device Tiny devices promise new horizon for security screening and medical imaging By www.sciencedaily.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 13:35:56 EDT Miniature devices that could be developed into safe, high-resolution imaging technology, with uses such as helping doctors identify potentially deadly cancers and treat them early, have been created. Full Article
device Experimental diabetes device works by killing gut cells with hot water By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:05:01 +0000 A device that carries hot water down a tube into the gut may help manage diabetes by killing overgrown gut cells that release hormones key to metabolising food Full Article
device Electrical devices implanted in the brain may help treat anorexia By www.newscientist.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 18:14:59 +0000 In a small trial, implanting electrodes into the brain helped women with severe anorexia gain weight and feel less anxious and depressed Full Article
device Microsoft unveils a ton of new Surface devices, including the Surface Book 3 By arstechnica.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 13:00:25 +0000 Surface Book 3 gets more RAM, Surface Go 2 gets a bigger display, and more. Full Article Tech microsoft Surface surface book 3 surface earbuds surface go 2 surface headphones windows 10
device 'Apollo 13 moments': Amid coronavirus crisis, doctors, inventors convert devices into ventilators By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:00:43 -0400 Innovations are taking place around the country as doctors and entrepreneurs turn their ingenuity to solving the country's ventilator shortage. Full Article
device Microsoft just revamped its cheapest and fanciest Surface devices By www.popsci.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:12:32 +0000 Two new pairs of headphones join the laptops and tablets in today's announcement. Full Article Technology
device Shortage of PPE and other Devices During COVID-19 Pandemic – Is 3D Printing the Answer? By www.kkblaw.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:25:41 +0000 By: Suzan Onel FDA issued a Press Release on March 28, 2020, reiterating what we all have seen in the news, there is a severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care facilities across the country. In response to the shortages, FDA has issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for respirators, ventilators, ventilator tubing The post Shortage of PPE and other Devices During COVID-19 Pandemic – Is 3D Printing the Answer? appeared first on Kleinfeld Kaplan & Becker LLP. Full Article Insights 3D Printing Additive manufacturing FDA Personal protective equipment PPE
device MTaI urges govt to provide relief to medical devices cos to come out of COVID─19─induced financial crisis and logistics bottlenecks By pharmabiz.com Published On :: 20200507080002 Full Article
device Intertronics launches device capable of mixing two-part materials By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:19:30 -0000 Adhesives specialist Intertronics has launched the preeflow eco-DUOMIX, a system that mixes and dispenses two-part materials. Full Article
device Choosing a fitting for your medical device: What to consider By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:12:22 -0000 Ashley Philipp, marketing director, Injectech, explains the importance of considering barb styles when choosing a fitting for your medical device. Full Article
device Greenlight Guru announces partnership to simplify global market access for medical device companies By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0000 Greenlight Guru, a Medical Device Quality Management Software (MDQMS) platform, has teamed up with Emergo by UL, a consulting firm specialising in global medical device regulatory compliance. Full Article
device Q&A: How SweynTooth medical device hackers can be thwarted By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:54:28 -0000 Ian Bolland spoke to Chris Risley, CEO at Bastille Networks, about medical devices at risk of being compromised by SweynTooth vulnerabilities, highlighting how hackers can be combatted from targeting devices and healthcare systems. Full Article
device Support terminated for four devices in the Ventilator Challenge By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:10:37 -0000 The UK government has announced it will be ending support for four devices in the Ventilator Challenge. Full Article
device The impact of Covid-19 on the European medical device market By www.medicalplasticsnews.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 09:10:15 -0000 Dr Archana Nagarajan, a freelance scientist specialising in medical devices at Kolabtree, the online freelance platform for scientists, explains the changes made to the European medical device market in light of the pandemic. Full Article
device Device Supplies from Puerto Rico Under Threat (FDA</em>) By www.medpagetoday.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:45:00 -0400 FDA working with manufacturers to prevent shortages Full Article
device Towards Faster Device Approvals (FDA</em>) By www.medpagetoday.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:45:00 -0400 Agency moves toward more accelerated reviews Full Article
