. Initial participants in its Australian CYBORG study have received subcutaneous muscle-sensing interfaces, with safety, usability and control performance subject to further evaluation.
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B-Secur has launched reference testing for wearable ECG signal quality. ETS compares materials and complete devices against known references across defined subject cohorts and development stages.
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Archeon has raised $9m to expand EOlife clinical validation globally. The funding supports studies involving more than 1,500 cardiac arrest patients across Europe and the US.
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Mendaera now offers Focalist using Butterfly semiconductor ultrasound imaging technology. The commercial system combines handheld robotics, live imaging, and software guidance for needle procedures.
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FiberSense has automated sensor fibre filling at its German plant. The production milestone moves its optical glucose sensing platform closer to repeatable series manufacture ahead of planned commercialisation.