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FDA eases rules on remote patient monitoring devices during pandemic The FDA has relaxed regulations on 21 types of remote patient monitoring devices for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect healthcare workers from exposure to the virus. The new guidance might make care for COVID-19 patients safer, as hospitals move patient monitoring equipment into hallways to reduce the need for providers to enter… […]
U.S. senators demand investigation of Trump COVID-19 supply chain effort Three U.S. senators today demanded an investigation into Project Air Bridge, a Trump administration supply-chain management project to import personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbing the project “opaque,” U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) also released new documents and information from the… […]
BD launches Halo One thin-walled guiding sheath Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) has launched its Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath for peripheral arterial and venous procedures. The device features a 1 Fr wall thickness sheath made from braided single-lumen tubing that is fitted with a female lure hub at the proximal end and a formed atraumatic distal tip. The thin wall reduces the size of… […]
Covestro releases disinfectant list for polycarbonate-based medical devices Covestro has released a list of polycarbonate-friendly disinfectants for use in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Covestro list narrows an Environmental Protection Agency-generated list of disinfectants approved for COVID-19 cleaning in healthcare settings to ones that are less likely to damage plastics used in medical devices. Several of the EPA-recommended disinfectants have been… […]
Texas A&M lab engineers 3D-functional bone tissues A team of researchers at Texas A&M University is developing a highly printable bioink as a platform to generate anatomical-scale functional tissues. Dr. Akhilesh Gaharwar and the Texas A&M team are working together to develop these bioinks, known as nanoengineered ionic-covalent entanglement (NICE) bioinks that combine nonreinforcement and ionic-covalent network to provide more effective reinforcement,… […]
Harvard’s Wyss Institute wants to create a COVID-19 antibody test strip The iQ Group Global announced today that it has inked a collaboration with Harvard’s Wyss Institute to develop a printable point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 antibody test with real-time results. Life Science Biosensor Diagnostics, the iQ Group’s development company, has been working on the Australian-invented Biosensor Platform, a printable organic thin-film transistor “strip” that has the potential to… […]
It may become easier to disinfect with UV-C LEDs UV radiation in the 200 to 300-nm range (dubbed the UV-C range) can destroy viruses, including the novel coronavirus. The problem is, doing so requires UV radiation sources putting out sufficiently high doses of UV light. That typically means using a relatively expensive mercury gas discharge lamp. It’s possible to find sources employing LEDs that… […]
FDA restricts re-use of certain respirators for COVID-19 Certain respirators made in China and respirators with exhalation valves should not be decontaminated for re-use by healthcare workers, the FDA announced today. The agency revised these respirators’ emergency use authorizations (EUAs) to reflect the changes. The particular respirators from China “may vary in their design and performance,” the FDA said, basing its decision on… […]
Traco Power unveils new DC/DC converter series for medical applications Traco Power recently unveiled its 1 W, TRV 1M series of high isolation DC/DC converters. The converters come in a compact SIP-9 package and provide 5kVAC I/O isolation with reinforced insulation for both medical and industrial applications. The series includes 28 models offering a choice of 4.5-5 / 9.6-14.4 / 12-18 / 19.2-28.8 Vin ranges… […]
J&J pledges $10m to fight racism in America Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) this week pledged $10 million this week to fight racism and injustice in the U.S. In a response to the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., and Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Ga., J&J CEO Alex Gorsky said the $10 million pledge will span the next three years. It will… […]
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