device For A New Device To Treat Maternal Bleeding, A Young Entrepreneur’s Big Step Was Passing The Torch By www.forbes.com Published On :: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 13:00:00 +0000 This morning, Alydia Health, a tiny Menlo Park, Calif., startup co-founded by a 21-year-old woman, announced that it has secured $10 million in funding to test a medical device to prevent mothers from bleeding to death after childbirth. Full Article byline=Matthew Herper
device Epson Imaging Devices Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $26 Million Fine for Participating in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:00:42 EDT Japanese electronics manufacturer Epson Imaging Devices Corporation (Epson) agreed to plead guilty and pay a $26 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display panels (TFT-LCD) sold to Motorola Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Colorado-based Spectranetics Corporation to Pay $5 Million to Resolve Allegations Relating to Its Medical Devices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:51:15 EST “The Department of Justice will be vigilant in pursuing cases against medical device companies that break the law and defraud taxpayers,” said Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Charged in Failure to Report Defibrillator Safety Problems to FDA By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:06:25 EST Medical device manufacturer Guidant LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corporation, was charged today with criminal violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act related to safety problems with some of its implantable defibrillators. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Pleads Guilty for Not Reporting Defibrillator Safety Problems to FDA By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 19:04:15 EDT Guidant LLC pleaded guilty today in St. Paul, Minn., before U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank to criminal violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Heart Device Manufacturer in Minnesota and Hospitals in Ohio & Kentucky to Pay Nearly $4 Million to Resolve Fraud Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:13:56 EDT St. Jude Medical Inc., a heart device manufacturer; Parma Community General Hospital; and Norton Healthcare have paid the United States $3,898,300 to resolve false claim allegations that St. Jude paid illegal kickbacks to two hospitals to secure heart-device business. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Medical Device Manufacturer Guidant Sentenced for Failure to Report Defibrillator Safety Problems to FDA By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:14:58 EST Guidant LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corporation, was formally convicted and sentenced today in St. Paul, Minn., for criminal violations relating to its interactions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
device United States Files Suit Against Guidant and Boston Scientific for Selling Defective Heart Devices That Were Implanted in Medicare Patients By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:54:47 EST The United States has filed a complaint against Boston Scientific Corp. and related Guidant entities under the False Claims Act for conduct relating to certain of its cardiac devices. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Medical Device Company Smith & Nephew Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:11:12 EST Smith & Nephew Inc. has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by the company and certain affiliates in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Third Medical Device Company Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:36:44 EDT Biomet Inc. has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by the company and its subsidiaries in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Minnesota-based St. Jude Medical Pays U.S. $3.65 Million to Settle Claims That It Overcharged for Implantable Cardiac Devices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2012 11:48:55 EDT St. Jude Medical Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $3.65 million to resolve civil allegations under the False Claims Act that the company inflated the cost of replacement pacemakers and defibrillators purchased by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Justice Department announced today. St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular and implantable neurostimulation medical devices. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Texas-based Medical Device Manufacturer Pays U.S. $34 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:03:13 EDT Orthofix Inc., a Texas-based manufacturer of medical devices, has agreed to pay the United States $34,234,263 to settle allegations under the civil False Claims Act relating to the company’s sale of bone growth stimulator devices, the Justice Department announced today. The company has also agreed to plead guilty to a felony of obstruction of a federal audit, and to pay a $7,765,737 criminal fine. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Justice Department Settles with Sacramento, Calif., Public Library Authority Over Inaccessible “E-Reader” Devices By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:21:04 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it and the National Federation of the Blind have reached a settlement with the Sacramento Public Library Authority in Sacramento, Calif., to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement resolves allegations that the library violated the ADA by using inaccessible Barnes & Noble NOOK electronic reader devices in a patron lending program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Automotive Electronics Manufacturer Fined $500,000 for Selling Illegal Devices Resulting in Tons of Excess Particulate Matter Emissions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:11:25 EST In a settlement with the United States on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, automotive electronics manufacturer Edge Products LLC (Edge) has agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty for manufacturing and selling electronic devices that allowed owners of model year 2007 and later diesel pickup trucks to remove emission controls from their vehicles. