News and Notes

The FDA recommends that health care providers consider using single-use bronchoscopes where there is increased risk of spreading infection, or no support for immediate reprocessing available.

New View Surgical Inc., a medical device company developing proprietary imaging and access technologies for minimally invasive surgery (MIS), has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its VisionPort System. The VisionPort imaging and...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a supplement to the 2015 safety communication on reprocessed flexible bronchoscopes, reminding health care facilities to follow manufacturer instructions for reprocessing and device maintenance, and providing a...

CentraCare, one of the largest health systems in Minnesota, has successfully completed the first structural heart procedure in the world using 4D hologram technology, which was developed by EchoPixel.

Ethicon*, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies,** has launched the ENSEAL X1 Curved Jaw Tissue Sealer, a new advanced bipolar energy device that increases procedural efficiency[1] and provided stronger sealing[2] and better access to more tissue...

A recent peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia* found the Surfacide Helios® System UV-C technology is nearly 95% effective in preventing SARS CoV-2 in patient environments. This is the first clinical study that evaluates the use of UV-C in...