MedTech Business - July 31, 2020
In focus: Medtech innovations in the Nordics
An award winning innovative helmet technology, detecting cancer from breath, self-luminous cancer tissue and hospital health monitoring – examples of recent medtech progress in the Nordic region. Sweden: Innovative helmet technology receives the Polhem Prize Three of the founders of MIPS have been awarded the Polhem Prize. Since it was founded, MIPS has […]
MedTech Business - January 16, 2020
Positive results about Xinnate’s wound gel published
On January 1st a scientific article on the mechanisms and the effect of the company’s wound gel was published in Science Translational Medicine. Swedish startup Xinnate has developed a wound gel in collaboration with a research group at the University of Lund. In animal studies the gel has been shown to work better than conventional […]
MedTech Business - March 12, 2019
LU Holding founds the new company MedBeat
LU Holding has founded MedBeat Sweden together with Erik Rask, MD at the University Hospital of Skåne. Erik Rask has developed a new kind of portable ECG device which is smaller and lacks the limitations that today’s devices have, states the founders. Saved ECG data may be transferred to the hospital through an app The […]
Uncategorized - February 7, 2019
First dexterous hand prosthesis implanted
A Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis, reports Chalmers University of Technology. In the surgery, titanium implants were placed in the two forearm bones (radius and ulnar), from which electrodes to nerves and muscle were extended to extract signals to control […]
Past events - December 5, 2017
Nordic co-operation strengthened at Medica
For the first time the Nordics teamed up for Medica, organizing a joint networking reception that could be the start to even closer collaboration in the coming years, reports Norway Health Tech. A number of Nordic organizations initiated the networking event with the objective of networking the Nordic exhibitors in order to strengthen collaboration of […]
MedTech Business - November 1, 2017
Biim Ultrasound receives 510(k) clearance by the FDA
Norwegian Biim Ultrasound announced October 27th that their Biim linear probe and Biim software app received FDA clearance as a diagnostic ultrasound system. The Biim Diagnostic Ultrasound System is intended for diagnostic ultrasound imaging for the human body. Specific clinical applications include musculoskeletal, needle guidance, pediatric, peripheral vessel and small organs. “This is a great milestone […]
