Asahi Kasei announced that ZOLL Medical, an Asahi Kasei company, has launched the next-generation LifeVest wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) in the U.S., and completed the U.S. rollout of the most comfortable LifeVest garment ever.
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CMR Surgical Secures 510(K) Clearance of its Versius Plus Robotic Surgical System
CMR Surgical, a global medical technology company, recently announced its second-generation surgical robotic platform, Versius Plus, has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for cholecystectomy procedures.
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OTTAVA Robotic Surgical System Submitted to FDA
Johnson & Johnson has submitted the OTTAVA Robotic Surgical System to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an application for De Novo classification.
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Turning Errors into Learning Opportunities
Everyone makes mistakes, but they can have devastating consequences in healthcare, where they can impact patient and employee safety. This is certainly the case for errors made in a demanding, high-risk environment like the sterile processing department, where positive patient outcomes hinge on safe, high-quality practices free from shortcuts and other process deviations.
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Who Decides What Competent Practice Looks Like? Your Peers Do
In perioperative nursing, the answer isn’t a distant authority or a corporate board. It’s the nurses who scrub in beside you, circulate in your OR and face the same challenges you do. They come together from hospitals, outpatient centers and specialty practices to define, in clear terms, what it means to do this work well.
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ASCA’s Legislative and Regulatory Accomplishments in 2025
The ambulatory surgery center (ASC) market evolved markedly in 2025. Many centers expanded service lines to add spine, cardiovascular or total joint procedures and adopted technologies, such as robotics, AI, telehealth and advanced electronic health records.
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