News and Notes

Olympus has announced the addition to its U.S. bronchoscopy portfolio of the 510(k)-cleared H-SteriScope Single-Use Bronchoscopes, a line of five premium endoscopes for use in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced the first orthopedic clinical outcomes measure based on machine learning.

Medtronic plc and Surgical Theater have announced a partnership to interface Surgical Theater’s SyncAR augmented reality (AR) technology with Medtronic’s StealthStation S8 surgical navigation system.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked Thursday’s opening of Banner Health’s first “Banner Health Center plus,” a $65 million project with developer partner NexCore Group that will provide a wide range of services to make health care more convenient.

BD is voluntarily recalling specified lots of the ChloraPrep Hi-Lite Orange 26 mL Applicator (2% w/w chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and 70% v/v isopropyl alcohol (IPA)) to the user level due to a defective applicator.

Awl-in-One Tap is a single-use spinal surgery instrument with disposable neuromonitoring EMG system and digital depth measurement built in.