CHA-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (CHA-HPMC), a subsidiary of CHA Bio Group (a Korea-based global leader in bio-technology and health care) has introduced its latest addition, da Vinci Xi Surgical System. CHA-HPMC will be the first community medical center in the area (Hollywood, Korea Town, Los Feliz, and Silver Lake) to offer this advanced surgical system, which optimizes clinical outcomes and patient experience …

Abbott announced it has initiated a pivotal clinical study in the U.S. of its Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) system for the treatment of mitral regurgitation. The trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the treatment in patients suffering from mitral regurgitation (MR), known as a leaky heart valve. The investigational Tendyne device is the first and only …

Welltower Inc. and ProMedica announced the successful close of their joint venture acquisition of Quality Care Properties, Inc. and its principal tenants, HCR ManorCare and Arden Courts, the nation’s second largest provider of post-acute services and long-term care. “Together with ProMedica, one of the largest and most innovative health systems in the U.S., this acquisition of HCR ManorCare provides us …

Perflow Medical, an Israeli-based medical device company that develops innovative tools for neurovascular interventions, announces the first clinical cases of the Cascade Dynamic Non-Occlusive Remodeling Net earlier this month by Dr. Alejandro Tomasselo at Hospital Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona, Spain. The Cascade Net is the latest addition to the Perflow’s portfolio of novel neurovascular devices based on the patent-protected CEREBRAL …

Medical device company Vallum Corporation announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) spine vertebral body Inter-fusion device that uses the PEEKplus nanotextured surface drawn by Vallum’s proprietary and patented accelerated neutral atomic beam (ANAB) technology . PEEKplus is the first and only FDA approved PEEK interbody device nanotextured surface. Vallum’s PEEKplus nanotextured surface …

Ibex Medical Analytics, a pioneering developer of AI-powered cancer diagnostics, is announcing its research collaboration with UPMC and digital pathology expert Dr. Liron Pantanowitz, Professor of Pathology and Biomedical Informatics and Vice Chairman of Pathology Informatics at UPMC Shadyside. In this collaboration, UPMC and Ibex will apply the Ibex Second Read (SR) system on prostate core needle biopsies (PCNBs) from …

Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc. (PGDx) announced that PGDx elio plasma resolve has received Breakthrough Device designation from The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). PGDx elio plasma resolve is a qualitative in vitro diagnostic test that uses targeted high throughput, parallel-sequencing technology to detect single nucleotide variants (SNVs), small insertion/deletions (indels), …

The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Oakland announced today it will open its 15th treatment location in Michigan at McLaren Oakland in Pontiac next month. “McLaren Oakland will soon be home to a new 21-bed inpatient state-of-the art oncology unit,” said Margaret Dimond, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer, McLaren Oakland. “Karmanos Cancer Institute is one of the …

Health Execs, physicians and diplomats were awed by the new medical devices presented by three Taiwanese companies that will enhance surgeon skills, accurately detect thyroid cancer and relieve patient bed sores. “Taiwan Medical Marvels” was the theme of this international press conference and products launch held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando during the Florida International Medical Expo (FIME), one of the …

The Emergency Nurses Association will bestow the Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Emergency Department with its prestigious Lantern Award. The department is one of only 19 Emergency Departments in the U.S. — and the only one in Illinois — to receive the award for this three-year cycle (2018 – 2021). The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Lantern Award recognizes emergency departments …