- Stronger robot sales lead to better Q2 for da Vinci maker Intuitive (modernhealthcare.com)
ongoing safety and cost concerns, Intuitive Surgical, the maker of the da Vinci surgical robot, is rebounding financially from last year's sales slump… sharply higher earnings in the second quarter as shipments of the devices picked up… company finances aren't out of the woods. Attorneys representing patients claiming they were harmed by the devices have filed dozens of product liability lawsuits.
- Watch: Washoe County health officials fight mosquitoes, West Nile virus… with chickens? (rgj.com)
Washoe County Health Department worries heavy rain and flash flooding could raise the mosquito population and West Nile virus. So they fight back to prevent infectious spread with chickens..
- Pharmatek bulks out spray dried dispersion services (in-pharmatechnologist.com)
Pharmatek has expanded its bioavailability services on the back of client demands, installing new spray dried dispersion equipment…"Spray drying has become an essential option for anyone specializing in the development of poorly soluble compounds,"….
- New Spark Health app links pharmacist to patient (drugstorenews.com)
Creative Pharmacist…unveiled the new Spark Health app, which provides community pharmacists weekly updates from their patients regarding lifestyle modifications and potential side effects of medications, among other notifications. . pharmacists can assist patients living with chronic disease by providing the information, encouragement and accountability it takes to achieve their health goals,..
- Surgical Robots Cause 144 Patient Deaths (surgicalproductsmag.com)Adverse Events in Robotic Surgery: A Retrospective Study of 14 Years of FDA Data (arxiv.org)
144 deaths related to surgical robots,..1,391 patient injuries and 8,061 device malfunctions …"Despite widespread adoption of robotic systems for …surgery, a non-negligible number of technical difficulties and complications are still being experienced during procedures,"...
- Plant ‘milkers’ seek molecules for medicines and make-up (reuters.com)
Farmers...are growing plants in an unconventional way so they can "milk" them for rare molecules that could be used in medicines, cosmetics and agrochemicals... major companies,..BASF and Chanel, have teamed up with Plant Advanced Technologies in the hope of securing...the so-called biomolecules it extracts through the use of a patented technique.
- The First Robotic Doctor Announced By Cornerstone Hospital in Houston, Texas (prweb.com)
Cornerstone Hospital Medical Center will host…InTouch RP-Vita, a state-of-the-art robot…known as Bentley…Physicians can connect to the robot via a PC, iPad or smartphone for clinical consults...with…access to supporting clinical documentation, patient data and medical imaging.