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Boston Scientific and Subsidiaries to Pay $30 Million for Guidant’s Sale of Defective Heart Devices for Use in Medicare Patients By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:10:45 EDT Boston Scientific Corp. and its subsidiaries, Guidant LLC, Guidant Sales LLC and Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. (Guidant), have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations that, between 2002 and 2005, Guidant knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilities that in turn implanted the devices into Medicare patients. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Medical Device Manufacturer Charged With Major Securities Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:31:23 EST ArthroCare Corporation, a medical device manufacturer based in Austin, Texas, and that trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange, has agreed to pay a $30 million monetary penalty to resolve charges that senior executives at the company engaged in a securities fraud scheme that resulted in more than $400 million in shareholder losses. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Four Alleged Members of Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Charged By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:51:32 EST Four individuals have been charged in the Northern District of Georgia for their alleged roles in piracy groups engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications, or “apps.” Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Washington-Based Medical Device Manufacturer to Pay up to $5.25 Million to Settle Allegations of Causing False Billing of Federal Health Care Programs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:08:18 EST Medical device manufacturer EndoGastric Solutions Inc. has agreed to pay the government up to $5.25 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by misleading health care providers about how to bill federal health care programs for a procedure using a device manufactured by the company and by paying kickbacks. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Leader and Co-Conspirator of Android Mobile Device App Piracy Group Plead Guilty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:59:36 EDT The leader of a piracy group engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications and a co-conspirator have pleaded guilty for their roles in the scheme that distributed more than one million copies of copyrighted apps. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Conspirators in Two Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Plead Guilty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:29:50 EDT Members of two different piracy groups engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications have pleaded guilty for their roles in separate schemes, each designed to distribute more than one million copies of copyrighted apps. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Medical Device Inventor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:44:01 EDT Ashvin Desai, of San Jose, California, was sentenced yesterday to serve six months in prison and six months and one day of home confinement for concealing more than $8 million in foreign bank accounts, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Prior to yesterday’s sentencing hearing, Desai filed with the court a document indicating that the IRS has assessed and demanded payment of a Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) penalty against him for $14,229,744 Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Government Files Suit Against Missouri Neurosurgeon and Medical Device Supplier for Violations of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:06:16 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a complaint against Midwest Neurosurgeons L.L.C. and its owner, Dr. Sanjay Fonn, M.D., and DS Medical L.L.C. and its owner, Deborah Seeger, for allegedly violating the Medicare Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act by conspiring to solicit and receive commissions from medical device manufacturers related to the purchase of spinal implants and supplies used during spinal fusion surgeries performed by Dr. Fonn Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Members of Three Different Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Charged By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:19:11 EDT Three federal indictments were unsealed today in the Northern District of Georgia charging six members of three different piracy groups – Appbucket, Applanet and SnappzMarket – for their roles in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications, or “apps,” announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates of the Northern District of Georgia, and Special Agent in Charge J. Britt Johnson of the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Vascular Solutions Inc. to Pay $520,000 to Resolve False Claims Allegations Relating to Medical Device By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:00:25 EDT Vascular Solutions Inc. (VSI) has agreed to pay $520,000 to resolve allegations that it caused false claims to be submitted to federal health programs by marketing a medical device for the ablation (or sealing) of perforator veins without FDA approval and despite the failure of its own clinical trial, the Justice Department announced today Full Article OPA Press Releases
