News and Notes

KARL STORZ United States is proud to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an expanded indication for the AventaMed Solo+™ Tympanostomy Tube Device (TTD), allowing its use in pediatric patients aged 6 months and older. This expanded...

Erlanger, a multi-hospital health system, has announced a strategic partnership with Qventus, the industry’s premier provider of AI-based care operations automation software, to drive strategic surgical growth and increase patient access to the most advanced,...

Laser tissue soldering (LTS) is a promising stitch-free method for wound closure, but until now, its clinical adoption has been limited by weak bonding strength and long procedure times. A new study introduces a laser-based method to seal wounds without stitches,...

Roper St. Francis Healthcare has officially broken ground on the future Roper Hospital. The $1.2 billion campus is designed to transform healthcare delivery in the Lowcountry, combining advanced technology, resilience planning, and a patient-centered approach.

Guide will recommend best practices for content and form of summaries A proposed ASTM International standard will provide general principles for generating test report summaries from standards for medical and surgical materials and devices. The proposed standard...

Proprio, a global leader in AI-powered surgical technology, has announced that its AI guidance platform for surgery, Paradigm, has received its second major 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include intraoperative measurements. This...