News and Notes

Lumenis Inc., the world’s largest energy-based medical device company for aesthetic, surgical and ophthalmic applications, is proud to announce its first-ever mobile tour (LuMobile), September 28th through April 2021. The company will bring its flagship devices...

Stephen A. Rosenberg, MD, Ph.D., is the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery’s 2020 Samuel D. Gross Prize winner. The prize is accompanied by a $5,000 monetary award and will be presented on November 2, 2020. Rosenberg was chosen by a panel of esteemed Philadelphia...

Experts from industry and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently joined forces to take a closer look at the interface of medical device and drug development, called “combination products.” Their new technical information report, AAMI TIR105:2020 Risk...

Born 12 weeks too early with a 50/50 chance at survival, Sabina Checketts has grown up to become a neonatal doctor herself, using new therapies and sophisticated technology to improve outcomes for premature babies. One such technique called NAVA, invented by Getinge,...

JUNE Medical is pleased to announce the launch of the eVeck Colposcopy Plume Evacuation Kit for the safe and efficient removal of surgical plume. Surgical plume is an unavoidable result of interventional procedures where diathermy, electrosurgery, laser and ultrasonic...