FDA Clears 10-Year Spinal Stim Implant

FDA Clears 10-Year Spinal Stim Implant

by | October 10, 2019 | Medical

The FDA has cleared Abbott’s Proclaim XR neurostimulation system; this allows the company to market its long-term chronic pain relief implant as an alternative to pharmaceutical options. Neurostimulation relieves pain by interrupting pain signals on their way...
Visual Prosthesis Restores Vision [video]

Visual Prosthesis Restores Vision [video]

by | August 8, 2019 | Medical

Almost two years ago we wrote about Second Sight Medical Products’ Argus II prosthetic retina replacement and a new product, Orion. Orion consists of a camera mounted on a pair of glasses, a mobile controller, and an electrode array implant. The camera sends...
Med Student Creates eBook for Cancer Patients [video]

Med Student Creates eBook for Cancer Patients [video]

by | June 14, 2019 | Medical

A cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest bits of information one can ever receive. In 2018, the National Cancer Institute estimated that during the year doctors would diagnose 1,735,530 new cases of cancer. The organization also estimated that 609,640 people would...