device Manufacturer of Spinal Devices and Surgeon to Pay United States $2.6 Million to Settle Alleged Kickback Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:17:36 EDT Omni Surgical L.P., doing business as Spine 360, a manufacturer of devices used in spinal surgery, and Dr. Jamie Gottlieb, an Indiana spinal surgeon, have agreed to pay $2.6 million to the United States to settle allegations that Spine 360 paid illegal kickbacks to Gottlieb to induce him to use the company’s products. Full Article OPA Press Releases
device New FDA guidance on alternate approaches in premarket notification for Class II medical devices By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 14:09:57 +0000 By Alice Li, MD, MSc, RAC (CAN), Regulatory Scientist, Cato Research FDA issued “The Abbreviated 510(k) Program – Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff” on 13 September 2019. The content of this guidance supersedes the content from 1998 guidance “The New 510(k) Paradigm – Alternate Approaches to Demonstrating Substantial Equivalence in Premarket … Continue reading » Full Article Cato Research FDA FDA Regulatory Guidances Medical Device FDA Guidances medical devices
device FDA Gives Nod To Medtronic's Hemodialysis Device For Pediatric Patients By www.rttnews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:15:55 GMT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization to Medtronic Inc.'s CARPEDIEM System, a new device for continuous dialysis therapy for use in pediatric patients with certain kidney conditions. The system is indicated to provide continuous hemodialysis or hemofiltration therapy to critically ill pediatric patients weighing between 2.5 and 10 kilograms. Full Article
device How COVID-19 Patients Can Access Investigational Drugs and Devices By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0400 The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 2.5 million people worldwide, with the United States accounting for nearly 1 million of those cases. Full Article
device RE: Reporting the Purchase of a Med Device Company to the FDA By connect.raps.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 07:02:17 -0400 From : Communities>>Regulatory Open ForumHello Jose, To my knowledge, the change of O/O does not trigger a notification that needs to be confirmed, nor does it trigger a review of enforcement history. The change of ownership and O/O is merely an administrative update that gives FDA both current information and a history of changes. Of course, if there are known red flags with any of the involved organizations, changes can be scrutinized. Regards, James ------------------------------ James Bonds J.D. Director Regulatory Affairs Atlanta [More] Full Article Discussion
device RE: Guidance for off-label use of medical devices in Canada (Health Canada)? By connect.raps.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 12:14:48 -0400 From : Communities>>Regulatory Open ForumThank you Dinar! ------------------------------ MARIA GUDIEL Brea CA United States ------------------------------ Full Article Discussion
device RE: Guidance for off-label use of medical devices in Canada (Health Canada)? By connect.raps.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 12:15:01 -0400 From : Communities>>Regulatory Open ForumThank you Richard! ------------------------------ MARIA GUDIEL Brea CA United States ------------------------------ Full Article Discussion
device RE: Medical Device Submissions - Worldwide By connect.raps.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 08:53:43 -0400 From : Communities>>Regulatory Open ForumThis message was posted by a user wishing to remain anonymous Have you looked into PRA Health Sciences? Full Article Discussion
device PLM v. Re-seller for CE Mark of Medical Device System By connect.raps.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:00:10 -0400 From : Communities>>Regulatory Open ForumHi All, Always appreciate and respect the great advice that comes through this forum: The scope of my question is CE Mark of a Class IIa medical device system under the MDD (and then eventually MDR): We have Class I devices which will be CE Marked through self-certification. These devices can be used with other CE marked products (not owned by us). One of which is not CE Marked as a medical device (conformity to machinery and low voltage directives). In terms of what we consider this vendor, what [More] Full Article Discussion
device The Pharmaceutical-Biotech-Devices Industries Face a New World Post-Pandemic By eyeonfda.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:23:30 +0000 There is going to be a time in the not too distant future, when the fuller picture of the healthcare impacts of COVID-19 come into sharper focus. When that happens, it is not likely to be pretty. In large part, … Continue reading → Full Article COVID19 Current Affairs Pharma Industry Image #coronavirus #COVID19 pandemic